30 May 2013
Day 30
Question 30: Convince all your readers to watch Farscape!
I wouldn't say that it's the best show in the history of television, but I think it was the best show in the history of television for me. It was if the television gods said, "Let's make a TV show just for Maggie. It will need to be a scifi show with lots of aliens and amazing world-building. But it needs to have drama, too. Beautiful, heart-breaking drama. It can't just be action all the time. But it needs some action! Some totally bad-ass moments and incredible space battles. And there should be an epic romance between two fully-formed, adult characters. And to top it all off, it needs to be funny. Jokes, pop culture references, surreal situations, and more! And that will be a television show she will love forever."
I wouldn't say that it's the best show in the history of television, but I think it was the best show in the history of television for me. It was if the television gods said, "Let's make a TV show just for Maggie. It will need to be a scifi show with lots of aliens and amazing world-building. But it needs to have drama, too. Beautiful, heart-breaking drama. It can't just be action all the time. But it needs some action! Some totally bad-ass moments and incredible space battles. And there should be an epic romance between two fully-formed, adult characters. And to top it all off, it needs to be funny. Jokes, pop culture references, surreal situations, and more! And that will be a television show she will love forever."
Labels: 30 Days of Farscape, Farscape
29 May 2013
Day 29
Question 29: If you could choose to be any race, what would you be?
I'm assuming they mean other than human!
That's an interesting question. None of the alien species are portrayed especially well. Maybe a Sebacean from a non-Peacekeeper world?
I'm assuming they mean other than human!
That's an interesting question. None of the alien species are portrayed especially well. Maybe a Sebacean from a non-Peacekeeper world?
Labels: 30 Days of Farscape, Farscape
28 May 2013
Day 28
Question 28: The character you are most like personality-wise.
I'm racking my brain, and I can't really think of a good answer.
How about this: I wish I were like Aeryn. Strong and brave and badass.
I'm racking my brain, and I can't really think of a good answer.
How about this: I wish I were like Aeryn. Strong and brave and badass.
Labels: 30 Days of Farscape, Farscape
27 May 2013
Day 27
Question 27: If you could kill one character to bring back another, who would you kill and who would you bring back? Why?
Bring back Zhaan, for sure. Original character that I wished stayed longer.
Get rid of... Grayza, I guess?
Bring back Zhaan, for sure. Original character that I wished stayed longer.
Get rid of... Grayza, I guess?
Labels: 30 Days of Farscape, Farscape
26 May 2013
Day 26
Question 26: The last person you’d want to get stuck in the Flax with?
Rygel. He farts helium when he's scared.
Rygel. He farts helium when he's scared.
Labels: 30 Days of Farscape, Farscape
25 May 2013
Day 25
Question 25: You're stuck in the Flax! Who's the person you most want with you? Why?
My dad, so he can figure out a way to get us out! :)
My dad, so he can figure out a way to get us out! :)
Labels: 30 Days of Farscape, Farscape
24 May 2013
Day 24
Question 24: Favorite piece of fanart?
Umm.... yeah, I don't think I really have one of those.
Here, have a gifset of SuperWhoLock.
Umm.... yeah, I don't think I really have one of those.
Here, have a gifset of SuperWhoLock.
Labels: 30 Days of Farscape, Doctor Who, Sherlock, Supernatural
23 May 2013
Day 23
Question 23: Favorite fanvid?
I must confess that I don't watch a lot of fanvids. I love this one.... but it's for Leverage. Oh well!
I must confess that I don't watch a lot of fanvids. I love this one.... but it's for Leverage. Oh well!
Labels: 30 Days of Farscape, Farscape, Leverage
22 May 2013
Day 22
Question 22: Would you prefer to live on Moya or Talyn? Why?
Let's see...
Moya = mature ship, a few crazy moments when pregnant, but otherwise pretty mellow
Talyn = crazy, immature, crazy, whack-a-doodle, and crazy
I pick Moya.
Let's see...
