I found a link to this...sort of petition on Gateworld (which I never read) to Save Our Atlantis. Evidentally there's a rumor that Amanda Tapping might be involved in the show more extensively but also there's a feeling that the 2nd season isn't holding the same "ethos" as the first season.

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There are spoilers for this season and speculation about next.

I'm trying to wrap my head around the way they see SGA because it's so different from the way I see/experience the show.

You know, I scanned a bit of that, and it made my head hurt so I went away. I really lost it at the post that said, "as a huge Stackhouse fan". Because, dude, I wouldn't know Stackhouse if I was frelling him.

These people are getting way ahead of themselves, getting all worked up about stuff that's pure speculation. Additionally getting all worked up about problems that don't exist. I mean, if you don't like the tenor the show has taken since partway through the first season, maybe this isn't your show. But I am a grumpy woman, so perhaps I should shutup and go watch lots more Due South.

They say that we don't know what happened to Bates. We do --- he was attacked by the Wraith and put into a medically induced coma. We don't know what happened after that, but he didn't just go up to the attic and never come back.

Also I've been thinking that inconsistency was a hallmark of storytelling on SG1.

Because, dude, I wouldn't know Stackhouse if I was frelling him.

I like to think you'd at least get an introduction first.

This week, "Back and Back and Back to the Future." That was fun! It was like Groundhog Day with aliens. And Aeryn cleavage. And—gasp!—D'Argo character development.

I noticed that top of Aeryn's. I have no recollection of it anywhere else in the series (not that there isn't other cleavage).

Ah, the gasp of the Newbie. Yeah, it keeps going.

There was a recurring comment on the commentaries. There's not been a lot of Sci-Fi filmed in Australia, so a lot of big names were on the show and took hold of the opportunity to play aliens, took it to 11, and then chewed on it a bit. Ok, the last bit is my reading, but still.

Ah, the gasp of the Newbie. Yeah, it keeps going.

I didn't doubt it would, but the episodes so far have seemed so ridiculously self-contained (like, they start out in some place and I have no clue how they got there and something catastrophic is happening, and ta da, you have an A plot), I was wondering whether I could, you know, miss them and still follow. Because for some reason, the DVR didn't record the WGN showing yesterday, so I had it pick up tonight's WB showing. Glad I did!

Except I don't even remember what D'Argo's fake crime is. I'll assume his true crime is way cooler.

There's not been a lot of Sci-Fi filmed in Australia, so a lot of big names were on the show and took hold of the opportunity to play aliens, took it to 11, and then chewed on it a bit. Ok, the last bit is my reading, but still.

Heh. Uh, yeah, I wasn't too impressed with Lisa Hensley, if she was supposed to be a big name. Very much 11 chewing.

I didn't doubt it would, but the episodes so far have seemed so ridiculously self-contained (like, they start out in some place and I have no clue how they got there and something catastrophic is happening, and ta da, you have an A plot), I was wondering whether I could, you know, miss them and still follow.

I think it's pretty standard for shows to try to start off with a few stand-alone eps, so there's a few weeks of easy-jumping-in-for-word-of-mouth-advertising. After that, it starts getting really hard to catch up.

Except I don't even remember what D'Argo's fake crime is. I'll assume his true crime is way cooler.

For values of "cooler" that equal "more angst and interesting plot implications". What he said before was that he killed his CO.

Heh. Uh, yeah, I wasn't too impressed with Lisa Hensley, if she was supposed to be a big name. Very much 11 chewing.

The other one that sticks in my mind is, I think, next week's (at least, according to Rosie). TGIFAgain makes me want to take the guest star aside and say, "yes, she's an alien, but aliens are people, too"

I think it's pretty standard for shows to try to start off with a few stand-alone eps, so there's a few weeks of easy-jumping-in-for-word-of-mouth-advertising.

Yeah, I get that. Although shows like VM and Lost started developing an arc immediately, within those stand-alone eps. But I'm definitely excited for the show to get arc-y. The characters and their dynamics are growing on me. Rygel still doesn't seem like anything more than a plot device at any given time, though. I mean, technically, neither does Pilot, but I'm much more positive about him.

For values of "cooler" that equal "more angst and interesting plot implications".

Angsty D'Argo? This I must see to believe.

Angsty D'Argo? This I must see to believe.

Hoo boy.

Better buckle in.