OK, I give up. Somewhere, on one of these threads, there was a brief discussion on Farscape. I can't find the blasted thing, so I'm going to start a new thread.

I finished watching my box set of the first series today; it's a cliffhanger ending and I can't wait to find out what happens next, so I've ordered series 2 from an Amazon marketplace seller. Farscape looks fantastic, but like Blakes 7, its strength is in characters and dialogue. It's gritty, bizarre and often very funny. The Farscape entry on IMDB has a *long* list of memorable quotes, of which I've put a few beauties here:

"Freeze ! You're under arrest ! You have the right to the remains of a silent attorney !If you cannot afford one....tough noogies. You can make ONE phone call. I recommend Trixie:976-Triple 5-Love."

"Lock up the women and hide the fried chicken."

"Nothing like a bomb to sober you up."

"My dear, I've kicked more ass than you've sat on."

"Haven't you read the Super Villain's Handbook ? This is where you're supposed to twirl your moustache and gloat."

John: "If he masters wormhole technology, what will he use it for ?"
Scorpius: "Faster delivery of pizzas."

"I hate it when villains quote Shakespeare."

"I try to save a life a day....usually it's mine."

"Have you sent the 'Don't shoot, we're pathetic', transmission yet ?"


Can you imagine anyone in Star Trek uttering that last line ? Blakes 7 was another series that produced a fine selection of quotes:

"I'm not stupid, I'm not expendable and I'm not going !"

Any other favourites ?

One of my favourite 'Farscape' quotes was when Dargo rescued Chiana form being unceremoniously dunked into a vat of acid. John said: "how 'Batman' was that?!"

And reading your brief mention of Blake's 7 reminded me that I had a dream about the programme last night See what this fforum is doing to me. I've never dreamt about Blakes 7 in my whole life before!

(In the dream there were several people standing around asking why they were called Blakes 7 when Blake was presumed dead and Avon was now their leader. A very pertinent question, I must say.)

Funny... I dreamt about it too the night before last, but I dreamt I was there when it was being filmed. For some reason we were in an old warehouse or something, and everyone looked the way they did when they appeared in the series, except for Gareth Thomas, who looked the way he does now (imagine a genial white-haired Falstaff type and you've got him).

Strange are the ways of the subconscious mind!



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That which does not kill us makes us stranger.
(Llewelyn the dragon, Ozy and Millie)

Sarah

Farscape was brilliant! I just wish they hadn't cancelled it :( I will buy the lot on DVD, when I buy a DVD player.

Babylon 5 was brilliant for great quotes - I've just spent a very enjoyable 10 or so minutes going through one of my favourite B5 quote pages:

"You still haven't told me when the commander is due back?"
"Soon."
"How soon is soon?"
"Longer than little while, faster than later."
Mary Ann Cramer and Security Chief Michael Garibaldi, Infection

"Ambassador Kosh has been a busy boy today."
"They say God works in mysterious ways."
"Maybe so, but He's a con man compared to the Vorlon."
Security Chief Michael Garibaldi and Sinclair, Deathwalker

"Sleep well?"
"Sleeping is not the problem. Waking up -- that is a problem. I've always had hard time getting up when it's dark outside."
"But in space it's always dark."
"I know, I know."
Sinclair and Ivanova, Signs and Portents

The Babylon 5 mantra:
"Ivanova is always right. I will listen to Ivanova. I will not ignore Ivanova's recommendations. Ivanova is God. And if this ever happens again, Ivanova will personally rip your lungs out. Babylon Control out. [Sigh] Civilians. [Looking up] Just kidding about the God part -- no offense."
Lt. Commander Susan Ivanova, Voice in the Wilderness Part I

"This is Ambassador Delenn of the Minbari. Babylon 5 is under our protection. Withdraw, .. or be destroyed."
"Negative. We have authority here. Do not force us to engage your ship."
"Why not? Only one human captain has ever survived battle with Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else."
Delenn and Captain Drake, Severed Dreams

"Thin air? Why is it always thin air? Never fat air, chubby air, mostly-fit-could-stand-lose-a-few-pounds air?"
Garibaldi, Grey 17 is Missing



I drink to drown my sorrows. Unfortunately they've learnt how to swim.

Ah, I liked B5 ... right up until it jumped the shark ..... "Get the hell out of our galaxy" ... shame it never got made as it was planned.

Farscape ... no, can't take that seriously .... Muppets in Spaaaaaaace!!



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I'm still waiting to see the 5th Season of B5 (have now been waiting over a year!) - sadly finals got in the way. Ah well - will have lots and lots of time August/September, when I have a job and no internet access.



I drink to drown my sorrows. Unfortunately they've learnt how to swim.

a friend bought the entire B5 on vid. I watched them one summer, couple of tapes at a time. Even Kate got into it...

Still not seen all season 5 though. Tempted to get them on dvd...

My excuse is that I'm introducing realism to Jo's B5-watching experience. Some of us had to wait more than a year between dramatic end of season 3 and start of season 4 - it'd be far too cruel of me to put Jo through that, but I don't think she'll suffer any from waiting to see season 5.



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"Whisky-wa-wa," I breathed - she was dressed as Biffo the Bear.

She might suffer a bit from watching it, but that is (quite literally) another story. One with Tracy Scoggins in.



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:'( I keep going into Bab 5 withdrawals. Particularly with conversations like this one happening around me, when I don't know what anyone is talking about!



I drink to drown my sorrows. Unfortunately they've learnt how to swim.

I don't watch Bablyon 5 or Farscape much really, but the few bits I've seen seemed good.

You want funny quotes, then I'm afriad Jack O'Neill, Stargate SG-1 is the definitive...