Moya = mature ship, a few crazy moments when pregnant, but otherwise pretty mellow
Talyn = crazy, immature, crazy, whack-a-doodle, and crazy
I pick Moya.
Labels: 30 Days of Farscape, Farscape
21 May 2013
Day 21
Question 21: Least favorite pairing?
Chiana and teenaged John from "Kansas" (4.12). Blech.
Chiana and teenaged John from "Kansas" (4.12). Blech.
Labels: 30 Days of Farscape, Farscape
20 May 2013
Day 20
Question 20: Favorite pairing?
Well, that's quite obviously Crichton/Aeryn.
Well, that's quite obviously Crichton/Aeryn.
Labels: 30 Days of Farscape, Farscape
19 May 2013
Day 19
Question 19: Saddest moment?
Oh, probably when Talyn-John died.
Oh, probably when Talyn-John died.
Labels: 30 Days of Farscape, Farscape
18 May 2013
Day 18
17 May 2013
Day 17
16 May 2013
Day 16
Question 16: Favorite Aeryn moment?
In "The Hidden Memory" (1.21), Aeryn confronts Crais, who had kicked her out of the Peacekeepers for the "crime" of sharing a jail cell with Crichton for a few hours:
"You destroyed everything. I lost everything because of you. And you know what I learned while I was away from you? Everything I lost isn't worth a damn. And I don't want to go back."
In "The Hidden Memory" (1.21), Aeryn confronts Crais, who had kicked her out of the Peacekeepers for the "crime" of sharing a jail cell with Crichton for a few hours:
"You destroyed everything. I lost everything because of you. And you know what I learned while I was away from you? Everything I lost isn't worth a damn. And I don't want to go back."
Labels: 30 Days of Farscape, Farscape
15 May 2013
Day 15
Question 15: Favorite John moment?
In "A Human Reaction" (1.16), when Crichton returns to Earth (or so he thinks), and he chooses to rescue his alien friends from the humans. He tries very hard to convince the humans that his friends aren't a threat, but when they don't listen, he decides his loyalties are with his friends.
Aeryn: Are you with me? Or them?
Crichton: I'm with you, Aeryn. Trust me.
In "A Human Reaction" (1.16), when Crichton returns to Earth (or so he thinks), and he chooses to rescue his alien friends from the humans. He tries very hard to convince the humans that his friends aren't a threat, but when they don't listen, he decides his loyalties are with his friends.
Aeryn: Are you with me? Or them?
Crichton: I'm with you, Aeryn. Trust me.
Labels: 30 Days of Farscape, Farscape
14 May 2013
Day 14
Question 14: Favorite friendship?
Crichton and Chiana.
Crichton: Listen, sunshine... You wanna be part of this crew?
Chiana: On your good days!
Crichton: This is one of the good days.
Crichton and Chiana.
Crichton: Listen, sunshine... You wanna be part of this crew?
Chiana: On your good days!
Crichton: This is one of the good days.
Labels: 30 Days of Farscape, Farscape
13 May 2013
Day 13
Question 13: Favorite quote?
I can only pick one???
Sigh. How about this one. From "Into the Lion's Den, part 2: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" (3.21), Crichton is teaching Scorpius how to navigate wormholes:
"Flying through wormholes ain’t like dusting crops, farm boy. It takes a little finesse."
Runners up here and here.
I can only pick one???
Sigh. How about this one. From "Into the Lion's Den, part 2: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" (3.21), Crichton is teaching Scorpius how to navigate wormholes:
"Flying through wormholes ain’t like dusting crops, farm boy. It takes a little finesse."
Runners up here and here.
Labels: 30 Days of Farscape, Farscape
12 May 2013
Day 12
By the way... Today I noticed that I started this on May 1st, so "Day 1" was 5/1, "Day 2" was 5/2. That was completely unintentional, but worked out really well!
Question 12: Overall favorite moment/scene?
