It's my feeling that the fandom was tiny to begin with, and now that the show has been off the air for close to four years, there's hardly anyone left who's still interested in talking about the show. And I so want to talk about the show!
Btw, I'm a molecular biologist myself (plant genetics), but it's been over 10 years that I've worked in a lab. I'm employed by a pharma company now where I oversee and manage the operational aspects of clinical studies. And that's probably one of the reasons why I fell in love with the show so quickly, because like you said, the scientific part of it is just like no other science show I've seen before. Even though the general storylines are way out there sometimes, the more menial scientific details are incredibly accurate. I get excited every time they use Eppendorf pipettes or PCR machines or real search engines like BLAST. Although, have you noticed they only ever centrifuge two samples (or one and a "balancer tube")? I remember times where I spun up to 40 tubes at the same time. But anyway...
I agree, the first two seasons are definitely the best. I can tolerate seasons three and four, but I really hated the whole Bob storyline with the Jacobson's organ. He became so out of character there towards the end, and sweet, caring Bob would never leave a possibly dying David lying out there in the snow -- a manipulating Nina by his side or not. I really hated the very last episode, and in my head it's just a figment of David's imagination and didn't actually happen. Which is why I'm currently working on this 26,000+ word post-series story to rectify some of that. *sigh*
So, yeah, I just couldn't help it and had to write fanfic. The FFN category only exists because I had them create it. It's so sad. I had actually already checked AO3 (of course! LOL), and the Jill/David story there is really good. I think the others were all slash, and non-canon slash is just not my thing.
I think I saw another of your posts where you asked about the DVDs. In the US and Canada, it's only season 1 they ever released. I have a feeling it didn't sell well (probably the show was pretty anti-American at times), so they never bothered releasing the rest. In Europe you can buy season two as well, but nothing beyond that. Seasons 3 and 4 are only officially available in Japan, but for some reason it's really expensive (~$100 per season, plus shipping). And if you're in the US or Canada, it'll be region code 2 and not playable unless you had a codefree player. I saw someone offer all seasons on ioffer.com, but those are probably just the downloaded AVI files burned in DVD format.
Love your icon, btw. I once tried to make one from that scene too, but kinda failed. "So you turn the lights down low, put on a little Barry White..." :-)
What I also loved about the show is the music. I tried to hunt down the soundtrack, and even succeeded except for some songs that look like they were never released. I've been in touch with Tom Third, the composer for the show, he's incredibly nice.
But before I talk your ear off about a show you haven't seen for four years, let me run and get ready for work. :-)
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Btw, I'm a molecular biologist myself (plant genetics), but it's been over 10 years that I've worked in a lab. I'm employed by a pharma company now where I oversee and manage the operational aspects of clinical studies. And that's probably one of the reasons why I fell in love with the show so quickly, because like you said, the scientific part of it is just like no other science show I've seen before. Even though the general storylines are way out there sometimes, the more menial scientific details are incredibly accurate. I get excited every time they use Eppendorf pipettes or PCR machines or real search engines like BLAST. Although, have you noticed they only ever centrifuge two samples (or one and a "balancer tube")? I remember times where I spun up to 40 tubes at the same time. But anyway...
I agree, the first two seasons are definitely the best. I can tolerate seasons three and four, but I really hated the whole Bob storyline with the Jacobson's organ. He became so out of character there towards the end, and sweet, caring Bob would never leave a possibly dying David lying out there in the snow -- a manipulating Nina by his side or not. I really hated the very last episode, and in my head it's just a figment of David's imagination and didn't actually happen. Which is why I'm currently working on this 26,000+ word post-series story to rectify some of that. *sigh*
So, yeah, I just couldn't help it and had to write fanfic. The FFN category only exists because I had them create it. It's so sad. I had actually already checked AO3 (of course! LOL), and the Jill/David story there is really good. I think the others were all slash, and non-canon slash is just not my thing.
I think I saw another of your posts where you asked about the DVDs. In the US and Canada, it's only season 1 they ever released. I have a feeling it didn't sell well (probably the show was pretty anti-American at times), so they never bothered releasing the rest. In Europe you can buy season two as well, but nothing beyond that. Seasons 3 and 4 are only officially available in Japan, but for some reason it's really expensive (~$100 per season, plus shipping). And if you're in the US or Canada, it'll be region code 2 and not playable unless you had a codefree player. I saw someone offer all seasons on ioffer.com, but those are probably just the downloaded AVI files burned in DVD format.
Love your icon, btw. I once tried to make one from that scene too, but kinda failed. "So you turn the lights down low, put on a little Barry White..." :-)
What I also loved about the show is the music. I tried to hunt down the soundtrack, and even succeeded except for some songs that look like they were never released. I've been in touch with Tom Third, the composer for the show, he's incredibly nice.
But before I talk your ear off about a show you haven't seen for four years, let me run and get ready for work. :-)