Farscape: The Complete Series (1999-2003) [Blu-ray] Rated:  TV  Starring: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Virginia Hey, Anthony Simcoe, Jonathan Hardy, Gigi Edgley, Lani John Tupu, Paul Goddard, Wayne Pygram, Tammy McIntosh, Raelee Hill, Melissa Jaffer, Murray Bartlett, Alyssa-Jane Cook, David Franklin, Chris Haywood, Kent McCord, Matthew Newton, Rebecca Rigg, Christine Stephen-Daly, Magda Szubanski, Jim Henson's Creature Shop (Muppets). Director: Various Genre: Adventure | Sci-Fi DVD Release Date: 11/15/2011 John Crichton. Astronaut. Flung through a wormhole and lost in a galaxy far from home. He finds himself in the middle of a prison break, surrounded by hostile aliens, soaring through space inside a glorious living space ship called Moya. Hunted by the relentless Peacekeepers, he allies himself with his unimaginably alien fellow refugees and searches for a way home. So begins the epic sci-fi classic Farscape. A fusion of live action, state-of-the-art puppetry, prosthetics and CGI, Farscape features mind-boggling alien life forms, dazzling special effects, edge-of-your-seat thrills, irreverent humor and unforgettable characters all brought to life by the creative minds at Jim Henson's Creature Shop. No wonder it's been called the most imaginative sci-fi series in television history. Here, in time for the series tenth anniversary, are all four Farscape seasons, 88 episodes, together for the first time in one epic collection. These are the adventures of Moya's crew, Crichton, Peacekeeper Aeryn Sun, warrior Ka D'Argo, azure priestess Zhaan, spritely thief Chiana, Dominar Rigel, Pilot and many others. Like Moya herself, this package contains amazing surprises including hours of bonus materials, making-of featurettes, commentaries, interviews, deleted scenes and much more. Prepare for Starburst! See the Complete EPISODE Guide for a Quick List and a Synopse of all 88 Episodes, plus Full Cast Notes with Additional Cast Information and much more... Episode Quick List ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 101. Premiere 102. I, E.T. 103. Exodus from Genesis 104. Throne for a Loss 105. Back and Back and Back to the Future 106. Thank God It's Friday. Again. 107. PK Tech Girl 108. That Old Black Magic 109. DNA Mad Scientist 110. They've Got a Secret 111. Til the Blood Runs Clear 112. Rhapsody in Blue 113. The Flax 114. Jeremiah Crichton 115. Durka Returns 116. A Human Reaction 117. Through the Looking Glass 118. A Bug's Life 119. Nerve -- Part 1 120. The Hidden Memory -- Conclusion 121. Bone to Be Wild 122. Family Ties ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 201. Mind the Baby 202. Vitas Mortis 203. Taking the Stone 204. Crackers Don't Matter 205. The Way We Weren't 206. Picture If You Will 207. Home on the Remains 208. Dream a Little Dream (Re:Union) 209. Out of Their Minds 210. My Three Crichtons 211. Look at the Princess, Part 1: A Kiss Is but a Kiss 212. Look at the Princess, Part 2: I Do, I Think 213. Look at the Princess, Conclusion: The Maltese Crichton 214. Beware of Dogs 215. Won't Get Fooled Again 216. The Locket 217. The Ugly Truth 218. A Clockwork Nebari 219. Liars, Guns and Money, Part 1: A Not So Simple Plan 220. Liars, Guns and Money, Part 2: With Friends Like These... 221. Liars, Guns and Money, Conclusion: Plan B 222. Die Me, Dichotomy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 301. Season of Death 302. Suns and Lovers 303. Self-Inflicted Wounds, Part 1: Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda 304. Self-Inflicted Wounds, Conclusion: Wait for the Wheel 305. Different Destinations 306. Eat Me 307. Thanks for Sharing 308. Green-Eyed Monster 309. Losing Time 310. Relativity 311. Incubator 312. Meltdown 313. Scratch N' Sniff 314. Infinite Possibilities-Daedalus Demands: 315. Infinite Possibilities, Conclusion: Icarus Abides 