Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5380 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-10-23
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 42
• Running time: 4500 minutes

DVD Description
The fantastic Farscape universe is available as a complete four season box set for the very first time on DVD! Five years ago, astronaut John Crichton (Ben Browder) attempted to use the Earth's atmosphere to propel his ship, Farscape 1, at great speeds across the solar system. He went much further though and was sucked down a wormhole to a distant part of the galaxy and into the middle of a battle. He was rescued by a group of escaping prisoners and taken aboard their ship, a living ship known as Moya... Imaginative, daring and fun, the award-winning Farscape blows other Sci-Fi shows out of the water!

Run Time: 75 hours approx

Synopsis
FARSCAPE is the story of a band of misfit renegades on the run from military Peacekeepers. The hero of the series is the human John Crichton (Ben Browder), a young astronaut and astrophysicist who becomes stranded on the other side of the universe when his Farscape module goes through a wormhole. There, he is taken in by the sentient ship Moya, where he finds himself in the midst of a battle between the militaristic 'Peacekeepers' and a small band of prisoners who are escaping their grasp. He chooses to team with the escapees--a Luxan warrior (Anthony Simcoe), a deposed Hynerian ruler who strongly resembles a frog (voiced by Jonathan Hardy), a shunned Peacekeeper pilot (Claudia Black), and others whom they pick up along the way--as they run from the Peacekeepers, explore space, and try to find Crichton a way back to Earth. Contains series 1 to 4 of FARSCAPE and the PEACEKEEPERS WARS mini-series.

Customer Reviews

Farscape is Awesome!
Nothing I can write can truly describe all that is Farscape. As a Sci-Fi fan, I remember seeing Farscape on TV back in the day and not being all that impressed.

Somewhere down the line I ended up really watching it, and now not only have all the Farscape available, but thoroughly enjoyed chain-watching them!

Farscape is simply awesome, Sci-Fi at its best!

NO SUBTITLES!!!
It might be a great show... but with absolutely zero subtitles, it gets complicated to watch, what with all the background noises when in combate and endless alien and space terminology... I mean, not even subtitles for the hearing impared!?! How inconsiderate is that!Shame...

Top Notch!
Want to watch a sci-fi series that breaks the mould... Well this could be it.. is it :)

The problem about writing a review on a series, is giving a good over view without spoiling the main plots, and its these plots that sets the series apart from the rest that "seem" to be cast in the same mould. So I'll try and give off the "essence" of the series without trashing your viewing pleasure :D

It starts off with a human who is pulled through a wormhole into some distant part of the galaxy.. (What you mean that doesn't sound like "breaking the mould") ... granted sounds a bit olde school, but what sets this human apart from the rest is not the superhuman and weak aliens where the human rules the roost. Its the opposite, the aliens are far more advanced, mentally, physically and technologically that the human frailties are brought to the fore.

John Crichton lost, confused and well portrayed by Ben Browder ends up on a prison transport where the said prisoners have successfully won their freedom. It is here where the fun and games start, after first contact and aided by translation microbes the aliens and the human are able to open dialogue... one problem, he looks just like the race who imprisoned them...(Not exactly like braking the mould ehy!)... But after a bio test the results show similar but distinctive differences, and John is able to slowly form a bond of trust at first and then friendship. (Seen it, got the t-shirt, even the main plot of "wanting to get home") ..

Even with the simple formal outlined above, the series is pure joy to watch, some are comical, some profound and some teetering on the edge of the insane.

So your set for watching something that you've seen a thousand times.. .Human goes to space, something goes wrong, ends up on a strange ship filled with strange aliens... Well, yes and no... one of the great things about this series is the constant twists and turns. You think you know what's going to happen and the all of a sudden ..bam.. the plot changes, the human who wanted to go home, is now caught in a mental struggle of whether it would be wise to... Then add on top of this the best "evil character" ever conceived, who wants some knowledge that is in Johns head and you are graced with a plot line that can have you on the edge of your seat.

Then you have the inevitable love story between the human, and the alien... But that ante plain sailing either (never is). Tie that in with the three or four main plots and you have a series that can offer you everything, laughter, tears, suspense and the "One more episode" factor.

Alas there is some gripes about the series and that is no fault of the actors nor the production team. It comes from the fact that the sci-fi channel pulled the plug in the series (due to high production costs) before the plots were tied off. But due to fanbased pressure they released the Peacekeeper wars to wrap it up.. Again this "mini-series" is everything you come to expect, but I couldn't help but feel it was kinda rushed... Maybe that just me wanting more.