Posts with tag Farscape
Posted Aug 29th 2008 3:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Programming, Reality-Free
August has been a slow month for these "Best XXXX of All-Time" and "Worst XXXX Sitcoms of the Decade" lists, but here's an interesting one:
the 20 best seasons of the last 20 years.
It's an interesting subject for a list because TV fans can often agree on what shows are generally good or bad, and we can generally agree that even the best shows have bad seasons if they run long enough. But if you think about the shows that you've watched over the past 20 years (and watched
all of the seasons, not just episodes here and there), what seasons stand out to you? Off the top of my head, before I even read the article, I thought of either season 2 or season 3 of
The West Wing (the list writer picks season 2) and I would obviously pick a season of
The X-Files or
The Simpsons, though it would be hard to pick one season (he picks season 4 of the former and season 4 of the latter). Also on the list: season 2 of
Buffy and season 1 of
Deadwood. The first seasons of
Friday Night Lights and
Firefly? Really?
The list is for the past 20 years, but it leans heavily towards shows of the mid-90s and the 2000s. How about season 2 or 3 of
NewsRadio? Or how about shows like
Lost,
The Sopranos,
Mad Men,
30 Rock,
Friends, or
Seinfeld? They explain their methodology but it seems a little lame to me.
Posted Apr 22nd 2008 12:23PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Reality-Free
Add another television show to the list of those heading to the comic-book afterlife. The Jim Henson company has just made a deal with BOOM! Studios to create several four-issue
series adapted from Farscape. The series of books will take advantage of webisodes that will be featured on SciFi.com, created by Rockne S. O'Brannon, the original series creator.
I know at least a few people who are huge fans of
Farscape. It's one of those shows that, I have to admit, I never even attempted to watch. At first glance, I didn't like the idea of crazy-looking aliens and thought it would just be too, I dunno, silly to get into. I know -- this coming from a guy who thinks
Buffy is one of the greatest shows ever. Now that the show is gone and sci-fi fans still speak longingly about the series, I keep thinking I need to get the DVDs (all four seasons are, incidentally, already available). Might make a cool Retro Squad series here someday, no?
Posted Mar 24th 2008 8:00AM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Ask TV Squad
Well, it's now official. Jericho is done.
You have to wonder, was it all worth it? I mean, sure, we got a few more episodes and I, personally, am grateful for the upcoming series finale but I'm curious if those of you who spent time and money on peanuts feel like you made a difference.
Continue reading Stump the King - Jericho
Posted Jan 29th 2008 9:27AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Industry, OpEd
As reported by TUAW,
properties from the Jim Henson Company are available on iTunes. Sadly, this does not include
The Muppet Show, which was sold to Disney in 2004.
Among the shows available are the first seasons of
Fraggle Rock and
Farscape for $1.99 per episode. The article mentions that
Farscape is difficult to find on DVD due to difficulties over home video rights (although it has been released previously).
I remember
Fraggle Rock from my youth and I always enjoyed it. I remember being scared over the episode with the Terrible Tunnel. As I think about it now, I think Mokey Fraggle had the exact same voice as Rizzo the Rat from the Muppets.
So, for those who use iTunes, here is the chance to indulge yourself and purchase the first few seasons. Or, in the case of
Fraggle Rock, you could just
buy the DVD.
Posted Dec 8th 2007 10:30AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Stargate, Episode Reviews
(
S04E10) We've all been waiting for it since October, and this week we got the return of Dr. Weir. Kind of. If that wasn't enough to capture your interest, the SciFi channel was also running promos all week letting you know that this was the last episode of 2007. Surely they wouldn't go into the break without a big episode, right? Kind of.
Continue reading Stargate Atlantis: This Mortal Coil
Posted Jul 16th 2007 9:44AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Battlestar Galactica, Web
Some cool news for fans of Farscape: the series is coming back in the form of ten new webisodes. As of this moment no actors and writers have been attached to the project, nor have any storylines been announced. According to the Post Gazette, if the Web series is successful enough, the series could return to television. I'd say that's quite a long shot (the series went off the air in 2003), but I certainly wouldn't complain if it came back. I was late getting into Farscape, but I thought it was fun and imaginative.
Continue reading Farscape to become Web series, along with webisodes of Battlestar Galactica
Posted Jan 1st 2007 11:01AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on DVD
I can't be the only one that sometimes suffers an attack of sticker shock when shopping for TV on DVD.
Farscape and
The Sopranos, well... anything by HBO for that matter, come to mind. So I was thrilled to find, while walking through my local
Half Price Books, the
TV Time Comedy Collection.
This 12 disk set contains
The Andy Griffith Show (16 eps),
Hal Roach's Rascals (9 eps),
Dick Van Dyke (6 eps),
Petticoat Junction (4 eps),
The Lucy Show (19 eps),
The Beverly Hillbillies (20 eps),
Ozzie and Harriet (18 eps),
Burns and Allen (10 eps), and the
Rescue From Gilligan's Island movie. All for the low low price of $9.98, new in box. It's a fun collection. While I wouldn't be in the market for season sets of any of these shows, with the possible exception of
Dick Van Dyke, it's nice to have them around when the networks go all repeat on us. And finding a twenty-something Dennis Hopper guest starring as a beatnik poet on an obscure
Petticoat Junction episode makes it funny in a whole new way.
Unfortunately, I can't seem to track down this exact set anywhere online.
Amazon does have a similar set from the same company with a slightly different mix of episodes, and minus the Gilligan movie, new for $23.99, and used for $10.97. Still not a bad deal.
