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timepiececlockI watched Farscape tonight. John was only in this episode for like 8 minutes at the end, but for those 8 minutes my heart did break for him. No!! AERYYYYYYNNNNN!!!!
And it was such quiet heartbreak. God how I love Ben Browder's acting. I simply cannot separate him in my mind from Crichton. He is John Crichton, and no one can convince me otherwise. BB is just this silly little false identity he's constructed to hide himself in Hollywood from the evil interstellar Peacekeepers that want his wormhole know-how....
Sometimes, if I take a moment to think about it, it seriously gets me down that I hang in anxious waiting next to the VCR in anticipation of a new Farscape episode, and yet I only ended up watching the last Star Wars film when someone else rented it and left it at my house.
That series used to be great. The original trilogy was a wonder, even for its flaws.
Nowadays, Farscape could kick its pawny frelling little Jedi ass up and down the Uncharted Territories, and do so wearing hot black leather, a Southern accent, and come-fuck-me lipstick in shades of bright primary colors.
Even their froggy 2-foot-tall green alien puppet has more personality and character angst than Star Wars' froggy two-foot-tall green alien puppet.
And a lightsaber? Bah! Who needs a sword, I've got my Wynnona and I'll shoot you between the eyes before your little glow stick is even turned on.
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And that's just science fiction elements. If you want to talk quests and fantasy themes and mystical powers and wars and film trilogies-- well let's just say Peter Jackaon's latest sequel makes George Lucas look really pathetic.
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*Shaka would like to pull back and say that actually she still really DOES want a lightsaber, but only because she suffers from terminal sword envy.
And it was such quiet heartbreak. God how I love Ben Browder's acting. I simply cannot separate him in my mind from Crichton. He is John Crichton, and no one can convince me otherwise. BB is just this silly little false identity he's constructed to hide himself in Hollywood from the evil interstellar Peacekeepers that want his wormhole know-how....
Sometimes, if I take a moment to think about it, it seriously gets me down that I hang in anxious waiting next to the VCR in anticipation of a new Farscape episode, and yet I only ended up watching the last Star Wars film when someone else rented it and left it at my house.
That series used to be great. The original trilogy was a wonder, even for its flaws.
Nowadays, Farscape could kick its pawny frelling little Jedi ass up and down the Uncharted Territories, and do so wearing hot black leather, a Southern accent, and come-fuck-me lipstick in shades of bright primary colors.
Even their froggy 2-foot-tall green alien puppet has more personality and character angst than Star Wars' froggy two-foot-tall green alien puppet.
And a lightsaber? Bah! Who needs a sword, I've got my Wynnona and I'll shoot you between the eyes before your little glow stick is even turned on.
*
And that's just science fiction elements. If you want to talk quests and fantasy themes and mystical powers and wars and film trilogies-- well let's just say Peter Jackaon's latest sequel makes George Lucas look really pathetic.
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*Shaka would like to pull back and say that actually she still really DOES want a lightsaber, but only because she suffers from terminal sword envy.
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Date: 2003-02-09 12:44 am (UTC)For me it really depends on the character and show that I feel that way. For example, I think Spike is probably the best male character on tv right now, and certainly one of the tip-top in genre tv, if not the best. And yet I've got no problem separating James Marsters in my mind from Spike.
Chriton though... no way. It doesn't matter what Browder does after Farscape-- every time I see him on screen I'll be looking at John Crichton, not BB. It's like how Leonard Nemoy could never shed the identity of Spock. I hope that BB doesn't get professionally trapped like that, but in my head that's just how it is.