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Interview  |  Ricky Manning
Intelligent fandom

Picture Did you expect the strength of the fan reaction to the cancellation?

I think I probably expected the strength of the fan reaction. What I didn't expect was the depth of the fan reaction.

Fans have gone to such lengths, there has been such intricate campaigning going on, such intelligent work going on, and so much thought and effort has been put into it. It hasn't just been a deluge of letters, or the sort of things you might expect. They're taking out ads, they're making commercials, they're doing all sorts of interesting things. This is very impressive.

That, I think, is very new. In this internet age, that so many fans could get together and mount such a concerted, thought-out effort to bring the show back is impressive, and very gratifying.

One of the suggestions that's been made is that everyone could subscribe to fund a fifth season of Farscape.

Well, if we had the numbers, maybe it would work, maybe it wouldn't. It's one of those ideas that ten years ago would have been outrageous on its face, but in this day and age, with landscapes changing and distribution methods changing, maybe it's possible. You can put me down for twenty bucks.



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