Farscape's David Kemper
also starring Richard Manning & Ben Browder

Moderator: David, are you with us?

Moderator: For those who've never been to a Farscape chat before...

Moderator: shame on you! but better late than never.

Moderator: anyway, the chat is moderated, which means that if you have a question or comment you'll need to send it to me, Moderator, as a private message.

Moderator: David, can you speak?

Kemper: Here I am.

Moderator: Welcome!

Moderator: Have you any opening remarks for the group?

Kemper: If we're ready, I've got a something

Kemper: I'd like to ask the assembled as we embark.

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Kemper: Yes.....

Kemper: Normally, we get a lot of questions asking for spoilers.

Kemper: Those questions all have the same answer.

Kemper: Keep watching.

Kemper: That's why we make this great show for you.

Kemper: So you'll be suprised.

Kemper: I'd love to get some "tough"

Kemper: questions.

Kemper: The kind that get to the heart of the series and

Kemper: the characters.

Kemper: "Why" the show is as it is.

Kemper: Why the fans like it.

Kemper: Why we do the things we do in service of Farscape.

Kemper: Anyone got any questions like that out there?!

Kemper: ga

Moderator: Let's start with a big one, shall we?

Moderator: <OboeCrazy> to <Moderator>: This season has included a much more active story arc then last season that even extends into "individual" episodes. For example, "Beware Of Dog" could have been a stand-alone episode, and yet it also delt with Crichton and what may have happened to him in the Aurora Chair. Are these large scale storylines planned out from the beginning or is it more spontaneous?

Kemper: Both. We have a rough plan of where we're going,

Kemper: and then we adapt and incorporate different

Kemper: aspects as the season rolls out before us.

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Moderator: <Adriana> to <Moderator>: Hi David! What did you think of your first convention? Will you be attending more in the future?

Kemper: I was not at the first convention. Rockne, Ricky and I

Kemper: we portrayed by Henson Creature Shop animatronics.

Kemper: Seriously,

Kemper: It was fantastic. As, apparently, was a little tiny thing

Kemper: that simultaneously went on in St. Louis.

Kemper: And yes, we will do/attend/have fun at

Kemper: many more.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <pkgrl> to <Moderator>: Hey, David! Glad you could make it. A little off the subject...in sunny Burbank, everyone wearing blazers or jackets looked might uncomfortable. How 'bout next year everyone wears shorts and Mambo shirts?!

Kemper: Backstage, we were all in bathing suits.

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Moderator: <Vegeta> to <Moderator>: ASK HIM IF THERE IS A PLAN FOR A MOVIE OR VIDEO GAME

Moderator: Ok, David, is there a plan for a movie or video game? :)

Kemper: There is a plan for both.

Kemper: Sometimes plans take time to draw up and execute.

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Moderator: <Leonard> to <Moderator>: I have noticed a number of episodes, this season more than last, where internal consistency (or "realism" if you will) was ignored. Example: why did they not ask Katralla-the-statue whodunnit? What steps do you normally take to prevent this sort of thing, and why did it fail in LatP (all three) so badly?

Moderator: (harsh, eh?)

Kemper: Fail?

Kemper: Ah.....

Kemper: It is a good catch you have made young Leonard.

Kemper: Then, again, perhaps, if we ever go back to that planet --

Kemper: and perhaps we might seeing as Crichton has a "child"

Kemper: there --

Kemper: you may learn of a conversation that took place between the Empress and

Kemper: the lovely Bronze Princess.

Kemper: However -- an EXCELLENT reading of the facts as you

Kemper: have them before you.

Kemper: I appaud.

Kemper: It is those types of questions that we contiually

Kemper: ask one another in the writing room.\

Kemper: You are an honorary guest for the day.

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Moderator: <Scapegrace> to <Moderator>: Hi, David. *Why* did John have a fling with the PK spy in "Look at the Princess"? Did he really consider his relationship with Aeryn that unimportant to him at the time?

Kemper: These a GOOD questions...

Kemper: 1) He did not know where Aeryn was, or even if he'd see

Kemper: her again.

Kemper: 2) John had to deal with an assassin that was not particularly

Kemper: on his side at the moment.

Kemper: 3) It was probably NOT an awful experience.

Kemper: 4) John and Aeryn are not married, and sometimes people

Kemper: "love the one they're with."

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Moderator: <Srynerson> to <Moderator>: In the second episode of "Look at the Princess", when Crichton is on-board the cargo ship and is challenging the Peacekeeper agent to shoot him, how much of that was scripted and how much was ad-libbed? I'm particularly thinking of the line about "ruining my love life".

Kemper: Shoot my sex life was scripted as performed.

Kemper: However, despite Ben's wonderful

Kemper: nature in crediting that solely to me --

Kemper: I must bow gracefully in his direction.

Kemper: Long before I wrote the scene, I was eating dinner with him

Kemper: and telling him what I saw in the scene. I went into an ad-lib

Kemper: that eventually became the script. As we were hammering

Kemper: it out back and forth, BEN suggested that John would be so bold as

Kemper: to hold up his hand and talk about his sex life.

Kemper: I will, however, take credit for typing the words on paper.

Kemper: Some of the rest of the scene was ad-libbed in the moment (notably

Kemper: the riff on Blazing Saddles), however, the rest was scripted.

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Moderator: <valleyofstags> to <Moderator>: Hey David. Was Scorpius' flick of the acid at the end of the ep an indication that the acid wouldn't have hurt him, or a sign he was never afraid of John in the first place?

Kemper: Both.

Kemper: That magnificent gesture was the brainchild of Andrew Prowse

Kemper: (director extraordinare) and Wayne.

Kemper: We debated whether or not to use it, wondering how much of

Kemper: Scorpius' control over the situation to reveal.

Kemper: Then, as always, the best moment wins, and we didn't want to

Kemper: keep it from you.

Kemper: Furthermore, it shows you how "on top of things" that evil half-breed

Kemper: abomination really is.

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Moderator: <BethS-scifi> to <Moderator>: Wayne Pygram is so deliciously evil. Has his portrayal affected the writing for Scorpius. How close does it match your original vision of him?

Kemper: We write a character.

Kemper: Then we cast an actor.

Kemper: Then the actor makes the character his own.

Kemper: Then we "hear" his voice and begin crafting phrasiology to him/her.

Kemper: This is a best case scenario.

Kemper: We are blessed to have this relationship with everyone on Moya --

Kemper: including Pilot and Rygel.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <DaniRoyer> to <Moderator>: Mr. Kemper, one of the most interesting parts of Farscape is something that most things on American TV does not use. Silence. How did the idea of 'silent scenes' being used come about?

Kemper: The audio engineer ran out of tape.

Kemper: Seriously...

Kemper: Silence is a part of the real world. Sometimes you stare at someone

Kemper: you love or hate

Kemper: and ponder the appropriate answer.

Kemper: Sometimes you're so moved, you sit in silence.

Kemper: Sometimes you're so scared, you sit in silence.

Kemper: Except for Rygel -- you passes gas noisily.

Kemper: Silence can be powerful.

Kemper: Silence can often say more than words.

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Moderator: <aughra> to <Moderator>: Hullo Mr. Kemper. Sometimes doing a three-part, cliff-hanging story arc can be a risky move in the middle of the season. What were your hope and fears for the Princess trilogy, as distinct from the "average" one-off story?

Kemper: We were hoping to push the

Kemper: "personal" stories of our people forward a bit.

Kemper: We wanted to get "outside." Literally.

Kemper: See sky, "earth," water.

Kemper: We wanted to have the time to let EMOTIONS rule the day for awhile.

Kemper: We wanted to have time to use silence as a musical instrument.