This is kind of a weird question, and a little redundant. I mean, shouldn't I pick one of the ones I already mentioned? But that just feels repetitive. Hmmmm... How about some moments I almost picked for the last few days:
In "Premiere" (1.01), when Crais catches up with Aeryn and Crichton, and they automatically work together to try to protect each other from him.
In "The Flax" (1.13), when Aeryn and Crichton think they're going to die and they discuss their cultures' views of the afterlife.
Many, many moments in "A Human Reaction" (1.16), including: Aeryn in the rain, Crichton being interrogated in different languages, Crichton choosing his friends over the humans, Aeryn wondering why people are staring at her, Aeryn pulling a gun on John's father, and more.
In "A Bug's Life" (1.18) when the crew and the Peacekeeper commandos that they were trying to fool are standing in a circle, pointing their guns at each other, and Zhaan called Crichton "John", and the Peacekeepers realized that they've been played.
The end of "Family Ties" (1.22), when D'Argo and Crichton are floating in space, and Aeryn can't rescue them.
In "Taking the Stone" (2.03), when Crichton tells Aeyrn to be nice, and she says "I'm not good at 'nice'."
Everyone going crazy in "Crackers Don't Matter" (2.04).
Basically the entire episode of "Out of their Minds" (2.09).
In "Suns and Lovers" (2.02), when Crichton hears stories of him and the rest of the crew, and realizes that they're becoming legends in the Uncharted Territories.
Zhaan's good-byes in "Self-Inflicted Wounds, part 2: Wait for the Wheel" (3.04).
Aeryn pretending that Zhaan is speaking through her in "Meltdown" (3.12).
Crichton hallucinating in cartoon form in "Revenging Angel" (3.16) and Aeryn giving him grief for how he's imagining her.
Crichton testing the Yensch bracelets in "Into the Lion's Den, part 1: Lambs to the Slaughter" (3.20) by having Aeryn nearly break his finger.
Crichton being batshit crazy in "Crichton Kicks" (4.01).
In "A Prefect Murder" (4.09), mind-controlled Crichton and Aeryn shoot at each other and miss. She warns that she doesn't think she can resist enough to miss a second time. He says he think he's just a bad shot.
In "Twice Shy" (4.14), when Crichton finally tells Aeryn that he's been pretending not to love her to protect her from Scorpius.
In "Bringing Home the Beacon" (4.16), Crichton realized Aeryn isn't Aeryn and shoots the fake.
In "We're So Screwed, part 3: La Bomba" (4.21), Crichton and Aeryn dancing in the elevator.
In "The Peacekeeper Wars", Aeryn wanting a gun to shoot while she's in labor, because shooting makes her feel better.
Question 12: Overall favorite moment/scene?
This is kind of a weird question, and a little redundant. I mean, shouldn't I pick one of the ones I already mentioned? But that just feels repetitive. Hmmmm... How about some moments I almost picked for the last few days:
In "Premiere" (1.01), when Crais catches up with Aeryn and Crichton, and they automatically work together to try to protect each other from him.
In "The Flax" (1.13), when Aeryn and Crichton think they're going to die and they discuss their cultures' views of the afterlife.
Many, many moments in "A Human Reaction" (1.16), including: Aeryn in the rain, Crichton being interrogated in different languages, Crichton choosing his friends over the humans, Aeryn wondering why people are staring at her, Aeryn pulling a gun on John's father, and more.
In "A Bug's Life" (1.18) when the crew and the Peacekeeper commandos that they were trying to fool are standing in a circle, pointing their guns at each other, and Zhaan called Crichton "John", and the Peacekeepers realized that they've been played.
The end of "Family Ties" (1.22), when D'Argo and Crichton are floating in space, and Aeryn can't rescue them.
In "Taking the Stone" (2.03), when Crichton tells Aeyrn to be nice, and she says "I'm not good at 'nice'."
Everyone going crazy in "Crackers Don't Matter" (2.04).
Basically the entire episode of "Out of their Minds" (2.09).
In "Suns and Lovers" (2.02), when Crichton hears stories of him and the rest of the crew, and realizes that they're becoming legends in the Uncharted Territories.
