OT: Farscape Miniseries announced

[kalthalior]

Seem to remember several fans of Farscape on the forums here & have some good news. Sci-Fi announced yesterday they will be doing a new miniseries to air in Q4.

SciFi Wire Farscape Announcement (http://scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-04/05/17.00.sfc)

[Atrocities]

Well hot damn. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif I hope they are willing to spend some cash on it and not do a cheep job like they did with the BSG mini-series.

[Ragnarok]

yay!

[sachmo]

Anyone know where I can catch the old episodes on TV? Or should I just look to rent them?

[Sefter Aruna]

Hay Ragnarok your name is vary familier, is it from a movie? book?

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Sefter Aruna:
Hay Ragnarok your name is vary familier, is it from a movie? book? <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I got it from FF XIII, it was the name of the ship they had in it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Atrocities]

I know it was the name of a planet in the BSG mini-series. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

I also know that that is has to do with an acient place like HELL or something.

[Parasite]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
I also know that that is has to do with an acient place like HELL or something. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">It is the name of the final battle between the gods and the titans. I alway thought Ragnarok was part of "that Norse warrior crowd" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/blush.gif , but I see he is from Indiana instead. Assumptions http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

[Will]

I thought this was announced around the end of 2003? Oh well, still good news.

[gregebowman]

Speaking of the BSG mini-series, does anyone know when or if a new series is coming out anytime soon? I liked it, even though I grew up watching the original show, and like that one also. I hated the mini ending on a cliff-hanger, or more like a surprise ending.

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Parasite:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Originally posted by Atrocities:
I also know that that is has to do with an acient place like HELL or something. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">It is the name of the final battle between the gods and the titans. I alway thought Ragnarok was part of "that Norse warrior crowd" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/blush.gif , but I see he is from Indiana instead. Assumptions http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Parasite is also correct in it is the name that people have given the final battle between the gods and titans. (although fiction)

Indiana is just a summer home. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Parasite:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Originally posted by Atrocities:
I also know that that is has to do with an acient place like HELL or something. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">It is the name of the final battle between the gods and the titans. I alway thought Ragnarok was part of "that Norse warrior crowd" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/blush.gif , but I see he is from Indiana instead. Assumptions http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Nope. All wrong. Final battle between the gods of Asgard (the "good" gods) and the Jotuns, during which the current universe will be destroyed and only a few of the Asrgardian gods will survive. A new golden age will occur after Ragnarok occurs. Titans are Greek, not Norse.

norse+mythology+ragnarok (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=norse+mythology+ragnarok)

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Since

-SPOILER- -SPOILER-

as far as I know, they killed off the main character...Are we actually going to see an alien main character?

[dogscoff]

...he was part of "that Norse warrior crowd"
<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Nope, but he's welcome to join.

*dogscoff breaks out a barrel of mead and slays a boar for the spit-roast.

[Wydraz]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
Since

-SPOILER- -SPOILER-

as far as I know, they killed off the main character...Are we actually going to see an alien main character? <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Remember, this is sci-fi. In actuality they did NOT kill John Crichton & Aeryn Sun - they were "Disintegrated" and they were to be "Reintegrated" near the start of the fifth season (which was cancelled, of course).

[ April 07, 2004, 20:11: Message edited by: Wydraz ]

[Wydraz]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">
It is the name of the final battle between the gods and the titans. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Nope. All wrong. Final battle between the gods of Asgard (the "good" gods) and the Jotuns, during which the current universe will be destroyed and only a few of the Asrgardian gods will survive. A new golden age will occur after Ragnarok occurs. Titans are Greek, not Norse.
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Jeez, Imp, you never cut anyone an inch of slack.

The explanation is close enough. He got the gods correct, but of course it wasn't specific enough for you. Besides, the Titans and the Jotuns are the same thing, just named differently by the cultures involved. Soem believe the Titans are even mentioned in the bible, referred to as the Sons of Elohim.

