Product description
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Created at least in part due to popular demand, "Farscape: The
Peacekeeper Wars" will provide some closure to fans who were
dismayed by the demise of the popular science fiction television
show in 2003 and campaigned mightily to bring it back. Indeed,
this miniseries (originally broadcast over two nights on the
Sci-Fi Channel) will likely appeal primarily to the "Farscape"
faithful, as the somewhat convoluted storyline may prove baffling
to the uninitiated. A brief bit of backstory explains how John
Crichton, an astronaut from Earth, went through a wormhole and
ended up on Moya, a living spaceship, with a motley group of
aliens, including D'Argo (Anthony Simcoe), Chiana (Gigi Edgley),
various puppet characters (designed by the Jim Henson Company),
and Aeryn (Claudia Black), Crichton's love interest, who's
expecting their first child. As "The Peacekeeper Wars" begins,
our heroes find themselves in the middle of a war-to-end-all-wars
between the lizard-like, implacably evil rans and their
rivals, the Peacekeepers. Crichton is the lynchpin in all of
this, as his knowledge of "wormhole technology" is coveted by
all, including his old nemesis Scorpius (Wayne Pygram), who
captured and tortured Crichton back in season 1 and with whom
Crichton must now form an uneasy alliance against the rans.
Over the course of the three-hour miniseries, we get lots of
weird- and cool-looking aliens, some nice sets and special
effects, plenty of battles, and lots of portentous talk about the
e of the universe--nothing especially original, but all
presented with outstanding production values. There's drama and
action, love and betrayal, tragedy and triumph, war and,
ultimately, peace, with a suitably spectacular ending (and a nod
to Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey"). With a 30-minute
"making of" documentary among the DVD special features, "The
Peacekeeper Wars" is a fitting way to end the "Farscape" saga.
"--Sam Graham"
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Created at least in part due to popular demand, Farscape: The
Peacekeeper Wars will provide some closure to fans who were
dismayed by the demise of the popular science fiction television
show ( http://www..com/Farscape/e/B001CFZOBC ) in 2003 and
campaigned mightily to bring it back. Indeed, this miniseries
(originally broadcast over two nights on the Sci-Fi Channel) will
likely appeal primarily to the Farscape faithful, as the somewhat
convoluted storyline may prove baffling to the uninitiated.
A brief bit of backstory explains how John Crichton, an
astronaut from Earth, went through a wormhole and ended up on
Moya, a living spaceship, with a motley group of aliens,
including D'Argo (Anthony Simcoe), Chiana (Gigi Edgley), various
puppet characters (designed by the Jim Henson Company), and Aeryn
(Claudia Black), Crichton's love interest, who's expecting their
first child. As The Peacekeeper Wars begins, our heroes find
themselves in the middle of a war-to-end-all-wars between the
lizard-like, implacably evil rans and their rivals, the
Peacekeepers. Crichton is the lynchpin in all of this, as his
knowledge of "wormhole technology" is coveted by all, including
his old nemesis Scorpius (Wayne Pygram), who captured and
tortured Crichton back in season 1 and with whom Crichton must
now form an uneasy alliance against the rans.
Over the course of the three-hour miniseries, we get lots of
weird- and cool-looking aliens, some nice sets and special
effects, plenty of battles, and lots of portentous talk about the
e of the universe--nothing especially original, but all
presented with outstanding production values. There's drama and
action, love and betrayal, tragedy and triumph, war and,
ultimately, peace, with a suitably spectacular ending (and a nod
to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey). With a 30-minute
"making of" documentary among the DVD special features, The
Peacekeeper Wars is a fitting way to end the Farscape saga. --Sam
Graham