Lenic Prepares for Controversy with "Earth"

[never_at_home]

From producer John G. Lenic's Twitter: "The episode of #SGU that airs this Friday is called EARTH and I am thinking that it might cause some (more) controversy online

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[green_wing]

The MGM sites being twitchy for me again so I can't see the preview images :(

What is the possible controversy?

[never_at_home]

Young has sex with his wife while in Telford's body and the link gets severed during the act:

Here's one quote about it. I can't find the other one where he talks about swapping positions with Louis Ferreira and trying to get the positions the same.

Lou Diamond Phillips said in an interview: "I have to say, I'm also involved in one of the most interesting sex scenes ever to grace sci-fi later on in the first season. It's humourous but also mind-boggling. 'Shock factor' may be a bit of an overstatement, but I think people will be surprised at how far the creators are willing to go in this series. It's in the episode called 'Earth'. I exchange consciousness with another character, and let's just say I pop up in a very inopportune moment." (link)

Here's that other interviewQ: What cool worlds have you gotten to visit

[green_wing]

Ooo-kay :O
Wow, I can see where that might cause some controversy *facepalm*
That could be kind of embarrassing for all parties involved :O

I gotta say tho, I'm getting kind of sick of the communication stones, the novelty has worn off and now they're just a plot device to be pulled out whenever neccesary ;)

[never_at_home]

Yeah, it seems most of the controversy is about sex and the stones. :O (that sounds so rock'n'roll-like)

I hope there isn't another reason for the controversy -- this part of the episode will be bad enough. Although, Lou's talked about this scene in lots of interviews and I haven't seen much controversy about it. I'm wondering if there is another aspect of the episode that Lenic is referring to.

[alphawox]

This isn't the episode where Camille and Sharon are revealed, is it?

[green_wing]

Hmmm, I wonder if it is? That would probably cause more controversy than just more sex? :O

[never_at_home]

No, Sharon doesn't appear until "Life", episode 9.

[green_wing]

*LOL* ok, that idea is torpedoed ;)

[never_at_home]

So Lenic will probably be tweeting again about "some (more) controversy" when Life airs! :O

Wray has more of an IOA role in this episode. I guess they didn't want to have too many sex scenes in one ep! :O

[alphawox]

Ah well, it was a thought anyway.

[never_at_home]

I guess they had to spread out their battles with the public/fans/internet some! :O

[green_wing]

It does make you wonder :O
I know I read those Lou interviews a while back but really didn't see the huge controversy about it then?

But, I have to say, I'm a bit sick of all the sex and shenanigans and goings on :O
PLease, just because you're an 'adult' show, doesn't mean sex is the only way to show that *d'oh*

[never_at_home]

I'm disappointed about that, too.

I'm not sure which demographic they're aiming for with all of this sex.

[jelgate]

The 18-34 demographic is a gold mine in number. They are also the most hormone driven

[never_at_home]

All of this just seems so soap-opera-like and I can image that that is a different demo.

But, yeah, I've seen that they delight over the younger demo.

[jelgate]

Their really is a fine line between soap opera and drama. A line a lot of people can't see.

The younger the viewers the more impulisve they are in spending money which means more profit for MGM.