Kemper: We wanted the time to let the characters breath and experience

Kemper: and say things they often can't say on the run

Kemper: when a monster or bad guy is chasing them at breakneck speed.

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Moderator: For those who are just joining us, we're chatting with Farscape's major domo David Kemper.

Moderator: If you have a question, send it my way as a private message.

Moderator: <PyeCat> to <Moderator>: In BOD, Crichton is playing with a very familiar-looking metal ball. Is that indeed the ball that Wayne Pygram picked up off a desk?

Kemper: "General" Domo, to you.

Kemper: I don't think it is.

Kemper: There is no way Crichton would have it on Moya.

Kemper: We don't violate the rules of Farscape "reality" to

Kemper: play a prank or an in joke.

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Moderator: <Trager> to <Moderator>: Mr. Kemper, other than being chosen by God himself, how would one go about writing for the show?

Kemper: Please don't call me God.

Kemper: Seriously...

Kemper: You would start the way Rock and Ricky and Justin and I started.

Kemper: You would see a TV show.

Kemper: You would want to be a writer.

Kemper: You would write scripts at home

Kemper: You would get good enough to get an agent.

Kemper: The agent would get you work.

Kemper: By this time, of course, the show that inspired you will

Kemper: have been off the air for a number of years.

Kemper: But then, you can create your own --

Kemper: as Rockne has done.

Kemper: Or be blessed to work on it, as we have done.

Kemper: Anyway,

Kemper: that is the measure by which you will prove to yourself and

Kemper: the world that you actually WANT ...

Kemper: HAVE TO...

Kemper: be a TV/film writer.

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Moderator: <stargatetravler> to <Moderator>: Which TV Show inspired you to be a writer?

Kemper: Many --

Kemper: Before I answer, I want to note that someone has logged on as

Kemper: DKemper.

Kemper: I'm flattered.

Kemper: Answer to question:

Kemper: Star Trek. The first one.

Kemper: Twilight Zone.

Kemper: Rockford Files.

Kemper: Loved Starsky and Hutch. Made me laugh.\

Kemper: Most "good" comedies.

Kemper: All in the Family.

Kemper: Stuff like that.

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Moderator: <CoolJackFrost> to <Moderator>: Any chance the intro will be updated to mention Scorpius instead of "insane military commander"?

Kemper: CoolJackFrost--

Kemper: You smokin!

Kemper: Watch for season 3!!!

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <PhantomComputer> to <Moderator>: Mr. Kemper, will Rygel ever get back in the good graces of the crew or will he forever be their favorite "kick toy"? I don't see how he can ever be forgiven...

Kemper: Awww, give the slug a break.

Kemper: Don't you know people who are more selfish than you?

Kemper: Rygel is selfish.

Kemper: It's his first instinct.

Kemper: Thinks of himself.

Kemper: Then, on reflection, he quite often finds the "better angels" within

Kemper: himself.

Kemper: And even when he doesn't

Kemper: he is smart enough to get out of the jam.

Kemper: Let me say this to you...

Kemper: As Exec Prod, for whatever that counts in your eyes --

Kemper: I think Rygel is the smartest -- intuitively smartest -- creature on the ship.

Kemper: He has ruled billions.

Kemper: He has kept peace.

Kemper: He has forged their escape.

Kemper: He can negotiate, cajole, strongarm --

Kemper: and is a winner.

Kemper: He is very real to me.

Kemper: I have worked for people like him.

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Moderator: Sort of a related question:

Moderator: <kitsah> to <Moderator>: We've seen little bits lately where Rygel is lamenting how the others ignore him or put him down, which they do. How motivated can Rygel--who's been so beaten down by torture--be for his crewmates? And is he capable of heroism because of it?

Kemper: Rygel is capable of great heroism.

Kemper: He healed Moya as early as "I, E.T."

Kemper: He is smart. That's his card.

Kemper: If the others would learn to use THAT

Kemper: and ignore the rest, they'd be okay.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <FourGOM> to <Moderator>: It was mentioned in Burbank that originally, 5 scripts were written for Farscape. 4 have been shown - which 4 episodes were they?

Kemper: They haven't actually been shown.

Kemper: The Premiere was the only one

Kemper: that qualifies as such.

Kemper: The other 3 have been canabalized and used

Kemper: in the first season.

Kemper: I'd prefer to let you wonder at this point.

* Kemper Kemper smiles wickedly *

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <Trager> to <Moderator>: David, first, congratulations on a well built and compelling show that the fans ADORE. My question is, how long has the Chianna and D'Argo romance been planned? And is it going to have an effect on John and Aeryn's "relationship"?

Kemper: Good question.

Kemper: We've been working toward that since the end of last year.

Kemper: Go back and watch how Chi and D deal with each other in "Bone"

Kemper: and "Family Ties."

Kemper: If you're in a small ship with a limited number of

Kemper: other people, and 2 of them begin a romance,

Kemper: I don't see how it can AVOID affecting everyone else.

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Moderator: <Ripley9> to <Moderator>: O Daily Overseer of the Farscape realm, regarding your answer to ScapeGrace's Q re LATP3 and John's fling with that PK assassin wh**e (um, I mean Jena) -- John WAS technically married to Katralla, was he not? (Geez, an adulterer after just one day!)

Kemper: Good catch. I'm smiling.

Kemper: But was that a real marriage?

Kemper: And did he even think he'd see her again?

Kemper: And didn't this woman just save his life twice?

Kemper: And isn't there some kind of adrenaline rush and attraction between them?

Kemper: And don't people sometimes do things that they maybe shouldn't?

Kemper: And didn't he know enough later to tell her that they "weren't compatible?

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Moderator: <Elnea> to <Moderator>: Here is a question I am embarrassed to ask, but it has been driving me crazy...How can Aeryn, who is SO athletic and mobile, run around without a bra? Surely PKs make some kind of industrial strength sportsbra for their soldiers!!!

Kemper: Whooooo.

Kemper: That is not a Kemper question.

Kemper: First off, we stopped checking the actors' underwear

Kemper: early in the series.

Kemper: Secondly, I'm not sure which scenes you speak of.

Kemper: And third, I believe those choices are best left Aeryn.

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Moderator: <Scapegrace> to <Moderator>: Hi, David. As the series progresses and we learn more about Crichton, he's beginning to appear more and more "perfect" (excellent taste in music, cars, women; genius, athlete, handsome)...does the guy have *any* flaws?

Kemper: Ben doesn't.

Kemper: Why should Crichton?

Kemper: And what's perfect?

Kemper: I'll bet a lot of people have never heard of Charlie Parker?

Kemper: Or like the cars he does.

Kemper: But he's obiously hit a note with you

Kemper: and that's good.

Kemper: It's part of your personal connection to the show.

Kemper: That's why this series works for us all.

Kemper: We each draw something from it that's ours and ours alone.

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Moderator: <LittleLeviathan> to <Moderator>: Mr. Kemper, we love your wonderful talents!! One thing we must know: in the episode Taking the Stone, was the mask that Rygel stole really cursed or was it just Zhaan?

Kemper: Good questions. Before I answer, a bit of side business...

Kemper: I note someone logged on as Bruno. Cool name. I note someone

Kemper: logged on as Browder. What kind of silly name is that?!

Kemper: Third, a shout out to Air-n-Sun!!!!

Kemper: The mask...

Kemper: Each and every one of us believes what we believe.

Kemper: If I tell you that I believe in God

Kemper: you will be able to find others that ascribe the things

Kemper: I like to God to something else.

Kemper: You may believe in Heaven.

Kemper: I may not.

Kemper: Which of us is right?

Kemper: I know that sounds like BS

Kemper: but it isn't.

