I must confess one thing about my own inability to get into Stargate of either manifestation. It's how they handle certain aspects of human mythology. The Asgards are a big case in point. I have friends who are Norse pagans. I attend some of their rituals and have worked with some of their gods. The mental disconnect I get seeing a bug-eyed gray alien called Thor is a bit too much for me to handle for long.
Spike: I'm not a monster. Xander: Yes! You are a monster. Vampires are monsters! They make monster movies about them! Spike: Well, yeah. Got me there.
'Dirty Girls'
Boxed Set, Vol. II: "It's a Cookbook...A Cookbook!!"
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
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Lysana - Mar 27, 2005 1:39:55 pm PST #600 of 10001
Hellbound Equal-Opportunity Nookie Hog
§ ita § - Mar 27, 2005 2:32:32 pm PST #601 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The mental disconnect I get seeing a bug-eyed gray alien called Thor is a bit too much for me to handle for long.
Hologram technology. Masks a multitude of sins.
Nutty - Mar 27, 2005 3:54:40 pm PST #602 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I can watch Stargate for short whiles, until the silliness makes me have to run away. Actually, Stargate #2 is far lower on the silliness scale, except for the "I sat way, way too long under the hair dryer with dye on" aliens, because they are so ridiculously OTT.
The failure of everyone around him to realize that Baltar is (a) terribly sleazy; and (b) completely nuts is quite possibly my biggest beef with the show after the major worldbuilding issues.
This is what made me give up on Galactica. (Much as I like the word: Galactica! Galactica! After enough repetitions, it turns into Galarraga and Blacula and wakka-wakka.) Like, there were all those people who hated the Seinfeld character and loved to watch the show; I hated the Seinfeld character, and was like, Why would I watch a show about this jerk? So I didn't.
Nice biceps just can't make up for people being annoying.
DCJensen - Mar 27, 2005 5:29:26 pm PST #603 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Colin Baker (Blonde Doctor, frizzy hair, clown clothes) has physically changed radically. I realize he's 20 years older, but woah.
Perhaps he's suffered some deleterious effects from the ill wishes of millions of Doctor Who fans? Dude was Not Popular.
Yeah, he was an ass. But [link]
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Woah.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 27, 2005 6:45:55 pm PST #604 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Eh, I'm not too shocked by that much change in 20 years, given that he wasn't a young man back then. From what you'd said I expected to see the Cryptkeeper or Robert Conrad.
tommyrot - Mar 27, 2005 6:47:11 pm PST #605 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'd so knock a battery off Robert Conrad's shoulder now.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 27, 2005 7:01:02 pm PST #606 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
And man, 10 years ago he was looking good for his age in that Search and Rescue series. Apparently all the extra years' worth of aging Lauren Bacall and Catherine Zeta Jones should have suffered got deflected onto him instead.
Sean K - Mar 27, 2005 9:43:45 pm PST #607 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
This is what made me give up on Galactica.
I apparently have the lowest standards in the world or something. I like the show and the characters a lot.
askye - Mar 28, 2005 3:39:45 am PST #608 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I like Galatica and really should watch it. For me Baltar is watch from the hall at all times and I keep waiting for someone to figure out he's partial insane and being driven by a Cylon or the spirit of a Cylon and jettison him.
tommyrot - Mar 28, 2005 3:40:55 am PST #609 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm just mad that Starbuck slept with Baltar. But then that's mitigated by the fact that she just used him for sex.