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<ChatMod> David several people have asked, as a writer and producer why have you been drawn to scifi as a particular genre to work in in your career? What makes good scifi interesting to you personally?
<DK> I think scifi has chosen me more than I have chosen it.
<DK> I tend to think fast. Not really that smart, just get bored quickly.
<DK> And I tend to think of a thousand ways to do the simplest
<DK> thing.
<DK> Ask Ricky. Several
<DK> hundred-thousand times he wanted to kill himself
<DK> after we had found a way to do something and
<DK> I kept exploring down dark allies.
<DK> My feeling is that the exploration is the process by which you discover
<DK> a new way to do something. However, that MUST
<DK> be balanced by the realities of TV production. When I'm off in lala land, Ricky grounds me. If I get grounded,
<DK> then Ricky or Justin or Ben can go nuts. Anyway,
<DK> I tend to think "outside the box," (which is a phrase I hate, though it does describe it), and continually
<DK> search for something interests ME. If I find it,
<DK> I hope that it interests others as well. Also,
<DK> Scifi is a genre that lets you take risks, and within reason, I LOVE risks.
<DK> They get you excited about things again. I just hate
<DK> watching a drama and figuring out how
<DK> it's going to go, and then being proved RIGHT. That means I was there way before the producing team
<DK> should have let me get there. Snore....
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <Nonalla> to <ChatMod>: Sikozu and the Old Woman are new to this season. Are we going to get a chance to see them develop ?
<DK> Betcha.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <Simon> to <ChatMod>: DK if i wanted to follow in your footsteps, how woul di go about it?
<DK> As a writer?
<DK> Hmmm...
<DK> I am at a family home in suburban home in Detroit, Michigan at the moment, in the bedroom of
<DK> my 14 year old niece, typing on here computer.
<DK> Earlier today, I told her and two of my other nieces something about the
<DK> entertainment business.
<DK> I said, it's not like being a doctor where
<DK> you have to have a specific
<DK> body of knowledge
<DK> before you can even start your career.
<DK> I said, if you really want to work in the music or TV business,
<DK> all you need is that desire.
<DK> But it has to be
<DK> stronger than all the other desires,
<DK> and it has to be stronger than the desires of all the other people
<DK> who want the same job you do.
<DK> Stay at it. Stay broke.
<DK> Work for love instead of money.
<DK> Work to work.
<DK> Love your work.
<DK> You will succeed.
<DK> Not just in that BS way of,
<DK> if you love what you're doing, that's enough.
<DK> But you will actually succeed in this business.
<DK> And you will have fun until the heart attack hits.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <MaryWood> to <ChatMod>: Speaking as a film student here, how much or how little involvement do you have with the directing, editing, etc, of an ep? I'm having trouble picturing someone handing one aspect of their "baby" to someone else.
<DK> On Farscape, a lot of the control
<DK> has been ceded down the line.
<DK> Andrew Prowse and Lil and Ricky and Justin and Ben and Rowan and Tony and many
<DK> others (Dave Elsey, Tim Ferrier), can
<DK> do what they like. It comes back to staying within the framework that we lay out
<DK> and then being madly creative.
<DK> Think of us as a jazz show.
<DK> We have a theme. We lay down the beat
<DK> and then each instrument more or less gets to solo for awhile within the song.
<DK> But it better be in the same tempo as the group, or it will be discordant, and you will not
<DK> be allowed to solo again. But on Farscape,
<DK> we're by now experts at each others quirks and moods.
<DK> I can go for awhile. Got fresh Everreadies in.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <babymoya> to <ChatMod>: In the next few episodes, will Rygel get "some?" I mean JC and Aeryn get "some;" D'Argo and Chiana, they get some; Noranti did it to herself; Sikozu got some on that insect free world. But, when will Rygel get "some?"
<DK> Check out the end of last season. Ryg was pretty happy little Hynerian, if'n I recall.
<DK> D
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <OzDebP> to <ChatMod>: Looking back over the last 4 years, is there anything you would have changed about the show or your contribution towards it?
<DK> Wow. A really good question.
<DK> I do not have an instant answer that pops into my head.
<DK> Give me a moment to reflect...
<DK> I love the pace.
<DK> And I love the characters.
<DK> No one cared if the series got too serialized in the beginning, they
<DK> just wanted "quality." This was the way we achieved it.