Kemper: I believe that if we all parse the moments

Kemper: of Farscape down to such a particular level

Kemper: that we can all "agree,"

Kemper: then we have missed the reality of the series.

Kemper: Sometimes we just aren't sure.

Kemper: Sometimes you make up your own mind on a situation,

Kemper: a person,

Kemper: a moment.

Kemper: It's what makes the show special.

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Moderator: <Bruno> to <Moderator>: Bruno says..."woof"

Moderator: <Oochi> to <Moderator>: Hi from Belgium! Is Chiana gonna find happyness with D'Argo and do we get some J/A love scenes?

Kemper: Hey, Belgium!!

Kemper: Chiana ALWAYS finds happiness.

Kemper: It's in her soul. It's her nature.

Kemper: Think back to the earlier question regarding Wayne and

Kemper: Scorpius.

Kemper: Gigi is such a vibrant, wonderful, talented, special, HAPPY

Kemper: person, Chiana could be nothing but, even if we WROTE

Kemper: her as miserable.

Kemper: J/A love scenes...

Kemper: Sit back people--

Kemper: Here comes a tiny bit of philosophy...

Kemper: Everyone is always saying,

Kemper: "Why doesn't Aeryn do this,

Kemper: Why doesn't Aeryn do that...

Kemper: I WOULD."

Kemper: See -- "you" would.

Kemper: But Claudia knows Aeryn.

Kemper: And we know Aeryn.

Kemper: She is an alien.

Kemper: A-L-I-E-N.

Kemper: She does not think like us.

Kemper: She was raised without parents.

Kemper: Without love.

Kemper: Taught to kill at an early age.

Kemper: Think how those facts would have changed who YOU are.

Kemper: It will take her some time to understand

Kemper: and find those other parts of herself.

Kemper: There will be J/A love scenes when Aeryn

Kemper: gets to the place where she can trust herself.

Kemper: She "knows" this human is special.

Kemper: She does not have a good track record with men

Kemper: and was not raised to have long-term relationships.

Kemper: She will not engage this one until she knows it will work.

Kemper: She does not want to lose him.

Kemper: And John...

Kemper: John is smart enough to know that she is going through all\

Kemper: this.

Kemper: However...

Kemper: How long can he wait..........................?

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <aughra> to <Moderator>: Hullo Mr. Kemper. Hermione had rehersals & couldn't be here with us tonight, but asked a question in her post that I'd like to hear a response to: "Hey if anyone is stuck for a question, yah that'll be the day, I'd love to know what inspires his writing regarding John and Aeryn's relationship.

Kemper: I look into relationships that I've had with women.

Kemper: I look into relationships that I WISH I had with women.

Kemper: I dream of doing things "better" than I've done them in

Kemper: my own life.

Kemper: I listen to Ben and Claudia tell of their lives

Kemper: and I search for moments to use.

Kemper: These moments will be special to them, and they

Kemper: will bring an extra level of "reality" to the scenes -

Kemper: and we will all be thrilled.

Kemper: They are incredible actors, and I/we/you are blessed to have them in their roles.

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Moderator: <Luckylyn> to <Moderator>: Do you feel that award shows like Emmys are unfair to science fiction? Farscape did not get a well deserved nomination. Do you think there should be a best science fiction/fantasy series category at shows like the Emmys?

Kemper: Would be nice.

Kemper: But the reality is that we're a niche

Kemper: bit of programing

Kemper: that often does not appeal to the masses a la Seinfeld.

Kemper: However, if we DID have a Sci-Fi award show --

Kemper: I know which actors would win.

Moderator: We've just passed the one-hour mark. How're your fingers?

Kemper: I'm not writing with my fingers.

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Moderator: <Sandor> to <Moderator>: On that note, Mr. Kemper, what do you see as the advantages or disadvantages to having the show on a cable channel?

Kemper: Total advantages.

Kemper: We can stay on for years and years with a smaller audience.

Kemper: All at once know --

Kemper: on your knees facing New York and thank Sci-Fi Channel

Kemper: for being there.

Kemper: Who else would have a website dedicated to all of us, too?

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Moderator: <stargatetravler> to <Moderator>: Now that filming for season 2 is completed which ep would you say was your favorite and which was the most difficult to film? BTW great con in Burbank, you guys ROCKED! Thanks!

Kemper: Thanks for the Burbank words.

Kemper: Favorite ep?

Kemper: There are 6 coming up between now and the end of the year.

Kemper: Starting tomorrow night.

Kemper: Tomorrow is "Won't Get Fooled Again,"

Kemper: Written by Manning

Kemper: Directed by Woods

Kemper: Emmy acted by our cast.

Kemper: It is a simple story of a man and his brush with..

Kemper: Wait -- I said no spoilers.

Kemper: Most difficult.

Kemper: The last 4 -- an arc -- of the season.

Kemper: More in them than most features.

Kemper: You watch.

Kemper: You see.

Kemper: You smile.

Kemper: THEN

Kemper: you bow to Sci-Fi.

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Moderator: <Perri-at-TGUT> to <Moderator>: DK: are any members of the cast or crew planning on attending WorldCon here in Chicago in a few weeks?

Kemper: We are on hiatus, which means vacation.

Kemper: We have mostly all blown our separate ways, so you'll have to

Kemper: ask the cast themselves

Kemper: If you can find them.

Kemper: I know where Ben is, however,

Kemper: He is working with US.

Kemper: He has to, see --

Kemper: Otherwise he won't be able to write his episode for next season.

Kemper: Did I just say that out loud?

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Moderator: <SoozAlpha> to <Moderator>: Gossip from the Con says you might hold one in the UK for us UKScapers next year - true???

Kemper: That is a possibility. That will be up to the Henson Company.

Kemper: But they are partially based there, and our loyalties run

Kemper: strongly to you.

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Moderator: <dw-mckim> to <Moderator>: What can you tell us about the "extra's" that will be on the USA DVD's? Any chance of them including the "original" cut of Dream a Little Dream (without the John/Zhaan bumpers?)

Kemper: DALD--

Kemper: Probably not.

Kemper: We would include missing scenes (if any)

Kemper: not "replaced scenes."

Kemper: Although, since that is a good question,

Kemper: I will ask and see if we can't tack them on at the end.

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Moderator: <MALar> to <Moderator>: Is there any agreement that the US get new episodes first, or will we have a situation where we're flooded with spoilers from fans who watch on BBC? I ask because I'm assuming the final 4 will be in January again, and the BBC is almost caught up with SciFi.

Kemper: I believe that Sci-Fi has the right to air them first.

Kemper: However, I believe that if you guys catch up -- you will then see

Kemper: them simultaneously with us.

Kemper: A tip -- and I know it will be hard.

Kemper: Don't read the spoilers till after you've seen the eps.

Kemper: All of you.

Kemper: Even west-coasters.

Kemper: We make these things so you'll see them fresh --

Kemper: WITHOUT knowledge of what happens.

Kemper: Trust me

Kemper: you'll like it that way.

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Moderator: <DaniRoyer> to <Moderator>: Mr. Kemper, since I work for an online comicbook news site, I almost have to ask this. Is their any plans for a Farscape comicbook? If so, any details?

Kemper: We are looking into it.

Kemper: Comics are close to our hearts.

Kemper: It's all most of us know how to read.

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Moderator: <Ricks8> to <Moderator>: David. I want this show to do amazing. How the heck can we get Sci-fi to air commercials on other networks?

Moderator: We lost David for a moment, but he's back.

Kemper: Can you all hear me now?

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Moderator: <Ricks8> to <Moderator>: David. I want this show to do amazing. How the heck can we get Sci-fi to air commercials on other networks?

Kemper: I don't think that's a viable solution.

