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Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars - The Complete Miniseries [Blu-ray]

Format: Blu-ray

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Does a basic summary of how things got started to this point. A million battles and finally a happy ending.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, glorious and EPIC
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2015
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I am a new fan of Farscape, and as a new fan this purchase was essential. Prior to only a few weeks ago, I had only sparingly watched the show (when it was on air), but due to a Netflix suggestion, I binge watched the entire show in a matter of only 2 weeks. To be completely honest, this series is a fantastic scifi gem and I cannot believe that I did not give it a chance.

The chemistry among the cast is electrifying and the plotline/story arc of the entire franchise is superb. I cannot recommend this show enough to anyone that enjoys unapologetic, entirely non-watered down science fiction entertainment. Show’s like Farscape are a rarity these days due to Networks branding television shows with the “science fiction” tag, but only rarely dip a toe in the scifi realm. Examples of these improper brandings include the shows “Supernatural” or the “The Walking Dead”, which may have a slight scifi element, but never truly embrace the genre as a whole. Farscape has never even remotely approached this territory, it’s got multiple realities, worm holes, cloning, exotic alien species, annihilation of entire species, DNA experiments, kings and queens, living ships, robots, pulse rifles.… and one of the most moving and touching romance stories to ever air between characters John Crichton and Aeryn Sun.

However, unfortunately, the scifi network decided to pull the plug on the show after the fourth season was already filmed. The reasons for this were many, but did not include ratings, primarily it was due to the excessive amount of money that was being dumped into each and every episode. Yet because the fourth season had already been filmed, fans were left with one of the most iconic (and disturbing) cliffhangers ever. For this reason, one of the largest fan led campaigns ever created emerged that involved public protests, video campaigns, emails and the writing of letters that frequently landed the actors in league with the fans in interviews on primetime cable networks such as CNN. This type of exposure led several investors to contact the SciFi network with interests in funding a mini-series to wrap up plotlines.
Thus you have the Peace Keeper Wars, a 30 million dollar, 3 hour epic.

The Film Itself:

Originally, after finishing the last episode of the franchise, I was so emotionally disturbed with the cliff hanger that I admittedly watched the Peace Keeper Wars in very low quality 10 part segments on YouTube. While this was emotionally satisfying and enjoyable, I desired to see the film in all of its glory.

So that evening I purchased this dvd (which is blu-ray) and it was well worth it. Not only is the film brilliantly done, the enhanced visuals, and audio upgrade made the film bleed out my tv set in science fiction madness. This film was quite probably, one of the most satisfying conclusions to a phenomenal series that I had ever seen, which even managed to portray a nod to the scifi epic 2001: Space Odyssey.

With that being said, there were a few very small concerns that are easily overlooked that I will mention. Primarily, the main complaint is that 2 of the main actors, D’Argo and Pilot, both have voices that sound slightly off from the original. However, I did some research, and this is due to framerate changes which slightly altered the original audio. I personally got over the voice difference within the first 10 minutes and didn’t look back.

Additionally, the pacing of the film is mostly on point, however there is about a 15 minute section of the film that in my opinion was slightly rushed. However, the reason for this becomes obvious as the final 20 minutes of the film is… epic.

Also, the bonus content seemed sparring, which includes a trailer and deleted scenes. However, the deleted scenes portion was over 15 minutes, and well worth this purchase alone. A majority of the “deleted scenes” are actually extended portions of the film that include enhanced background story of the film. Several of the scenes gave fans an idea of what some of the other characters were up to while main characters Crichton and Aeryn were out saving the galaxy.

Do yourself a favor and purchase this film, and marvel in the wonders you will see.

I was not paid to write this review, I just thoroughly enjoyed this mini-series.
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Gabriel
5.0 out of 5 stars wonderfull
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2023
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Elgjeff
5.0 out of 5 stars Headline for your review
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2016
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5 stars for the movie/miniseries, not necessarily the series as a whole; that only gets 4 stars in my book.

It was exactly what I expected and it ties up the series nicely like others mentioned. This ended the series in a way that made me feel good about watching about 80 hours of it. One thing that I really liked about this series, unlike many other series that don't follow all the subplots to their conclusion, is that it would appear that they wrapped up all the loose ends and brought each story-arc to the conclusion. A couple story-arcs had a somewhat hasty or lazy conclusion and that is why I would only give the series as a whole 4 stars, but at least I didn't have unanswered questions.

I can't say much else without spoiling it... Just that some of the story felt hasty but it still had all the clever humor I expect from this series and the aliens were up to the same quality. I was slightly disappointed by a couple changes (namely Pilot's voice) and thought the ending could have been done closer to movie quality in both acting and effects, and I'm not sure it tops the other season finales in my mind.

Overall, I would highly recommend this to people who really love sci-fi, but I would be very cautious about recommending it to anyone else.
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Alex L
4.0 out of 5 stars Good video and Audio Quality
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2023
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Video and Audio:
The video quality was markedly better than the rest of the series. As for the audio quality I have nothing bad to say about it.

