Bringing Home the Beacon
Jan. 24th, 2011 08:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shipperxWith some of the discussions about BtVS 40 and feminism, I found myself thinking of (and somewhat nostalgic to watch) the Farscape episode "Bringing Home the Beacon". I remember loving it at the time because it highlighted just how many female characters that Farscape had created that they could populate an adventure episode that featured all females, from the heroines (Aeryn, Chiana) to the 'morally ambiguous' (Sikozou) to the villains (Greyza and War Minister Ahkna), and I'm not even sure where to categorize Noranti.
The whole episode passed the Bechdel Test top to bottom.
More than three women? Check.
Who have names? Aeryn, Chiana, Noranti, Sikozou, Geyza, War Minister Ahkna. Check.
Who talk to one another about something other than a man? How about wormhole technology, illegal peace treaties, ceding territories, etc.? Check again.
I always appreciated that ep for being able to have enough female characters to have an episode function entirely on their own.
(link to the YouTube Farscape Ep -
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Farscape+Bringing+Home+the+Beacon&aq=f )
Women of Farscape Tribute:
ETA: So, in US "Being Human" Mitchell/Aidan is older since he fought in either the Revolutionary War or the War of 1812 (It's American versus British Redcoats so it has to be one or the other). So weird the changes they choose to make...
The whole episode passed the Bechdel Test top to bottom.
More than three women? Check.
Who have names? Aeryn, Chiana, Noranti, Sikozou, Geyza, War Minister Ahkna. Check.
Who talk to one another about something other than a man? How about wormhole technology, illegal peace treaties, ceding territories, etc.? Check again.
I always appreciated that ep for being able to have enough female characters to have an episode function entirely on their own.
(link to the YouTube Farscape Ep -
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Farscape+Bringing+Home+the+Beacon&aq=f )
Women of Farscape Tribute:
ETA: So, in US "Being Human" Mitchell/Aidan is older since he fought in either the Revolutionary War or the War of 1812 (It's American versus British Redcoats so it has to be one or the other). So weird the changes they choose to make...
