Farscape - Unrealized Reality (2002)

Talking about shows that were under appreciated and cancelled before their story was fully told,  I can think of no greater an example than Farscape.

Cut short by a single season and then given just three hours to wrap up the outstanding storyline is better than some shows get but Farscape was at its very best when it had time to play and because of this the end feels a little short changed.

Amazing story, characters, acting, design, effects, drama, comedy, sexiness, villainy, heroism and pure bloody inventiveness. Farscape had it all without a single duff episode....I'm very biased.

Anyway it also had space suits and this one is from Season 4, episode 11.  Enjoy.  We'll be back this way again.

I'm not sure if this last one is from the same episode but it's certainly the same suit and the best view of it.

Steve

Firefly (2002)

Firefly was an American space western TV series created by writer and director Joss Whedon that ran for only 14 episode before getting cancelled.

The show explores the lives of a group of people who fought on the losing side of a civil war and who now make a living on the outskirts of society, as part of the pioneer culture that exists on the fringes of their star system.

Much like Babylon 5 I watched a few minutes of this back in the day and lost interest almost straight away.  And I managed to maintain this indifference despite being told it was fantastic on a fairly regular basis and also being something of a fan of Whedon's Buffy\Angel work!  I can't explain it other than the fact that however good the writing may have been, the very idea of a space western is so obvious and trite as to induce yawns even thinking about it.

The failure to engage is mine, I'm sure, and I'll even concede it must have something going on for it to have such a passionate fan base and to still be held in such high regard.  However I'm never going to watch though.

All that said; it does have some very nice Spacesuits... with neither chaps or a pair of spurs in sight.

Update - Helmets with top-lights and armoured suits are from Soldier (1998) and yellow suits are from Storm Catcher (1999) Pointy chinned helmets with side-lights are from......?

Steve

Moby 18 (2002)

(2002)

 

(2003)

Kind of cool and simple

 

 

Steve

Solaris (2002)

Solaris is the 2002  American remake of the 1972 Russian film of the same name, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring George Clooney and Natascha McElhone.  It's based on the 1961 science fiction novel, also of the same name, by Polish writer Stanisław Lem.  I quite like it.

Steve

Pluto Nash (2002)

The Adventures of Pluto Nash, so they say, is not very good.  Apparently it cost a lot of money and made very little back.  All of this information is very new to me.  I can't remember everything about 2002 but I have no memory of this ever doing the rounds at the cinema, or turning up on video (DVD?) after, or popping up on the telly a little after that.  Once again I throw it open for you, the blogwatchers, to let me know if it sucks as bad as they say or if it's worth a butchers at some point should opportunity arise.

Steve