Boxed Set, Vol. IV: It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that.
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
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SUNSHINE will be out soon too
never got to see that in the theatre, but it's saved on my queue.
Am I the only one who saw these themes, if only from the corner of my eye, and was hoping for some further exploration? Not that it's the only reason I feel let down by where the story ended up at the close of the season (assassination of pretty much ALL the characters is the other biggie). Science, discovery, religion, faith, death and rebirth, loss and grief, alternate dimensions & time travel, dreams & desires, the freaking AKASHIC THEORY which is the THEORY OF EVERYTHING and should have been full of AWESOME EXISTENTIAL goodness.
I am looking pointedly at the writers in my mind's eye (which is twitching) and expecting hoping that the they are holding onto all that potential for the third season (and remember that Eureka used to be made of quirk).
Did I miss the SGA talk? I wish I hadn't been spoiled for the loss of Weir, but that was pretty impossible. Somehow it still feels like there are still no stakes.
The Eureka finale made dramatically little sense to me.
I understand it could have made less.
I understand it could have made less.
Oh ugh. I've gathered from comments that there is some dispute betwixt actors and the writing staff on things. I do hope Henry is back next season (this despite not getting to actually see him carted off due to DVR issues).
I decided after the season opener to give up on SGA. Too much nonsensical action and silly panic and repetitive danger and barely any character moments or
fun
and I'm sick of Shep getting pissy with McKay for darned good reasons and McKay snivelling his apologies but not really meaning it and Shep forgiving him. It's gone past "so redunkulous it's fun" to just irritating and boring.
I understand it could have made less.
oh sweet fluffy lord.
There really wasn't any SGA talk was there?
I mean, I watched it but don't really have anything to say about it.
There was no SGA talk. I mean, I could have said something, but I figure you guys sometimes get tired of hearing me burble.
It does sort of suck that they can't figure out a way to make characters interesting *before* they write them out, rather than during. They did it to Ford too. But I'm glad Elizabeth got to go down saving everyone and kicking some replicator ass, and I suspect we'll see her again, probably around the mid-season break.
I did like her steely showdown with the Faith Heritage guy. She'd been not much of anything for most of the series so far. So that was kinda nice.
Now, if they could only make Teyla interesting, that'd rock.
Was there any meta about Ford being written out?
Was there any meta about Ford being written out?
Eh, I don't know. I think it was probably not a good match on both sides, but I don't know who initiated what, if anything. I do know that based on interviews and commentaries, I'd find Rainbow Francks really irritating in person.
It's weird. SGA just hasn't gotten rid of people emotionally effectively. Ford, Weir, doctor guy--I didn't get any of the impact or sadness of losing Doyle or Oz or even the snitch demon whose name escapes me.
I guess it's not weird. It's SGA. SG1, bless them, got me almost every time they killed the team. And they killed them a lot.
Was there any meta about Ford being written out?
I thought I had heard that he was too similar to Shep's character (boyish, fun-loving, irreverant, blah blah). So... why did they write that character in the first place? And I didn't find them similar. And I liked that he sorta hero-worshipped Shep. He was so much more of a kid than Shep. Shep was the charming, immature, lonely outsider who transferred mid-term to another school with no family or friends, and Ford was the bright and chipper sophmore who thought he was cool but thought the new kid was cooler and latched on. I liked their dynamic.