Yeap, what Katie and Daniel said.

Actually, I liked the Redemption two-parter well enough that it tipped me over to ordering the season 6 DVDs. Of course, I do have a trigger-happy finger when it comes to ordering DVDs.

I suspect there will be more Romance, seeing as this time the girl's a civilian.

Hmm, this worries me a bit. The Dr. Weir character is supposed to be the Hammond-equivalent, right? So we won't get to see her much in action. Which means the Exotic and Feisty Young Beauty (a stereotype I dislike) will be the character the boy(s) will be falling for. There better not be a within-team fight for her affection or any crap like that.

I believe the show has many of the same writers and crew, so a lot will depend on the chemistry among the team-mates. Personally, I'll be pleasantly surprised if the Atlantis team could approach the sheer likability of the SG-1. Still, I'll probably be watching at least the first season, even if it's not very good.

Which means the Exotic and Feisty Young Beauty (a stereotype I dislike) will be the character the boy(s) will be falling for. There better not be a within-team fight for her affection or any crap like that.

Have I mentioned lately how grateful I am that SG-1 has never gone there? Very, that's how grateful.

Thanks askye. I've got a Borders gift certificate and apparently their online shopping is done through Amazon, so I can get started.

Have I mentioned lately how grateful I am that SG-1 has never gone there? Very, that's how grateful.

Oh God, yes. I'd go as far to say lack of (overt) romance is one of the reasons the team dynamic has remained intact all these years. There is a good reason that a large part of S3 Angel was so cringe-inducing.

OK, I've just been to the SG Atlantis Universe page (basic spoilers for the premise of the show within). It cracks me up that they are finally bringing up the issue of translation device after all these years. It also looks like there may be more of non-human-looking aliens on the show, which should be interesting.

It cracks me up

Me too. I laughed like a loon imagining the writers saying "that's it! I'm never answering that goddamn question again! We'll show them!"

I caught a show on PBS this morning called MythQuest. I don't recall ever noticing it on the Dallas PBS stations (I'm in NY right now). Has anyone else ever seen it? I was really impressed by the quality. The stories revolve around a brother and sister who become part of mythical stories through a cyber gateway of some kind. It is definitely for children but it's the kind of thing a kid who loves Madeleine L'engle or the Chronicles of Narnia would latch on to. In other words, if I had seen it when I was 9 or 10 I would have been completely hooked. I gather from what little I have found on the internet that it is Canadian and there was only one season made in 2001. But I can't figure out if it is gone forever or in limbo because of funding.

I'd guess it's gone forever, as these things go.

I can always hope for DVD's.

Gyaah. I am so tired of saying that.

I have thoughts about Batman, and second the rec of Year One, and to a lesser extent Killing Joke. I didn't like DKR at all, because it took the subtext thing and subtracted the sub-. Also, tiny tiny bit over the top.

I don't know as how this is the thread to discuss it, but would someone care to convince me why Batman has sidekicks? I never really got it, and I still don't get it, and I wonder if anyone could go into detail on the matter. My concept of Batman is more along the "I walk alone" lines, than "I walk alone with my young hanger-on ____".

Maybe I just have a psychological problem with sidekicks.

I don't know as how this is the thread to discuss it, but would someone care to convince me why Batman has sidekicks? I never really got it, and I still don't get it, and I wonder if anyone could go into detail on the matter. My concept of Batman is more along the "I walk alone" lines, than "I walk alone with my young hanger-on ____".

Read the intro essay in Batman: Dark Victory. It does a good job of making it make sense. I think, though, Amych would be the person who could answer that question. For me, I'm finding I prefer the stories of the rest of the Batfamily the more I get into the Batfamily, because while I adore Bats himself, he's very rigid by design, and without the extended network of people he cares about despite himself, it would get hella boring real quick. They keep him on the edge of humanity. Without them, he'd have crossed over a long time ago.