A couple days back, the rumor that Space Jam 2 was happening hit the internet, creating massive shockwaves amongst those still blinded by 90's nostalgia. However, around the same time, another rumor popped up for a slightly more niche audience - Farscape, the Australian Sci-Fi TV series from the Jim Henson company was under consideration for another outing (most likely in TV movie form). Have you never heard of Farscape? If not, shame on you! Chronicling the story of lost U.S. Astronaut John Crichton, this is a show that was way ahead of its time back in 1999, boldly going into dramatic and storytelling waters that few science fiction shows ever go even today. Developed by Rockne S. O'Bannon and David Kemper, Farscape ran from 1999 - 2003, at which point it was abruptly cancelled by the Sci-Fi channel (before it was known as "Syfy") at the end of its fourth season. Fans were very displeased at this development, and eventually Brian Henson (with much financial support from wealthy fans) acquired the rights to make a 3 hour miniseries to wrap the show up. After all this is said and done, though, Farscape is a relatively small entity, even when compared to shorter lived shows like Firefly (a show of comparable tone and quality that followed a similar pattern in cancellation and revival). To hype everyone up for this potential movie venture from Henson & company, I have compiled a list of reasons why Farscape is one of the greatest science fiction series' no one has heard of. Enjoy!
Self-evidently a man who writes for the Internet, Robert also writes films, plays, teleplays, and short stories when he's not working on a movie set somewhere. He lives somewhere behind the Hollywood sign.
