Martin Gero does have a girlfriend, and seems like a pretty cool guy in real life. I'm guessing that the whole romance angle is something he and the other writers really don't care for, but they think they have to, so it always comes off like this. Hell, I loved the Daniel/Vala UST element, but hated how they handled it in "Unending".
I don't know if it's just a guy's view on relationships, or that they really don't want to write this sort of thing. Either way, it never works for me when they try to showcase it. In the background? It usually works. Rodney and Katie's background relationship, Carson and Cadman's, Sha're and Daniel, etc, etc... but the moment when they try to showcase it is when they turn me off. The more I think about it, the more I wonder if they like the idea of it, but they don't exactly feel it, if that makes any sense? There are lots of scenes and characters that I love the idea of, but if I don't feel it, then the writing comes out horribly clumsy and awkward.
On the plane? What? Just snuggling. Honest. I'm sure of it. I know that if I had nearly died and were still wet or even kinda damp under a blanket, snuggling is what I'd want.
By George, you're right! I totally read that scene wrong! They wanted sky high snuggles! (And I'm guessing the plane was taking them to Target, since the area was in the middle of the desert.)
Yes, I thought he had a girlfriend. seems like a pretty cool guy in real life Too bad it's not carrying over into some of his writing!
I get frustrated partly because I know he can do better! I really did like "Ethon" and "200"; I loved "The Road Not Taken," on SG-1. For SGA: "The Storm," "The Eye," "The Siege," "McKay and Mrs. Miller".... But then there's "Allies" and "No Man's Land," and "Sunday," which I'm having a hard time forgiving (still working on it).
the more I wonder if they like the idea of it, but they don't exactly feel it Maybe that's why so many of us don't feel it! I love Rodney, I want to see him happy; I really do like Jennifer, and I can see them together. This wasn't that episode, however, so I'm shutting out some of the details.
You could be right, that either there's a decree from on high or, more likely, just a sense that a show that runs so long ought to produce a romance. You're absolutely right about romance in the background versus trying to put it in the foreground. (Marty G wrote Young People Fucking, which I have no particular desire to see given his track record with anything romantic! I am curious about it, though.)
Snuggling. That's what anyone who just nearly died would want, especially after her boyfriend decided she needed CPR and probably left her with a bruise the size of her head on her sternum. Said boyfriend doubtless needs it too, although he is, as his previous girlfriend noted, a little "prickly." ;-)
Maybe that's why so many of us don't feel it! I love Rodney, I want to see him happy; I really do like Jennifer, and I can see them together. This wasn't that episode, however, so I'm shutting out some of the details.
Yes, yes, yes! That is it exactly! How are you always able to phrase what I'm thinking so much better than me? It's not that I don't like one of the characters, don't like the thought of them being together, I'm just having issues with what I've seen.
Marty G wrote Young People Fucking, which I have no particular desire to see given his track record with anything romantic! I am curious about it, though.
The title of it alone has frightened me from seeking it out. It might be interesting to see, see if what I think I'm getting out of the episodes is what he's really writing, or if something's been lost/changed along the way.
Snuggling. That's what anyone who just nearly died would want, especially after her boyfriend decided she needed CPR and probably left her with a bruise the size of her head on her sternum.
Owww... I'm just imagining it, and it seems like breathing would be painful. Snuggles probably wouldn't be incredibly comfortable, but at least comforting?
I don't know if it's just a guy's view on relationships, or that they really don't want to write this sort of thing. Either way, it never works for me when they try to showcase it. In the background? It usually works. Rodney and Katie's background relationship, Carson and Cadman's, Sha're and Daniel, etc, etc... but the moment when they try to showcase it is when they turn me off. The more I think about it, the more I wonder if they like the idea of it, but they don't exactly feel it, if that makes any sense? There are lots of scenes and characters that I love the idea of, but if I don't feel it, then the writing comes out horribly clumsy and awkward.
On the plane? What? Just snuggling. Honest. I'm sure of it. I know that if I had nearly died and were still wet or even kinda damp under a blanket, snuggling is what I'd want.
By George, you're right! I totally read that scene wrong! They wanted sky high snuggles! (And I'm guessing the plane was taking them to Target, since the area was in the middle of the desert.)
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seems like a pretty cool guy in real life
Too bad it's not carrying over into some of his writing!
I get frustrated partly because I know he can do better! I really did like "Ethon" and "200"; I loved "The Road Not Taken," on SG-1. For SGA: "The Storm," "The Eye," "The Siege," "McKay and Mrs. Miller".... But then there's "Allies" and "No Man's Land," and "Sunday," which I'm having a hard time forgiving (still working on it).
the more I wonder if they like the idea of it, but they don't exactly feel it
Maybe that's why so many of us don't feel it! I love Rodney, I want to see him happy; I really do like Jennifer, and I can see them together. This wasn't that episode, however, so I'm shutting out some of the details.
You could be right, that either there's a decree from on high or, more likely, just a sense that a show that runs so long ought to produce a romance. You're absolutely right about romance in the background versus trying to put it in the foreground. (Marty G wrote Young People Fucking, which I have no particular desire to see given his track record with anything romantic! I am curious about it, though.)
Snuggling. That's what anyone who just nearly died would want, especially after her boyfriend decided she needed CPR and probably left her with a bruise the size of her head on her sternum. Said boyfriend doubtless needs it too, although he is, as his previous girlfriend noted, a little "prickly." ;-)
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Yes, yes, yes! That is it exactly! How are you always able to phrase what I'm thinking so much better than me? It's not that I don't like one of the characters, don't like the thought of them being together, I'm just having issues with what I've seen.
Marty G wrote Young People Fucking, which I have no particular desire to see given his track record with anything romantic! I am curious about it, though.
The title of it alone has frightened me from seeking it out. It might be interesting to see, see if what I think I'm getting out of the episodes is what he's really writing, or if something's been lost/changed along the way.
Snuggling. That's what anyone who just nearly died would want, especially after her boyfriend decided she needed CPR and probably left her with a bruise the size of her head on her sternum.
Owww... I'm just imagining it, and it seems like breathing would be painful. Snuggles probably wouldn't be incredibly comfortable, but at least comforting?
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