1.16: A Human Reaction.
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I loved this ep! The only way it could have been better would have been adding a few more minutes to it.
I had read about this episode earlier and I knew that John hadn't found the real earth but I wasn't sure what had happened. I really liked the twist, making it all a figment of his imagination. I liked the aliens too. They weren't portrayed as evil, the writers let you see things from their point of view. Do we get to see them again in any future episodes?
Since John is my favorite character, I really enjoyed seeing more of him. Even though he is central in all the episodes this one let you get into his head a little more. He was willing to risk everything to save Aeryn, D'Argo, and even Rygel. I think that really shows how close they've grown. He was willing to give up his chance of getting home to save them.
I also liked seeing Aeryn's reaction to 'Earth'. She likes rain, and even admitted that it was beautiful. The exchanges between 'Jack Crichton' and her were great too.
But when it comes down to it my favorite part was the episodes title itself, the Human Reaction. I really liked the way John reacted to everything. Especially when he pieced things together at the end.
A question I had:
Was Aeryn an image from his mind or not? Both D'Argo and Rygel were in the glass room, but she was no where to be seen which made me wonder.
I had read about this episode earlier and I knew that John hadn't found the real earth but I wasn't sure what had happened. I really liked the twist, making it all a figment of his imagination. I liked the aliens too. They weren't portrayed as evil, the writers let you see things from their point of view. Do we get to see them again in any future episodes?
Since John is my favorite character, I really enjoyed seeing more of him. Even though he is central in all the episodes this one let you get into his head a little more. He was willing to risk everything to save Aeryn, D'Argo, and even Rygel. I think that really shows how close they've grown. He was willing to give up his chance of getting home to save them.
I also liked seeing Aeryn's reaction to 'Earth'. She likes rain, and even admitted that it was beautiful. The exchanges between 'Jack Crichton' and her were great too.
But when it comes down to it my favorite part was the episodes title itself, the Human Reaction. I really liked the way John reacted to everything. Especially when he pieced things together at the end.
A question I had:
Was Aeryn an image from his mind or not? Both D'Argo and Rygel were in the glass room, but she was no where to be seen which made me wonder.
Good questions... and I share your enthusiasm for the eppy itself. I LOVED this one.
As you'll soon see, we do indeed see more of the "Ancients" (as we've come to call them) as well as the counterfiet Jack.
As for Aeryn, D'Argo and Rygel, they were all real. They actually followed John (were pulled through the wormhole, probably intentionally by the Ancients) and were on the fake "Earth" with John. When he spoke to them in the glass cell, they were really themselves. The only fake one was the Rygel corpse. They faked that so they could see John's reaction.
When they told John that Rygel was dead and D'Argo had been sent to another base, they actually took the two of them and stuck them into another "cell" where they were taken care of, but kept away from John. Aeryn is the only one who managed to stay with John the entire time (mostly).
I'm more curious about what she did or said to John after they returned to Moya. I mean, he totally ditched her when he was still figuring out the "secret" so in her mind, he just flipped and ditched her. I'd like to have seen what kind of explanation he gave her once they were back "home." Especially considering the... um... beer scene. :naughty:
As you'll soon see, we do indeed see more of the "Ancients" (as we've come to call them) as well as the counterfiet Jack.
As for Aeryn, D'Argo and Rygel, they were all real. They actually followed John (were pulled through the wormhole, probably intentionally by the Ancients) and were on the fake "Earth" with John. When he spoke to them in the glass cell, they were really themselves. The only fake one was the Rygel corpse. They faked that so they could see John's reaction.
When they told John that Rygel was dead and D'Argo had been sent to another base, they actually took the two of them and stuck them into another "cell" where they were taken care of, but kept away from John. Aeryn is the only one who managed to stay with John the entire time (mostly).
I'm more curious about what she did or said to John after they returned to Moya. I mean, he totally ditched her when he was still figuring out the "secret" so in her mind, he just flipped and ditched her. I'd like to have seen what kind of explanation he gave her once they were back "home." Especially considering the... um... beer scene. :naughty:
Elckerlyc
"Philosophy will clip an angel's wings."
1.16 A Human Reaction
Initially, at the beginning of this episode, I was upset. Anger and disappointment struggled with horror and more anger. No, no, no… please tell me this isn’t true! Just when this promising series is finally getting on steam John Crichton find a wormhole, a way home? Just like that? I was hoping for more troubles in the Uncharted Territories, some story-arcs to get sorted out first. What about Crais, looking for his revenge. How about Moya's pregnancy or D'Argo's son? And what’s to become of Aeryn? But John Crichton goes back to his daddy???
At the heart of being upset lies my wish for deep-space adventures, with all connections back to home thoroughly severed, for good, for all eternity. After all, SF is Escapism.
But no, the wise writers have chosen the path back to Earth, by having John crash-land on a beach in Australia, of all places (Yeah, I know why). What made him crash? And what's this about landings on beaches? He did that in ep. 1.14 Jeremiah Crichton too! Why are these people so hostile towards Crichton? Annoyingly exaggerated. Wait, wait, what? Now the whole Moya bunch has arrived? Well. the good news is that the story is not completely over yet, right? They'll figure out some way to get back to Moya and take Crichton with them. Better to get chased by Peacekeepers than to live amongst paranoid humans… What a suspicious, ignorant and pathetic backwater!
No wait... too late. They just killed Rygel. This can't be right! What is the matter with these humans? Fine, Rygel was an irritating, egocentric slug, but they couldn't know that yet. It's only people who know Rygel who want him dead. But humans kill indiscriminatingly, calling it science?
Now they have taken D'Argo! Where to? Area 51? Do we wish to know what happens there? Where will this horror story end? Don't tell me Farscape continues – if at all after this - with only John & Aeryn. Nice couple, sure, but I want more. More Farscape, more Moya, more...
