So, you want to make a space opera…

[deird1]

Voyager’s writers: Let’s make a new show!
Farscape’s writers: Let’s make a new show!

Voyager’s writers: In space! But – way out in space, in the parts that humanity has never seen before. The strange and freaky bits.
Farscape’s writers: In space! But – way out in space, in the parts that humanity has never seen before. The really strange and freaky bits.

Voyager’s writers: And we’ll make a crew full of people who don’t like each other at all, but have to get along for the good of the voyage.
Farscape’s writers: And we’ll make a crew full of people who don’t like each other at all, but have to get along for the good of the voyage.

Voyager’s writers: And they’ll all co-operate despite their differences, and get along really well!
Farscape’s writers: Huh? We won’t do that.

Voyager’s writers: And we’ll have supply problems, because they’re stuck out in unfriendly space.
Farscape’s writers: And we’ll have supply problems, because they’re stuck out in unfriendly space.

Voyager’s writers: Except we’ll still use the holodeck and the replicators. They’re fun.
Farscape’s writers: …um. Why don’t we have really bad supply problems? So they have to eat the same crummy food over and over. And keep running out of that.

Voyager’s writers: And they’ll have ethical dilemmas.
Farscape’s writers: Lots of ethical dilemmas.

Voyager’s writers: Tons!
Farscape’s writers: Heaps!

Voyager’s writers: …but of course they’ll always do the right thing in the end.
Farscape’s writers: What?

Voyager’s writers: Our crew are, after all, heroes. And heroes always do the right thing.
Farscape’s writers: Frell that.

Voyager’s writers: That’s why they’re the main characters! They’re noble and good!
Farscape’s writers: …or you could have characters that are interesting. And complex. And selfish! And argumentative! And fun! And angsty! And fart helium!

Voyager’s writers: What? Eww.
Farscape’s writers: …well, okay. We’ll only have him fart helium every second episode.

Voyager’s writers: And they’ll all have epic space adventures!
Farscape’s writers: And they’ll all have epic space adventures! (And to make up for the lack of farting, we’ll have an episode centered around exploding pee.)

Voyager’s writers: It will be the best show ever! :D
Farscape’s writers: It will be the best show ever! :D

Comments

[elisi]

One day, I shall watch Farscape, oh yes! :)

[deird1]

YAY. It's so good!

[beer_good_foamy]

Hell yes! \o/

(You forgot to mention all the puking, though. Also, I just decided that this year's Christmas icon should be Rygel in a Santa hat.)

[shipperx]

And the eye poking. There's a distinct tendency to poke sharp things into eyes a couple of times each season.

[beer_good_foamy]

One could probably write meta on how physical almost everything on Farscape is. Blood, sweat, tears and every other possible bodily discharge, fistfights, sex, cannibalism, heat delirium, armor-piercing shrieks... it's even got living ships that give birth, go through puberty, age and die. For a space opera, it's almost violently organic. Things don't happen at a distance.

[deird1]

Will you write it, or shall I?

:D

[vass]

May I please put this in my linkspam?

[deird1]

Sure!

[silveronthetree]

Hee! I've just dicovered that my housemate has all of Farscape and I'm so excited about watching it. This makes me even more excited (farting and exploding pee can only be a good thing!)

[deird1]

Hurrah!

It's a pretty brilliant show, all things considered.

[shipperx]

Voyager’s writers: …but of course they’ll always do the right thing in the end.
Farscape’s writers: What?

What? You mean cutting off the Pilot's arm for entirely selfish reasons is a bad thing?

Really?

Even if it'll grow back...? >:)

[deird1]

The first time I saw that episode, I so thought the whole episode would be about this major dilemma of do-we-cut-off-his-arm-or-not. And then they did right then...

*loves this show*

[urania_calliope]

Your timing is perfect! We have three more episodes of Battlestar Galactica (my BF's choice of show to introduce me to) before we start on Farscape (which is my choice for him). :)