It's a show that feels like everyone involved is having fun with, to me, and that's really important. There are other shows where you watch interviews with the actors, and they really have no idea what's going on (sadly, this is true of the guy who played Harry in the short-lived Sci-Fi version of The Dresden Files), but these guys...! Apparently now before the writers started writing season 5, they all came in and had really long conversations with them about where their characters are, and where they're going and such.
David Hewlett is my absolute favorite (mainly because he's a huge geek himself ♥), but Joe Flanigan is a much better actor than is immediately apparent, I think. It takes him a while to get comfortable in the role, but once he does, he delivers some first-rate acting.
Good SciFi on TV... I've heard from others that The Sarah Connor Chronicles are good? And possible Jericho, too. I don't watch either one of them though, so I don't know.
Why am I awake? Why are you awake! *g*
Funny story. I'm awake because a story is EATING MY BRAIN. And it's funny because it's an SGA story, except not really... Yeah. It gets complicated. And kind of cracked. And... it's just so much fun, I hardly know what to do with myself! I'm co-writing with a friend - one I haven't actually met IRL - and it's been a great experience! She's in Alaska, so I was up talking to her in her afternoon.
Though sleep would be good. I just need to come down from that creative high...! It's like a really good role-playing session, when you've got an idea and you run with it and when you go further than you thought would be possible.
You're dead on, there. I just saw the episode where Shepard was kept prisoner by the rogue Genii and was fed upon by a Wraith with whom he then actually bonded. It was "Enemy Mine" in 30 minutes, but you could see that he enjoyed it.
Then the episode with McKay underwater. Or when Rodney had to see the humanized Wraith killed to keep them from telling their secret. Or the aged Elizabeth. Or McKay with the Lieutenant in his mind. Or when Shepard and Weir were taken over by the feuding mind-imprints...
These people really, really like their characters, and it shows. And you're right, only very few series manage that. To be honest, the only other one I can actually say the same about is "That 70s Show" in which the actors grew into a "family" during the show's run.
I don't like Jericho as it's too much like a Soap Opera set during a Post Apocalypse.
And while Sarah Connor is fun, it's really nothing outstanding. I hope they pick up "speed" soon with that series. It has promise, they have to work on it, though.
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Ah, the SGA 40k words story, isn't it? *smiles*
Those creativity-highs can be a real pain, I know that. Because when your brain's all fired up, there is no sleep to be found as Ideas and Images are pumping into your skull every damn moment...
David Hewlett is my absolute favorite (mainly because he's a huge geek himself ♥), but Joe Flanigan is a much better actor than is immediately apparent, I think. It takes him a while to get comfortable in the role, but once he does, he delivers some first-rate acting.
Good SciFi on TV... I've heard from others that The Sarah Connor Chronicles are good? And possible Jericho, too. I don't watch either one of them though, so I don't know.
Why am I awake? Why are you awake! *g*
Funny story. I'm awake because a story is EATING MY BRAIN. And it's funny because it's an SGA story, except not really... Yeah. It gets complicated. And kind of cracked. And... it's just so much fun, I hardly know what to do with myself! I'm co-writing with a friend - one I haven't actually met IRL - and it's been a great experience! She's in Alaska, so I was up talking to her in her afternoon.
Though sleep would be good. I just need to come down from that creative high...! It's like a really good role-playing session, when you've got an idea and you run with it and when you go further than you thought would be possible.
Hugs are good! *hugs*
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Then the episode with McKay underwater. Or when Rodney had to see the humanized Wraith killed to keep them from telling their secret. Or the aged Elizabeth. Or McKay with the Lieutenant in his mind. Or when Shepard and Weir were taken over by the feuding mind-imprints...
These people really, really like their characters, and it shows. And you're right, only very few series manage that. To be honest, the only other one I can actually say the same about is "That 70s Show" in which the actors grew into a "family" during the show's run.
I don't like Jericho as it's too much like a Soap Opera set during a Post Apocalypse.
And while Sarah Connor is fun, it's really nothing outstanding. I hope they pick up "speed" soon with that series. It has promise, they have to work on it, though.
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Ah, the SGA 40k words story, isn't it? *smiles*
Those creativity-highs can be a real pain, I know that. Because when your brain's all fired up, there is no sleep to be found as Ideas and Images are pumping into your skull every damn moment...
Yeah, hugs really are good... :)
*hugs*
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