316. Revenging Angel 317. The Choice 318. Fractures 319. I Yensch, You Yensch 320. Into the Lion's Den, Part 1: Lambs to the Slaughter 321. Into the Lion's Den, Conclusion: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing 322. Dog with Two Bones ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 401. Crichton Kicks 402. What Was Lost, Part 1: Sacrifice 403. What Was Lost, Conclusion: Resurrection 404. Lava's a Many Splendored Thing 405. Promises 406. Natural Election 407. John Quixote 408. I Shrink Therefore I Am 409. A Perfect Murder 410. Coup By Clam 411. Unrealized Reality 412. Kansas 413. Terre Firma 414. Twice Shy 415. Mental As Anything 416. Bringing Home the Beacon 417. A Constellation of Doubt 418. Prayer 419. We're So Screwed, Part 1: Fetal Attraction 420. We're So Screwed, Part 2: Hot to Katratzi 421. We're So Screwed, Part 3: La Bomba 422. Bad Timing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ User Comment: bschober from Canada, 20 October 2004 • It just doesn't get better than this. Farscape is easily one of the best series to ever grace the TV screen. Even if you're not a regular sci-fi fan, it's nearly impossible to not enjoy the intelligence, wit, superb acting, and sheer beauty of each episode. I used to think that Joss Whedon had the market on pop-culture fantasy pretty much cornered, but Farscape raises the bar even higher in terms of its characterization and integral humanity. Farscape has it all: adventure, drama, suspense, and a romance unlike any other. It's an unforgettable roller coaster ride, and the DVD box sets are of exceptionally high quality with numerous special features. Summary: Talk about raising the bar! User Comment: Ripe Peach from Glasgow, Scotland, 30 April 2001 • I watched about ten minutes of each of a couple of series 1 Farscape episodes and hated it. Cliched plots, characters blatantly lifted from other shows, and *muppets*. Might as well watch the Phantom Menace. However, after persistent nagging from a hooked friend, I gritted my teeth, sat down and actually watched a whole show. Oh wow. Oh WOW. Farscape isn't a plot show, it's not a gadget show, it's not even an effects show. It's primarily a character show, and it's a great one, aimed squarely at adults. The characters are often space operatically heroic, but are also believably flawed. They are petty, affectionate, selfish and giving. They are also commendably consistent, and both bear grudges and remember debts. I find the acting of *all* the main cast outstanding; expressive, genuine and naturalistic. They give it everything, and fully commit to every scene and every line. I understand that viewers in the USA might find this strange when compared to the mugging, grimacing and ostentatious emotionalism that passes for acting on domestic US shows. It's a matter of taste, and I find the reserved but expressive acting of Farscape far more palatable. Possibly the biggest strength of Farscape is the chemistry between the cast. The amount of physical, emotional and sexual tension rivals that of gritty TV verite rather than fluff SF. Babylon 5 characters are as well written, but not (sorry Babfans) as well acted or as involving. Farscape has justifiably been accused of having cliched plots and characters. This it does, but no more so than any Star Trek franchise, and even Babylon 5 occasionally lurched into genre hell. True, you'd be hard pressed to tell Andromeda and Farscape apart from a brief precis of the plot and characters, but this only illustrates that there are certain genre elements that are now classic rather than cliched. Farscape starts from a tried and trusted design and then implements it astonishingly well. On the other hand, it *does* have muppets... Summary: Annoyingly enjoyable. IMDb Rating (01/18/12): 8.5/10 from 9,970 users IMDb Rating (12/12/10): 8.7/10 from 6,473 users IMDb Rating (08/03/03): 7.4/10 from 1,166 users Additional information Copyright:  1999-03,  A&E Features:  Farscape: The Complete Series boasts one of the most impressive and lengthy collections of supplements in recent memory (just detailing all of these took me the better part of two days). I frankly did not have time to listen to each and every commentary, but I spot checked several from each season, and they're fun and conversational as well as getting into some of the nuts and bolts of characterizations and more technical aspects like the visual effects. Special kudos need to be given to whoever greenlit the idea to let composer Guy Gross have so much time describing how a weekly series is scored, and his segments are among the most interesting, at least to those musically inclined like myself. Most of the Deleted Scenes come with textual prologues giving context. I have organized these supplements by category, but recognize that they are actually split fairly willy-nilly over the discs of each season without any clear organizing principal. Selecting individual episode titles lets you know whether there are commentary tracks. Season One Audio Commentaries: Premiere: Rockne S. O'Bannon, Brian Henson and Ben Browder. I, E.T.: Claudia Black and Anthony Simcoe Exodus from Genesis: Brian Henson and Virginia Hey Throne for a Loss: Ben Browder and Claudia Black Back and Back and Back to the Future: Ben Browder and Rowan Woods Thank God It's Friday. . .Again: Rockne S. O'Bannon and Anthony Simcoe DNA Mad Scientist: a) Ben Browder and Claudia Black; b) Rockne S. O'Bannon and David Kemper Jeremiah Crichton: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Rockne S. O'Bannon and David Kemper (this commentary bears the humorous subtitle "When Bad Things Happen to Good Shows") A Human Reaction: Ben Browder and Claudia Black Nerve: Ben Browder and Claudia Black Born to be Wild: Anthony Simcoe Family Ties: a) Ben Browder and Claudia Black; b) Rockne S. O'Bannon and David Kemper Making of a Space Opera (SD; 22:26) is a good making of featurette providing a decent generalized overview of what the creative team was aiming for with the series and how they went about achieving those aims. In the Beginning: A Look Back with Brian Henson (SD; 38:10) is a 2004 interview with Henson where he recounts what sparked the idea for Farscape and how Henson Studios really wanted to push the envelope with the series. Henson talks about bringing O'Bannon into the project and how it finally (ahem) took off. Farscape in the Raw: Director's Cut Scenes for "The Flax" and "Through the Looking Glass" (SD; 42:00). This is a really interesting comparison of broadcast version scenes from these two episodes with those from an early director's cut of those same two episodes. The source element for the director's version is a VHS tape with a timecode caption, so the video quality isn't great. Season Two Audio Commentaries Crackers Don't Matter: Claudia Black and Ian Watson The Way We Weren't: Ben Browder and Claudia Black Won't Get Fooled Again: Rowan Woods and Richard Manning The Locket: Ben Browder and Claudia Black Die Me, Dichotomy: Ben Browder, Claudia Black and David Kemper Deleted Scenes for Mind the Baby (SD; 3:19) Deleted Scenes for Taking the Stone (SD; 00:37) Deleted Scenes for Crackers Don't Matter (SD; 00:45) Deleted Scenes for Dream a Little Dream (SD: 3:59) Deleted Scenes for Look at the Princess Part I: A Kiss is But a Kiss (SD; 1:40) Deleted Scenes for Look at the Princess Part III: The Maltese Crichton (SD; 1:30) Deleted Scenes for The Locket (SD; 00:57) Deleted Scenes for Liars, Guns and Money Part II: With Friends Like These (SD; 1:34) Listening In With Composer Guy Gross: The Way We Weren't (SD; 9:20) is a neat little featurette showing Gross writing and playing the score for the show. He also talks about composing for the series, with