Jack: What is that thing?
Teal'c: That is a Goa'uld Long Distance Communications device, much like your television.
Jack: Cool...Does it get ShowTime?

Hammond: "Jack, you know Colonel Chekov the Russian envoy. He feels we should have a Russian join SG-1."
Jack: "Over my rotting corpse."
He looks around at Hammond and Checkov.
Jack: "Did I say that out loud?"
Hammond:" I told him you would give it careful consideration."
Jack: "I will but I'm pretty sure my answer will be 'bite me'."

Maybourne:" Striking an officer is a quick way to a court-martial ."
Jack: "I'm not gonna hit you, Maybourne, I'm gonna shoot you."

Jack: Is everyone clear on that, Daniel?
Daniel: What?
Jack: Good.

Jack-"ya think?"
Sam-"Yes, sir all the time."

Jack: Hypnosis??...You know I'm not a big fan of that bark like a chicken, cluck like a dog stuff.

Daniel: How is it that you always come up with the worse case scenario.
Jack: I practice.

Bra'tac: Now, we die!
Jack: That's a bad plan.

Jack: So you mean in some alternate reality there's a version of me that actually has a clue what you're on about?

Jack: We came here in peace. We intend to go in one....piece.

And that'll do for now. I have more. Many, many more...



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Oooh, favourite quotes. I'm going to have to subject you all to Buffy.

(Strangely, most of them seem to involve Giles.)


"Well, you know, I have a choice. I can spend my life waiting for Xander to go out with every other girl in the world until he notices me. Or I can just get on with my life."
"Good for you."
"Well, I didn't choose yet." -- Willow and Buffy


"How many of us have lost countless productive hours plagued by unwanted sexual thoughts and feelings."
"Yes!"
"That was a rhetorical question, Mr. Harris, not a poll." -- Mr. Whitmore and Xander


"Have I ever let you down?"
"Do you want me to answer that, or shall I just glare?" -- Buffy and Giles


"Maybe Buffy unplugged the phone."
"No, it's a statistical impossibility for a sixteen- year-old girl to unplug her phone." -- Giles and Xander


"There are some things I can just smell. It's like a 6th sense."
"Well, actually, that would be one of the five." -- Principal Snyder and Giles


"Grave robbery? That's new. Interesting."
"I know you meant to say gross and disturbing."
"Yes, yes, yes, of course. Terrible thing. Must put a stop to it. Damn it." -- Giles and Buffy


"I told one lie. I had one drink."
"Yes, and you were very nearly devoured by a giant demon snake. The words, "let that be a lesson" are a tad redundant at this juncture." -- Buffy and Giles

Buffy: "I haven't processed everything yet. My brain isn't really functioning on the higher levels. It's pretty much 'Fire bad. Tree pretty.'"
Giles: "There's a certain dramatic irony attached to all this. A synchronicity that borders on predestination, one might say."
Buffy: "Fire bad. Tree pretty."
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Do something pretty while you can...

Oooh - Prinicpal Snyder. The manager of the postgraduate centre, as well as being a complete Muppet is also a dead ringer for Principal Snyder. Every time he got on my nerves (pretty much every time I spoke to him) I just imagined him being eaten by a giant snake :D



I drink to drown my sorrows. Unfortunately they've learnt how to swim.

Hee. I'm sure there's a few choice Snyder quotes... ah found the best ones -

Principal Snyder: A lot of educators tell students, "Think of your principal as your pal." I say, "Think of me as your judge, jury, and executioner."

and my favourite:

Principal Snyder: It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

Heh.

(Just found a site referring to him as Principle Snyder. Doh! Whoever had that *slaps hand to forehead* macro, can I borrow it?)



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My favourite thing about Principal Snyder was that he would do anything for gold-pressed latinum.

No, wait .... wrong show. (I didn't realise until Far Beyond the Stars, and then I went 'Look! It's Prinicipal Snyder!' and everybody gave me A Look. I reckon Armin Shimerman must spend his life at fan conventions. Him and Walter Koenig).

Erm ... I realise the above post displays more dorkiness than I usually give away. Ahem. Anyway, back to Shakespeare .....



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If anyone's got the time to slap up a selection of witty/bawdy Bard quotes, now's the time to do it!

"Why, this is the very false gallop of verses, why do you infect yourself with them?"
"Peace, fool, I found them on a tree."
"Truly, the tree yields bad fruit."



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"Whisky-wa-wa," I breathed - she was dressed as Biffo the Bear.

Just a few......

"Away, you scullion! You rampallion! You fustilarion! I'll tickle your catastrophe!"

"The first thing we do let's kill all the lawyers."

"Asses are made to bear, and so are you."

"I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it"

Yes, Jon, I also spotted Armin. Have you seen those books based on the Rules of Acquisition? They're a hoot. I've got one but it's not to hand.

Now what was the title of that episode when Quark sells his body in advance of seemingly impending death, and cannot break the contract when he finds the diagnosis was a mistake? The Ferengi who wrote the Rules of Acquisition appears to him in a dream, and tells him to break the contract, advising that the term 'Rules' was a marketing ploy to make his book of 'Suggestions' more saleable!

DS9 functioned to show how politically correct TNG was (boring! with a few notable exceptions; they seemed to think that good training would prevent dramatic reactions by crew members. Tripe) and how bloody poor Voyager was (VERY few exceptions, but Seven gets a ten). 90% of Trek need not have been that bad.

Are they really carrying on with 'Enterprise'?

Order of merit :
1) DS9
2) Classic
3) Also rans

Someone get me a life.

I always got the impression that Patrick Stewart had to be physically restrained from quoting Shakespeare on TNG. He seemed to get an awful lot in as it was.

Favourite Shakespeare quote;

Exit, pursued by a bear.



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Surely that's exuent?



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