Farscape 1x15 Durka Returns

[oyceter]

Spoil me and die slowly from fork wounds. A vague disclaimer is no one's friend.

Durka returns! Of course, this probably would have been more exciting if I knew who Durka were. Presumably, they may have introduced him earlier on, but since I watched the first half of Farscape during senior year of college, I don't remember much. Oh well. I'm not that tempted to go back and rewatch either, sorry.

The brain/behavior modification thing freaks me out.

I liked this better than a good deal of Farscape episodes that I've seen, but it still didn't knock me out of the water. It's really, really nitpicky, but the funny slo-mo action sequences just totally crack me up and drag me out of the suspense bit. And I still don't like Zhaan much. Chiana is slightly more interesting, although I am a bit tired of the bug-like female thing, even though it's not fair because Farscape did do it earlier than some other shows. I hope she did something really bad to be locked up like that, just because it would be interesting. Heh. I am cruel to the fictional worlds I adopt!

I am, alas, not much caught up by Rygel angst, even though I rather like Rygel. I like Rygel most when he's a scheming, self-serving bastard.

Want more Aeryn. Like Aeryn.

Am bored of torturers who talk waaaay too much and obviously have a megalomania issue. Am also bored of villains who have such high self-esteem that just insulting them with deter them from their plans.

I think I am not very attached to the characters right now, and as such, am not very interested in what happens to them. Well, except Aeryn. I like Aeryn. But we all sort of figured I would, ne? ;)

Comments

[minim_calibre]

S1 is the yogurt. What follows (okay, S2-3, because I've only just started watching S4) is the fruit-at-the-bottom. Farscape does not come pre-stirred.

[livinglaurel.livejournal.com]

What she said, O yes.

S4 of Farscape is like S5 of Babylon 5 -- some of the worst eps ever, followed by some of the heartrendingly best. Bizarre. Then again, noone ever said Farscape was predictable!

[oyceter]

*snerk* I like that. (although I actually like the yogurt minus the fruit-at-the-bottom)

[livinglaurel.livejournal.com]

d00d, it keeps getting better. Really. I didn't really start to love Farscape til about the end of S2 -- I love S1 now, but it's a funny nostalgic I-love-my-show kind of love.

[oyceter]

I shall persevere! I have heard enough good things about it that I'll stick around for a good season or so.

[buffyannotater.livejournal.com]

What they all said. The episode where the show really started to reveal the greatness it would become, and basically set off one of the series-spanning arcs is the two-parter, Nerve and The Hidden Memory, which are 1.19 and 1.20. IMO, S1 shows the show's evolution from good to great, S2 is a bit up and down in quality, from complete classics to forgettable throwaways, S3 is the show at the height of its brilliance, with the highest ratio of brilliant episodes, S4 is a little closer to the unevenness of S2, except the less-good ones are much better than the less-good of S2, and the miniseries was absolutely brill from start to finish.

[oyceter]

Ooh, thanks for the heads up!

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Durka was introduced in "PK Tech Girl". You might consider rewatching this, because you get to watch John falling for a sweet, smart blonde Peacekeeper tech, and Aeryn going all prickly and annoyed.

[oyceter]

Ohhhh yeah! I remember that now! Blonde girl didn't make too much of an impression on me, but I enjoyed prickly Aeryn.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

I'm not jealous. Really. Because there is NOTHING between us.

and you're really really really lucky there is nothing between us, because otherwise I would kick your scrawny ass straight through the hull of the carrier and clean into hyperspace.