01-08-2017, 01:36 AM
Farscape did have some decent writing. There was nothing jarring or feeling "out-of-place" (something that Andromeda, which we recently discussed, had problems with) to disrupt the suspension of disbelief. Being "internally consistent" is both crucial and hard to do.
The only special effect that didn't work for me was Rigel. He had too much of a "muppet" feel to him (I know, Jim Henson company...). Combine the "obviously a hand-puppet" with his over-the-top personality, and I kept wondering why they didn't throw the little miscreant out the airlock.
But that was relatively minor. My biggest issue was that it suffered from a bad case of "This Idiot Is You". I know the show was meant to be light-hearted and all, but Crichton was presented as a scientist. He shouldn't have been shoe-horned into the role of "exposition idiot" that has to have everything explained to him so the audience gets it explained too.
The only special effect that didn't work for me was Rigel. He had too much of a "muppet" feel to him (I know, Jim Henson company...). Combine the "obviously a hand-puppet" with his over-the-top personality, and I kept wondering why they didn't throw the little miscreant out the airlock.
But that was relatively minor. My biggest issue was that it suffered from a bad case of "This Idiot Is You". I know the show was meant to be light-hearted and all, but Crichton was presented as a scientist. He shouldn't have been shoe-horned into the role of "exposition idiot" that has to have everything explained to him so the audience gets it explained too.