Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7979 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-11-03
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 10
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 906 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
The second series of Farscape expands upon and develops the characters introduced in the ambitious first series. John Crichton's new nemesis is the deadly Scorpius, replacing Crais, who has taken the living ship Moya's offspring on a voyage into the unknown. Moya's regular crew--Aeryn, Zhaan, Chiana, D'Argo and Rygel--remain as divided and suspicious of each other as ever, yet somehow manage to pull together at times of crisis. The writers continue to exploit the show's gift for surprising as well as emotionally convincing character development, while the CGI effects, prosthetics and state-of-the-art puppetry--courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Shop--continue to make Farscape the most original-looking SF show on TV. The witty scripts, peppered with postmodern pop-culture references and movie in-jokes, are also a breath of fresh air. Despite some wildly erratic shifts in tone, this is exceptional TV science fiction that continually pushes the accepted boundaries of the genre. --Mark Walker

Synopsis
One of the Sci Fi Channel's most popular series, 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 tangles with the beautiful and volatile captive Peacekeeper Aeryn (Claudia Black). This collection includes every episode from the series' second season, which begins as Crichton, Aeryn, and the Farscape crew are forced to abandon Moyan newborn Talyn so that they may continue their journeys.

Customer Reviews

Patchy at times but still a great show
Farscape's second season is a bit of an oddity. The first chunk of the season isn't all that dissimilar to the first season, Moya and her crew having separate adventures on each world they visit each episode. This first chunk contains some really great episodes but also some of the worst sci-fi ever made for television. As a huge fan of Farscape it's hard to admit it but some of these early-season-two-eps are just awful. Luckily the good material is good enough to keep you going though and when you hit the mid-point of the series everything changes.
The second half of this season is amazing, containing some of the best episodes Farscape ever made (including the incredible 'Won't Get Fooled Again') that really start to use what the show's makers had learned about it's strengths and weaknesses from the experimental beginnings of the season. It's a bizarre, insane world and it knows it. Every episode carries over into the next forming a larger tapestry of plot-lines and character arcs all building towards stunning climactic episode. This season principally follows Crichton's slow-but-steady mental breakdown after the traumatizing events that ended season one, this isn't thrown in your face but rather slowly built up through the season as his behavior becomes more and more reckless and suicidal, this method works especially well on DVD since it's much easier to pick up on early than it was when it first appeared on TV. It also contains a few hints at the larger political state around the events of the series but this only really comes into play in one three-part story near the middle of the season, mainly this is still about the same small group of fugitives just trying to find their way home.
Effects wise the season's pretty much the same as the first. All the costumes/body-paints/puppets for the main characters all look incredible even now several years later, though a few bits of the CG or guest-creatures are looking a little dated these days. What few pieces of effects do look dated don't detract from the quality of what you're watching here though as they're never there more than an episode.
Is season two better than season one? Yes, it probably is. Sure it's not as consistent and it's got more than the average number of bad episodes near the beginning, but when it's good it blows the first season away with ease, this is where Farcape started what would be cemented in season three - a transformation from an excellent sci-fi show into the best sci-fi show ever made.

Farscape rocks
Season 2 is as good and better as season 1 the australian version of the universe gets more deep and more intresting, return of familiar faces like crais and much more of scorpy, great series well worth a buy, much cheaper on here as well.

Farscape returns
well to start it is a fantastic boxset to buy as all the acting has improved and in one of the shoiws it shows you how pilot and moya join.

If you watched season 1 and the ending part and you wonder whaty happens well in season you are left with how in the hell it happened bnut it explained slowly thoughtout the dvd.

The best part is scorpius and criton they have an amzing feud throughout the series and is great.

The worst part is the special features having no behind the scenes in terms the shooting of the film. it would been great if they put bloopers on.

You got toi buy it anyway cause if your looking at this then yoiu must of bought the first season so really i'm jhust confirming a decision you have already made. So buy it.