Kemper: 1) Too much $$$.

Kemper: 2) We're a good show. The other network might be afraid

Kemper: we'd siphon viewers.

Kemper: Rest easy, though,

Kemper: we're doing find enough to get picked up for a third year.

Kemper: Anyone that's heard me speak has heard the same message

Kemper: over and over.

Kemper: Keep watching.

Kemper: Get others to watch.

Kemper: We'll be with you for a good long while.

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Moderator: <AMuse> to <Moderator>: David, I am astounded at your insights into the nature of relationships, and your ability to translate yours and others' experiences into a script. Besides being a good listener and great writer, do you have any favorite philosophers, writers or psychologies that you're a fan of and perhaps draw from?

Kemper: One of my majors in college was psychology.

Kemper: I have read many great theorists

Kemper: and find them all compelling.

Kemper: I also look for inspiration from my friends.

Kemper: Rockne.

Kemper: Ricky.

Kemper: Justin.

Kemper: Lil.

Kemper: Andrew Prowse.

Kemper: And when I am lost and wondering--

Kemper: I always consult my very close amigo,

Kemper: Mr. Biscuit Browder.

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Moderator: <Trager> to <Moderator>: Mr. Kemper, about Crichton's scientific backround, are we going to see more of the "geek" side of him in the future? (Just hoping to see more of the his scientific abilities)

Kemper: Ben is a geek.

Kemper: He wears thick glasses and talks in such a whiny voice.

Kemper: We have to do everything we can to

Kemper: make Crichton NOT look like a geek.

Kemper: Geez -- you don't know how hard THAT is.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <PyeCat> to <Moderator>: in HOTR, Chiana quite deliberately shot the acid pod instead of B'Sogg. Was she trying to hurt him instead of killing him, or trying to kill him in a particularly painful way? Going all the way back to "Durka Returns", it's been an intriguing question if Chiana is capable of killing.

Kemper: Chiana is capable of doing whatever she has to keep herself and the ones

Kemper: she loves alive.

Kemper: Chiana is a survivor.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <Ricks8> to <Moderator>: Hey David, thanks for joining us. I am a big fan of Farscape director Pino Amenta's work (Yours too!). I was wondering if he'll be back for any more episodes. thanks.

Kemper: Pino is fabulous.

Kemper: He is one of the busiest directors Down Under.

Kemper: If we can grab some time in his schedule,

Kemper: we will.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <LittleLeviathan> to <Moderator>: To the wonderful David Kemper: Which was the most difficult show to produce?Costly?Time consuming?

Moderator: (if you have a question for David, send it to me as a private message)

Kemper: Difficult?

Kemper: "Family Ties" last year.

Kemper: The last 4 eps this year.

Kemper: Costly?

Kemper: All of them.

Kemper: And that's NOT a flip answer.

Kemper: Time consuming.

Kemper: The Premiere.

Kemper: We had to make it right.

Kemper: We took our time.

Kemper: We made it right.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <Adriana> to <Moderator>: Regarding AHR and the whole wormhole technology area: Why did the Ancients choose Crichton?? Why did they implant the knowledge in his brain (you know, apart from enabling Scorpius to enter the playfield <g>)??

Kemper: Because Crichton had actually BEEN through a WH.

Kemper: He was a perfect candidate.

Kemper: They didn't KNOW about Scorpius.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: Moderator has a question.

Moderator: If, god FORBID, Ben, Virginia, Gigi, Claudia and Anthony all decided to take a year off...could you do season three with just Pilot and Rygel?

Kemper: Why?

Kemper: We've got Crais, Scorpius, Stark,

Kemper: Jena, Maldis, Sheyangs, Blood Trackers,

Kemper: Tavleks,

Kemper: and thousands of other "people" to deal with.

Kemper: Not to mention a lady named Moya and her son, Talyn.

Kemper: And don't forget Jothee.

Kemper: And DK,

Kemper: and Dad.

Kemper: The list goes on.....

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <GutPageant> to <Moderator>: Though it's obvious that humor was a planned part of Farscape from the beginning, were you as surprised as I was by the cast's amazing comic abilities, and did that inspire you to incorporate even more humor into the series?

Kemper: Humor is a spice of life.

Kemper: Every one of our cast is gifted.

Kemper: I can't single anyone out, so don't take this the wrong

Kemper: way,

Kemper: but Ben can make me laugh whenever he wants to,

Kemper: And Anthony can leave me rolling on the floor.

Kemper: And the rest --

Kemper: equally as gifted.

Kemper: It's just that those two gents will

Kemper: take me on more often.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <RoguePlanet> to <Moderator>: Well then, how about ONE EPISODE with just Pilot and Rygel. We never see enough of Pilot or Rygel. We LOVE Pilot and Rygel. We're OBSESSED with Pilot and Rygel. We...(sorry).

Kemper: You may actually get your wish.

Kemper: Ricky and I are actually pretty sick of the human kinds,

Kemper: and the rubbery guys require much less time for coffee breaks.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <stargatetravler> to <Moderator>: I love the "unity" that John and Zhaan share. Why does he not ask her for help with the "Scorpy in his mind" problem?

Kemper: What Scorpy problem in his mind?

Kemper: Does he think he has a Scorpy problem in his mind?

Kemper: Maybe when -- and IF -- he ever does,

Kemper: maybe he WILL ask her.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <Solanio> to <Moderator>: Going back to Rockne's original concept that characters would come and go throughout the series, now that a significant fan base has become devoted to each of the stars/characters, is there some reluctance to "mess up a good thing" and stick to this original premise by changing the cast? Or do you still intend to bring in change and migrate characters in and out, such as was done for the British sci-fi series, Blake 7?

Kemper: Sit down now...

Kemper: Great question...

Kemper: Real life has people you love come and go.

Kemper: Neighbors move.

Kemper: Siblings move.

Kemper: Lovers leave.

Kemper: Children grow up.

Kemper: It's real.

Kemper: It's all around us.

Kemper: These things are inevitable in life.

Kemper: They are also inevitable on Farscape.

Kemper: We try to reflect reality.

Kemper: If/when such an even ever occurs--

Kemper: It will anger some.

Kemper: Fear not though.

Kemper: Keep watching.

Kemper: You will be rewarded in surprising ways.

Kemper: If you quit,

Kemper: you lose.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <farscapian> to <Moderator>: <farscapian> HI!! Mr.Kemper,...this might sound like a stupid question but do you ever get conflict of ideas between writers and how do you deal with it?,..do you have to use big gladiator foam sticks to see which idea will go on set?

Kemper: Conflicts?

Kemper: When we do, we discuss them in a calm and rational manner.

Kemper: And, then, if that doesn't work,

Kemper: Ricky and Justin and Lil and I gang up on them and push them

Kemper: out the window.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <aughra> to <Moderator>: Did you ever imagine such an internet following for Farscape? How has it affected you and the others involved with the show?

Kemper: I have learned that some people will call themselves really weird

Kemper: names and say bizarre things just to see if other people will react.

Kemper: I have also learned that there is a great deal of devotion and love

Kemper: directed toward this "thing" that we all love.

Kemper: By the time you see a show -- we've been done with it for a long time.

Kemper: Your enthusiasm reminds us of the fun we had in making it,

Kemper: and energizes us all to make those long days that come tomorrow and after.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <CaptainHornblower> to <Moderator>: David, we have not seen the terrace set for a while in the show. Will we ever see that again?

* Moderator likes that set a lot, too. *

Kemper: The terrace is a hard set to shoot on.

Kemper: Much Computer Graphics.

Kemper: Much $$$.

Kemper: HOWEVER--

Kemper: Next season, Crichton may just find himself reason to go onto the terrace

Kemper: from time to time.

