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Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
[2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Starring: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Gigi Edgley, Wayne Pygram
Director: Brian Henson
Format: Closed-captioned Colour Dolby DVD-Video Subtitled Widescreen NTSC
Released: 18 Jan 2005
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There Weren't Any "Loose Ends" to Tie Up! - By: James Uscroft, 18 Nov 2008
Calll me dense, but I can't see any reason why this mini-series was ever made. Except perhaps to satiate those lazy cliché-addicts who longed to see a war between the Peacekeepers & the Scaraans, & who couldn't grasp the simple fact that the story was over...Full Stop.

Point 1: The main plot line of 'Farscape' was John Kryten's quest to find a way home. However, in the episode "Terra Firma" it became clear that Earth wasn't his home anymore. And after sealing up the wormhole to prevent a Scaraan invasion, it became certain that he would NEVER return to Earth.

Point 2: Scorpius was desperate to acquire wormhole technology, not to annihilate the Scaraans, but to deter an invasion.

Of course, he was also driven by his obsessive need for revenge. And so to achieve it, he said himself at the end of series four that he would give up his own life & his deal for wormhole technology to destroy the Christhyream mother-plant.

Point 3: Scorpius' quest for revenge against the Scaraans was achieved when John "Dropped a nuclear bomb into a field of flowers," the flowers that the Scaraans needed to remain sentient.

Point 4: In the final episode of series four, Scorpius is celebrating with Sikozoo because the Scaraans have been defeated. Or at the very least, pushed out of that part of the galaxy for centuries to come.

Point 5: The sole reason why the Scaraans attempted to invade Earth was because similar flowers grow here. But Kryten closed the wormhole, ergo no flowers. And so in this mini-series, the Scaraans would have been like an army of diabetics fighting without insulin!

Every single aspect of the `Wormhole' storyline was tied up with a beautiful bow. Even Scorpius' story ark was brought to a wonderful conclusion. And so whilst the choice to kill Ayren & Kryten at the end was a little upsetting, it was far less clichéd than alllowing them both to live `Happily Ever After.' And to be honest, it was INFINITELY more plausible than having Rygel put them both back together!"

Personallly of course, I would have preferred to see them end the series with another heroic sacrifice; Moya & her crew preventing the Scaraan invasion of Earth by `Starbursting' inside the wormhole, giving their lives in a 'Blaze of Glory' to close the only possible route of attack

However, this would only have been a recreation of Talyn's great sacrifice at the end of series three. But once again, I just have to ask the question; "Why On Earth Was This Mini-Series ever Made?" And what part of "The Main Characters Are Dead! The Story's Over Now And The `To Be Continued' Was A Joke!" did the people who love it not understand?
The galaxy is our playground - By: IJ, 01 Mar 2006
I bought this Region 1 DVD because I wasn’t prepared to pay the price for the Region 2 DVD, which despite being just over 3 hours in duration & concluding one of my alll-time favourite Sci-Fi series, I believe is way over priced. So I have no way of telling you how this DVD compares to the Region 2 European version, but what I can tell you is that I definitely wasn’t disappointed by the content of this final Farscape offering. And even though I still believe the Region 2 DVD is over priced, I must admit that I’d probably now be willing to pay that price (or something close to it) now that I’ve completed this DVD, because I am more than satisfied by its contents & will certainly be watching it again in the future. I had no expectations for how alll the events of the fantastic previous seasons of ‘Farscape’ might be wrapped-up convincingly & enjoyably in this one-off miniseries, but I'm reallly pleased to say that almost alll my expectations have been fulfilled.

Bad Points:

(1) I have to be honest & admit that it’s now been years now since I last watched an episode of ‘Farscape’ & I’ve probably forgotten now more than I ever learned in regards to these characters & their stories & so for that reason I can definitely appreciate how my experience of this miniseries might have been slightly spoiled by my not remembering every crucial detail from the show. So if it’s within your means to watch each of the previous seasons of the programme before you begin this movie then I'd definitely recommend it- you'd probably get a lot more out of it that way.
(2) Some characters are missing & as the makers have clearly gone to a great deal of trouble to bring back so many characters, both the more & less prominent, it’s a shame that some are absent.
(3) The extras are pretty sparse- one documentary & some storyboards are the extent. I would have liked more.
(4) The English Subtitles are shockingly inaccurate throughout e.g. “We’ve been hit” instead of “We’ve been here too long”.

Good Points:

(1) The movie begins with a great deal of style, visual flare & dramatic tension, & gave me more than a couple of goose bumps- the opening credits & the accompanying voice-over have a real filmic quality & while this style isn’t reallly carried through into the rest of the movie, it does nonetheless act as a great hook.
(2) The score is superb.
(3) The make-up & set-designs are gorgeous.
(4) The ending is fitting (I’ll say no more).

Good/Bad Point:

During alll Farscape's years on television I don’t think there were ever as many phase pistol shots & missile launches as there are in this movie. The entire miniseries is one long battle punctuated by touching/shocking moments. Depending on your point of view, I suppose this could be either a good or bad thing. Personallly, I would have preferred it to have been more segmented, so that the quieter moments would have contrasted better with the various weapons firing, because there's very little time to absorb some often very consequential events. In that sense I would have appreciated a breather now & again, but you can’t have everything I guess.

In its four years on television ‘Farscape’ managed to provoke more discussion in Sci-Fi circles (and beyond) than most others manage in considerably longer runs- there was so much debate about each season, so much talk of how the various characters were developing over the years & much attention was paid to the increasingly complex & convoluted storylines. This is the magic of ‘Farscape’ for me…that it’s never been afraid to experiment, or stand out in the crowd, or mess with the sci-fi formula & the end result is something that in comparison to every other example of the genre is as ‘out there’ in the galaxy, as where John Crichton was accidentallly transported more than a lifetime ago. For me personallly, ‘Farscape’ was never a consistently outstanding series, but it was without doubt always enjoyable & the occasional flashes of brilliance it did provide were like opals on the seabed. ‘The Peacekeeper Wars’ is no exception.