After Petition, Farscape Miniseries Trailer Online 224
Myrmi writes "The four-hour Farscape miniseries will be aired on the Sci-Fi Channel starting October 17th. The trailer for the miniseries is to be hosted at Apple Trailers and starting today at 3PM EST." Here's the trailer page. As eve11 writes, "Apple.com agreed to host the trailer after a write-in campaign from Farscape fans. Until today this trailer had only been shown during the July 24th Farscape panel at Comicon in San Diego. More info here."
Bad News (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Bad News (Score:2, Informative)
Fine by me. I canceled my cable TV non-service partially because stations like Sci-Fi were showing such utterly worthless shit and canceling the good shows.
Re:Bad News (Score:3, Informative)
Will this be worth watching? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Will this be worth watching? (Score:5, Informative)
I don't doubt that there will be more rewards for those who have watched the entire series than those who haven't, but they'd be stupid not to try to reach out to new audiences. This is, after all, the last chance they have to build a bigger audience and show they're worthy of being brought back for another year.
Either way, if you'd like to catch up on everything that's ever happened in the series so you'll have a better idea what's going on in the movie, there's always the Farscape Primer [farscapeworld.com].
Re:Will this be worth watching? (Score:2)
Also, the primer doesn't explain Jool at all. Tsk. Tsk.
Re:Will this be worth watching? (Score:2)
Re:Will this be worth watching? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Will this be worth watching? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Will this be worth watching? (Score:5, Informative)
You should keep in mind when I say this that I watch next to no television at all. Farscape was a truly unique series.
Re:Will this be worth watching? (Score:2)
*I* finished watching season 2 at the same time as season 4 came to an end. Space (the Canadian equivalent to the Sci Fi channel, only with less money) was showing season 2 when Sci Fi was wrapping up season 4.
But yes, there were 4 seasons of farscape.
Re:Will this be worth watching? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Will this be worth watching? (Score:4, Informative)
That said, this is a unique show that is well worth watching.
Re:Will this be worth watching? (Score:2)
Boy, is that true! I never really connected with Farscape since I couldn't figure out what's happening! I'd watch one episode, where everyone on Moya is at each other's throats. Then - in a different episode - the characters like each other. Even within an episode, the plot is often nonlinear so I often get really confused if I was late and haven't seen the first act. Furthermore, the alien words - frell, cycle, etcetera - don't mak
Re:Will this be worth watching? (Score:3, Informative)
As far as the alien words go, I don't think they ever say what some of the words are, but after a while you do get the gist of their meanings.
It is a bit of a soap opera, but it is also a mind-warp and a lot more intelligent than many other
Re:Will this be worth watching? (Score:2)
Geeze I wish I had a PVR like a TiVo. I am also a little confused by describing Farscape as intelligent. To me, that means the plots and themes inspires the viewer think deeply about issues (like Star Trek) or neat logical dilemmas (like hard sci-fi such as Asimov's book, I, Robot). Sometimes Farscape satifies these requirements, but often the show is just about character development for the sake of character development. What's the point in developing characters in fiction if it doesn't have a deep
Re:Will this be worth watching? (Score:2, Informative)
A great episode. You've indicated the one real flaw in Farscape that even die-hard fans have to acknowledge. Many of the episodes are hard to understand unless you've seen all the earlier shows.
With so many of the Farscape episodes as 2 or 3 part it isn't something they could have fixed without dumbing down the plot.
On the meta-plot axis; you have the weak meta-plot shows like Star Trek (orig and NG), single plot threads (voyager) and multiple plot threads (DS9,
Re:Will this be worth watching? (Score:2)
A great episode. You've indicated the one real flaw in Farscape that even die-hard fans have to acknowledge.
Umm, no, those of us with attention spans of more than an hour realise that Farscape is ultimatly one very long story; of John and his journey, the 'people' he meets along the way, and the experiences he goes through to get there.
People have become so accustomed to the 'Star Trek' universe where the entire universe is (almost) reset for the beginning of each episode simply don't seem to grasp the
Re:Will this be worth watching? (Score:2, Insightful)
You can watch the series first (Score:3, Informative)
This is when a DVR comes in handy. I'm glad I bumped up the storage on my Tivo.
Re:You can watch the series first (Score:2)
Re:You can watch the series first (Score:2)
Cut to the chase... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Cut to the chase... (Score:2)
Shrug (Score:2)
That said, I support Farscape because it's far better than the drivel that rules the rest of the television landscape. To support Farscape is to support a genre, one that is populated by personal favorites like Futurama and Firefly (which I both enjoy far more th
Re:Will this be worth watching? (Score:3, Interesting)
petitions actually work? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:petitions actually work? (Score:2)
-Nano.