Kemper: ga

Kemper: Got to say, that Bruno guy is the coolest thing on the chat.

Kemper: How long y'all want to stay and keep going?

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <Kifaru> to <Moderator>: David, do you know that your deal re: Crichton shirtless has been expanded to the remainder of the series?

Kemper: I am already in waist-deep dren with BB for auctioning off his

Kemper: body parts just to get you guys to deep-six a damn trout.

Kemper: Do NOT make my life any more difficult!!!!

Kemper: ga

Moderator: Speaking of Ben Browder...

Kemper: Ladies and Gentlemen--

Kemper: Your attention please.

Kemper: Bruno is a special name to me.

Kemper: Some person out there knows this.

Kemper: He has taken the name as a nod to my feelings.

Kemper: I love that person.

Kemper: "Bruno" is the shirtless

Kemper: BEN BROWDER!

Kemper: ga

Bruno: woof

Kemper: Ask us BOTH some questions!!

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <Mercury9> to <Moderator>: Are you really shirtless?

Bruno: I love to type in the buff

Bruno: but it is Winter here in Oz... and that can lead to all kinds of embarrasment

Moderator: <kitsah> to <Moderator>: I wanted just to thank you both for appearing, sometimes spontaneously, at ScaperCon webchat. Was it as fun for you as it was for us? And how was it watching us watch the episode, reacting to all your love and effort?

Bruno: No one had more fun at the Cons than we did

Kemper: I loved your reactions.

Kemper: It is always gratifying when people enjoy your work.

Kemper: ga

Bruno: You guys ROCK

Bruno: ga

Bruno: jinx

Moderator: <KikiTGUT> to <Moderator>: Woo-hoo! Thanks for showing up, Ben! Hey, what's the ep you wrote for next year called?

Kemper: We need QUESTIONS.

Bruno: david and I Do think alike

Kemper: Don't be afraid -- Bruno may "woof"

Kemper: but he won't bite.

Kemper: ga

Kemper: Right now, I think it's working title is "Haven't Got a Clue."

Kemper: What do you think, Ben?

Kemper: ga

Bruno: We are still hammering out the episode... everything I do is being overlorded by the Lord of Farscape David Kemper

Bruno: How about "Vainity made me do it."

Bruno: or Just "I'm so Vain"

Bruno: BTW David... I can't believe you "outed" me.

Bruno: ga

Moderator: <DaniRoyer> to <Moderator>: If the Farscape characters were on Survivor island, who's win the million dollars?

Kemper: You belong "out." You're a good writer.

Kemper: ga

Kemper: Rygel.

Kemper: Come on.

Kemper: Ask a hard question.

Kemper: ga

Bruno: Haven't seen survivor.

* Moderator bets on Talyn. *

Bruno: who cares... you can't take it with you.

Bruno: ga

Moderator: <Ozgate> to <Moderator>: HELLO FROM AUSTRALIA DK AND BB! DO EITHER OF YOU KNOW IF THERE IS ANY CHANCE OF US POOR NEGLECTED AUSSIE SCAPERS EVER GETTING FS BACK ON AIR??????

Bruno: nope

Bruno: David?

Kemper: It will be back on the air soon.

Kemper: Right after the Olympics, I think.

Kemper: Call Channel 9's Public Relations office and they should

Kemper: tell you.

* Bruno sighs in relief *

Kemper: Plus, the call will let them know there is a hunger for the show.

Kemper: ga

Bruno: "whew!"

Bruno: ga

Moderator: <Hells-Spawn> to <Moderator>: DK and Ben have you ever came into farscape chat under diffrent names to see what we say and do in there, maybe say hi?

Bruno: I deny it.

Kemper: I apologize, but I am usually working on this damn show

Bruno: now with feeling "I deny IT!"

Kemper: for almost every waking minute of my day.

Kemper: ga

Bruno: ga

Moderator: <Air-n-Sun> to <Moderator>: Hi, David and Ben!!! I notice that each of the women on the show interacts very well with each of the men, but generally not very well with each other, particularly Aeryn. What is that about? As a mother of lots of girls, I like to see them working together, and I think that makes some very interesting episodes....will we be seeing more of that developing?

Kemper: I think the women get along great.

Kemper: However, I have noticed instances in real life

Kemper: when women will be tougher on each other than they will

Kemper: be on men.

Kemper: ga

* Moderator has some ideas for girl-girl episodes, but they can't get past the censors. *

Bruno: I think the confict between characters is spread fairly well around regardles of gender.

Bruno: Dargo vs Crichton

Bruno: Dargo vs Rygel

Bruno: Aeryn vs Everybody

Bruno: ect...

Bruno: conflict is the basis for good drama...

Bruno: there are no Happy marraiges in Shakespeare

Bruno: That people notce the women vs women is a sign of our times I think.

Bruno: ga

Moderator: <OboeCrazy> to <Moderator>: A question for both our guests...at the Con, what did you each have the most fun doing, and what do you wish you could change? And thank you for coming!

Kemper: The most fun was the end.

Bruno: The most fun... actually seeing and interacting with the fans.

Kemper: You got a rare chance to see the real love and affection

Kemper: that we have for each other.

Kemper: It's why Farscape works.

Kemper: Change?

Bruno: That... and the cast got a wonderful chance to "Bond" again.

Kemper: I would have like to have more time for each and every one of the panels.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <valleyofstags> to <Moderator>: The SACC wants to see Crichton live an easier life in the Uncharted Territories, however physical danger is one of the quickest ways to create conflict in an ep. Ben, will SACC be angry with you after "I'm So Vain"?

Bruno: we work so hard and long... all the cast crew and writers... that we loved getting the chance to "see each other outside of "work".

Kemper: "I'm so Vain" is not a real title --

Kemper: so don't everyone go and get crazy when his ep is titled something else.

Kemper: And as for SACC--

Bruno: I adore the SACC... long live the need for it.

Kemper: LISTEN UP, TROUT-HEADS--

Kemper: Danger comes with the territory. If you can't take it, flip channels

Kemper: when the really dangerous parts come up.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <Trinity26> to <Moderator>: Hi David. In LatP John mentions that Humans do not live as long as Sebeceans, Delvians, or Hynerians-- the latter living several hundred cycles. Just how old IS Aeryn?

Bruno: But the day Kemper and co. stop beating John up is the day he is truely dead.

Bruno: ga

Kemper: In human years? I'm not sure.

Bruno: how bout in dog years... woof?

Kemper: She's probably a little younger than Crichton, with a great deal

Kemper: more life-expectancy on actuarial tables that do NOT

Kemper: include violence in space.

Kemper: ga

Bruno: ga

Moderator: <CaptainHornblower> to <Moderator>: Thinking purely from the technological aspects of producing Farscape, would have it been possible to produce the show ten years ago, given the changes in technology between then and now? Or has technology changed that much in the past ten years?

Kemper: It would not have had Rygel, Pilot, or any of the cool CG effects.

Bruno: I would have been way too young to play John.

Kemper: Also, Gigi would be in grade school, Claudia would have a curfew,

Bruno: And David was still at Betty Ford.

Kemper: and Ben and everyone else would've been so much younger.

Kemper: ga

Bruno: but now... "we HAVE the technology"

Kemper: That was NOT her name

Kemper: ga

Bruno: ga

Moderator: wow, where's the rimshot button on this thing...?

Moderator: <RoguePlanet> to <Moderator>: With all the untapped talent that has been brought aboard Farscape from Oz, do you think that the show would have been as good if it were made in Hollywood? I mean, keeping that we would have had the same cast, would the show have had the same flavor if it were made in Hollywood (Hollywoof)?

Kemper: Wayne's got the rimshot.

