42 Farscape and Space Opera

Farscape is an absolute delight of a show. Space opera at its best.

I wanted to study it for space opera for Becca’s favorite show. Ultimately I talked myself out of it through this discussion and ended up thinking it should be a dystopia of some kind, possibly a dystopian space opera, if there is such a thing.

There’s a lot of talk about the Becca book in this. I’m figuring some stuff out. I wish I’d talked more about Farscape what with how it is my beloved but you should go watch it yourself and see what’s up. The first few episodes are a little awkward but you can already see the core of what’s coming. Everyone cares so much about each other and they’re all so screwed up and everyone is facing impossible conflicts and it all matters SO MUCH.

Imagine being part of that. Actually I did know someone who interned there. What ever happened to her?

Other texts discussed: Jupiter Ascending, Mad Max Fury Road. Which I think are both space opera dystopias, aren’t they? Maybe!