I dont remember (Score:1)
Re:I dont remember (Score:1)
Big blue dude is, IIRC, the Skaren Emperor - you know, those guys the peacekeepers are terrified of, and are basically a race of juggarnauts.
Re:I dont remember (Score:2)
And, the Lady in Black (assuming you're not referring to Aeryn) is not only manipulative, she sweats a transdermic, hallucinogenic aphrodesiac. Just think "black widow" and you've got the picture.
Re:I dont remember (Score:3, Informative)
The big blue baddie is one of the top, if not the top, Scarran.
Re:I dont remember (Score:2)
And yeah, most of the scarrans in the trailer are probably high-ranking ones, not that I recall ever getting many names during the 3-parter at the end of season 4.
Also, there are definitely some new faces there in full frame shots that indicate a focal character :)
Re:I dont remember (Score:2)
Next up, the critical Scarrans in the final episodes were War Minister Ahkna, and Emperor Staleek and captain Jenek (who was nuked).
Re:I dont remember (Score:2)
The long-haird WIB is Aeryn, the mother of John Crichton's child.
The fuzzy-headed WIB who walks up walls is Sikozu, Scorpy's girlfriend, with a major hair and clothing restyle.
I was confused by the question for a sec - every gal but Pip was wearing black!
False Causation Link (Score:5, Interesting)
I RTFA'd, but I don't see the direct link implied in the summary. Event A (write-in campaign) happened before Event B (trailer is available), but I don't see any evidence that Event A caused Event B.
But then, it's nice to feel like you have a voice. They held elections in the old USSR... or should that be, "In Soviet Russia, Elections hold YOU!" ?
Re:False Causation Link (Score:5, Funny)
Re:False Causation Link (Score:2)
Re:False Causation Link (Score:2, Informative)
Re:False Causation Link (Score:2)
If you'd like to argue with me about causation, I can pull MS statistician-going-on-PhD on you and start talking counterfactuals and Directed acyclic graphs,
Re:False Causation Link (Score:1)
So, who made the False Causation Link?
Re:False Causation Link (Score:5, Informative)
( ChatMod) (Nessus) to (ChatQ): Where did the funding for the mini come from?
( BrianH) It came from a consortium of financers who would not have heard of us if it weren't for all of the attention the fans bought to the cancelling of the series.
( BrianH) So thanks to all of you, the mini series was funded
Re:False Causation Link (Score:2)
SweeeT (Score:5, Funny)
Of course, nothing will ever fill the hole that 'Suddenly Susan' has left in my heart.
Re:SweeeT (Score:1)
I've been buying all the seasons of Highlander [amazon.com] on dvd, between that and the olympics I'm having a pretty good TV week
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pssss (Score:2)
pssss tv is good again (cf. arrested development)
How Does Apple Profit? (Score:5, Interesting)
How does Apple profit? Do studios pay Apple to have trailers on its site?
Re:How Does Apple Profit? (Score:1)
Re:How Does Apple Profit? (Score:1)
Re:How Does Apple Profit? (Score:1, Redundant)
Just in case...
google cache [64.233.161.104]
Re:How Does Apple Profit? (Score:2)
Re:How Does Apple Profit? (Score:5, Funny)
Wouldn't it be cheaper just to buy us all dinner and some flowers?
Re:How Does Apple Profit? (Score:5, Funny)
Wise you are, master Yoda, and well you speak.
Re:How Does Apple Profit? (Score:2)
I can't see this Quickie thingy you're talking about anywhere on my box, but the trailers work just fine...
- Ost
Re:How Does Apple Profit? (Score:2)
Re:How Does Apple Profit? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:How Does Apple Profit? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:How Does Apple Profit? (Score:2)
Re:How Does Apple Profit? (Score:5, Insightful)
By selling QuickTime.
You can get the player for free, but it's the "foot in the door". The more interesting things you can do only with the full version, like authoring and so forth, and movie previews at Apple have become the de facto way of viewing trailers online.
Pretty good push for their player software.
It's more than just the Quicktime Player (Score:3, Insightful)
It's more than just Quicktime, it's the Quicktime-based pro apps (and G5 hardware) that Apple wants to promote.
Quicktime (which is an extensive media framework which happens to also include a [somewhat crappy] Quicktime media player) is free for users and develop
IRC Information (Score:5, Informative)
Re:IRC Information (Score:2)
Behold the power of the internet. (Score:2)
Re:Behold the power of the internet. (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Behold the power of the internet. (Score:3, Insightful)
The cartoon network ratings, coupled with the fact that Family guy season one box set was the best selling dvd in the country at the time made it so obvious that even FOX executives had to realize they'd been morons not to renew it in the first place.
