• Written by Ro Hume, directed by Brian Henson •
This’ll be a truly fresh rewatch, because literally the only thing I remember offhand about this ep is “Kabuki Peacekeepers.” Roll it…
• Written by Sally Lapiduss, directed by Pino Amenta •
And to forestall a bunch of “what is the ‘correct’ episode order?” questions: I’m calling this ep 2 because it was production number 10102, so I always thought of it as ep 2. Continue reading “Froon’s Farscape Watch, s1e02”
It’s 19 March, aka “Farscape Day”, and that strikes me as the perfect time to (finally) crack open the Blu-Rays and rewatch the series… something I haven’t done in, well, ever. I probably haven’t watched most of these eps since they first aired, so this should be… interesting. (Well, interesting to me, anyway.) Continue reading “Froon’s Farscape Watch, s1e01”
“Speculative fiction author and bad influence” (her self-description) K. Tempest Bradford hosts a podcast entitled The Write Gear… and invited me aboard to pontificate! Continue reading “Ricky Talks About… Fountain Pens!”
16 years ago (3/19/1999), #Farscape premiered on Sci-Fi! I watched it on my laptop in a Sydney hotel room. Streaming. On dialup. Not ideal.
— Richard Manning (@froonium) March 19, 2015
For eight years on her blog, Liz Shannon Miller has been telling her friend Frank about TV series, movies, and books that he’s missed, helping him catch up on the good stuff and avoid the less-good stuff. Continue reading ““Liz Tells Frank” Gets a Foreword by Me”
Back in 2003, Farscape aired its last* episode, “Bad Timing.”
SPOILERS TO FOLLOW: The episode, written by the sadistic genius David Kemper, concluded, shall we say, not very well for our heroes, with yet another OH MY GOD season-ending cliffhanger, and yet another “To Be Continued” card at the fadeout. And then…
Continue reading “Top Ten Other Ways Farscape’s Last Episode Could’ve Ended”
A lot of people in a lot of places and a lot of fandoms are grieving today at the loss of Makiko aka Sab aka Makikosab aka, simply, Em. Continue reading “RIP Emily Salzfass”
Jonathan Hardy, the voice of Farscape’s Rygel, has passed away at the age of 71. Continue reading “RIP Jonathan Hardy”
I was channel-surfing with my obnoxiously precocious six-year-old niece Gabby (her full name is Gabrielle Callisto Aphrodite Zimbelman; she was conceived at a Xena convention) when we stumbled upon a rerun of Blaster Patrol. “My favorite show! Did you write this one, Uncle Ricky?” Continue reading “The Elements of Television”