Bruno: pop culture 101.

Bruno: ga

Kemper: He's actually a very talented drummer.

Moderator: shhhh! they don't know that yet!

Kemper: I'm hoping that one day you'll all get to experience that.

Kemper: Definately not.

Bruno: The show is a unique product of it's environment.

Kemper: This is a hybrid.

Kemper: I can see that Ben has just written the same thing.

Bruno: it has it's "OWN" culture...

Kemper: It's true.

Kemper: A TV show is about "chemistry."

Bruno: so.. no.

Kemper: Seinfeld? Chemistry.

Bruno: you could NOT make it in Hollywood.

Kemper: It has to be on-camera, and off-camera as well.

Kemper: ga

Bruno: ga

Moderator: <Theseus> to <Moderator>: For Bruno: Where exactly does the name Browder originate from?

Bruno: woof

Bruno: ga

Moderator: <dw-mckim> to <Moderator>: It was great seeing Francesca again in LATP (+ Angie Millikin in OOTM!) - might she be a "recurring guest actress" in different parts? Any other "past favorite" actors returning in different roles?

Kemper: Ben, where is "Browder" from? What's the background?

Kemper: Ooooh.

Kemper: Keep watching.

Bruno: Scot-Irish trash is what I'm told.

Kemper: I love Fran. I love her acting.

Kemper: I've written for her twice.

Bruno: some kind of Celtic peasant thang.

Kemper: I can easily see that happening again.

Kemper: ga

Bruno: I love Fran too.

Bruno: ga

Moderator: <Hells-Spawn> to <Moderator>: DK what is rygel, I mean is he an actor or an animation or maybe animatronics? and if he's an animation or animatronic than is his voice a real actor, and how much did he cost to build, and power to do a show.

Kemper: Rygel is a very small man. He used to look like Clark Gable, but

Kemper: a tragic accident left him unfortunately..

Kemper: Okay, seriously --

Bruno: Rygel costs more than any Human element... true?, David?

Kemper: It's time you knew

Bruno: Rygel is actually....

Kemper: He's a sophisticated animatronic character for the Jim Henson Creature

Kemper: Shop. He has a "real" voice supplie by the great actor Jonathan Hardy,

Bruno: powered by froonium.

Kemper: and costs more to build than your house time a factor of many.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: I thought he was just Alf in Hynerian drag. Go figure.

Bruno: ga

Moderator: <RhayleRihannsu> to <Moderator>: Hi Ben and David, thanks for everything. How many times did you have to shoot the ending scene with Aeryn and John for Princess 3?

Kemper: Ben?

Bruno: not enough.

Kemper: Oooh. Good answer. Was that because the little vial had honey in it, or because

Kemper: it's fun to kiss Claudia?

Bruno: I paid the focus puller to keep screwing up.

Bruno: I'm broke.

Bruno: But it still wasn't enough

Bruno: David... I have an Idea for a script....

Bruno: ga

Kemper: What?

Moderator: <Ozgate> to <Moderator>: Question for either DK or Boofhead Bruno.............casting your mind back abit the ep Jeremiah Crichton, where exactly in Sydney was it filmed?

Kemper: Ben?

Bruno: Manley dam

Bruno: ga

Kemper: Will the owner of the green Honda Civic please move their car. You're blocking our creativity.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <Adriana> to <Moderator>: For Ben: which kind of scenes are hardest to act; to David: which kind of scenes are hardest to write?

Kemper: The ones that shoot tomorrow.

Kemper: Seriously--

Bruno: The hardest to act... the ones that "have to work"

Kemper: The hardest to write are the emotional scenes. You must think -- feel -- the moment

Kemper: and give so much of yourself to make it real.

Bruno: often an episode will hang on "key" scenes that you cannot screw up.

Kemper: If you don't, the actors will call you on it and it won't work.

Kemper: You MUST make it work from a human place -- even with aliens and creatures -- that

Kemper: everyone can understand down to the core of your soul.

Bruno: other than that... you never really know what will be hard.

Kemper: ga

Bruno: ga

Moderator: <DSKinLA> to <Moderator>: Ben, how much overtime did you rack up filming My Three Crichtons ? Great job btw :-)

Bruno: lol

Bruno: thanks...

Bruno: A LOT.

Bruno: But since I pretty much work all day every day it was the added make up time that was the killer.

Bruno: I really admire Anth, Virge, Gigi,

Bruno: and of course the little man who plays Rygel.

Bruno: ga

Moderator: <AutumnH> to <Moderator>: Hi David! Thanks for your time. One of the great things about Farscape has been that it has been written for adult minds. In the way that everythingand all the answers are not wrapped up in a neat package wrapped in a bow and handed to the viewer in the last 5 minutes of each episode. Was this something that was planned in the early stages?

Kemper: Yes, indeedy.

Kemper: Thank Rockne.

Kemper: We ALL -- Ben, Ricky, Andrew, Justin -- are adults. We make

Kemper: what WE would like to watch.

Kemper: And we're just blessed that you have all decided to come

Kemper: along for the ride.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <valleyofstags> to <Moderator>: Hey Ben, did they make a life cast of you for your bronze version on LatP or did someone just sculpt you?

Bruno: The creature shop has a full body and head cast for me...

Bruno: this is just so David and company can screw with Crichton whenever they want.

Bruno: watch for it... there is more to come.

Bruno: ga

Moderator: <WangoTheToeHugger> to <Moderator>: At the risk of bringing down the wrath of various dieties from the Uncharted Territories, I must ask: How might the impending writer and actors guild strikes affect the production of Farscape?

Kemper: Oooh.

Kemper: We are into that now.

Kemper: Rock and Ricky and Justin and I are WGA.

Kemper: Ben is SAG and very soon to be accepted into WGA.

Bruno: Hey... David... Can you believe this... I HAVE to go to WORK. That's right I'm still finishing season TWO.

Bruno: ADR.

Kemper: We will wait, work hard, hold our breath, pray, and find a way to deliver a show to you week after week.

Kemper: ga

Bruno: the show that NEVER ends... FARSCAPE.

Moderator: Thanks for the surprise guest appearance, Ben.

Kemper: Ben -- here's something that will make everyone jealous --

Kemper: call me later. I'll be up for another 4 hours.

Bruno: I'll catch you later.

Moderator: Throw a shirt on and get to work. We want more Farscape!

Kemper: And once you're gone, we'll open up with RICKY MANNING!!!!!!

Kemper: ga

Bruno: Hey... thanks for having me.

Kemper: Bye my buddy.

Bruno: Bye Ya'll.

Kemper: ga

FrooniumRicky: Ning, all!

Moderator: now, all during the chat Ricky has been private messaging me.

Moderator: mostly stuff like "he's lying!" and "yeah, right."

Kemper: Just so everyone knows LIL TAYLOR -- winsome Aussie lass -- is also with us in New York,

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <PK-Teck-Guy> to <Moderator>: Hi David, what do you have planned for the third season? Do you have it pretty much plotted on where you're going storywise?

Moderator: Moya enters the Delta Quandrant and fights the Borg, right?

Kemper: Rock, Ricky, another writer and I sat in my living room yesterday

Kemper: and wondered the exact same thing.

Kemper: Seriously, we've got a great chunk of it planned out --

Kemper: and some scripts are actually being written as we speak.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <Kifaru> to <Moderator>: Froon, are we going to be dragging you in for professional help after the ep tomorrow night????

FrooniumRicky: I'm in Act Two already.

FrooniumRicky: I think it's too late for that, Kifaru.

FrooniumRicky: Besides, Kemper Made Me Do It.

FrooniumRicky: ga

Moderator: <DaniRoyer> to <Moderator>: This is for Ricky from my mom (another one). She wants to know if she should have her pitch fork ready to hunt you down on Saturday morning. Should she?

