Part 2
Not that late. Still waiting for FH. I had to rush myself to write the review. Well have to do it again. Frell these double shifts.
Or we could not talk about the shipping.
CGI was fairly new at the time. You ever notice how the Zelbinian looks like an old factory and quit different from Crais' command carrier.
Where is that vomit bucket?
I just assumed it was hot since they were in the engine room
Their is my vomit bucket. I'm going to need. Joking aside, I'm not blind. I know a lot of people love the John/Aeryn story. I'm not against it like SQ would believe. My issue is its overuse at the expense of other character. I think Pilot gets 1 episode devoted to him.
That I can agree on. It takes a huge back in S3 with Aeryn's stupidity. But we will get to that later. SQ knows what episode I am talking about
Nope. She stood up for John because she genuinely believed he was innocent. It wasn't love but here sense of right and wrong. It was naïve trust in the military of the Peacekeepers.
I think it was kind of obvious what the penalty was. I suppose you could make an argument this was the first time it was directly mentioned. Aeryn probably didn't think Crais would get so overemotional about his brother. She expected him to think in rational terms. Its not love just a misguided judgment on Aeryn's part.
That is just him saying how the clone looked just like Aeryn. He could of said the same of Zhaan or Rygel.
Its John's feelings of compassion. He doesn't want anyone to feel upset. Its not any different than when he talked to D'Argo about how he feels betrayed
I agree. They share mutual interests.
Seasons. In American shows its called seasons not series This point I will concede on. Call it what it is. John needs someone more insane like him.
I'll admit I clicked link and was totally confused on what I was seeing
Except for the scene where John and Aeryn kissed. Besides that you were. You could use Gilina as a comparison if Aeryn hadn't been contaminated.
I use it often.
You underestimate how much time I have been around the rabid actions of shippers. Making videos of any kind are beyond my ability. And I'm to lazy to care to learn.
If we call this this episode the start I'll agree. I mean we are not really that far in. I agree about Aeryn being hard to love because she has this emotional barriers. Like I have said before Gilina is because they similar. But remember the opposites attract cliché.
Don't do it blue. She can't be trusted
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Before we get to the shipping, the editing point of view:
Not so many moving shots in this episode, but great colour: yellow, red and cyan lights on close ups that work well for vidding, particularly in the scenes on the Zelbinian. CGI is passable, although not as good as other episodes.
Definitely worth editing this episode up if you are making a John/Aeryn video, despite the fact that they don’t actually physically do anything with each other. Lots of longing/ ‘what am I feeling?’ looks.
Similarly, from a *cough* purely aesthetic *cough* pov, Crichton discards the IASA ‘ I’m wearing a sheep’ jacket about half way through in favour of short sleeve white T-shirt.
Like Squirrely, the John/Aeryn love story is my favourite Farscape arc. Jelgate, you probably won’t be happy to learn that the video I’m working on from editing up the rewatch is a shipping vid…
Yep, totally agree, the show’s lack of a reset button is what make the love arc stand out. I also like the fact that their relationship and emotional maturity isn’t linear, sometimes they move backwards (just like real life!). But it is always in response to an event or an internal block they’ve come up against.
It interesting to get different viewers angles on when they see them 'falling' for each other isn't it? I think Aeryn falls for Crichton from the very first episode. She takes a risk for a complete stranger by speaking up for him against Crais; that’s not a particularly peacekeeper-sort of thing to do. Nor is it particularly wise strategically and Aeryn is normally a smart cookie.
In this episodes there’s some dialogue that the penalty for being ‘irreversibly contaminated’ is death.I think this is the first time that it's mentioned: Crichton certainly looks surprised. He didn’t necessary clock before just how big a leap Aeryn took by trying to defend his crash as accidental. There is also a line in I think Bad Timing that could be read as
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Crichton is a little harder to read as to when he starts having feelings for Aeryn. But to me, there’s a line in episode 3, when he says (of the Aeryn copy) “It was exactly like you. The way it moved. The way it felt.” There is then a definite moment. Yes, I’ll admit it subtext, but there is a beat.
And by this episode, the fact that he leaves Gilina to go ‘clear the air’… well there’s something there at least.
That said, I do like Gilina. And I think that she and early series ‘gee-whiz, isn’t the universe wondrous’ John work well as a couple. She’s good with science, doesn’t seem to want to kill anyone or screw them over (quite a novelty in the Farscape universe), is able to express emotions… in fact pretty much the opposite of Aeryn at this point.
However, I think it’s interesting
the best way to explain was for me to gif-set a paralleling of blocking I noticed in some later episodes ( see link below)
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BUT WARNING: these are very spoilery for both season 1 and PK wars. Do not click if you haven’t seen the whole of Farscape yet.
http://thebluemeany.tumblr.com/post/...hip-priorities
http://thebluemeany.tumblr.com/post/...hip-priorities
I also enjoyed that Aeryn and Gilina’s interaction wasn't really to do with Crichton. That was refreshing. They weren’t rivals in terms of how they acted to each other. In fact they have a nice connection by the end of the episode with Aeryn giving advice, and Gilina taking hold of her hand.
Oh, and I also note that the old ‘I have something in my eye’ routine works in other galaxies too. That’s good to know.
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As far as when John/Aeryn first really started "falling for each other" I think it was pretty close from the start for both of them. John I think clung onto her because she was the closest thing to human he had found up to that point, and her being female was even better. I'm sure he was pretty much elated. However, he was dealing with trying to cope in this new world and the other team members that he really thwarted his thoughts of her in that way IMO. I think John just continued to push it to the back burner because he recognized that Aeryn wasn't ready or receptive for that matter. Unlike the pliable (and no that's not a play on words ) Giliana. Let's face it Aeryn at this point is hard to love. She pushes people away and is very hardened. Giliana is what John finds refreshing because she accepts his advances and succumbs quite easily to him. Aeryn is going to prove a much harder catch for him and I think it's that dance (that you mention) that draws me to this ship so much too because while it can be frustrating for some to watch I really feel like this is how true companionship works alot of times...you know one step forward, two back. So I like that you pointed out that
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Love the gifs and can we use some of them with your permission?
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