FarScape: The Peacekeeper Wars Reaction Thread *SPOILERS*

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2004-10-19 04:20pm

Slayen wrote:Heh, it seems that even all the way across the galaxy, babies still look like a little Winston Churchill.

Alos

"Shooting makes me feel better!"

That cracked me up.

The one that cracked me up was earlier:

"If this was a sebbacen baby it would be here by now. How long does this usually take?"
"Uh... sometimes it goes for days"
"I've killed men for less."

Jadeite · Post by **Jadeite** » 2004-10-19 05:03pm

I want a wormhole weapon. That was an awesome scene, and Harvey's death made me sad.

Post by **Kuja** » 2004-10-19 05:26pm

That scene at the end with Peacekeeper Bitch and Emperor Godzilla agreeing to peace was fucking awesome. You could just see it in both their faces: "I wanna keep killing stuff....but I'm gonna die!" Absolutely great.

That was one hell of an ending. Every scifi show should have an ending this great.

Lancer · Post by **Lancer** » 2004-10-19 07:33pm

Kuja wrote:That scene at the end with Peacekeeper Bitch and Emperor Godzilla agreeing to peace was fucking awesome. You could just see it in both their faces: "I wanna keep killing stuff....but I'm gonna die!" Absolutely great.

That was one hell of an ending. Every scifi show should have an ending this great.

it had the kind of ending that Angel should have gotten.

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2004-10-19 07:37pm

I must say this ending has put Farscape solidly in it's place far above most other sci-fi shows and movies. In my eyes it is the Original Star Wars trilogies equal.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2004-10-19 08:07pm

NecronLord wrote:
McC wrote:Those are Pantak-class Vigilantes, referred to by Crais in "Premiere" as "Battle Fighters." They're by no means fighters, though, being about 500-750 meters long or so. Aeryn's mom had one under her command as part of the retrieveal squad in Season 3.
One of which was also reffered to as "The rear battle fighter" for some reason, by Crais...

Wait so the things that Bracka and his boys at the beginning were flying were 500 meters!? But they looked like single man fighters.

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » 2004-10-19 08:27pm

Agent Fisher wrote:
NecronLord wrote:
McC wrote:Those are Pantak-class Vigilantes, referred to by Crais in "Premiere" as "Battle Fighters." They're by no means fighters, though, being about 500-750 meters long or so. Aeryn's mom had one under her command as part of the retrieveal squad in Season 3.
One of which was also reffered to as "The rear battle fighter" for some reason, by Crais...
Wait so the things that Bracka and his boys at the beginning were flying were 500 meters!? But they looked like single man fighters.

They were single man fighters. They're talking about the vigilantes in the very opening battle.

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2004-10-19 08:30pm

Out of curiousity. Do we have any calcs for Farscape weapons? That missile they fired at the temple had a fucking huge explosion.

McC · Post by **McC** » 2004-10-19 08:38pm

Agent Fisher wrote:Wait so the things that Bracka and his boys at the beginning were flying were 500 meters!? But they looked like single man fighters.

No, those are Prowlers, actual interceptor/superiority fighters. The "rear battle fighter" is a term to refer to the relatively small Pantak-class Vigilante capital ships, which presumably provide an escort/support role to the main command carriers during battle operations.

McC · Post by **McC** » 2004-10-19 08:41pm

Captain_Cyran wrote:Out of curiousity. Do we have any calcs for Farscape weapons? That missile they fired at the temple had a fucking huge explosion.

I'd certainly be tempted to do some, though I don't think we have easily measurable values, as we do in SW for instance with the asteroid scene. A few instances, perhaps, but I don't know if there are enough to make calcs from.

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2004-10-19 09:20pm

McC wrote:
Captain_Cyran wrote:Out of curiousity. Do we have any calcs for Farscape weapons? That missile they fired at the temple had a fucking huge explosion.
I'd certainly be tempted to do some, though I don't think we have easily measurable values, as we do in SW for instance with the asteroid scene. A few instances, perhaps, but I don't know if there are enough to make calcs from.

Well, take that temple missile-- I daresay it wouldn't be too hard to scale it from the visuals. As for the rest of them-- the blasters, etc-- I agree, hard to say...

BTW, question-- do Farscape ships have any sort of shielding? Or is it all armor? Cause their shots certainly seemed to damage without hesitation... especially Moya-- it's like, boom, boom, boom... same with all the other ships that you see shots hitting.

McC · Post by **McC** » 2004-10-19 09:26pm

Elheru Aran wrote:BTW, question-- do Farscape ships have any sort of shielding? Or is it all armor? Cause their shots certainly seemed to damage without hesitation... especially Moya-- it's like, boom, boom, boom... same with all the other ships that you see shots hitting.

Sometimes. Particularly in season one/two.