Subtitles:
There are no included subtitles but they can be found on OpenSubtitles.org if one searches for "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars". Those I found are well-synchronized to this particular release.
Unfortunately I cannot link directly to them as Amazon doesn't allow it for some stupid reason.
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KRA
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Ending to a Great Sci-Fi Series.
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2018
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The Peacekeeper War was intended to wrap up the storyline left hanging from Season 4 of Farscape. Though I wish they stretched it out just a tad longer, much of the story lines resolved were already dragged out and about throughout the rest of the series. I am just glad that they wrapped things up - and I think they did so in a nice way, as well as you can for a beloved series.

I am glad I "discovered" Farscape, even if it was decades after it aired. It was quirky, funny, sad, and really had me emotionally invested in the characters - all of them from good guys, to bad guys, and to those in between.

I am unbelievably irked that it was so hard to watch Season 3 online via streaming or this one, for that matter. But, I found a way and was right and ready for this finale.

If you have not seen this "season," you need to pick up a copy and be done with it. It is the closure you need.
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James 1001
5.0 out of 5 stars They sure don't make them like they used to...
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2017
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but in this case, there was never a series like this before or since. It is a fantastic series worth owning. Like Star Trek, it is the kind of show that can be watched over again. It had excellent writing and acting. The costumes, makeup, and puppets were beyond anything else ever on television. The special effects were good for the time and it was one of the last sci-fi shows to have campy humor before the wave of drama took over sci-fi television with the likes of Battlestar Galactica. Luckily Claudia Black and Ben Browder went over to SG-1 for seasons 9 and 10 before it ended. However, that was it for that era of sci-fi. Farscape was ahead of its time really and suffered from network scheduling and little availability. Farscape would have been the kind of show that would have played great on the likes of Netflix or Amazon streaming today and available on demand.

The quality of the Blu-ray is excellent as well. I have no complaints as to how they play or the extras.
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Jason Garrett
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun & Exciting!
Reviewed in Canada on November 8, 2023
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This was a great way to wrap up the series. Very exciting!
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Alejandro R.A.
4.0 out of 5 stars Buen producto, pero en inglés
Reviewed in Spain on August 18, 2020
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Tiene una buena presentación sin ser una edición muy elaborada, vamos tiene una carátula simple pero que a mí personalmente me gusta.
Es un buen producto y vino en buenas condiciones.

Lamentablemente lo he devuelto por qué únicamente está en inglés y ni siquiera trae subtítulos en ingles. Si supiera dicho idioma con soltura me lo hubiera quedado sin duda.

P.D: He probado tanto la versión en DVD como la Blu-ray y ambas son idénticas excepto en el formato que está almacenado.
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Cliente Amazon
2.0 out of 5 stars Formato blu ray ma...
Reviewed in Italy on November 17, 2017
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Il mini cofanetto è ben presentato, il suo costo è basso ma....
Purtroppo non ci sono differenze rispetto alla versione DVD, se non per gli extra, in quanto sono stati usati gli stessi Master...
Può anche darsi che siano i migliori a diposizione per una produzione così alternativa, però la delusione nel vedere in blu ray la stessa qualità del DVD è tanta...
Unfortunately there are no differences with the DVD version, only more extras are added..., because they used the same Master...
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Ozzieal
5.0 out of 5 stars Great ending to an epic tale and an uptick in quality...
Reviewed in Australia on March 6, 2020
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For those who are not familiar with Farscape, this miniseries, The Peacekeeper Wars, is the 2004 183 minute finale to the 4 season series, which ended in 2002 on a cliffhanger. And you really need to see the entire series to fully appreciate the story told on this disk. As with the series before, this mini series is a quality production with great production values and continues with the same main cast members, making for a great viewing experience for fans.

So the biggest question for Farscape fans will be about the quality available on this Blu-ray version, which seems to be a contentious issue. The Blu-ray version of the four seasons of Farscape has always been a bit of a problem as it was an upscale of standard definition footage rather than a remaster at 1080P, but the production company did a fair (but far from perfect job) and added a terrific dts-HD MA audio presentation. With The Peacekeeper Wars, the Blu-ray (the version I have, bought in Australia, and noting that it is from 2015), also has some issues. But this Blu-ray disk is far better than the DVD version which I also own (also an Australian version). I'm not sure what the source material was, but many scenes can be grainy and a bit unclear, but nowhere near as bad as the quality of the DVD. And to be fair, some scenes are much clearer, bordering on 'good'. The audio is also much, much better, being lossless dts-HD MA, however it's not as boisterous as that available on the Blu-ray of the full series.

At the end of the day, this is a better viewing experience than the DVD, and I'm pleased to have taken the chance on a purchase.
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amaz shopper
5.0 out of 5 stars Watch the tv series first
Reviewed in Canada on September 17, 2020
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This wraps up most of the stories from the series Farscape, if you liked the series watch this,
If you haven’t seen the series yet do so, some of the best si-fi tv ever.
This is a good story, watch it.
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