Farscape 1x11 -- Till the Blood Runs Clear
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butterflyIt's pretty impressive how Ben Browder and Michael Shanks can look quite a bit alike, be playing similar characters, and yet be so damn distinct once you've gotten to know them.
Kinda like Merry and Pippin in the LotR series. The first movie, I didn't know one from the other. Now? It's so obvious which is which and the differences outnumber the similarities. But the way they're played hasn't changed at all, what's changed is me, the observer.
Anyway, here I am, watching the Farscape episodes that I haven't seen yet. First up, the ones that I've missed from first season.
Aw, is this the first time we see Zhaan have a photogasm?
Dude, Aeryn was seriously not getting that John doesn't really want to avoid the wormhole. At this point, his big obsession is getting home (this is just before their first 'alone together for kissy-time episode' yes? (The Flax) -- I wonder what it means that their first overtly romantic connections happen off of Moya -- The Flax, A Human Reaction, Aeryn and John with their thing on Talyn... it's interesting).
Dude, Zhaan's totally hitting on D'Argo!
Oh, this is where Furlow makes her first appearance?
"You're with me on this, right?"
"Oh, now it occurs to you to ask."
Yeah, a John in the grips of something he's passionate about is a John that's pretty much blind to everything else.
"Next time, you get to fly solo."
And he does go by himself in... A Human Reaction, yes? Aeryn and the other follow him after?
Neat looking planet.
Ben Browder is one well put-together man. Those are nice arms to have.
Also, he's wearing a grey shirt here (light grey, but definitely not white).
Furlow's kinda creepy.
John can pull off a pretty good alpha male routine here.
And I love how 'Butch and Sundance' works on more than one level. It's a code name, but it's also very appropriate -- partners in crime, John's pulling an alpha routine and acting all butch, while Aeryn is, of course, Aeryn Sun. It's the perfect choice. John's such a clever guy.
"I am Rolf."
"Worf?"
"Rolf!"
Hee. I love John.
*shivers*
Okay, John is really damn good at intense. He's just good at being tough, really. This is what of him will always survive his coming trials. John has a core of white-blue fire, the hottest there is, and no matter what happens, that fire stays lit.
"I didn't show any signs of submission."
"You don't have to. You're female. Sorry... I don't make the rules."
"You certainly seem familiar with them."
Very interesting exchange.
The shots of D'Argo in the desert are damn cool.
John is so frelling cool in this episode. Gah.
Also, there's a nice ass shot.
So, Aeryn's bra-line is very visible in that shirt. I like her hair that way, up but curling around her face.
But I'm still not particularly attracted.
"Relationship? Oh, we have a relationship? No wonder you want to kill me."
I love John.
Aw... "Friendship is a lot to ask."
John, trying to make connections. He's such a sociable creature. You just know that, in high school, he was one of those smart, popular jocks that you never could hate because he was also damn nice (I knew a couple of those.).
"Crichton, you are my ally. I will not abandon you."
*melts into a puddle*
Oh, my. Aeryn first coming through that door? She was hot there. Like, a lot. That was good entrance.
So, that was Furlow. And she appears again in season three?
Hmm.
You know what would be cool? A Farscape vid to Comedy Tonight (from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum). Someone with good comic timing could make a brilliant vid to that. The show has all the raw material.
Kinda like Merry and Pippin in the LotR series. The first movie, I didn't know one from the other. Now? It's so obvious which is which and the differences outnumber the similarities. But the way they're played hasn't changed at all, what's changed is me, the observer.
Anyway, here I am, watching the Farscape episodes that I haven't seen yet. First up, the ones that I've missed from first season.
Aw, is this the first time we see Zhaan have a photogasm?
Dude, Aeryn was seriously not getting that John doesn't really want to avoid the wormhole. At this point, his big obsession is getting home (this is just before their first 'alone together for kissy-time episode' yes? (The Flax) -- I wonder what it means that their first overtly romantic connections happen off of Moya -- The Flax, A Human Reaction, Aeryn and John with their thing on Talyn... it's interesting).
Dude, Zhaan's totally hitting on D'Argo!
Oh, this is where Furlow makes her first appearance?
"You're with me on this, right?"
"Oh, now it occurs to you to ask."
Yeah, a John in the grips of something he's passionate about is a John that's pretty much blind to everything else.
"Next time, you get to fly solo."
And he does go by himself in... A Human Reaction, yes? Aeryn and the other follow him after?
Neat looking planet.
Ben Browder is one well put-together man. Those are nice arms to have.
Also, he's wearing a grey shirt here (light grey, but definitely not white).
Furlow's kinda creepy.
John can pull off a pretty good alpha male routine here.
And I love how 'Butch and Sundance' works on more than one level. It's a code name, but it's also very appropriate -- partners in crime, John's pulling an alpha routine and acting all butch, while Aeryn is, of course, Aeryn Sun. It's the perfect choice. John's such a clever guy.
"I am Rolf."
"Worf?"
"Rolf!"
Hee. I love John.