In "Premiere," when Crais's command carrier fires on Moya, one of the shots scrapes off of Moya's underside against a blue "field," which looks a little like a weapon-shield interaction.

In "PK Tech Girl," Crichton, Aeryn, and Gilina rip out the functioning defense screen of the derelict command carrier Zelbinion for use on Moya, and it is then subsequently used to defend (with moderate success -- see the ep

) against the Halosians in "Out of their Minds." I don't think it's used after this. It might've burnt out in this episode, but I honestly don't recall.

We never see a command carrier other than the derelict Zelbinion use this form of technology.

D'Argo's craft, Lo'la, initially have a defensive perimeter around it that could not be breached.

I think there have been other instances of shield technology, but on a more personal level. There's also, of course, the terrace on Moya that appears open to space, but is contained by some kind of field (the final scene of "The Peacekeeper Wars" was, incidentally, the first time the terrace had been seen since, I believe, season one).

Death from the Sea · Post by **Death from the Sea** » 2004-10-19 11:39pm

Agent Fisher wrote:Anyone else sad to see harvey go?

I was he was my favorite character believe it or not.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2004-10-19 11:46pm

Only just saw the last installment tonight.

High points for me: Harvey's Deathscene, it's obvious why as I am a total 2001 fanwanker. Probably one of my favorite deathscenes of all time.
D'argo's last scene: "I'm your Daddy." Enough said.
Scorpious commanding the defenders of the temple.
The Luxan commandos, the first time so many Luxans have been on screen at once, actual tactics used, technology that is smart, a warrior race that is proficient and smart. It just put those fucking Klingons to shame.
The Wormhole weapon: Reminds me of the Excession.

This is now the best miniseries that has ever existed. I defy all of you to name a better one.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-10-19 11:48pm

Dumb question, but what happened to Sikozu in the very end? I remember the scene near the end of Part 2 where Scorpius pulls something out of her back (or something) but what happened to her after that?

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2004-10-19 11:49pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Dumb question, but what happened to Sikozu in the very end? I remember the scene near the end of Part 2 where Scorpius pulls something out of her back (or something) but what happened to her after that?

Scorpious probably killed her.

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2004-10-20 12:03am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Dumb question, but what happened to Sikozu in the very end? I remember the scene near the end of Part 2 where Scorpius pulls something out of her back (or something) but what happened to her after that?

At the end, when everybody was leaving, Grishalkh or whatever his name is-- the fat guy who's the Diagonisian's translator-- is kind of crawling over to look further, and he sees Sizoku lying on the ground nearby-- she kind of gives him a look, and he goes something like, "You idiot!"

BTW, the thing he took off her was a Scarran com... I don't believe it was implanted, although it may have been imbedded in her back.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-10-20 12:06am

Didn't Akhnat refer to the spy as he? So does that mean Grishalkh was another spy? Or was it only Sikozu.

McC · Post by **McC** » 2004-10-20 12:10am

Grunschlk!

And Ahk'na (though the apostrophe is optional, I think).

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-10-20 12:21am

McC wrote:Grunschlk!

And Ahk'na (though the apostrophe is optional, I think).

You sure? I'm pretty sure it's Grunchlk actually.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2004-10-20 12:24am

Captain_Cyran wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Dumb question, but what happened to Sikozu in the very end? I remember the scene near the end of Part 2 where Scorpius pulls something out of her back (or something) but what happened to her after that?
Scorpious probably killed her.

"Final mission for the scarans" Hmm

McC · Post by **McC** » 2004-10-20 12:47am

neoolong wrote:You sure? I'm pretty sure it's Grunchlk actually.

Well, that's the spelling FarScape World used. The subtitles use Grunchlk, but the subtitles also sub in the word "well" for "frell" sometimes

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-10-20 01:14am

Captain_Cyran wrote:Out of curiousity. Do we have any calcs for Farscape weapons? That missile they fired at the temple had a fucking huge explosion.

There was an episode where the Moya crew detonated a "makeshift" bomb on the surface of the planet. Said explosion created a hugh white flash that could be seen from orbit with the subsequent mushroom cloud visible from orbit as well.

They said such an explosion would not severely damage a command carrier unless applied to the bridge.

Necronlord has the screencaps I think, and can explain more.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-10-20 01:16am

Oh yeah, Crichton apparently vaporized a lot of water in a tank with his pulse pistol as a demonstration. Calculations done by people here were something like several megajoules or something. SOmeone more familiar with the subject could probably elaborate further.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2004-10-20 01:58am

I think the wormhole weapon slightly outclasses virtually everything else in scifi with the exception of Culture stuff, but only because of the Excession.

Anyone notice the Dr Strangelove references Harvey kept making?

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FarScape: The Peacekeeper Wars Reaction Thread SPOILERS