Their goodbyes showed that some bond had grown between John and Aeryn, who wouldn't come with him and couldn't face actually saying goodbye either. The way they separated should have told me this wasn't the end, really...
Yeah, it took me a while, all the way to the last 5 minutes, to understand all was not what it seemed to be. Which means this was a pretty good episode or suggests that I am slower on the uptake than I care to believe.
Watching it for a second time - and knowing what it was all about - made me paying more attention to the questions Jack asked. Even though the idea behind the set-up was to found out how humans would react when faced by the arrival of aliens, his questions seemed more about discerning John's attitude towards them, the Moya bunch. "You trust 'em?" and "Son, are you willing to die for those creatures in there?"
There were some interesting details as well. Crichton telling his father how he misses home. Or rather, living planetside with its sunshine, nights and weather to complain about. Circling a planet may seem interesting, but life on board a spaceship in interstellar space must be a bore when it's always cold and dark outside. Also it was made clear that the wormhole near Earth was still open. That whole story was make belief, of course, but from future episodes we know it to be true.
Suddenly the story wasn't about Earth's xenophobia any more, but about the Ancients search for a home. It felt a bit as a tale left unfinished, even if it was sufficient for the Ancients to reach their conclusion; ‘The highest life form on a planet is also the most destructive. Your humans would kill us.’ *
Still, the question remains. How would Earth react, how would such an event evolve and, hopefully, be resolved? Was this a realistic scenario? Oh well, you can’t have everything.
At least Farscape continues! In deep-space territory, as if nothing has happened. Sigh!
* Twenty years allows for a re-evaluation.
Aliens, the ultimate stranger. Seeing how we, the western world, nowadays deal with human fugitives, I fear their conclusion isn’t far-fetched at all, if it wasn’t for their (assumed) superior technology. Considering spacefaring aliens would certainly be a high-level species and possibly therefore as destructive as we humans are, it is more likely they would kill us in stead and, hopefully, perform vivisection only on a few of us...
MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD - DON'T READ BEFORE WATCHING THE EPISODE
Initially, at the beginning of this episode, I was upset. Anger and disappointment struggled with horror and more anger. No, no, no… please tell me this isn’t true! Just when this promising series is finally getting on steam John Crichton find a wormhole, a way home? Just like that? I was hoping for more troubles in the Uncharted Territories, some story-arcs to get sorted out first. What about Crais, looking for his revenge. How about Moya's pregnancy or D'Argo's son? And what’s to become of Aeryn? But John Crichton goes back to his daddy???
At the heart of being upset lies my wish for deep-space adventures, with all connections back to home thoroughly severed, for good, for all eternity. After all, SF is Escapism.
But no, the wise writers have chosen the path back to Earth, by having John crash-land on a beach in Australia, of all places (Yeah, I know why). What made him crash? And what's this about landings on beaches? He did that in ep. 1.14 Jeremiah Crichton too! Why are these people so hostile towards Crichton? Annoyingly exaggerated. Wait, wait, what? Now the whole Moya bunch has arrived? Well. the good news is that the story is not completely over yet, right? They'll figure out some way to get back to Moya and take Crichton with them. Better to get chased by Peacekeepers than to live amongst paranoid humans… What a suspicious, ignorant and pathetic backwater!
No wait... too late. They just killed Rygel. This can't be right! What is the matter with these humans? Fine, Rygel was an irritating, egocentric slug, but they couldn't know that yet. It's only people who know Rygel who want him dead. But humans kill indiscriminatingly, calling it science?
Now they have taken D'Argo! Where to? Area 51? Do we wish to know what happens there? Where will this horror story end? Don't tell me Farscape continues – if at all after this - with only John & Aeryn. Nice couple, sure, but I want more. More Farscape, more Moya, more...
Their goodbyes showed that some bond had grown between John and Aeryn, who wouldn't come with him and couldn't face actually saying goodbye either. The way they separated should have told me this wasn't the end, really...
Yeah, it took me a while, all the way to the last 5 minutes, to understand all was not what it seemed to be. Which means this was a pretty good episode or suggests that I am slower on the uptake than I care to believe.
Watching it for a second time - and knowing what it was all about - made me paying more attention to the questions Jack asked. Even though the idea behind the set-up was to found out how humans would react when faced by the arrival of aliens, his questions seemed more about discerning John's attitude towards them, the Moya bunch. "You trust 'em?" and "Son, are you willing to die for those creatures in there?"
There were some interesting details as well. Crichton telling his father how he misses home. Or rather, living planetside with its sunshine, nights and weather to complain about. Circling a planet may seem interesting, but life on board a spaceship in interstellar space must be a bore when it's always cold and dark outside. Also it was made clear that the wormhole near Earth was still open. That whole story was make belief, of course, but from future episodes we know it to be true.
Suddenly the story wasn't about Earth's xenophobia any more, but about the Ancients search for a home. It felt a bit as a tale left unfinished, even if it was sufficient for the Ancients to reach their conclusion; ‘The highest life form on a planet is also the most destructive. Your humans would kill us.’ *
Still, the question remains. How would Earth react, how would such an event evolve and, hopefully, be resolved? Was this a realistic scenario? Oh well, you can’t have everything.
At least Farscape continues! In deep-space territory, as if nothing has happened. Sigh!
* Twenty years allows for a re-evaluation.
Aliens, the ultimate stranger. Seeing how we, the western world, nowadays deal with human fugitives, I fear their conclusion isn’t far-fetched at all, if it wasn’t for their (assumed) superior technology. Considering spacefaring aliens would certainly be a high-level species and possibly therefore as destructive as we humans are, it is more likely they would kill us in stead and, hopefully, perform vivisection only on a few of us...
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