Disorderly Content
"When Bad Things Happen To Good Shows"
My second volume of the Farscape Starburst Edition DVDs finally
arrived from Amazon, courtesy of its poky but free shipping via snail
mail. And I got to listen to the long awaited commentary track for
Jeremiah Crichton. The title of this entry is the subtitle
of the commentary; even by the more forgiving standards of a
television series' first season, Jeremiah Crichton is not
great entertainment. But it's fun to listen to executive producers
Rockne O'Bannon and David Kemper and stars Ben Browder and Claudia
Black wax poetic on what went wrong and why. They're far more
critical than I ever was about JC, pointing out embarrassing
coincidences and little bits of unavoidable miscasting. Like a native
civilization of mostly slender dark skinned people, except for the
bulky white guys when stunts are called for.
As the commentators themselves say, no other commentary would be as honest as this one. Or, I would add, as witty.