FarscapeWeekly
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Did you know?
Quote of the Week
Free Cool Stuff
Recurring Characters
Repeat Performers
The Score
Upcoming Episodes
Ratings
Uh...um... OK, I haven't done much with the site since last weekend. It was my birthday and I slacked off. I did manage to upload the last three issues of the eZine and all the supporting files, though. It may not look like much but it is amazingly time consuming, fixing all the links and all. I also customized the error pages so that they'll be slightly more helpful (and friendly) than the generic (and useless) File Not Found message you might run into here. I am behind on reviews ("John Quixote" and "I Shrink, Therefore I Am" are pending), but I hope to get caught up soon.
Wait! There is something new. Check out this Scarran Retrospective, and see how much Scarrans have changed over the past 3 seasons.
I do have a copy of Issue #7 of The Official Farscape Magazine which will go to one lucky subscriber on August 15, so watch your Inbox for an email with the subject "Congratulations from FarscapeWeekly!"
Again, and still -- it will be a while before all the old stuff gets put back up. I will continue to post new content as frequently as possible. If there is any old content you'd like access to, just send me an email and I will set you up with direct links.
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I know, it has nothing to do with Farscape, but
still. You really should buy it.
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Dani Moure over at the smashing FarscapeWorld (one of my top favorite sites) has posted some awesome first-looks at Alderac Entertainment's new Farscape role playing game (RPG). Check it out, they look fantastic.
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Farscape has a new home in Oz! (Repeated from the last issue, for those readers who didn't get the late update) Rumors were circulating that Foxtel had replaced Nine Network as a production partner of Farscape, and that seasons 2 and 3 would soon be airing in Australia on Fox8. Fox8 would make a terrific home for Farscape, since it already showcases several popular genre shows. I was unable to find anything on the web to substantiate this rumor, so I sent an email to the PR folks at Foxtel, and Elizabeth Hunter forwarded their 25 July 02 press release announcing the new arrangements. As of the date of this posting, the press release has not been posted to Foxtel's website yet, but it should get up there eventually.
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Convention news...amazingly enough, there were no emails from Creation Entertainment last week, but I'll include the links here for reader convenience. Click here for Creation's Convention Calendar. The News & Updates page at the SCIFI Channel's Farscape page lists convention appearances by actor.
Did you know...
The
miniaturization plot device has been around for
quite a while. The earliest reference I could find was in the
1866 classic, Alice in Wonderland. Lewis
Carroll's Alice was subjected to more organic shrinking methods,
though, first drinking from the "Drink Me" bottle, and
then nibbling on one side of a gigantic mushroom. Shrink
Rays are wildly popular in comics, with the earliest
mention in 1943 in All Star Comics; the Justice Society of America defeated the
evil Brain Wave. Later, a similar scenario played out in 1958 Action
Comics; in 1978, it was Superman (and Supergirl)
defeating Brainiac. Other evil
shrink-ray-weilding bad guys have appeared in the Star
Trek comic (#25, July 1974) and Sonic the Hedgehog (December
1993).
On screen, being shrunk is either some huge government-funded science project that some other government wants to steal, or it is played for humorous effect. The earliest example of the former is 1966's Fantastic Voyage, with 1987's Innerspace cast in the same mold. 1989's Rick Moranis vehicle Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (referenced by Crichton) and its sequels, along with the recent Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius (2001), are examples of the more light-hearted approach.
If any readers out there know of an earlier reference to people being miniaturized, please send me an email. While there are dozens of stories involving already-miniature people (Gulliver's Travels, The Borrowers), I couldn't think of anything earlier than Alice in which someone was actually shrunk and then later restored to normal size, nor did I find any earlier references throughout extensive searches.
Quote of the Week:
"I've been around long
enough to know how ignorant I am. I don't assume the universe
obeys my preconceptions. I know a frelling fact when it hits me
in the face."
--
Rygel, "I Shrink, Therefore I Am"
Free Cool Stuff
Two
entries this week, revisiting some old favorites with great new
stuff.
First, if you don't know who VenomSoup is, shame on you. It's very difficult to summarize the qualities of this long-time Scaper in a short paragraph like this, but I can list a couple of his notable accomplishments: he's the owner of the Farscape WebRing, and the creative force behind the bodacious Space Babes website. The latest addition to his CV is video editor. Check out his "estrogen free" Farscape vid, BodyScape, with music by Drowing Pool, on DallaScapers' ever-awesome FarscapeFantasy. (D'you think I could fit any more links in that paragraph?)
Still looking for more free cool stuff? Don't you people have lives? OK, this should keep you busy for a while: the hardworking peoples over at KarlsWeb are happy to announce KWeb 2.0. In other words, they've completely redesigned the place and there's tons of new content as well. One thing I noticed right off the bat was a newly expanded costuming page, with patterns and instructions. Be sure I'll be bookmarking that and sending it out again in time for upcoming Halloween parties.
Have you found some free cool stuff? Do you have some free cool stuff you'd like to share? Send an eMail!
No Recurring Characters this week, but check out this Scarran Retrospective for a look at how Scarrans have changed over the seasons.
No Repeat Performers this week, either.
The Score
through "I Shrink, Therefore I Am": 52/74
Allies: 11, Enemies: 19
Time to add the Scarrans to the Enemies
list.
Upcoming Episodes
check
local listings for airtimes
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8/09 A Perfect Muder - new
8/16 TBD - new
8/23 Unrealized Reality - new
SciFi's ScheduleBot has still not been updated with the new episode titles; I pulled "A Perfect Murder" from TVGuide.com.
There will be no new episode the weekend of 8/30, Labor Day Weekend. SCIFI traditionally runs movies that entire weekend. Throughout September, the SciFi Channel will be running double doses of newly-aquired Stargate SG-1, including a chain reaction September 27. Traditionally SciFi schedules movies and specials in October, so it's looking like it will be November before we see anymore Farscape.
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source: SCIFI Channel's schedulebot
Ratings
time series charts of first airing ratings for all 4 seasons
Updated
through "Promises"
First airing ratings for all 4 seasons
Crichton Kicks 1.6
What Was Lost, pt 1 1.1
What Was Lost, pt 2 1.3
Lava's a Many Splendored Thing 1.4
Promises 1.1
(ratings are share of SciFi's total households)