FrooniumRicky: oooo, a pitchfork?

FrooniumRicky: I'll look forward to that

FrooniumRicky: I don't know why everyone's so exercised about tomorrow night's episode

FrooniumRicky: It's just a quiet little story in which nothing much happens.

FrooniumRicky: ga

Moderator: <SunAeryn> to <Moderator>: Hiya Froon. It was a pleasure to meet you in Burbank. What was your favorite part of the Con?

Moderator: Any truth to the rumor that you're still actually in the lobby of the Burbank Hilton, meeting and greeting?

FrooniumRicky: I have to concur with David's earlier answer

Kemper: For Ricky? The chocolate cake.

Kemper: ga

FrooniumRicky: And David's current answer as well

FrooniumRicky: Seriously (to borrow David's favorite word this evening)...

FrooniumRicky: It was Amazing and Gratifying to meet so many fans, both in Burbank and St. Louis

FrooniumRicky: The feedback warmed the cockles of ALL our hearts.

FrooniumRicky: ga

Moderator: <Solanio> to <Moderator>: I really enjoyed the episode "Out of Their Minds" for the simple reasons that it seemed to have a different "feel" to it. Then I discovered that a freelance writer had contributed this piece. Do you intend to bring in other writers to occasionally stir things up and change the dynamics of your universe with new ideas and directions?

Kemper: Freelancers often provide a "bed" upon which

FrooniumRicky: which?

Kemper: we then take a script "inside" and do a fair amount of work.

FrooniumRicky: oh, that was my second guess

Kemper: The freelancer in this case was my very good friend, Michael Cassutt, and

Kemper: he has written in a column on the web already that we

Kemper: remodled the script.

Kemper: If you like the deep insanity of OOTM, then all hail the great Monj!

Kemper: More fodder for your websites.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <Spyral> to <Moderator>: Hi David, I a chat after last season, Gigi made a comment about Chiana developing some sort of extrasensory powers of some sort over the course of this season, but other than the "Tinkerbell" leap in the season opener, we haven't seem anything like this. Can you comment on that?

FrooniumRicky: I would just add here

FrooniumRicky: that today's freelancer can be tomorrow's staffer

FrooniumRicky: MY first script for Farscape was a freelance.

Kemper: Chiana's extrasensory powers -- such as they are -- are still percolating

FrooniumRicky: Guess they liked it.

FrooniumRicky: ga

Kemper: beneath that gorgeous, thick skin.

Kemper: ga

Kemper: HEY GUYS--

Kemper: REMEMBER THE FIRST IDEA FOR TONIGHT?!

Kemper: Probing questions. Make us think.

FrooniumRicky: so, David, you free for dinner Sunday?

Kemper: Not so much of the personal little "this is cool that is cool" tonight.

Kemper: Let's go for the deep and thoughtful stuff here.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: Ok, gang...here goes:

Moderator: <Air-n-Sun> to <Moderator>: Hi, guys! What makes Scorpius want the wormhole technology THAT BADLY?

Kemper: Dinner Sunday it is.

Kemper: ga

FrooniumRicky: oooo, good one

FrooniumRicky: shall I, DK?

Kemper: Yours.

FrooniumRicky: put it this way:

FrooniumRicky: have you ANY idea how powerful wormhole technology would make someone?

FrooniumRicky: The things one could do with the power to create wormholes...

FrooniumRicky: Boggles the mind.

FrooniumRicky: And Scorpius, you will have noticed, is no dummy.

FrooniumRicky: ga

Moderator: <PyeCat> to <Moderator>: D'Argo knows that he can't have children with Chiana after LATP. We know that children are important to him. D'Argo also treated Chiana more brusquely in BOD. Is he already reacting to the knowledge that they are genetically incompatible?

Kemper: Ooh.

Kemper: PyeCat is VERY PERCEPTIVE.

Kemper: See --

Kemper: that's the kind of viewer I personally like.

Kemper: People who are looking beneath the surface to see the

Kemper: others layers that we (all of us, actors, directors, too)

Kemper: work so hard to build in for your enjoyment.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <SunAeryn> to <Moderator>: Okay, guys, you want deep questions, how's this, If Aeryn wasn't raised with love, how could she show so much love for Talyn and the Vorc?

Kemper: Ahhhhh --

Kemper: another great question.

Kemper: Underdogs.

Kemper: Those in danger.

Kemper: Those unable to defend themselves.

Kemper: Someone who's strong can go two ways with it.

Kemper: 1) Oppress others.

FrooniumRicky: She may not have been raised with love, but perhaps she's starting to learn what it's all about.

Kemper: 2) Help others.

Kemper: Those are natural instincts. However, that does not always translate

Kemper: to "love." Love is something that is dangerous

Kemper: and has to be learned.

Kemper: As Dregon Carzenonva

Kemper: not "Casanova"

Kemper: told her in LATP#3,

Kemper: love is painful and you have to learn to deal with it.

Kemper: Great question.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <Thinkum> to <Moderator>: Just how badly does John want to go home? Would he REALLY risk Aeryn's safety and freedom to take her back to Earth (and would she go with him), after the disasterous experience of AHR?

Kemper: Ooh. RM?

FrooniumRicky: "disasterous"? tsk

FrooniumRicky: Excellent question

FrooniumRicky: You might also inquire just what concept "home" HAS for John these days

FrooniumRicky: And where he would FEEL more "at home"

FrooniumRicky: Hm, and I wonder what would happen if he had a chance to go home but COULDN'T take anyone with him

FrooniumRicky: and could never get BACK.

FrooniumRicky: What do You think he'd choose?

FrooniumRicky: ga

Moderator: <Oochi> to <Moderator>: If the Nebari vessels are as strong as they say...Why don't they just overrun the PK's? Did they even destroy the Zelbinion?

Kemper: The Nebari and PKs are in completely different territories

Kemper: like the US and China.

Kemper: Peace is always preferable.

Kemper: However, if you step into MY area...

Kemper: Watch out.

FrooniumRicky: and you don't know how many Nebari there are, compared to the PKs and those Other rowdies, the Scarrans

Kemper: And......... keep watching for more Nebari lore.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <Thinkum> to <Moderator>: okay, so what does "home" mean to John, these days?

Kemper: Home is Moya

Kemper: Home is earth?

Kemper: Home is anywhere your friends are.

FrooniumRicky: Home is on the remains

* FrooniumRicky begins to sing "Down on the Budong" *

Kemper: That's how Ricky and Ben and I manage to live most of the year in

Kemper: another country.

Kemper: ga

FrooniumRicky: ga

Moderator: <LittleLeviathan> to <Moderator>: How did Scorpie get so far up in the PK ranks as an abomination? Since his parent races hate each other it surprising he wasn't killed at birth?

FrooniumRicky: hm, well perhaps there were Special Circumstances surrounding his birth.

FrooniumRicky: You know very little about Scorpius's back story so far.

FrooniumRicky: That Will Change.

FrooniumRicky: ga

Kemper: Amis-Rhurbarb, make up your mind. In or out.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <Air-n-Sun> to <Moderator>: So...with all this shippy stuff going on around her, what is Zhaan looking for in a relationship?

FrooniumRicky: Photons

Kemper: Strong lighting.

Kemper: ga

FrooniumRicky: a

FrooniumRicky: ga

Moderator: <CraisLover> to <Moderator>: Okay guys, can you tell us why Dargo never wins a fight. He's supposed to be this bad warrior that the PKs had to chain up? Why is it that he can't fight?

Kemper: Yaow, Ricky. Beat me. I had to type TWO words.

Kemper: ga

Kemper: Again, keep watching.

