Netflix Heads-Up: Farscape Seasons 1-3 Streaming Now
While this is only tangentially game related, I know a couple of people I've told were glad to hear it, so I thought I'd share with the group. If you're looking for a way to bring your (nerdy) family together around the Xbox 360 or PS3 this weekend and just can't get everyone to pick up a controller, I thought I'd give folks a heads up that seasons 1 through 3 of the classic sci-fi series Farscape are now available for Instant Queue on Netflix. If you've got an Xbox Live Gold Membership, or received your PS3 streaming disc, just log into Netflix and add them to your list.
It had a few creative bumps here and there, but If you're a fan of spacey sci-fi like Battlestar Galactica and Firefly, I definitely recommend checking out at least the first season. By now the special effects probably look a little dated (it premiered a decade ago), but the character design and set work is still a sight to behold, as long as you can get past the initial shock of being expected to take muppets seriously. Newcomers may also see why some of us were so excited to hear Claudia Black voicing characters in both Uncharted 2 and Dragon Age: Origins this year.
For some reason season 4 isn't available for streaming or rent, so if you get totally addicted and watch the first three seasons in a marathon viewing session, you may have to wait a little bit to get closure. The final miniseries, The Peacekeeper Wars, isn't streaming, although you can rent it on DVD. For a long time the series was really hard to find on DVD for reasonable prices, although a recent re-release seems to have brought them down to earth, so to speak, and this new streaming deal may be related to that.
Dawdle
Posted to Television on 28 November 2009
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I want to make out with Ben Browder so bad it's not even funny.
My absolutely favorite sci-fi. Love it.
Jumping for JOY!
I know what I will be doing tonight.
Have started to watch Santuary on it!
Ben is indeed The Hotness - he's the reason my fiance actually got me to start watching this show. And when you see him shirtless... *wipes drool*
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The things I would do to that man...are not appropriate to mention on such a family friendly blog...OH BOY are they not appropriate!
I've been watching this with my boyfriend for the past week, good times.
As for Ben Browder... I dunno, no one else thinks his eyes are just a bit too small while his chin just a bit too big? Like his facial proportions are are just slightly askew.