&@avclub-7aee1b75b527e215f31e20a5c4e7a768:disqus Its just occurred to me that with its crew of misfits fly though the universe and casual/humorous tone Red Dwarf also has to be a huge influence on Farscape. But I don't know, I seem to have trouble grasping how Star Trek towers completely over all sci-fi in America.

Bah, there was probably only a couple of episodes with nudity over the shows run, and as far as acting and far as acting writing goes it would beat out a show like Farscape easily.

Perhaps that's part of the appeal, with so much American stuff having the same feel to it and the only alternate being Dr. Who.

&@avclub-64b327d40918ca7522ac22e3d02dc41c:disqus Ah yes, it was fairly trashy but there is a limit to how much you can mine that territory before having to get back to some solid sci-fi guts. And the "undead goth assassin" couldn't be more of a cliche in his appearance but still worked, mostly as a tool for plot I…

Henson workshop involvement should be a plus to any one with sense. I'd think people would be less likely to criticize it from that direction these days as it is popular to praise practical effects over the lack of personality in all the cgi.

And I have heard that the second series of Farscape is great, and I am glad to hear that the first picks up as I have just started watching and the first half dozen episodes are rather mediocre so far. The first couple of Babylon 5 episodes, that I have rewatched for the first time since I saw them as a child on the…

"shows set onboard starships that made a deliberate effort to combat the Star Trek formula, and often did so very well, though all three suffered from low ratings. But Farscape got there first"

Those xenophobic arseholes.

Shane is a massive asshole and what he was doing there seemed much more like he was outraged at the idea that zombies would be treated like this and so he created this big stunt which put everyone in much more danger than they were with the barn. Drumming up the fears of the group to wipe out this threat is zombie…