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Astronaut John Crichton attempts to use the Earth's atmosphere to propel his module Farscape 1 at high speeds but he is hit by a radiation wave and sucked through a wormhole into a distant part of the universe and straight into the middle of a space battle. After almost colliding with another ship, which explodes shortly afterwards, he is brought aboard a ship full of alien prisoners attempting to escape custody. After being partnered with a captured Peacekeeper soldier, Crichton is drawn into the prisoners' daring plan to escape the clutches of the Peacekeeper forces and their vengefully obsessed military commander.moreless
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  • AlienScape

    8.8
    "Great"
    By SleepTight, May 15, 2011 Report Abuse
    Guys goes on a flight and has to abord but then disappears
    Guy comes into a ship
    The guy is naked with a woman

    A good start to a show.

    I have only seen this show twice before and I didn't know what to think of it. I decided to give it a shot and it's interesting.

    Even though the pilot wasn't near perfect, it had it's moments and it did a good job to make you want to see more.

    I'm not that good with names so I'll call the characters

    The Human AKA John
    The Peacewoman
    The Elephant man
    The Blue Woman
    The Annoying Green
    The Pilot
    The Enemy

    It's about a guy named John who is send out of space but then comes into a worm hole and into a very different dimension filled with Aliens. A chip draws him in and instead of him being scared he says 'My world made movies of you guys' or something like that, seemed very unlikely. Anyway, so those 'Aliens' take off his clothes (why?) and put him in some sort of cell with a woman who looks human but turns out to be a peacemaker or something.

    So anyway, the episode is pivotal, the characters are mostly interesting. Still, the storyline really needed much more to be more successful, I have the feeling that it could have been much better.

    One of the peacemakers, the enemy. Is pissed off because John accidentally killed his brother and now he wants revenge, well BOOHOO.

    Eventually John starts to like the peacemaker woman and he saves her.

    There isn't much to add to this episode besides that, I wish the writers tried to explore the characters better. What were those machine things anyway? And I certainly mostly disliked the little green guy, what a pain in the ass.

    I'll continue watching this show and find out if it will use it's potential.
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  • A daring pilot for a great Sci-Fi show

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    By danideathstrike, May 15, 2011 Report Abuse
    Farscape's pilot episode- the one that started it all off. And what can be said about it? Well quite a few things really. The first thing that got me about Farscape was that it wasn't a Star Trek clone. The characters all have dark secrets and just when you think you know them they take a drastic turn, anything could happen and I liked it. Another thing that got me was the look of it- Muppets in space? Some people (my dad) found this stupid and off putting, but I found it quite quirky. Anyhow, the pilot episode- John Criton, Space, Worm hole, Alien craft, Aliens, Cold blooded humans, and a man with beard that was after him. That about sums up the episode. But I have to say compared with the following episodes, the pilot is mediocre. But I have to say, a daring pilot for a great Sci-Fi show that will remain one of my favourites (the series, not the episode).moreless

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  • Welcome to Farscape everyone.

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    By farscapefanuk, May 15, 2011 Report Abuse
    Meet John Cricthon a test pilot for the Farscape Project, John gets shot through a wormhole and ends up in some distant part of the universe. But when he arrives at his new location he realises that he is nowhere near earth and he immidiatly makes enemies. Luckily John is brought aboard Moya a Liviathan ship, he meets the crew but is but in a holding cell, with a peacekeeper female Ayren. When they escape the comander of the Peacekeepers Crais, is shocked to find John acidentily killed his brother. This sets Crais off on a rampage after John and the rest of Moya.

    This series shows so much promise. The story is complex and intresting. The writing on the show is fantastic and the aline creatures are also good. Can't wait for the next episode.moreless

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  • Farscape

    9.4
    "Superb"
    By bairdo_25, May 15, 2011 Report Abuse
    Welcome to Farscape a sci-fi show about an astruant that was testing his theroy and then got pulled into a wormhole and came out the other side of it and saw this ship. John Crichton journeys through this glaxy and makes powerful enimies. This show is very good and is a daring show. The effects are very good and the puppets are awesome, John is just a man who wants to find a way home but with that he needs to find a wormhole that can do that but on the way to do that he has many adventures on the way. He falls in love with Aeryn and makes long life friends

    Farscape is AWESOMEmoreless

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  • John Chrighton, astronaut, theoretical physicist is sucked down a wormhole into a space-battle on the other side of the galaxy. He joins the crew of an escaped prison transport and ex-Peacekeeper pilot beginning his 4-year search to once again go home.moreless

    10
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    By Intrepyd-45, May 15, 2011 Report Abuse
    Farscape is in my opinion one of the greatest science fiction creations in history. Topping Star Trek, Dr. Who, Buck Rogers, ANYTHING and everything. Before Farscape every science fiction show was a manifestation of future HUMAN endeavor. Nobody ever thought to take Earth out of the equation altogether. By that measure Farscape set itself apart from everything past and present setting a new standard and creating a new kind of science fiction for the world to love.

    And yet, what we learn from Farscape is that the heart is no different no matter where in the universe you go.moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • When Zhaan learns that D'Argo has safely returned to Moya after his capture by the Peacekeepers, she says, "Thank Kahayna." Usually when Zhaan thanks her deity, she says "Thank the Goddess." The name she speaks here, however is very close to "Kahaynu", which is the name of a being who is worshiped as the Creator God of Leviathans. Edit
    • D'Argo is 30 cycles old and he says that he has been imprisoned on Moya for 8 cycles for killing his commanding officer. Edit
    • Aeryn has been declared irreversibly contaminated by her former commanding officer Captain Crais. Edit

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    • The IASA Space Shuttle Collaroy was named after a beach in the northern suburbs of Sydney by Andrew Prowse, the episode's director. Edit
    • In the scene where Aeryn manually pilots Moya, the shot that pans out to show Moya "slingshoting" into Starburst is the same shot used in the opening titles. Edit
    • This episode was originally much longer as a script, but many scenes were re-worked and change from the script due to time constraints. Edit

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    • Zhaan: The others, where are they?
      Rygel: There are no others. I've checked every cell level. I found the manifest. We were scheduled for transfer to Terran Raa.
      D'Argo: That is a lifer's colony.
      Crichton: You're prisoners? You're escaped prisoners?
      D'Argo: I will not be taken prisoner again.

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    • Crichton: There's life out here Dad. Weird, amazing... psychotic life. And, uh, in Technicolor. Edit
    • Crais: (to Crichton) A human? That will require some study. I will personally enjoy pulling you apart to see what you are made of. Edit

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    • D.K.: Uh, oh -- one small step, bud.

      D.K. is using the famous line, spoken by the United States astronaut Neil Armstrong as he made the first human step out onto the Moon's surface.

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    • Crichton: (snatching a gun and turning it on his captors) Don't move! Or I'll fill you full of.... little yellow bolts of light. A reference to the old western cliche: "Don't move or I'll fill you full of lead." Obviously, Peacekeeper weapons don't fire bullets. Edit

    • Crichton: Boy, was Spielberg ever wrong.

      Close Encounters, my ass! An obvious comparison to director Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind in which the aliens are benevolent toward humans in their First Contact. Crichton makes this comment from the cell in which his First Contact aliens (the crew of Moya) have imprisoned him.

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