Disappointing ending to a great show

If you love Farscape and have all the 4 seasons of DVDs like I do, then you come to unfortunate decision of having to buy this mini series to wrap the program up. Although watching The Peacekeeper Wars is necessary because of the silly cliff hanger at the end of season 4, it has a bittersweet taste. Read the other more honest reviews here and you'll see why. There isn't any point in me going over what they've already said. My own personal opinion is that they should have wrapped the show up during season 4 if they were going to cancel. The plot during season 4 was going pretty well and with a little more work, they could have ended the show at the end of the season without needing The Peacekeeper Wars.

So much work through 4 seasons on building terrific, deep and brilliantly acted characters... The Peacekeeper Wars, although providing an ending to the show, is nothing more than a hurried, disrespectful, monosyllabic answer to a long burning question.

Absolutely great show, but NO SUBTITLES?!!!!

Love the show, too bad it had to end. But it was a struggle to catch every line in it. I'm not English; therefore I need a little help supported by subtitles, especially with alien voices and sci-fi terms.
It's a shame that with such a great sci-fi show (one of the best indeed) even English subtitles for the hearing impaired aren't available. 5 stars for the show, 1 star for the DVD producers.

Not the complete series, as previously stated

This turns out to be the last of the seasons of Farscape, unless it finds it way back by some miracle. Previously this was listed as Farscape complete series, which was supposed to be a limited Amazon exclusive boxset, but it must have been removed for some reason. This is still a great boxset, and a nice finish to a great series.

Patchy at times but still a great show

Farscape's second season is a bit of an oddity. The first chunk of the season isn't all that dissimilar to the first season, Moya and her crew having separate adventures on each world they visit each episode. This first chunk contains some really great episodes but also some of the worst sci-fi ever made for television. As a huge fan of Farscape it's hard to admit it but some of these early-season-two-eps are just awful. Luckily the good material is good enough to keep you going though and when you hit the mid-point of the series everything changes.
The second half of this season is amazing, containing some of the best episodes Farscape ever made (including the incredible 'Won't Get Fooled Again') that really start to use what the show's makers had learned about it's strengths and weaknesses from the experimental beginnings of the season. It's a bizarre, insane world and it knows it. Every episode carries over into the next forming a larger tapestry of plot-lines and character arcs all building towards stunning climactic episode. This season principally follows Crichton's slow-but-steady mental breakdown after the traumatizing events that ended season one, this isn't thrown in your face but rather slowly built up through the season as his behavior becomes more and more reckless and suicidal, this method works especially well on DVD since it's much easier to pick up on early than it was when it first appeared on TV. It also contains a few hints at the larger political state around the events of the series but this only really comes into play in one three-part story near the middle of the season, mainly this is still about the same small group of fugitives just trying to find their way home.
Effects wise the season's pretty much the same as the first. All the costumes/body-paints/puppets for the main characters all look incredible even now several years later, though a few bits of the CG or guest-creatures are looking a little dated these days. What few pieces of effects do look dated don't detract from the quality of what you're watching here though as they're never there more than an episode.
Is season two better than season one? Yes, it probably is. Sure it's not as consistent and it's got more than the average number of bad episodes near the beginning, but when it's good it blows the first season away with ease, this is where Farcape started what would be cemented in season three - a transformation from an excellent sci-fi show into the best sci-fi show ever made.

The Best Yet!!!

I'm so glad that I bourght this DVD Boxset, out of my collection of various DVDs this has to be my favourite, the theme that was carried on from season 2 goes way beyond better in season 3.

For those who were fans I think the agreement is that this season peaked, the ideas come thick and fast and each episode is more or less a follow on from the last making season 3 more so like a long version of a movie than just a compilation of great episodes.

A must buy for Science fiction fans, Farscape was very unique and season 3 and also into 4 and beyond in the mini-series was some of the very best science fiction on TV in that the humour is so well tuned and the ideas and creativeness surpassed many other Science fiction shows before during and I'm not afraid to say after, after watching it is sad that the show was this good and was cancelled after season 4.....at least the entire show ended on a good note though!

Excellent Sci-Fi

I never caught this while it was on TV, but because of all the good reviews and the appearance of Ben Browder and Claudia Black in Stargate seasons 9 and 10 (they're brilliant in it) I thought I'd give it a try.

I have to say I was pleasantly surprised, the show is funny, inventive and it reminds me of Firefly when the characters use 'foreign' words.

My one bugbear is 'where are the subtitles?' I think all DVDs should come with them as I tend to miss the under breath utterances.

