This close-up of an area in the northwest region of the large Iris Nebula seems to be clogged with cosmic dust. With bright light from the nearby star HD 200775 illuminating it from above, the dust resembles thick mounds of billowing cotton. It is actually made up of tiny particles of solid matter, with sizes from ten to a hundred times smaller than those of the dust grains we find at home. Both background and foreground stars are dotted throughout the image. Researchers studying the object are particularly interested in the region to the left and slightly above centre in the image, where dusty filaments appear redder than is expected.
Fantastic Four #74 (Lee/Kirby, May 1968). Galactus tells the Silver Surfer it’s time stop playing with his friends. Ben looks like he’s trying to cuddle with this deadly robot.
New fossils suggest that spinosaurus was aquatic, meaning we have to re-imagine this bigger-than-T. Rex dino’s looks and behavior. Video and article from National Geographic.
This account is inspired by the @hdbuffy tumblr, which has been invaluable in making Buffy the Vampire Slayer accessible to new viewers, and allowing fans both old and new to easily make high quality content for the show. Kudos and full credit to them. It’s also slightly inspired by the Buffy archive on archive.org. I’m hoping that by making a similar resource for Farscape I can help more people find and enjoy this incredible gem of a science fiction show.
Here you’ll be able to find every episode of Farscape, including The Peacekeeper Wars, in 1080p quality. Except for The Peacekeeper Wars, all episode files are around or under 2GB and come with an option for English subtitles. I’ve also uploaded all of the DVD extras I could find, including the Farscape: Undressed special that aired between seasons two and three. Most of the extras are in 540p, with a few in 480p.
For those who haven’t seen it: Farscape was an Australian-American science-fiction show that aired from 1999 to 2003, and was produced by the Jim Henson Company. By turns hysterically funny, emotionally devastating, brutally dark, profoundly romantic, and unabashedly bizarre, Farscape pushed the limits of what science-fiction television could be. Although the early parts of season one might seem to have things in common with the episodic storytelling of shows like Star Trek and Doctor Who, Farscape soon became an intensely serialized, character-driven epic about love, trauma, and galactic war. Featuring a protagonist that deconstructed the imperialist, American masculinity of typical scifi heroes, a romance so exhilarating and well-executed it’s impossible to describe, and a refusal to let its characters ever forget the things that happened to them, Farscape is one of the most brilliantly creative and subversive works of genre ever made. Beneath the colorful animatronic creations of the Jim Henson Creature Shop, the showis ultimately a philosophical exploration of identity and home. What does it mean to be an alien, and to be changed by the things that happen to you?
That, and it’s fun and sexy too.
I’m hoping that this account can be as comprehensive as a resource as possible. If you’ve made any scenepacks or have access to other content that you think fans would appreciate, please feel free to reach out! I’d be happy to host and share them. Follow if you’d like to receive updates any time I upload something new. Here are some things I’d love to track down, below the cut:
