buttons are your friendsincorporeal_xAugust 2 2008, 06:14:16 UTC
Rodney dropped the baby hahaha
Ronon was pretty awesome in this episode even though he didn't do much. It cracked me up when he said he was too busy to get lessons or whatever. And when he knocked over that chair? wtf
The alien ships and the aliens were pretty awesome. They have fucking lights in their heads.
Could Ronon even fit in a spacesuit? Anyway, I like seeing Sheppard play his DS. And Rodney holding the baby so awkwardly = lol.
But I think this episode was kind of weird. Like it was missing something? I usually watch it on the DVR so maybe I'm not used to the commercial, but it seemed like it dragged on and there was no big moment or something. I don't know.
The more this show tries to become Star Trek, the less I want to watch it. You never think anyone will die, there is no real sense of threat, the character development is non-existeent. Ronon was brainwashed last week but hey, no biggie, no repercussions.
So we have new villains. The heroes didn't even look at them, made no attempt to communicate with them, so what is the audience to make of it?
Five years in and I really feel the show still lacks a sense of identity, I still don't know enough about the characters to care about their fates and it's only the generally pleasing personalities and loyalties of the actors that elevates it for me above the mediocre. The show makers are obsessed with the concept of franchise, of becoming the next Star Trek, throwing in more and more Trek technobabble staples, not realising that for a lot of the audience, Stargate's appeal was that it WASN'T just a clone of Star Trek. But then I'm not a 15 year old boy, so it's entirely possible that they don't care if I watch or not
Atlantis is doomed unless something happens soon.heartnutAugust 2 2008, 13:41:58 UTC
Atlantis would be a great show if they had their own identity. I agree with you, kaballa. You hit it directly on the head.
I liked The Daedalus Project that aired last evening, but it was a little too much like an homage to Yesterday's Enterprise or Mirror, Mirror from Star Trek rolled into Dr. Who (which I have never seen, but it seems to fit). So, I guess it was that I liked the story ideas because they were familiar.
Star Trek is an outside look at our own culture through interspecies diplomacy, a social commentary that eliminates national identity and escapes regular barriers to pursuit of truth. Star Trek saved humanity through the learning experience.
Stargate SG-1 was (and still is) current commentary on our own nation's bureaucracy when faced with a top-secret world crisis. SG-1 saves human culture from destruction.
Stargate Atlantis was apparently conceived to be a bridge between SG-1 and Star Trek Voyager (VOY) as an isolated adventure in a new playing field--completely cut-off from our own reality. They were two
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Ronon was pretty awesome in this episode even though he didn't do much. It cracked me up when he said he was too busy to get lessons or whatever. And when he knocked over that chair? wtf
The alien ships and the aliens were pretty awesome. They have fucking lights in their heads.
Could Ronon even fit in a spacesuit? Anyway, I like seeing Sheppard play his DS. And Rodney holding the baby so awkwardly = lol.
But I think this episode was kind of weird. Like it was missing something? I usually watch it on the DVR so maybe I'm not used to the commercial, but it seemed like it dragged on and there was no big moment or something. I don't know.
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The more this show tries to become Star Trek, the less I want to watch it. You never think anyone will die, there is no real sense of threat, the character development is non-existeent. Ronon was brainwashed last week but hey, no biggie, no repercussions.
So we have new villains. The heroes didn't even look at them, made no attempt to communicate with them, so what is the audience to make of it?
Five years in and I really feel the show still lacks a sense of identity, I still don't know enough about the characters to care about their fates and it's only the generally pleasing personalities and loyalties of the actors that elevates it for me above the mediocre. The show makers are obsessed with the concept of franchise, of becoming the next Star Trek, throwing in more and more Trek technobabble staples, not realising that for a lot of the audience, Stargate's appeal was that it WASN'T just a clone of Star Trek. But then I'm not a 15 year old boy, so it's entirely possible that they don't care if I watch or not
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I liked The Daedalus Project that aired last evening, but it was a little too much like an homage to Yesterday's Enterprise or Mirror, Mirror from Star Trek rolled into Dr. Who (which I have never seen, but it seems to fit). So, I guess it was that I liked the story ideas because they were familiar.
Star Trek is an outside look at our own culture through interspecies diplomacy, a social commentary that eliminates national identity and escapes regular barriers to pursuit of truth. Star Trek saved humanity through the learning experience.
Stargate SG-1 was (and still is) current commentary on our own nation's bureaucracy when faced with a top-secret world crisis. SG-1 saves human culture from destruction.
Stargate Atlantis was apparently conceived to be a bridge between SG-1 and Star Trek Voyager (VOY) as an isolated adventure in a new playing field--completely cut-off from our own reality. They were two ( ... )
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