Only played during comic con? (Score:2)
Re:Only played during comic con? (Score:4, Informative)
Any Farscape is good Farscape... (Score:2)
WARNING: SPOILER FOR THOSE WHO NEVER SAW THE ORIGINAL SERIES AHEAD.
I'm interested in how they resolve the cliffhanger ending of the original series. I mean, are they going to do a Dallas ("it was all a dream") or what?
It's hard to walk away from being a pile of shattered red glass...
Re:Any Farscape is good Farscape... (Score:2)
Don't worry (Score:2)
Fortunatelly he's the world only stupid enough to do stupid thing like this
Re:Don't worry (Score:2)
Re:Any Farscape is good Farscape... (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Any Farscape is good Farscape... (Score:3, Insightful)
1) The "weapon" is actually just a device used to capture. The "victim" converted into red dust in one place and he reassembles elsewhere.
2) Pilot has John's wormhole knowledge now, so he takes the crew back in time and they prevent the entire nasty incident from happening -- though I have no idea how they can do this without creating an "unrealized reality".
3) Something else.
The point is, there are many many good ways to reso
Bizarro World (Score:1)
Re:Bizarro World (Score:3, Funny)
Oh wait, that was Pigs in Space. NM.
(Still it had much better writing and way better SFX than FarScape)
Re:Bizarro World (Score:2)
Direct large version link (Score:5, Informative)
http://movies.apple.com/movies/independent/farsca
Farscape jumped the shark.. (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Farscape jumped the shark.. (Score:3, Interesting)
[Farscape jumped the shark] when Scorpius joined the crew.
He didn't exactly "join" the crew, unless you think that being kept in confinement or under supervision is *joining*. It was a matter of mutual survival with a number of sub-plots. The one involving Jool was probably a red herring, but we never got to find out. Strange alliances are Farscape's forte. Scorpius was still after John's knowledge, and John knew it, which led to the whole sniffing-drugs-to-forget-Aeryn thing (pause for a breath) bec
I just hope they don't ignore the last cliffhanger (Score:4, Informative)
Frell Farscape (Score:2)
I thought that for a while, but I've decided I really don't care.
Farscape thought they were done. They could have wrapped up the series nicely, be it sad or happy, but they didn't - the ended the series with a cliffhanger.
That was a real kick in the teeth to viewers who were watching the show for a decent story arc. It was a book with the last page left out on purpose.
They thought they were canceled - they destroyed the sets and everything. It's only th
New theme music! (Score:5, Funny)
It's time to play the music
It's time to light the lights
it's time to meet the Muppets on the Farscape Show tonight.
It's time to put on makeup
It's time to dress up right
It's time to raise the curtain on the Farscape Show tonight.
Re:New theme music! (Score:3, Informative)
MOD PARENT UP (Score:2)
Irony: But I don't WANT to see the trailer... (Score:4, Interesting)
That has to say something about its quality.
Of course, Sci-fi will cancel it when they see the low trailer hits...
Re:Irony: But I don't WANT to see the trailer... (Score:2)
Front page Slashdot. I don't think that will be an issue.
Direct download link (Score:5, Informative)
6 MB medium-resolution download [apple.com]
18 MB high-resolution download [apple.com]
Needed to poke around inside the original .mov with a hex editor to get them, too...
Re:Direct download link (Score:2)
Re:Direct download link (Score:2)
Interesting; what I got was a 272-byte binary MOV file. I found the word 'farscape-peacekeeper_m480.mov' in it, so I tried that in the obvious place and it worked.
Maybe I just missed the human-readable version when groping through the HTML source trying to find where the movie actually was. Sigh. Damned movie plugins. I wish people would just supply real download links for those of us
Default plugin error (Score:2)
That's all I get when I go to the link in the article. I've tried Firefox, Opera, and Konqueror and it still doesn't work. So if this is indeed a Microsoft-only story, then the headline icon is wrong, eh?
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Re:Default plugin error (Score:2)
Maybe you should try installing the Quicktime Player before trying to play Quicktime Movies, eh?
This actually makes me happy (Score:2)
Now to really throw them for a loop... (Score:4, Funny)
save the stream with mplayer (Score:2)
mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile farscape-peacekeeper_m480.mov http://movies.apple.com/movies/independent/farscap e/farscape-peacekeeper_m480.mov
Re:Too bad (Score:2, Interesting)
I have seen some really bad trailers for really good movies. I have seen some really cool trailers for really crappy movies.
Re:Too bad (Score:2)
Re:Too bad (Score:2)
Re:It's a good start (Score:2)
Remember pilot now has most of John's wormhole knowledge, I'm sure it would be possible for the crew of Moya to undo what was done. Of cousre it coulde be any number of other things as well.
Notice the part of the trailer where someoen says "John Criton is alive". That seemed to me to be a reference to the end of the tv series. . .