{"id":587,"date":"2011-11-15T09:31:53","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T17:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/froonium.com\/?p=587"},"modified":"2017-12-09T22:48:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T06:48:55","slug":"farscape-on-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/froonium.com\/?p=587","title":{"rendered":"Farscape on Blu-Ray!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-588\" style=\"width: 244px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"588\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/froonium.com\/?attachment_id=588\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/froonium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/farscape-bluray-boxset.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,736\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Farscape Blu-Ray boxed set\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;88 eps! 427 commentaries! 13,034 special features!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/froonium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/farscape-bluray-boxset.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-588 size-medium\" title=\"Farscape Blu-Ray boxed set\" src=\"http:\/\/froonium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/farscape-bluray-boxset-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"Farscape Blu-Ray boxed set\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/froonium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/farscape-bluray-boxset-244x300.jpg 244w, http:\/\/froonium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/farscape-bluray-boxset-122x150.jpg 122w, http:\/\/froonium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/farscape-bluray-boxset.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">88 episodes! 427 commentaries! 13,034 special features!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <em>Farscape<\/em> Blu-Ray release is now on sale! And a thing of beauty it is indeed.<\/p>\n<p>However&#8230; it&#8217;s not <em>entirely<\/em> complete. <!--more-->Alas, here are the top ten things that were (sadly) omitted from the box set:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-indent: -40px;\">10.) Original profanity-laden dialog tracks before Sci Fi made us replace everything with \u201cfrell\u201d and \u201cdren\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-indent: -40px;\">9.) Discarded early version of the pilot ep \u201cPremiere\u201d with Guy Pearce and Cate Blanchett as Crichton and Aeryn<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-indent: -40px;\">8.) Shelved script for Farscape\/Buffy\/Xena\/SG1 crossover episode; fanfic writer from whom we stole it threatened lawsuit<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-indent: -40px;\">7.) Rejected costume design sketches: Aeryn&#8217;s muumuu, Rygel&#8217;s thong, Scorpius&#8217;s tutu, Crichton&#8217;s plaid T<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-indent: -40px;\">6.) Never-aired Episode 89, a backdoor pilot for Scorpius\/Natira\/Furlow spinoff sitcom<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-indent: -40px;\">5.) New commentary tracks that comment on the previous commentary tracks (\u201cWhat? That&#8217;s a LIE!\u201d)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-indent: -40px;\">4.) Video of rehearsals for aborted live show featuring costumed ice skaters (aka \u201cFarscapades\u201d)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-indent: -40px;\">3.) Three words: Muppet Sex Tape (aka \u201cHynerial Disease,\u201d a very special Rygel episode)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-indent: -40px;\">2.) Brian, Rock, DK, Monj, Ben, Claude, and Ricky doing dramatic readings of selected fanfic<\/p>\n<p>And the number one thing omitted from the <em>Farscape<\/em> Blu-Ray boxed set:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-indent: -40px;\">1.) \u201cJeremiah Crichton\u201d (No, scratch that, it&#8217;s on there, but the vote was <em>very<\/em> close.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Farscape Blu-Ray release is now on sale! And a thing of beauty it is indeed. 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