Before Journeyman, before The 4400, before Heroes, there was another show that was my favorite sci-fi TV show of all time. Farscape. I still don't know whether Farscape or The 4400 is my favorite T Vshow of all time, but I think I'd lean towards Farscape.
I'd heard rumors of this a while back, but it looks like things were delayed by the writers' strike. Today, I read the following amazing news straight from the Sci Fi channel website.
Farscape star Ben Browder told SCI FI Wire that he looks forward to reprising the role of astronaut John Crichton in a much-talked-about proposed Web revival of his critically acclaimed SF series, which originally aired on SCI FI Channel.
Executive producer Brian Henson and creator Rockne O'Bannon are talking about how to revive Farscape on the Web in a series of 10 webisodes.
"At the moment, that's Rockne and Brian's job, and I'm aware that they're figuring out what they're going to do with it, but I don't know how far along in the process they are," Browder said.
The recently settled writers' strike put a damper on the plans, and Browder said that it's too early to figure out to what extent he would be involved. Browder said that he spoke with Henson about the Web series at last year's Comic-Con International in San Diego.
"They haven't come to me with any specifics yet, and I don't read anything into that," Browder said. "But at Comic-Con, Brian discussed it and said, 'Yeah, we're still figuring it out.' The writers' strike happened immediately after that, ... and a lot of things went on hold, and it will take a little while before a number of things get going again."
Browder was involved in the creation and writing of Farscape early on. "I had the freedom on Farscape, [and] I was in the writing room on a regular basis, virtually all the time when I wasn't on set," Browder said. "And so I had ... as much [input] as I could."
If this goes through, I could not be any more on board. I'll jump for joy. In fact, I'll record myself jumping for joy and upload it to YouTube.