<DK> Then, after the quality became expected, the desire was for us to make ourselves more "episodic," meaning
<DK> that each ep would stand alone -- not continue an overriding storyline.
<DK> This is, some say, the reason our audience never grew. I disagree,
<DK> so upon thinking, I would not change that, either. It is what MADE us special.
<DK> You learned to care about the characters and love as they loved.
<DK> I guess the thing I would like to have done differently was find a few more writers who could stay in for the long haul.
<DK> Rockne (S. O'Bannon, Farscape's creator), Ricky, Justin and I literally almost killed ourselves
<DK> writing the series.
<DK> I would have liked to have been able to sit back a bit more and enjoy the goings on.
<DK> I would have like to have spent more time on the set, just enjoying the actors as they work.
<DK> And I would have liked more time to think, and sit and stare. That's where all the good
<DK> ideas come from, being alone with your brain and your fears and your determination.
<DK> So, all in all, I'd keep it the same. I like how it turned out.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <Wormy> to <ChatMod>: Speaking of audience, how do you feel about the Nielsen ratings?
<DK> I believe they habitually undercount cable.
<DK> Our show seems to be one that is watched in groups.
<DK> Even if you are a Nielson family, you will
<DK> only count as 1 even if there are 1,000 people in your living room.
<DK> I think we got a bit hosed there.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <DaScape> to <ChatMod>: I recently read your latest article in the Farscape Mag and its a facinating piece to hear it from the producers mouth. Do you enjoy writing your coloumn and if the mag continues will you carry on writing for it?
<DK> I will write for Farscape Magazine as long as they are in production.
<DK> They are a great group of people, and I am
<DK> particularly loyal to Martin Eden and David Bassom and Brian and all the gang.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <fialka> to <ChatMod>: Can you tell us a bit about the process of breaking a season?
<DK> You have just finished 11 months of insanely hard work.
<DK> You are so exhausted that you are probably sick.
<DK> The actors have collapsed and gone on holiday.
<DK> The directors are on TV movies and somewhere else.
<DK> You get picked up for next season.
<DK> Without a break, you must meet in my kitchen, and
<DK> over the next 3 weeks, outline a whole season in rough form.
<DK> It is frightening in a very tangible way.
<DK> What if you frell up? What if you're not good anymore?
<DK> What if you're too tired?
<DK> Fear drives you.
<DK> The fans drive you.
<DK> You are desperate to not disappoint.
<DK> So you stay up late and think, think, think.
<DK> You come up with ideas, bat them around.
<DK> Get a flash of inspiration.
<DK> Then, you pitch and sell the Hensons.
<DK> Then, Scifi.
<DK> Then, you divide up stories.
<DK> Then, you sit and break each story over 2 weeks apiece.
<DK> Then, all 5 or 6 writers go their separate ways
<DK> and have to have a script done when we all reconvene in a month.
<DK> But no one (except crazy Justin)
<DK> actually writes.
<DK> The rest of us just go home and curl up for 20 days and try to get sleep and recharge to do another 1 insane
<DK> months in a row.
<DK> Something like that. From the horse's mouth, so to speak.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> David -- people want to know -- do you use frell in everyday speech?
<DK> When there are scapers in the room (as there are here) or when there are children in the room (as there are about 10 behind me, watching this as I type.)
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <offthehook> to <ChatMod>: I know we're not getting any real spoilers out of you. But could you give us *some* idea of how much popcorn (ammo for those "grrr" moments), tissues (for the truly Kemper scenes), and beer (to drown our sorrows) we should stock for 422?
<DK> Ep 422, Andrew, Ben and I think, tops the last 3 season enders.
<DK> Be prepared.
<DK> Do not watch alone.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <AgentSun1> to <ChatMod>: as a writer, do you find it hard to write a certain number of serious and funny episodes to have a balance, or is it really just maniacal inspiriation that comes and gives us some of the most hilarious and some of the most dramatic episodes?
<DK> Both.
<DK> The best crazy bits are sheer inspiration on someone's part.
<DK> The rest is hard work and balance.
<DK> My job is akin to being an air traffic controller, even of my own ideas.