*shivers*
Okay, John is really damn good at intense. He's just good at being tough, really. This is what of him will always survive his coming trials. John has a core of white-blue fire, the hottest there is, and no matter what happens, that fire stays lit.
"I didn't show any signs of submission."
"You don't have to. You're female. Sorry... I don't make the rules."
"You certainly seem familiar with them."
Very interesting exchange.
The shots of D'Argo in the desert are damn cool.
John is so frelling cool in this episode. Gah.
Also, there's a nice ass shot.
So, Aeryn's bra-line is very visible in that shirt. I like her hair that way, up but curling around her face.
But I'm still not particularly attracted.
"Relationship? Oh, we have a relationship? No wonder you want to kill me."
I love John.
Aw... "Friendship is a lot to ask."
John, trying to make connections. He's such a sociable creature. You just know that, in high school, he was one of those smart, popular jocks that you never could hate because he was also damn nice (I knew a couple of those.).
"Crichton, you are my ally. I will not abandon you."
*melts into a puddle*
Oh, my. Aeryn first coming through that door? She was hot there. Like, a lot. That was good entrance.
So, that was Furlow. And she appears again in season three?
Hmm.
You know what would be cool? A Farscape vid to Comedy Tonight (from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum). Someone with good comic timing could make a brilliant vid to that. The show has all the raw material.
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Date: 2004-09-05 04:07 pm (UTC)John: social creature. Yes. Which is why he's more crazy than usual at the start of season 4 after months with only Harvey and a dying leviathan for company.
And oh, the glories of a Sondheim/Farscape vid!
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Date: 2004-09-05 04:52 pm (UTC)You can get it on their 2002 tape here, I think:
http://www.apocalypsewest.com/
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Date: 2004-09-05 05:10 pm (UTC)The FS vid is by Dianne DeSha of Apocalypse West, and it uses the Nathan Lane (revival) version of the song. The B7 vid uses the Zero Mostel version of the song.
Apocalypse West has a website, but their vids are only available on VHS. I haven't bought any vids other than those that were available at VVC, at least not yet. It's on my list of things to do.
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Date: 2004-09-05 09:11 pm (UTC)*pets fandom*
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Date: 2004-09-05 09:12 pm (UTC)I went ahead to the AW website and bought the vidset, as I must know if it lives up to my hopes.
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Date: 2004-09-05 09:16 pm (UTC)Right. When does that happen, exactly? Is it when she dies or does it happen over the course of season two (it's not there at the beginning of season two).
Someone had the marvellously nasty idea to end the saga with the Aeryn/John sprog being sent back in time to live in a peaceful era unmolested by their various enemies and ends up becoming blue-eyed, obsessive Scorpius' ancestor from the maternal side.
Oh, that's evil (and perfect). I love it.
John: social creature. Yes. Which is why he's more crazy than usual at the start of season 4 after months with only Harvey and a dying leviathan for company.
Poor baby. He does need people and people who need people will go batshit insane without them.
And oh, the glories of a Sondheim/Farscape vid!
Apparently, there is one, so I've bought it to see if it lives up to my hopes (apparently it only goes up to season three, though, so my hope of Bad Timing being in one of the 'tragedy tomorrow' sections is dashed).
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Date: 2004-09-06 03:22 am (UTC)Hee. That could not be phrased better, and is so how I imagine high school John. I knew a couple of those in high school as well.
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Date: 2004-09-06 08:15 am (UTC)Hmm.
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Date: 2004-11-29 01:44 am (UTC)My opinion regarding John's obsession with Aeryn is that it really does not happen in the sense that it is unhealthy and sort of breaks him until she is no longer there. It's the idea of her being off with the other Crichton doing god knows what that really fuels the burning fire of his obsession and then that all gets sublimated into his wormhole obsession so he can stop thinking about the other John & Aeryn enjoying their life together without him.
The whole character arc of "Moya John" is really quite depressing and crazy-making. "Talyn John" gets healthier and healthier mentally and situationally since he manages to both kill off Harvey in his head and gets to have this amazing relationship with Aeryn. It's almost painful to switch back and forth between the episodes in the way that they do and see Moya John just deteriorate further and further until all that is left is this wreckage of a man hanging on by a frayed thread. And in typical Farscape fashion, the healthy John dies and the sick/crazy one lives.
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Date: 2004-11-29 08:18 am (UTC)I dislike that he seems to need her to stay sane. That's really what bugs me. It just feels co-dependent, like she's heroin or something. But I've been known to have issues.
The whole character arc of "Moya John" is really quite depressing and crazy-making. "Talyn John" gets healthier and healthier mentally and situationally since he manages to both kill off Harvey in his head and gets to have this amazing relationship with Aeryn. It's almost painful to switch back and forth between the episodes in the way that they do and see Moya John just deteriorate further and further until all that is left is this wreckage of a man hanging on by a frayed thread. And in typical Farscape fashion, the healthy John dies and the sick/crazy one lives.
*winces*
Yeah, in the end, Farscape is just too many punches in a row for me. That's part of why I can't seem to ever watch it all the way through.