Farscape: The Complete Series $58

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Thought this was a hell of a deal for a great Series. Amazon Link
 
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I don't think it'll ever hit Blu-Ray either, so pretty good price for what's probably the last/final release of the series...

Though, are these the "Starburst Edition" or whatever discs?
 
Underrated series.

IMHO, Farscape is significantly better than the other 'F' sci-fi program that aired around the same time frame.

Good price.
 
I'd guess he's referring to Firefly.

It's a good bet Farscape will never be on Blu-Ray since, for the first few seasons, if not all of it, appeared to be shot on video instead of film. I believe you can get later seasons in 16:9 but I've never seen the earlier seasons in any format besides 4:3.
 
Is this a Sony or ADV release?

The ADV release sucks, they even got two of the episodes in mixed up order. *facepalm*

And yes, Farscape was without a doubt the best Sci-Fi series out at the time, and still one of the best available today. Farscape even had more viewers than Stargate, but its production costs were MUCH higher with their special effects, artistry, costumes, sets, etc, and thus it wasn't as profitable unfortunately.
 
What, better than Firefly... I cant believe this. That is possibly the best short lived series ever.
Never got into the farscape series but I'll have to check it out. I love all sci-fi. If it rates up there with firefly, SG, BSG, then i have to watch it. And also, I though Morrigans (DA:O) voice was familiar. Checking out cast and saw Claudia
Any place I can watch an episode to check this out? hulu doesn't have it.
 
Saw this the other day. Have to chime in that it is without a doubt my favorite series of all time, not just in sci-fi either, but all genres. I was angry as hell when they canceled it.
 
Damn... I just got this two weeks ago from Deep Discount for $75 cause Amazon had it at $100... bastages :(
 
SubyJay said:
What, better than Firefly... I cant believe this. That is possibly the best short lived series ever.
Never got into the farscape series but I'll have to check it out. I love all sci-fi. If it rates up there with firefly, SG, BSG, then i have to watch it. And also, I though Morrigans (DA:O) voice was familiar. Checking out cast and saw Claudia
Any place I can watch an episode to check this out? hulu doesn't have it.
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Yes, yes it was better than Firefly. Apples to Oranges, but I can feel secure in making that statement. There was a stupendous amount of work put into the designs, camerawork, and just about everything.

Still get pissed when I remember that when it was canceled and still being scouted with new networks most of the original Jim Henson props were incinerated.

If anyone can confirm that this is the quality version, then I'm placing an order tonight.

edit: "Estimated ship date for this item: December 21, 2009 - January 4, 2010" Screw it, order is placed. I don't want to risk this going out of stock.
 
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Yeah.. I'll throw my 2c in. Better than Firefly. B5 was around that time as well and I'd say it was on par or better than that as well. Definitely one of my fav. If you like SG, you'll like Farscape.
 
Ducman69 said:
Is this a Sony or ADV release?

The ADV release sucks, they even got two of the episodes in mixed up order. *facepalm*
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Neither, this is the new A&E version that was just released on Nov 17, 2009.

To get or not to get. I can't really afford it, but it is a good price and it has the hotness that is Claudia Black.
 
Vectrexer said:
Claudia Black,,, sizzle, sizzle.
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I dunno... I'm intimidated by girls that have a bigger
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I think its her deep voice, but peeps must like it as she's being doing a lot of voice acting lately. Personally, I liked Chiana or Pa'u Motorboat Zhaan better. :D
 
sweet, out of all the places I looked to check out this series, never thought of netflix. they have it on instant. Off to check it out and see for myself just how good the series is.
 
Good price for the best science fiction show ever made (in my opinion).
 
yujie said:
Are there any plans after The Peacekeeper War?
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There were supposed to be webisodes, but I have no clue what happened to them.

This is probably an inferior version of the DVD's- they don't make the starburst editions anymore- but still a great deal... Anyone know about the quality of the transfers?
 
I did a few searches but got lazy...what's the 'Starburst Edition'? Share Something Juicy? :eek:
 
As a fan of Firefly which I absolutely loved I watched this afterwards and I loved it also.

For those comparing them, really it's not that similar. Both are sci fi shows yes, but Firefly is naturally mroe focused on the old western style with humans and things.

Farscape on the other hand is more centered on the "out there" stuff in regards to aliens, etc.

The thing that hooked me with farscape after watching it (from the start is how you need to watch it) is the premise. It's one human guy getting sucked into a wormhole. Not your general generic "Far into the future humans blah blah."

The characters that become the crew are all greet (with some great Jim Henson props, intead of relying on CGI) gave it a lot of charm and persoanlity.
 
Wow.... back when SciFi/Syfy was a real science fiction channel and not total crap.
 
Im a little leery of buying uber box editions after buying the SG complete series and having a bunch of audio synch issues.
 
One of, if not THE best sci-fi series ever. Had to order one. :cool:
 
Monkey God said:
Im a little leery of buying uber box editions after buying the SG complete series and having a bunch of audio synch issues.
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I had to RMA my SG uber-box twice to get a box with DVDs that were not scratched up. Terrible packaging.
 
Madman0 said:
I did a few searches but got lazy...what's the 'Starburst Edition'? Share Something Juicy? :eek:
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The editions with the best quality, more species features etc... Most of the DVD's I have are just the regular editions from ADV which are fine.
 
Someone just lost their x-mas gift so I can buy this. I bought the Starburst collection and half dvds were unwatchable the other half have all kinds of encoding issues. The only good thing about them was the cast commentary (not something I normally listen to, but they are quite amusing).

I don't know what to compare Farscape with, but it is easily in the top 5 sci-fi series of all time. I wish more sci-fi would use puppets over CG because it looks more natural and realistic.
 
Im going to have to watch some more of this to see if i can put in my top 5. i watched only the 1st episode so not enough to judge yet. " what happened, do you fart helium" lol and I though something happened to my stream when they started talking in little girl voices.
 
movax said:
I don't think it'll ever hit Blu-Ray either, so pretty good price for what's probably the last/final release of the series...

Though, are these the "Starburst Edition" or whatever discs?
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No, they arent. They are slim 6 disk season packs stored in an extra box.
 
We are writing about the order you placed on December 05 2009. The item(s) listed below will actually ship sooner than we originally expected:

Ben Browder, et al "Farscape: The Complete Series"
Previous estimated arrival date: December 28 2009 - January 11 2010
New estimated arrival date: December 16 2009 - December 29 2009
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It's things like this which make up for the times when I order something only to get later notified that it is permanently out of stock.
 
Thanks OP, i grabbed it and also ordered the whole Series of Tripping the Rift :D:D:D with it!!!! YAY!
 
for the guy saying this was on about the same time as B5, no B5 came on in the mid nineties, this aired in I believe 2002 about 8 years difference, also there was a massive improvement in CGI quality since, there was even during B5's run but they opted not to upgrade the CG due to not wanting to mess with the overall look from earlier seasons.
 
B5 was also cutting edge using Amiga Video Toasters which allowed some pretty awesome cg for not a lot of money. Farscape was good but got really trippy with the whole mind sharing thing. A lot of originality in that series but a lot of it seem pulled from other areas. Moya was basically a copy of the Acanti from the X-men comics.
 
Inaba said:
Yeah.. I'll throw my 2c in. Better than Firefly. B5 was around that time as well and I'd say it was on par or better than that as well. Definitely one of my fav. If you like SG, you'll like Farscape.
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I like Stargate, I couldn't get into Farscape. Firefly is by far a better show than Farscape. Though from my very limited exposure, Farscape is better than BSG (The new one not the original)
 
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