These DVDs are packed with informative extras and if you're a packaging nut like me you'll like the velcro fastened hardboard container it comes in.

A well written and witty set of episodes. Brilliant.

Farscape is best described as a breath of fresh air for the Sci-fi community. The show may lack the budget of Startrek or the gritty realism of Babylon 5 but what it does have is a set of characters and a script that are a joy to listen to and watch. In Farscape the relationships between the different characters and their changing attitudes towards each other are well written and played. In this set particularly, new oppinions can be formed about each character, especially in DNA Mad Scientist where certain members of the crew show a darker side to their characters. However by far and away the best relationship is that of Crichton and Rygel. The excellent puppeteering allows for some truely comic moments between the two characters, an episode can be watched just to see these two together. In a word Brilliant.

If you're a Sci-Fi/Fantasy fan, this is one you catn't miss!

WOW! A new show, with new ideas! Great characters combined with the best creation shop and the most original story line. Who would have thought that we would be the aliens in this story? If you consider yourself a Sci-Fi or Fantasy Fan, and if you liked the uniqueness of B5, this is one that would take you to the skies and back! Besides, who can not love that Chick With Gun... :)

Makes Americans willing to pay large shipping fees

Farscape is such an unbelievably good show that it makes me (a stingy American) willing to go to a UK site and pay the overseas shipping to catch the eps I missed in season 1. If you like sci fi, this will instantly captivate you.

Awesome

My DVDs just arrived from the continent yesterday. The Two DVDs contained 5 episodes that were fairly self contained with very little previous Farscape experience necessary. They were all excellent. The special features were weak. The deleated scenes should of been kept in but you'll see. Well any way...The first episode in the DVDs is"Natural Selection" where a giant mixed salad attacks Moya. Next the surreal"John Quixote",the violent"I Shrink", the very sexy"A Perfect Murder", and finally the really gross"Coup by Clam".

A brilliant continuation in the series

The fourth DVD set released for Farscape's third season include 4 of the most memorable episodes released.

3.15: INFINITE POSSIBILITIES - Part 2 ICARUS ABIDES
3.16: REVENGING ANGEL
3.17: THE CHOICE
3.18: FRACTURES

Fans of the series all laud these eps for their quality. In the third box set of the series, you are left on a cliffhanger as the first episode is the first of part sequence. 3.4 leads off with the very powerful and moving conclusion to that story. It is unforgettable and easily in Farscape's top ten of episodes.

The next episode in the set, Revenging Angel, is one of Farscape's most interesting episodes. Without giving away any of the plot, a large part of the episode is animated. This makes a for a very surreal twist in how you view the series as you see them explore less conventional things that other series would shy away from. Needless to say they succeed brilliantly and make an extremely creative and captivating episode.

The third episode in the set, The Choice, is one of Farscape's more dramatic episodes. It is a very well done story that conveys deep emotion. The style makes you feel deeply for the characters. It is extraordinarily well done. Even the action based side plot brings with it more dark emotion, making this a very powerful plot. No viewer could help being drawn into the episode by the storyline and directing style. This is definitely one of the better episodes.

Finally, finishing out the dvd set is Fractures. This is one of Farscape's best suspense episodes, with a mystery twist. Viewers are kept on the edges of their seats as they watch Moya's crew dealing with one problem after another. It also has the crew finally reunite which makes for interesting emotional reactions. Aside from the main plot though, this episode has extremely important foreshadowing of what comes next in the farscape series.

These four episodes are some of the best that Farscape offers. They are vital to the show's story and are vital for any collection. If you want to see some great TV get this set.

Missing sound effects?

Thoroughly in agreement with the positive opinions below. A side note: I recovered the"missing" sound effects with my DVD player plugged into the domestic hi-fi stereo which stands-in for a home theatre set-up in our house. Conversely, the voices are almost drowned-out, so finding an optimum balance twixt the stereo and the TV volume is required. Not [ahem] rocket science to achieve, thank goodness. Let's hope"Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars" maintains the standard!

Farscape is always good, but....

Farscape is always a cut above the average sci-fi show, but this is certainly not the series arc to watch if you have never seen the show before. Season 4 came under a lot of critisim when it began - after the brilliant season 3 'season of death,' the new episodes seemed to lack something. A lot of this 'something' is explained later in the series, but on first viewing, these episodes seem to make little sense. Especially what was lost parts one and two - as these two epiodes have been labled the most confusing episodes of Farscape ever. One for the people who have been watching Farscape since it began I think....
If you want to see the best of Farscape, go for seasons one, two and three. If you just love the show, get this.