Posted Dec 8th 2006 7:38PM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, Sci Fi
Everyone's favorite swear words get the sci-fi treatment on television so they can sidestep around the
censors. On
Farscape we had "frell,"
Battlestar Galactica has "frack," and
Firefly gave us a whole slew of Chinese swear words like "tzae gao" and "ta ma de." Bilngual swearing, FTW! You know a sci-fi swearism has reached the mainstream when it's being
used by a character in Scott Adams' "Dilbert" strip.
Although, come to think of it ... I'm not even sure if Captain Kirk ever said "damn." One thing is for sure, I'd really like to see Spock bust out the f-word. Just once. You know he got fed up with McCoy at some point, broke all of his Vulcan training and cold logic and just let him have it. Plus, while we're on this rant, why didn't anyone ever tell Doctor Smith to shut the f*ck up on
Lost in Space? The guy earned it, for sure.
Now we can get onto the real conspiracy: is Dilbert a Cylon? Maybe he's the only human left, and everyone around him is a Cylon. We may never know the true story.
Posted Dec 5th 2006 4:03PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Cable, Programming, Stargate, Sci Fi
We've already mentioned that
Battlestar is moving to Sundays on January 21st. It will be joined by the highly anticipated new series
The Dresden Files. Now comes word that Sci Fi Friday's will
return in April with the final ten episodes of
Stargate, the continuation of the current season of
Atlantis, and the new show
Painkiller Jane. The press release also mentions new episodes of
Ghost Hunters, the new season of
Who Wants To Be A Superhero?, and 24 'pulse-pounding' original movies.
It's good to have a date for the
Stargate return, but i am among those that just doesn't get what Sci Fi is doing with their scheduling. TV Squad reader Mack pointed out that the new
Atlantis episodes are already airing in other markets, and a quick check of some torrent sites reveals that they are out there to be had. I didn't like the long break in the season when they did it with
Farscape, and I don't like it now. With the serial nature of these shows, big breaks just don't work.
24 got it right.
Posted Oct 22nd 2006 10:36AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Programming, TV on DVD, Stargate, Sci Fi
After it was announced that
Stargate SG-1 had been
cancelled there was word from MGM that this
wasn't the end of the
Stargate franchise. Much of that sounded like typical PR speak to be taken with a grain of salt, but MGM wasn't just jerking our chains. They have ordered two
Stargate SG-1 movies which will be released direct to DVD, with the possibility of also being shown on cable TV. Plans call for a fall 2007 release.
Executive Producer Brad Wright comments that they are "not big budget" which makes me think that they will be more or less prolonged episodes. But there's nothing wrong with that. The first of the two movies will tie up the current Ori storyline while the second is reported to be about time travel. The
Gateworld article also mentions the possibility that the movies could be used as a launching pad for a third
Stargate series.
Continue reading New Stargate movies coming on DVD
Posted Aug 19th 2006 8:29AM by Will O'Brien
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Stargate, Sci Fi
(S10E05) The 200th episode of SG-1 had to be a party to make, because it's friggin' hilarious. Right after the little 'previously on stargate bit' (which worked better this time) meet the furlings... and they're wearing little furry costumes... Wait a minute. The crazy story lines start up right from the beginning.
As SG-1 reads scripts and discusses plots, we're treated to all sorts of possible story lines. The changes are usually pretty obvious, but they keep us on our toes with sneaky cuts from actual show to campy scenes. The whole episode total unadulterated fan service - I loved it.
Continue reading Stargate SG-1: 200
Posted Aug 8th 2006 8:39AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD
Beautiful People - First Season - The Brak Show - Volume 2
- Farscape - Starburst Edition, Volume 11 (4.2)
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Fourth Season
- Grounded For Life - Season Three
- Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County - Second Season
- Prison Break - Season One
- Sealab 2021 - Season Four
- The Wire - Season Three
Posted Jun 19th 2006 8:01AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, The Five
Okay, this one is for the sci-fi geeks. There's a few "space" shows I've watched and enjoyed, but there's far more I haven't seen, so help me out and let me know what your favorite television spaceships are. Below are five television spacecrafts I wouldn't mind being beamed onto, as long as they gave me a laser gun to protect myself, and maybe a large bucket of deep-fried tribbles ( I hear they taste like shrimp). Let's cruise:
The USS Swinetrek: This was the pig-shaped spacecraft from one of my favorite Muppet Show segments, "Pigs in Space." I always found myself intrigued by the adventures of Link Hogthrob, Doctor Strangepork, and first mate Miss Piggy. The episode with Mark Hamill where he appears on the spaceship as Luke Skywalker and Miss Piggy won't let him leave until he "rescues" her is one of my all-time favorite Muppet episodes.
Continue reading The Five: Best spaceships on TV
Posted Apr 25th 2006 3:50PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV Royalty, Talent, Programming, Web, Celebrities
In honor of the stupid tradition known as TV
Turn-off Week,
The Toronto Star's Melanie Arpe has
a
list of great TV quotes from over the years. Who says you can't learn anything from television?
Some of
my favorites:
- "I thought I was in love once, and then later I thought that maybe it was
just an inner ear inbalance." - Fraser, Due South.
- "Never get caught in bed with a dead
woman or a live man." - J.R., Dallas.
- "Ever since we said 'I do' there are so many
things that we don't." - Lucy, I Love Lucy.
- "Sometimes the road less travelled is less
travelled for a reason." - Jerry Seinfeld, Seinfeld.
[via
TV Tattle]
Posted Apr 11th 2006 2:37PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: TV on DVD, Video
Every Tuesday here on TV Squad , we will highlight the week's TV-on-DVD releases. Some noteworthy releases today,
April 11, 2006:
The Bob Newhart
Show - The Complete 3rd Season- Farscape - Starburst Edition - Volume 9 (3.3)
- In Living Color - Season 5
- The Merv Griffin Show - 40 of the Most
Interesting People of Our Time
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