Farscape 1x14 Jeremiah Crichton
Mon, Jul. 4th, 2005 08:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterI'd been watching Farscape senior year of college and must have gotten distracted by a variety of things come graduation. Also, to be honest, the first half of the season didn't really impress me too much. The episodes were largely one-offs, from what I remember, and Zhaan seemed too much "peaceful plant priestess" and D'Argo seemed too much "war-like warrior." I did like Rygel a good deal, just because of his sheer crochetiness, and of course, me being me, I adored Aeryn.
Alas, this episode has not much convinced me of the series' watchableness, but since a good deal of trust-worthy people on the flist are quite obsessed with Farscape and since I have had reassurance that the good stuff starts coming after this episode, I shall keep watching. Plus, I have Netflix, so it's not like it's really a great deal of trouble. Have been wanting a new show anyway.
So Crichton is tetchy with the rest of the crew and flies out and gets abandoned. Poor Crichton. Although mostly I wanted to bop him, because isn't there a better place to get away from stuff, than, say, the middle of outer space nowhere near anything you know? Oh well.
Crichton lands on one of those backwards planets full of people who have never herad of technology. I am quite sick of these types of planets, but at least there was an explanation for it in the end. Also, why is everyone colorcoded? And who in the world thought magenta and orange was a good idea? And me being stubborn, I wonder where they got the dyes for said outfits and why in the world every single person is wearing the exact same color scheme, outside of a marker of "Alien Civilization Derived From Polynesia" and the costumer was lazy. And why are their clothes so bright and shiny when Crichton is all dusty and worn? Do they do nothing all day so as to keep their clothes clean?
Sorry, I nitpick. And, argh to the whole daughter of the chief falling for foreign person. Could the daughter of the chief one day not do that, please, and end up angering large warrior personage a la Pochahontas? Or, you know, how about son of the chief falling in love? And how about not having an evil priest/priestess of the religion who calls upon the tribe to kill the stranger too, while we're at it? Ditto with the entire one member of the crew is taken for a god plot, along with the aforementioned god disappointing everyone. At least the whole prophecy thing wasn't going to sacrifice said god, like I thought it was. But, ok, I saw that plot in Return of the Jedi! Am bored of primitive native peoples immediately proclaiming others as gods and then deposing said gods! Also, I don't particularly like contrite Rygel, because I like him grumpy and selfish and crochety.
Anyhow, wasn't too impressed, will still keep watching. Am waiting for arc to kick in, damnit.
Alas, this episode has not much convinced me of the series' watchableness, but since a good deal of trust-worthy people on the flist are quite obsessed with Farscape and since I have had reassurance that the good stuff starts coming after this episode, I shall keep watching. Plus, I have Netflix, so it's not like it's really a great deal of trouble. Have been wanting a new show anyway.
So Crichton is tetchy with the rest of the crew and flies out and gets abandoned. Poor Crichton. Although mostly I wanted to bop him, because isn't there a better place to get away from stuff, than, say, the middle of outer space nowhere near anything you know? Oh well.
Crichton lands on one of those backwards planets full of people who have never herad of technology. I am quite sick of these types of planets, but at least there was an explanation for it in the end. Also, why is everyone colorcoded? And who in the world thought magenta and orange was a good idea? And me being stubborn, I wonder where they got the dyes for said outfits and why in the world every single person is wearing the exact same color scheme, outside of a marker of "Alien Civilization Derived From Polynesia" and the costumer was lazy. And why are their clothes so bright and shiny when Crichton is all dusty and worn? Do they do nothing all day so as to keep their clothes clean?
Sorry, I nitpick. And, argh to the whole daughter of the chief falling for foreign person. Could the daughter of the chief one day not do that, please, and end up angering large warrior personage a la Pochahontas? Or, you know, how about son of the chief falling in love? And how about not having an evil priest/priestess of the religion who calls upon the tribe to kill the stranger too, while we're at it? Ditto with the entire one member of the crew is taken for a god plot, along with the aforementioned god disappointing everyone. At least the whole prophecy thing wasn't going to sacrifice said god, like I thought it was. But, ok, I saw that plot in Return of the Jedi! Am bored of primitive native peoples immediately proclaiming others as gods and then deposing said gods! Also, I don't particularly like contrite Rygel, because I like him grumpy and selfish and crochety.
Anyhow, wasn't too impressed, will still keep watching. Am waiting for arc to kick in, damnit.
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Mon, Jul. 4th, 2005 08:59 pm (UTC)Like cofax says, the season gets a lot better right after this.
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Mon, Jul. 4th, 2005 11:03 pm (UTC)Dude, I love your icon. Right now, the promise of better things to come and the coolness of Aeryn are keeping me on the show.