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A look back at Farscape: Aliens, puppets, and criminals on the run

Posted by river
Tags: science fiction, farscape, jim henson company, retrospective, syfy, amazon.prime, author.eleanor tremeer, source.gizmodo, long read
https://gizmodo.com/a-look-back-at-farscape-aliens-puppets-and-criminals-1833716459

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Published
Apr 2 2019
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    cfabbro
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    Best news I have heard in a while! Farscape is probably my next favorite scifi series after Star Trek, and I highly recommend people who have never seen it before go check it out. It's vastly...

    Now streaming on Amazon Prime

    Best news I have heard in a while! Farscape is probably my next favorite scifi series after Star Trek, and I highly recommend people who have never seen it before go check it out. It's vastly underappreciated, IMO.

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    1. lou
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      Delightful show. I commented about it a while back:

      Delightful show. I commented about it a while back:

      Farscape is an interesting show. Campy, shot on video in a time where film was still vastly superior, and I'm pretty sure the CGI was bad even for 1999 (Deep Space Nine did better before that).

      I really like that they use lots of puppets and prosthetics on this show. I appreciate organic effects. They're high quality, made by Jim Henson Productions.

      We got a spaceship, but not a traditional crew. Leadership and hierarchy are very fluid so far, and the ship seems way too big for them to manage it properly. It is super fun!

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