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The weak link in this series

posted 10 years ago by skay_baltimore
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The acting. To begin with, Browder is so limited it's (almost) funny. His idea of intensity is to just talk louder/scream louder/over act/rant and/or recite his lines in a stupid sing-songy fashion. It's annoying, to say the least. Similarly, Simcoe and Edgley are almost totally one dimensional, whether it's the way their lines are written/directed, or whether it's their limited acting range, or both. And Hardy's character isn't much better. These characters are, unfortunately, more like cartoon caricatures, a problem I've seen with a lot of TV shows. Add to that the disjointed sequence of episodes, the dropping of major story arcs, the ripping off of other shows/movies, and you have: Farscape. This show is very very uneven and totally sub par. And it's NOT just the first season. (IMO, of course.)

Love isn't what you say or how you feel, it's what you do. (The Last Kiss)

[–] wdbehg17 10 years ago

I disagree with you on all aspects. I love the acting in this show. I love the characters, (except for Stark), I love the story arcs, I love the show itself. Sure, the show does take some liberties here and there with certain things, but all shows do that. Farscape is a great show, and I'm not the only one who thinks so.

[–] skay_baltimore 10 years ago

And the French love Jerry Lewis.

Love isn't what you say or how you feel, it's what you do. (The Last Kiss)

[–] action_on_deck 9 years ago

I kind of like Browder's starting-to-go-a-bit-crazy rants, but if you don't like it it's gonna be bad, since he dies it a lot. Hardy was fine as Rygel as long as Rygel was being an annoying little twit. That was brilliant. When he needed to move into other areas, he often didn't do so well.

When the guest acting was bad, it was really bad. We had a few great performances, but man the stinkers were real stinkers. It reminds me of Babylon 5 in that case, main cast pretty solid, a few good guest characters, but the other guest characters just bad.

[–] RomeoKnight 9 years ago

That's just your limited opinion. I think all the characters were great.