[ April 07, 2004, 20:25: Message edited by: Wydraz ]

[Fyron]

No, the Titans and Jotuns are not the same thing at all. The Titans were gods, the Jotuns were just giants.

[Atrocities]

Greg there is no news, or at least any I can find, coming form the Sci-Fi channel about BSG series.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

[gregebowman]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
Greg there is no news, or at least any I can find, coming form the Sci-Fi channel about BSG series.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Ok, thanks. If I really had the time, I guess I could research this myself. Someone mentioned in a post a few weeks or months ago that there would be a series, but that's all I've heard about it. Nothing from any official channels. I'll keep my fingers crossed. I really want to see what they do with it.

[Wydraz]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
No, the Titans and Jotuns are not the same thing at all. The Titans were gods, the Jotuns were just giants. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Okay, professor, if you say so. As usual, I am stupid and you are the master of google. You've earned another medal by challenging facts that are totally unrelated to the topic at hand. Thanks for the distraction.

[Suicide Junkie]

Yeesh, relax, people.
Its not the end of the world... er, well you know what I mean.

[ April 09, 2004, 19:07: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]

[Griffin Cloud]

Heya, actually Ragnarok first appeared in the Final Fantasy series as Ragnarok the Esper in Final Fantasy #6 (japan - #3 in the us).

[Fyron]

Ah yes, back when Final Fantasy was playable... Wasn't its attack an attempt to kill everybody? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ April 10, 2004, 08:24: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[gregebowman]

Well, I was reading in the back of my tv guide that came with the Sunday paper that there is going to a Farscape mini-series to wrap up everything. Also, there is a 13 episode commitment for Battlestar Galactica. Also, they said that there is going to be a Ring World mini-series on Sci-Fi Channel. Unfortunately, no dates were mentioned in this article. Can't wait to see them, though.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Originally posted by gregebowman:
Well, I was reading in the back of my tv guide that came with the Sunday paper that there is going to a Farscape mini-series to wrap up everything. Also, there is a 13 episode commitment for Battlestar Galactica. Also, they said that there is going to be a Ring World mini-series on Sci-Fi Channel. Unfortunately, no dates were mentioned in this article. Can't wait to see them, though. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Don't get your hopes up. From Baen's Bar:

Just went back and reread the article. No Luis Wu. No man eating rat-cats and no Pierson Puppeteers. Boo-hoo, snarl and growl. Want to catch the blanky-blank and trample him to death.
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[gregebowman]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Originally posted by gregebowman:
Well, I was reading in the back of my tv guide that came with the Sunday paper that there is going to a Farscape mini-series to wrap up everything. Also, there is a 13 episode commitment for Battlestar Galactica. Also, they said that there is going to be a Ring World mini-series on Sci-Fi Channel. Unfortunately, no dates were mentioned in this article. Can't wait to see them, though. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Don't get your hopes up. From Baen's Bar:

Just went back and reread the article. No Luis Wu. No man eating rat-cats and no Pierson Puppeteers. Boo-hoo, snarl and growl. Want to catch the blanky-blank and trample him to death.
<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana"></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I don't understand the above. Is this a reference to Ring World, or something else? I don't think I've ever read those books yet.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Ringworld. Let's just say that what their doing is the same as remaking the first Star Trek series except, oh, we're not having Kirk, you can forget about the klingons and whoops, there go the romulons.

[ May 05, 2004, 01:59: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[gregebowman]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
Ringworld. Let's just say that what their doing is the same as remaking the first Star Trek series except, oh, we're not having Kirk, you can forget about the klingons and whoops, there go the romulons. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Thanks for the info. Like I've said, I haven't read those books yet. Speaking of adaptations, how was the Sci-Fi Channel Version of the Philip Jose Farmer book? Riverworld, wasn't it? I'm still trying to get all of those books to read, so I wouldn't know the differences. Plus, I never got the chance to watch the whole thing.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Never read it.