Zhaan's good-byes in "Self-Inflicted Wounds, part 2: Wait for the Wheel" (3.04).
Aeryn pretending that Zhaan is speaking through her in "Meltdown" (3.12).
Crichton hallucinating in cartoon form in "Revenging Angel" (3.16) and Aeryn giving him grief for how he's imagining her.
Crichton testing the Yensch bracelets in "Into the Lion's Den, part 1: Lambs to the Slaughter" (3.20) by having Aeryn nearly break his finger.
Crichton being batshit crazy in "Crichton Kicks" (4.01).
In "A Prefect Murder" (4.09), mind-controlled Crichton and Aeryn shoot at each other and miss. She warns that she doesn't think she can resist enough to miss a second time. He says he think he's just a bad shot.
In "Twice Shy" (4.14), when Crichton finally tells Aeryn that he's been pretending not to love her to protect her from Scorpius.
In "Bringing Home the Beacon" (4.16), Crichton realized Aeryn isn't Aeryn and shoots the fake.
In "We're So Screwed, part 3: La Bomba" (4.21), Crichton and Aeryn dancing in the elevator.
In "The Peacekeeper Wars", Aeryn wanting a gun to shoot while she's in labor, because shooting makes her feel better.
Labels: 30 Days of Farscape, Farscape
11 May 2013
Day 11
Question 11: Favorite "Peacekeeper Wars" moment?
This bit, right at the beginning of the miniseries.
See, there was supposed to be five seasons of Farscape. SciFi promised that there would be. And then, when the Farscape crew was filming the end of season four, SciFi changed their minds. (To get out of this, they labelled the first half of the season as "season four" and the second half as "season five". This numbering system appears absolutely nowhere else -- not in episode guides, not on the DVDs, no where.)
The makers of Farscape -- as was their wont -- had written a giant cliffhanger for the end of season four. When they found out they were cancelled, they had a choice: they could leave it as is, or they could rewrite it to give a happy ending. They stuck with the cliffhanger.
Season four ends like this: Crichton proposes to Aeryn, Aeryn accepts, bad guys show up and shoot them with weird space guns, they crumble into little tiny chunks. "To be continued...."
It was so heart-breaking that when I would re-watch Farscape, I would actually turn off the DVD after Aeryn says yes.
Farscape fans managed to get a mini-series made to tie up the loose ends. It begins with Crichton and Aeryn being brought back to life, two months later.
So that's reason #1 why I love this scene. #2 is the synchronized guns. #3 is this conversation:
Crichton: You said yes!
Aeryn: I did?
Crichton: Sixty days, any regrets?
Aeryn: No, it's going really well.
This bit, right at the beginning of the miniseries.
See, there was supposed to be five seasons of Farscape. SciFi promised that there would be. And then, when the Farscape crew was filming the end of season four, SciFi changed their minds. (To get out of this, they labelled the first half of the season as "season four" and the second half as "season five". This numbering system appears absolutely nowhere else -- not in episode guides, not on the DVDs, no where.)
The makers of Farscape -- as was their wont -- had written a giant cliffhanger for the end of season four. When they found out they were cancelled, they had a choice: they could leave it as is, or they could rewrite it to give a happy ending. They stuck with the cliffhanger.
Season four ends like this: Crichton proposes to Aeryn, Aeryn accepts, bad guys show up and shoot them with weird space guns, they crumble into little tiny chunks. "To be continued...."
It was so heart-breaking that when I would re-watch Farscape, I would actually turn off the DVD after Aeryn says yes.
Farscape fans managed to get a mini-series made to tie up the loose ends. It begins with Crichton and Aeryn being brought back to life, two months later.
So that's reason #1 why I love this scene. #2 is the synchronized guns. #3 is this conversation:
Crichton: You said yes!
Aeryn: I did?
Crichton: Sixty days, any regrets?
Aeryn: No, it's going really well.
Labels: 30 Days of Farscape, Farscape
