Can I have your bacon, Katie M? And I'll have a lemonade, thanks.
I don't think Stargate redefines the genre or anything, but I love it just the same. And I do think it brings up interesting issues, even if it can't address them head-on all the time.
You can have my bacon, absolutely. Also my pickle, if you want it.
THERE WILL BE NO PICKLES.
Codename: Eternity is a pickle show.
No pickles? Hamburger, fries, lemonade, and no pickles? What kind of sick freak are you?
There are pickles. The issue of the Jaffa is the pickle of Stargate. It's off to the side -- necessary, but separate and complete in its own right.
Plus, you can always give it to me. I'm losing control of the metaphor.
Mmmm, pickles, there must be pickles. . .
2) The running gag that we developed about how everyone should be set on fire or else made over as Robocop.
I think most of them had the first option covered.
Really, the creators needed some guidance from Alec Mapa or Dwight Ewell about how to make flamboyant over-the-top characters that aren't offensive or overly stereotypical.
There are pickles. The issue of the Jaffa is the pickle of Stargate. It's off to the side -- necessary, but separate and complete in its own right.
Plus, you can always give it to me. I'm losing control of the metaphor.
I think the message here is that Emily wants Teal'c.
Nah. Bra'tac. Tek-ma tay, baby.
Who could turn down a Teal'c/giddy Daniel sandwich, really?
Huh, all of a sudden there's a CBS show called
Century City
which would be just another "law" show... except that it's set in 2030.
And it has Ioan Gruffudd plus more useful people like Nestor Carbonell and Hector Elizondo.