this episode being his first foray into writing for the show. Listening In With Composer Guy Gross: My Three Crichtons (SD; 11:28) is another interesting piece with Gross ruminating on creating a score. He talkis about utilizing multi-keyboards for budgetary reasons and how working within electronics is both a hindrance and a challenge. Listening In With Composer Guy Gross: The Locket (SD; 9:50). In this outing Gross discusses writing a very romantic score for this episode. Listening In With Composer Guy Gross: Die Me, Dichotomy (SD; 10:49). Gross wrapped up his first season on the show with this score. Season 2 Bloopers (SD; 6:38) Farscape In the Raw: Director's Cut Scenes offers additional and alternate moments for Re:Union (SD; 9:02), Mind the Baby (SD; 7:42), Vitas Mortis (SD; 10:23) and Taking the Stone (SD; 7:29). As with Season One, these are sourced from VHS and have a timecode caption. Re:Union (SD; 44:13). This is a complete alternate Season Two premiere episode that was recut and aired in a different version later in the season. Farscape Undressed (SD; 44:02) was a special hosted by Ben Browder which sought to bring audiences up to date between the second and third seasons. Behind the Scenes Interview: Wayne Pygram (Scorpius) (SD; 22:07) Behind the Scenes Interview: David Franklin (Braca) (SD; 16:56) Season Three Audio Commentaries Self Inflicted Wounds Part II: Wait for the Wheel: Claudia Black Eat Me: Guy Gross Green Eyed Monster: Ben Browder and Tony Tilse Relativity: Lani Tupu and Peter Andrikidis The Choice: a) Claudia Black; b) Rowan Woods and Justin Monjo Into the Lion's Den Part II: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Rockne S. O'Bannon and David Kemper Dog With Two Bones: Ben Browder and Claudia Black Deleted Scenes for Season of Death (SD; 2:25) Deleted Scenes for Thanks for Sharing (SD; 00:27) Deleted Scenes for Losing Time (SD; 2:52) Deleted Scenes for Incubator (SD; 1:20) Deleted Scenes for Scratch 'n Sniff (SD; 1:50) Deleted Scenes for Revenging Angel (SD; 00:35) Deleted Scenes for The Choice (SD; 00:51) Deleted Scenes for Fractures (SD; 4:17) Deleted Scenes for Into the Lion's Den Part I: Lambs to the Slaughter (SD; 00:43) Deleted Scenes for Into the Lion's Den Part II: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (SD; 7:44) Note that this seems to actually include scenes from Part I of this episode. Deleted Scenes for Dog With Two Bones (SD; 7:10) TV Promos for Season of Death (SD; 00:17) TV Promos for Suns and Lovers (SD; 00:32) TV Promos for Incubator (SD; 00:33) TV Promos for Meltdown (SD; 00:13) TV Promos for Scratch 'n Sniff (SD; 00:33) TV Promos for Infinite Possibilities Part I: Daedalus Demands (SD; 00:33) TV Promos for Infinite Possibilities Part II: Icarus Abides (SD; 00:18) TV Promos for Revenging Angel (SD; 00:18) TV Promos for The Choice (SD; 00:18) TV Promos for Fractures (SD; 00:18) TV Promos for Into the Lion's Den Part I: Lambs to the Slaughter (SD; 00:33) TV Promos for Into the Lion's Den Part II: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (SD; 00:33) TV Promos for Dog With Two Bones (SD; 00:32) Listening In With Composer Guy Gross: Eat Me (SD; 10:33). Since Gross also contributes a commentary to this episode, this featurette seems like a bit of overkill. Listening In With Composer Guy Gross: Revenging Angel (SD; 8:20). Gross talks about working in a Looney Tunes Carl Stalling sort of way for this partially animated episode (one of the series' best). Gross is evidently the child of animation professionals, which he claims didn't help him in the slightest. Listening In With Composer Guy Gross: The Choice (SD; 11:14). Gross' approach here was more languid and orchestral to evoke the emotions being felt by Black's character. Listening In With Composer Guy Gross: Into the Lion's Den Part II: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (SD; 