<DK> Balance the drama with the humo(u)r,
<DK> the action with the romance,
<DK> the light and the dark,
<DK> the expensive and the super expensive.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <Starburst> to <ChatMod>: Could you explain zhaan in the ending of John Quixote? was it really her?
<DK> Zhaan is gone. What Crichton experienced was something inside of himself, inside of the game, inside of Stark. But it WAS the real Virginia.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <Stedman> to <ChatMod>: Mr. Kemper, any idea on how the cancellation of the series will effect the DVD sales? will the whole series still be released? (Moderator note: And MANY people want to know if you would contribute commentary to future DVD releases?)
<DK> If there is time for them to get a few of us down on tape,.
<DK> we will
<DK> certainly add commentary.
<DK> And yes, every single episode of Farscape will appear on DVD.
<DK> How the cancellation will affect sales? I think it will increase the sales
<DK> as people continue to discover the show and clamor for more.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> David a lot of fans are wondering -- how important are rating for the next 11 episodes in terms of future Farscape projects whether on SCIFI or elsewhere?
<DK> I think very important.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <DaScape> to <ChatMod>: This might be a stupid question.. but were you ever stuck for an idea of an episode? or storyline for Farscape? or even dialoge for a character?
<DK> Sometimes, on the micro level.
<DK> As far as
<DK> the major stuff, it was butter, as we say.
<DK> Very free flowing.
<DK> The least congested for ideas I've ever been. I LIVED for those
<DK> characters.
<DK> As I say, no one on the planet save for Ben feels the loss of this series like I think I must.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <CrystalMoon> to <ChatMod>: Aeryn came back to Moya quite different from last season. She's smiling, confiding in Chiana, ready for a relationship. Will we find out what caused such a major change?
<DK> 8 Ball says:
<DK> I would think your expectations may be rewarded.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> Bouncer> to <ChatMod>: Ben's character killed a whole lot of people/aliens/things over the past 3 1/2 cycles. Does he (JC) have any regrets, or is it apart of what had to do in order to survive, and he just dosen't give a damn anymore?
<DK> Very
<DK> much
<DK> both.
<DK> Crichton has changed immeasurably because of what he's had to do.
<DK> Like any of us would.
<DK> He is you, me, Ben.
<DK> He is human.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <KempersBabe> to <ChatMod>: if you had the time right now to sit and watch any one episode of Farscape, for your own personal enjoyment, which one do you think you would choose?
<DK> Wow.
<DK> I'm partial to Revenging Angel, Die Me Di, and 3 eps coming up in the last 11 you are about to see.
<DK> But I think I am watching
<DK> for different reasons and seeing different things than other people are.
<DK> I am watching the contributions of actors and techinical people and directors, etc.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <Gmmas> to <ChatMod>: DK - is it hard NOT writing new stories for Farscape characters at this point? Do you find you still have the characters and their new stories going through your mind?
<DK> Yes.
<DK> I just finished 22 hours of flying
<DK> to get to Detroit.
<DK> I was writing on a new project, and it was boring me.
<DK> I stopped and read gossip magazines.
<DK> That never would have happened if I had A FS script on my computer.
<DK> It has proven difficult to get the lady out from under my skin and soul.
<DK> But I am working on it, and expect the new year here to free the obstruction.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <moonbebe> to <ChatMod>: Will we ever see the 12 minutes of footage that was shot in case the cartoons in Revenging Angel didn't work?
<DK> Some of it has been released on the DVD already.
<DK> Another 5 minutes are still in the vault.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <Fravid> to <ChatMod>: How involved were you in the original idea for Farscape?
<DK> Moderator, let's go to 11 pm EST. Good?
<DK> Original idea for Farscape? Simple.
<DK> Brian Henson called my friend Rock and said, let's do a space series.
<DK> Rock created Farscape.
<DK> Then he called me and said,
<DK> "Look what I got. Want to work on it?'
<DK> I stupidly said yes.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> David, good science fiction television often seems influenced by good science fiction television that has come before it. How do you think Farscape will influence future shows?
<ChatMod> 11 ET it is
<DK> Wow. I hope
<DK> that future shows will concentrate
<DK> on the characters.
<DK> I hope gobbledygook is banished. What the hell does it do but take up time, bore you, and kill the plot.
<DK> I hope that quality
<DK> becomes the watchword.
<DK> If it ain't good, don't do it.
