Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
Thanks to a kind ‘heads up’ by Saltation, I managed to catch Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars on Sky One. We both got all excited when it was announced that the mini-series would be shown on the Sci-Fi channel, only to find that it wasn’t shown on the Sci-Fi channel in the UK.
Thanks to a VCR-Telewest related bodge up, I didn’t catch the first airing on Sky One, but managed to watch (and tape it) on Tuesday. I’m very happy to say that it didn’t disappoint at all. The plot is as twisty and gasp-inducing as ever, and the dialogue and characters are as sharp as a scalpel. Despite all the prosthetics and animatronics, all the characters seem like real, bickering, affectionate, selfish people/frog-creatures/tentacled things. Even the effects are far better than anything I’ve seen on a TV sci-fi series. The people at the Sci-Fi channel must be blithering idiots to cancel such a great series.
If you haven’t seen the first episode and want to, you might not want to follow the ‘Read more’ link below, as there might be mild spoilers within. And I’ll probably watch part 2 next Tuesday, so if anyone else sees it on Sunday, don’t give the the game away!