9:00). Gross goes for a darker palette here, working with a 20 piece male choir. From the Archives: Composer Guy Gross Discusses the Season 3 Theme (SD; 4:38). Remember when every show had a theme, and they even changed them sometimes for subsequent seasons (compare John Williams' two themes for Lost in Space for a great example). Behind the Scenes Interview: Claudia Black (Aeryn) (SD; 35:28) Behind the Scenes Interview: Anthony Simcoe (D'Argo) (SD; 27:12) Behind the Scenes Interview: Ben Browder (Crichton) (SD; 5:24) Behind the Scenes Interview: Wayne Pygram (Scorpius) (SD; 24:20) Behind the Scenes Interview: Gigi Edgley (Chiana) (SD; 17:56) Behind the Scenes Interview: Rebecca Riggs (Commandant Grayza) (SD; 29:15) Behind the Scenes Interview: Paul Goddard (Stark) (SD; 4:22) Season 3: A Look Back (SD; 44:37) is another retrospective letting viewers get up to speed for the series' fourth and final(ish) season. "Zhaan Forever" with Virginia Hey (SD; 30:16) is an overview of Hey's character hosted by Hey, who contributes quite a bit of interview commentary. Hey is quite a sight to see outside of her Zhaan makeup. Season Four Audio Commentaries John Quixote: Ben Browder and Claudia Black Kansas: Ben Browder, Claudia Black and David Kemper Bad Timing: Ben Browder, Claudia Black and David Kemper Deleted Scenes for Crichton Kicks (SD; 3:11) Deleted Scenes for What Was Lost Part I: Sacrifice (SD; 1:59) Deleted Scenes for Promises (SD; 3:04) Deleted Scenes for Natural Election (SD; 2:16) Deleted Scenes for A Prefect Murder (SD; 2:19) Deleted Scenes for Kansas (SD; 2:28) Deleted Scenes for Terra Firma (SD; 4:28) Deleted Scenes for Twice Shy (SD; 1:55) Deleted Scenes for Mental as Anything (SD; 00:27) Deleted Scenes for Bringing Home the Beacon (SD; 00:53) Deleted Scenes for A Constellation of Doubt (SD; 16:49) Deleted Scenes for We're So Screwed Part II: Hot to Katratizi (SD; 1:19) Deleted Scenes for Bad Timing (SD; 2:48) Listening In With Composer Guy Gross: Crichton Kicks (SD; 7:08). Gross uses a kind of retro Moog sound throughout this episode. Listening In With Composer Guy Gross: John Quixote (SD; 8:06). Gross found this episode extremely difficult to score as it is a kind of Tron environment which takes place in a game. Listening In With Composer Guy Gross: Terra Firma (SD; 9:23). Gross goes for a quieter, almost chamber like ambience in this episode which takes the characters back to Earth. Listening In With Composer Guy Gross: Bad Timing (SD; 9:12). Gross talks a lot about the episode's complex opening sequence and how he had to write for such a glut of information being imparted. Memories of Moya (1080i; 36:51) is a sort of series ending overview of the entire story arc and what the series' creative team was attempting to create with the show. Farscape: The Story So Far (SD; 26:32) is another retrospective of the story up through the end of the fourth season. From the Archives: On the Last Day - Farscape Wrap Speech from David Kemper (SD; 3:37) Inside Farscape: Save Farscape (SD; 30:44) is a testament to the fans' attempts to save the series. Inside Farscape: Villains (SD; 15:09) takes a look back at some of the series' bad guys, some of whom aren't completely bad. Inside Farscape: Season 4 Visual Effects (SD; 9:36) Video Profile: Creator/Executive Producer/Writer Rockne S. O'Bannon (SD; 19:37) Video Profile: Executive Producer/Writer David Kemper (SD; 12:07) Subtitles:  English SDH Video:  Widescreen 1.33:1, 1.78:1 Color Screen Resolution: 1080p (1.33:1 for the first three seasons and 1.78:1 for the last season) Audio:  ENGLISH: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Time:  68:06 DVD:  # Discs: 20 -- # Shows: 88 ASIN:  B005CXOG8M UPC:  733961256383 Coding:  [V3.0-A4.5] MPEG-4 AVC D-Box:  No Other:  running time of 4086 minutes (46:26 min. per episode); Packaging: Custom Case.