Farscape - Season 4, Collection 2 |  | Directors: Geoff Bennett, Ian Watson, Tony Tilse
Actors: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Lani John Tupu, Jonathan Hardy
Studio: Adv Films
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Format: NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 50 Minutes
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Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.8
MPN: ADNDFS4D2D
UPC: 702727062728
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Theatrical Release Date: March 19, 1999
Release Date: January 27, 2004
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Studio: Adv Films Release Date: 01/27/2004 Run time: 250 minutes
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Episodes 6-10 of Farscape's fourth season continue the themes set at the start of the year while concentrating on one-off adventures. John Crichton is still upset that Aeryn Sun has not confided in him about her pregnancy; Aeryn is still trying to cope with the loss of his dead copy; Chiana is trying in her lascivious way to get them back together; Scorpius and Sikozu are gradually becoming integrated into the life of the crew, and John and the others are trying to learn to trust their former arch-enemy. In "Natural Election," the process of choosing which of the crew shall be captain becomes more urgent when the living ship Moya is attacked by a space-dwelling plant that hangs around wormholes; "John Quixote" has Crichton and Chiana trapped in a surreal gameworld full of old friends and enemies; in "I Shrink, Therefore I Am," Crichton has to rescue his friends from bounty-hunters who have shrunk them and hidden them in their heavily armored bodies. Aeryn finds herself compelled to homicidal violence in "A Prefect Murder" and time goes wonky on her; Crichton has to get into drag and Scorpius has to vomit a lot to save their crewmates from getting caught in the cross-fire of "Coup by Clam." These are enjoyable albeit routine episodes of the most imaginative space opera ever to hit the TV screen, though they only hint at the wonders that were to come later in this final season. --Roz Kaveney
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 Moya gets attacked four episodes in a row and other fun August 1, 2004
Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The common denominator for four of the five episodes collected on volume 2 of the fourth season of "Farscape" is that Moya gets attacked. Usually that is the subplot for these episodes, but it is starting to get to the point where Pilot is going to leave the crew stranded somewhere and take Moya to a safe quadrant of the universe:
Episode 406, "Natural Election" (Written by Sophie C. Hopkins, Aired July 19, 2002) begins the attacks on Moya when a large organism attaches to hull and starts eating her skin and penetrating her systems. All this is after Crichton successfully predicts the opening of a wormhole, which is going to be a handy talent down the road. The crew also finally picks a captain for Moya (and I guessed right!). So the beginning and ending have some importance and the middle gives the crew something to run around and do in between.
Episode 407, "John Quixote" (Written by Ben Browder, Aired July 26, 2002) is a wild episode where Chiana gets Crichton trapped in a virtual reality simulation and have to win a game run by an unstable Stark to get out alive. This is another one of those "Farscape" episodes where things get totally weird. D'Argo is the Wicked Witch, Aeryn the Princess that needs to be rescued, Rygel the Black Knight, and you have to see what happened to Zhaan. Meanwhile, Moya is in danger of being attacked from within by Scorpius, which is not going to be a good thing. There is little to do with the fourth season story arc here, but the absurdity does comment on the characters and their involved relationships.
Episode 408, "I Shrink Therefore I Am" (Written by Christopher Wheeler, Aired August 2, 2002) is another fun episode as a gang of ruthless bounty hunters seizes Moya to capture Crichton and shrinks the crew. Then they can slip the wee folk into their body armor as a way of protecting themselves from Crichton. But then it turns out that Axikor, the head bounty hunter, turns out to be something other than he pretends and with a different agenda from the rest of the gang. Things get a bit silly in the end, but that is what happens when people can change sizes at the punch of a button. Still, there are some key developments with Scorpius, who is obviously going to play a role in something important this season, but at this point we have no clue of what it might be.
Episode 409, "A Perfect Murder" (Written by Mark Saraceni, Aired August 9, 2002) has the crew trying to get assistance on a world ruled by warring clans. The peace process gets derailed when Aeryn is accused of assassinating the next leader of the clan while Chiana cannot help but say the wrong thing pretty much every time she opens her mouth. This one gets a bit convoluted and to no great end in terms of the larger picture.
Episode 410, "Coup by Clam" (Written by Emily Skopov, Aired August 16, 2002) finds an alien doctor named Tumii has poisoned Moya's crew with deadly mollusks while they are being held in quarantine and will not give them the anecdote unless they pay through their collective noses. Things progress to the point where Aeryn and Sikozu have to go into a club for "gentlemen," but before you get excited about that you need to know that this one ends up with Crichton and D'Argo in drag. Of course, in the context of "Farscape" this is actually a good thing.
These are entertaining episodes, which is pretty much a constant for the "Farscape" series, but collectively they are just treading water. However, things pick up big time with the third DVD in this series as Crichton discovers that apparently you can go home again.
Brilliant - totally frelling brilliant February 19, 2004
Sean Price (Canterbury, Kent)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm British and I get the region 2 DVDs, but I CAN say that these episodes, while not being the best of the seasons, are a welcome return to the season one stories. Although many think that season four is the weakest, while I agree to a degree, Farscape still remains as the best written, best acted SF show on telly.And to that guy who thinks that A Prefect Murder is edited wrongly by ADV, maybe he should watch the episode again. The first four scenes are repeated over and over for the first ten minutes of the show from the different character's perspectives. It's an artistic thing, a different way to tell a story, it's EXPERIMENTAL, and it's one of the reasons why I love the damn show.
 A GREAT SET February 17, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an incredible collection! By the way, another review on this page - "Farscape is great but this collection has problems" written by "a viewer from peeksill" COMPLETELY misses the point of the episode "A Prefect Murder." There's nothing at all wrong with the DVDs. What's happening in the shots he describes is a PREMONITION. Aeryn is having a premonition of violent acts she later is compelled to commit. It's what the episode is about! The shots are repeated because she is experiencing the events again. This collection is great. There's a wonderful and funny interview with Jonathan Hardy, who is the voice of Rygel, and LOTS more. FARSCAPE is an educated, exciting show!
A GREAT SET February 17, 2004
Chip Schneider (Austin, TX)
This is an incredible collection! By the way, another review on this page - "Farscape is great but this collection has problems" written by "a viewer from peeksill" COMPLETELY misses the point of the episode "A Prefect Murder." There's nothing at all wrong with the DVDs. What's happening in the shots he describes is a PREMONITION. Aeryn is having a premonition of violent acts she later is compelled to commit. It's what the episode is about! The shots are repeated because she is experiencing the events again. This collection is great. There's a wonderful and funny interview with Jonathan Hardy, who is the voice of Rygel, and LOTS more. FARSCAPE is an educated, exciting show!
A collection of good episodes (but not the best...) February 2, 2004
For this collection of episodes from season 4 of "Farscape", we get a set of good episodes (not the best this season has to offer, but enjoyable nevertheless) which focus on the crew of Moya as their problems seem to get worse and worse. Crichton and Aeryn seem to be unable to connect, their nemesis Scorpius is now residing with them, and the tension from everyone else is noticeable. Episodes include the surreal "John Quixote", which features memorable faces from the show's run and enough references to Max Headroom and Monty Python to tide you by; "I Shrink Therefore I Am", which involve Crichton's attempt to save the crew from bounty hunters with the help of Scorpius; and "A Prefect Muder", in which Aeryn becomes an unwilling assassin. Of course, a few episodes later, things really pick up, but that's another story... The special features are good, and the video and audio aren't all bad. Recommended for fans.
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