<DK> If it doesn't say something special, something about the human condition, about why
<DK> we live and love and explore, then go home.
<DK> That's what made the first Trek damn special. It was about US.
<DK> About our dreams and aspirations.
<DK> In a small way, Rock wanted to get back to that.
<DK> That's what I hope we do.
<DK> I hope we are a slight wind
<DK> that pushed the genre just a bit back in that direction.
<DK> And I hope that future generations
<DK> watch our show and say,
<DK> Those are some cool folks who made that. I wish I could have been part of something like that.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <cymem2> to <ChatMod>: DK, how can we keep track of your future projects?
<DK> Just watch the web.
<DK> People will know, and it will hopefully be publicized.
<DK> At the very least, I will stand on street corners and hand out flyers.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <CrystalMoon> to <ChatMod>: How much input did Scifi and Henson have on the scripts? On the overall season arc? For instance, did they say anything about the lack of Aeryn in the beginning of this season or the twinning from last season?
<DK> It was a discussion, but we had a very free hand in what we were doing. And recall, as I said earlier, there were other considerations besides
<DK> just story points that dictated the beginning of the season.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> <moonbebe> to <ChatMod>: Since we know Claudia contributed to the end of Season 3, could you tell us whether she also contributed to Season 4 too - in a writer's sense that is?
<DK> The end of season was essentially a writer's project this time around, although Ben sits in the room continuously, so you could say he had input.
<DK> As did, as ALWAYS, my incomparable partner, and the director of the last ep, Andrew Prowse.
<DK> GA
<ChatMod> David, any final comments tonight on the next 11 episodes?
<DK> Okay, we'll wrap it up here...
<DK> The last 11 eps are the finest run in continuous form that
<DK> we have ever had.
<DK> We have hit our stride here, in my humble opinion.
<DK> You will see a filmmaking team at its peak.
<DK> We achieve so much in the last 11 eps that even I am a bit awed, and I sat on top of the damn beast the whole way.
<DK> Eps 412 and 413 will surprise the dren out of you. They are clever and sparkling.
<DK> Yay, Ricky, Justin, Rowan and Peter.
<DK> Eps 414, 415, and 416, I predict,
<DK> will leave you stunned.
<DK> Ep 417 will leave you as mystified by what we eat and drink behind the scenes as did the cartoon ep.
<DK> And eps 418-422 will just about twist you up, down, and inside out.
<DK> Some of the best acting I have personally ever been around is delivered as the season draws to a close.
<DK> You notice, I say, the "season," not the series.
<DK> There is no fifth season right now, folks.
<DK> There is no movie yet.
<DK> But I do not believe Farscape is dead. I believe quality rules, and I believe
<DK> there will be more.
<DK> If I wasn't the biggest optimist in the world, I would have killed myself at the START of my TV career.
<DK> So sit back, watch, and please enjoy. We had so much
<DK> fun making these eps, it would be a shame
<DK> if you watched them with anything but joy and love in your hearts.
<DK> So sit back, watch, and please enjoy. We had so much
<DK> fun making these eps, it would be a shame
<DK> if you watched them with anything but joy and love in your hearts.
<DK> This is a TV show. It is "entertainment." View it as such,
<DK> and have faith that good and righteous unrealized realites can happen
<DK> if we all lean in the same direction.
<DK> Perhaps SciFi will
<DK> ask us to chat again as the end of the season draws close.
<DK> If not, then this will serve...
<DK> Thank you, the fans, for all your marvelous support.
<DK> Thank you, the fans, for being so involved, and carrying the banner when you show was cancelled.
<ChatMod> David we'd love to chat with you any time
<DK> And, and thank you, the fans, for getting the joke. For watching
<DK> so loyally and
<DK> making us a part of your lives.
<DK> Without you, I was out of a job a long time ago.
<DK> Have a good one, and please enjoy the work you're about to see with a light heart. If not,
<DK> you negate a lot of the positive energy that was expended in making it.
<DK> And thanks to the Moderator and Barb for hosting.
<DK> Bye for now.
<ChatMod> David. Thank you so much for taking the time to chat. It's been a pleasure. Stay warm in Michigan! We can't wait to talk with you again. Good night. Thanks to our audience too for all your support, and your many, many questions. We'll open the floor now.
<DK> DK stepping back.
<DK> XX
<DK> GA
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