I was making posts on it a little while ago while I was in the high highs of Season 2, but I have to be honest the later half was kind of disappointing on rewatch.
Jool’s super scream every episode she’s in of Season 3 caused me actual pain. I’m a little sensitive to sound, but even if you’re not this is still the most annoying shtick for a character ever imagined. John is also no longer devolving into madness, now he’s angsty and it’s a lot less entertaining. The one real standout episode is the one where D’Argo and John have to rescue Jool and Chiana after a bender. I have some problems with it, but the dynamic between the boys is very fun.
Season 4 ditches Jool, which is a huge plus, but the show is clearly running out of ideas at this point. It’s much lower energy and it’s recycling a lot of earlier stuff. John strapping a nuclear bomb to himself is a great moment, but it is just a moment in an otherwise pretty underwhelming three parter. This season is also the most problematic of the bunch. Rape, transphobia and the episode where it’s revealed D’Argo was a wife beater, but it’s okay because he didn’t kill her.
Oh, yeah, that hurts. I’m also sensitive to sound. I haven’t figured out how to watch TV so that it doesn’t hurt and I can also understand the dialogue.
Even then, the mixing on a lot of shows is deliberately bad so that explosions/gunfights are louder than dialogue (I blame Christopher Nolan). Mostly for newer shows, so Farscape might be okay.
I was making posts on it a little while ago while I was in the high highs of Season 2, but I have to be honest the later half was kind of disappointing on rewatch.
Jool’s super scream every episode she’s in of Season 3 caused me actual pain. I’m a little sensitive to sound, but even if you’re not this is still the most annoying shtick for a character ever imagined. John is also no longer devolving into madness, now he’s angsty and it’s a lot less entertaining. The one real standout episode is the one where D’Argo and John have to rescue Jool and Chiana after a bender. I have some problems with it, but the dynamic between the boys is very fun.
Season 4 ditches Jool, which is a huge plus, but the show is clearly running out of ideas at this point. It’s much lower energy and it’s recycling a lot of earlier stuff. John strapping a nuclear bomb to himself is a great moment, but it is just a moment in an otherwise pretty underwhelming three parter. This season is also the most problematic of the bunch. Rape, transphobia and the episode where it’s revealed D’Argo was a wife beater, but it’s okay because he didn’t kill her.
Oh, yeah, that hurts. I’m also sensitive to sound. I haven’t figured out how to watch TV so that it doesn’t hurt and I can also understand the dialogue.
Noise cancelling headphones or earbuds might work - they’ll minimise background sounds and distortion, so you can hear more clearly at lower volumes.
Even then, the mixing on a lot of shows is deliberately bad so that explosions/gunfights are louder than dialogue (I blame Christopher Nolan). Mostly for newer shows, so Farscape might be okay.
Ugh, I hate that. It’s like everything has constant deep, industrial white noise too.
Nolan is totally to blame for that.