Kemper: However, sometimes "people" fight by the rules they were taught,

Kemper: which are not always the rules that the enemy is playing by.

Kemper: ga

FrooniumRicky: There's a Planet of Tiny Armless Beings we're about to encounter

FrooniumRicky: and we're pretty sure D'Argo can take one or two of 'em.

FrooniumRicky: ga

Moderator: <valleyofstags> to <Moderator>: Farscape began as a series populated with broad archtypes. We have seen the character's personalities develop over the course of a year and a half. Will the characters maintain their "edge" as they become more of a family than a group of thrown together strangers?

Kemper: Reality.

Kemper: What would happen to you?

FrooniumRicky: (I don't think our broads are archetypes, do you, David?)

Kemper: You'd bond with some, grow tired of others.

Kemper: Watch SURVIVOR. An excellent example of what's happening on

Kemper: Farscape.

Kemper: Join with some, eliminate others.

Kemper: Watch for shifting alliances.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: Ok, the Chat Moderators' Guild (which I just now founded) says we've got to quit at midnight. Send your final questions in now!

FrooniumRicky: Someone's getting a million bucks, and it ain't either one of us.

Moderator: <CrystalMoon> to <Moderator>: How long has Crichton's emotion/mental deterioration been planned? Is it all attributable to Scorpius or is some because of post traumatic stress disorder from his time in the Aurora Chair?

Kemper: You didn't get your raise?

Kemper: ga

Kemper: No NO NO NO NO NO.

Kemper: Spoilers.

Kemper: Watch TV.

FrooniumRicky: Since before you were born, CrystalMoon

Kemper: Watch Sci-Fi.

Kemper: Really cool things are going to happen soon.

Kemper: TOMORROW NIGHT!

Kemper: Stop asking about the future.

FrooniumRicky: Well, okay, maybe not tomorrow night, but Soon.

FrooniumRicky: ga

Kemper: Watch the future unfold with fresh eyes.

Kemper: Be surprised.

Kemper: Enjoy.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <Boo-Two> to <Moderator>: Why do you think D'argo is attracted to Chiana? They seem like two very different characters, d'argo is a very world weary crusader type and Chi is really just a scared little girl.

FrooniumRicky: My wife chimes in here with "opposites attract"

Kemper: Sometimes opposites attract.

FrooniumRicky: Must be true, because she's smart and gorgeous.

Kemper: See folks. There it is --

FrooniumRicky: ga

Kemper: the Farscape synergy. Ricky and I just gave the same

Kemper: answer simultaneously.

Kemper: How many of us are married to

Kemper: in relationships with

Kemper: or even desire to be in a relationship WITH

Kemper: someone who's exactly like ourselves.

Kemper: Bad mo-jo, if you ask me.

Kemper: If my wife was like me, I'd have to get rid of her.

Kemper: ga

FrooniumRicky: So would we

FrooniumRicky: ga

Moderator: <stayler> to <Moderator>: What happened to the Zhann's sexuality? It just evaporated when Chiana showed up...

Kemper: Untrue.

Kemper: Zhaan is a priest who is struggling to

Kemper: grow and blossom.

Kemper: You want Zhaan sexuality -- you keep watching.

Kemper: ga

FrooniumRicky: ga

Kemper: Hey Olympiafishhead! You stay here with us!!

Kemper: ga

Moderator: <Ripley9> to <Moderator>: To any of the esteemed Farscape gang: Dominion announced there was a radio interview done in LA (the Friday night before the cons). How did it go, and can we hear it/see a transcript??? And have ther been any other talk show/interview appearances while in the U.S.?

Moderator:

FrooniumRicky: the KPFK thing?

Kemper: That was a local radio

Kemper: show that deals with Sci-Fi.

Kemper: Rock, Ricky, Dave Elsey, Rowan Woods and myself did some talking.

Kemper: I don't think anyone was awake to make tapes.

Kemper: ga

FrooniumRicky: ga

Moderator: Check the website for "Hour 25" -- don't have the URL handy.

Moderator: Ask them to put the show on the web.

Moderator: <SHAFT> to <Moderator>: When can we expect to see the underlying fugitive premise be ressurected? Imean it's nice that Moya's crew has had leisure time this season to relax on planets and fight various parasites but when will the heat be turned back on and they'll have to go on the run befor ebeing caught?

Moderator: <Cush> to <Moderator>: www.hour25.org

Kemper: Great idea, Moderator.

Kemper: Ooh.

Kemper: Good Q.

Kemper: Smart Q's like that are always rewarded with patience.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: and finally...

Moderator: <Olympiafishhead> to <Moderator>: Sooo David..if you could ask the fans to do one thing other than watch the show..what would you command us to do?

* FrooniumRicky is not going to touch THAT question *

Kemper: Okay, Oly--

Kemper: let me think a moment.

Kemper: I'd want the fans to take a hour a week --

Kemper: perhaps one less hour of chat time

Kemper: web time,

Kemper: fan fic time,

Kemper: and do something to help somebody who is less fortunate that we all are.

Kemper: We all have computers.

FrooniumRicky: Me?

Kemper: We all have TVs.

Kemper: We're all presumably well fed and well housed.

Kemper: Help someone who has less find a bit of the joy that we all

Kemper: have found in each other.

Kemper: Help them reach for something higher.

Kemper: You never know,

Kemper: they may one day grow up to make a television show that you will

Kemper: later enjoy.

Kemper: ga

FrooniumRicky: Rock and David said it simply and well in "Family Ties"...

FrooniumRicky: "Pass it on."

FrooniumRicky: ga

Moderator: Well, thanks for spending 1/8 of your day with us today.

Kemper: Ricky has got it--

Kemper: That is the shorthand for the note I wrote you.

Kemper: ga

Moderator: And thanks Ricky (and belatedly Ben) for dropping by.

Moderator: Any final remarks before we go unmoderated?

Kemper: RM?

FrooniumRicky: "When the string is long..." -- well, you know.

FrooniumRicky: Thanks, EVERYBODY.

FrooniumRicky: ga

Kemper: My turn.

Kemper: As always. I thank you all for giving US

Kemper: so much pleasure by sharing in our passion.

Kemper: I also have a personal note to share with you.

Kemper: The "Moderator" of these chats is actually real, wonderful person.

Kemper: He has a great staff of very talented people who give much of

Kemper: themselves so we can all communicate.

Kemper: These chats are scheduled for one hour.

Kemper: It has now been over 3.

Kemper: It is over midnight where they are, and yet they

Kemper: stay without a word of protest.

Kemper: They love this show as much as we do.

Kemper: We consider the Moderator et al to be a very integral part of

Kemper: our tight, Farscape family.

Kemper: We all owe them deeply.

* FrooniumRicky nods vigorously *

Moderator: ../msg Kemper Thanks, dude, the check is in the mail!

Moderator: ;)

Kemper: Give them all the support and praise you can.

Kemper: They are the ones that call us and put this whole thing

Kemper: together, whereever we are in the world.

Kemper: Tonight, Ricky and I are in LA, Lil is in NY, and Ben is in OZ.

Kemper: Ain't technology great?!

FrooniumRicky: And not a ONE of us is wearing pants.

Kemper: We thank you all for being shippers and scapers and even TROUTHEADS.

Kemper: (Misguided as you are.)

Kemper: Goodnight all!!!! xoxoxoxoxox

Kemper: ga

Moderator: Not much more I can say to that.

Corde: Thanks so much for taking the time to be with us! We looooove yooooou!

OboeCrazy: Thanks for chatting with us! It was a real pleasure!! AND WE ARE NOT TROUT HEADS!!!

Adriana: Thanks David, Ricky and Ben!!!