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I think SG-1 was saved by more than RDA, although he was great right out of the gate. I'm always surprised by how many season one episodes I actually really like.

Enjoyed Atlantis well enough. I would like to hang out with John Sheppard and Rainbow. Weir -- she had a couple moments I couldn't actually see Steen doing as well (some of the uncertainty still on Earth), so maybe she can take the character farther away from the picture left in my mind.

I know I'm falling for Sheppard as O'Neill replacement (both genetically advanced and all), but I'm good with that, because I'm a very simple girl, with simple needs.

ADORED the J/D show. Miss them.

Don't like Beckett much.

Warrior-lady has no appeal for me.

Teyla-the-warrior-woman didn't make me wince, at least. Which for a show like this is actually a promising start.

I'd like to know what the qualifications are for being Leader of Her People, though. Because she's clearly only in her mid-20s. Is this a hereditary position? Or did they all draw straws?

Maybe she kicked the ass of the guy who used to be leader.

She did state who her parent was, so maybe it is hereditary.

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I guess I don't see the scene as a cliché. She's a diplomat by training and nature. Naturally the first instinct is divided between fight and flight. She just wanted to salvage what was left, regroup and assess. He was pointing out, in his sudden role as military lead, that there were other considerations.

Ultimately she considered his objections and agreed to the plan. Such is the perogative of a commander.

Basically I don't see the fact that Weir is a woman has so much to do with that scene.

I know I'm falling for Sheppard as O'Neill replacement (both genetically advanced and all), but I'm good with that, because I'm a very simple girl, with simple needs.

ADORED the J/D show. Miss them.

Absolutely.

It took me a little bit of time to warm up to SG-1 the first season, but RDA was the big reason I kept watching. But yeah, there were several really good episodes.

I really liked Atlantis - it engaged me much more than the season opener of SG-1. I grow weary of the internal politics of the Goa'uld. My favorite episodes very rarely involve the bad guys.

I loved the way Atlantis looked. The sets were great and they made an effort to make the same old locations look interesting. I'm also weary of the pine forest (is it pine?)

I was also pleased that they addressed why Daniel wasn't going with them. Okay, I don't really buy the reason - surely Daniel would have raised all hell to be included - but at least they said something and showed how it was killing him not to go.

The one thing that Atlantis has accomplished is keeping me interested enough to actually watch both shows on Friday night.

(I'll have to rewatch the Daniel death show - I swear there was still a body.)

I figure it takes a minimum of six episodes for most SF shows to start hitting their strides -- sometimes it takes a whole season, because it takes a while for the creators to figure out what works and what doesn't, and refine the concepts that sounded spiffy when broken in story conference and tricky when actually acted out, plus the actors are still figuring out their characters and dealing with a world concept that may be changing every week.

I thought it really helped that Martin Wood directed these first two episodes, I hope he's goign to move over and be a major player on this show too. A lot of SG1's goodness is dependent on the corps of good directors who know the show like the back of their hands -- DS9 was another show that had a good set of directors.