Final Four Episodes a Thrill a Minute

Where can Farscape go after the episode Fractures? How about straight into the enemies camp.

The four set DVD opens with"I Yensch, You Yensch" where we find the resent diplomat Rygel, with D'Argo along for muscle, meeting Scorpius and Braca to hammer out details for the crew to go onto the command carrier. There is a side plot with the foursome being held hostage by some blue monkey guys, but some really great interaction between Scorpius and Rygel. In the"B" story Crichton, Aeryn and Crais must face the facts that young Talyn is seriously unstable and must be shutdown. A great tag line between Crichton and Aeryn which reflects both of their side of the pain they are facing.

The series really hits it stride with Into the Lions Den Part 1 and 2 as Moya's crew goes to the PK command carrier. Great interplay between Crichton and Scorpis and we also see Crais and Aeryn facing people from their past on the command carrier. It is our first meeting with Commandent Grayza and John learns about Scorpy's past. The ending is big-screen quality effects with a sense of loss and no accomplishment filtering through the ending.

It would seem the end of season three, but the Farscape gang has one heck of a cliffhanger in store with"Dog With Two Bones." The crew is preparing to go their seperate ways, but must complete a task before they can. Meanwhile, Crichton dreams of taking Aeryn to earth, and even sees them married. But as usual it is never what he wants or what it seems. It is our first meeting with The Old Woman and also the grand goodbye between Aeryn and Crichton, with a flip to the hands of fate to decide their actions. The end leaves Crichton as well as the audience floating.

Overall a smashing ending to a angst filled season three. I highly recommend this dvd, if for nothing else, the 10 minutes of deleted scenes from"Dog With Two Bones."

Superb

A great end to the first season of Farscape. I origanally got the first 2 boxsets to see what the series was like and after I had finished straight away ordered the remaining three. I feel that this boxset has some of the best episodes on it, in particular Family Ties which I think is a terrific cliffhanger ending to this season. Bring on Boxset 6!! :)

Good show, but no way on par with Babylon 5

It's a good show and it looks great on DVD. If you liked watching it on TV, you will not be disappointed. However many reviews try to draw some comparison to Babylon 5. Even on the cover of volume 1.6 there is a quote from Total DVD,"Hottest sci-fi series to hit TV since Babylon 5".

I'm sorry, I love the show, but it's no Babylon5!

Lush

Simply one of the best programmes on TV, these last four eps are simply the best episodes in Farscape so far. Amazing production values, fantastic dialogue and the most gripping storyline since Empire. Like the guy (or gal) says, if you have to buy one Farscape DVD or video, this is the one to get. You don't just want this, you NEED this. The most underrated sci-fi on TV at the mo, and in need of a big-budget movie soon please. (Grovel grovel, beg beg) Please?

The action starts here!

Wow! Just got the Box today, and wow! This set has probably the starting of the best episodes of this season, especially the last one - Infinite Pssibilities... Made me cry all over again!

And the extras... I just love those Trailers, and the Behind-The-Scences tours.

If you have the others, then you have to add this one to your collection, and if you don't have them.... That's the one to go for!

Can't wait for Box 4 & 5 !!!

Fantastic!

Season 4 just keeps getting better and better. My favourite episode in this box set has to be on the first dvd 'mental as anything' where scorpius takes the men of Moya to an advanced training camp to learn mental discipline and things get more interesting as D'argo has to confront Macton, the killer of his wife.

'Bringing home the Beacon' starts off as an average farscape venture, the crew land on a planet to purchase a camouflage device for Moya but then discover both Peacekeepers and Scarrans are holding negotiations for a treaty. Plenty of suspense and lots of humour from Chiana and Noranti.

The 2nd dvd episode 'A constellation of doubt' sheds light on how the people of earth viewed moyas crew as Crighton watches a documentary, he is intrigued about the word 'Katratzi' and believes it is linked to the wherabouts of Aeryn.

In 'Prayer' Crighton is determined to find out where 'Katratzi' is and so both he and scorpius travel the the alternate 'unrealised reality' which he had been to before and try to find the answer from Stark. Meanwhile Aeryn is being tortured by her Scarran Captors and preys for her rescue by Crighton.

Altogether a fantastic build up to the last 4 episodes of the season, cant wait to watch boxset 4.5! In fact if i could give this one a rating i'd say its a 4.5 too :-)