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legoline

23 July 2006 @ 11:38 am

Musings On SG-1 and Atlantis.

So, recently I'm under the impression that there are quite some few people who complain about the characters in the Stargate universe, or the way things are going, how characters develop - or not - and frankly, I can't understand that.

To me, both SG shows are fun shows. I watch them for *gasp* entertainment. I've never expected to see great, new, mind blowing shows, pushing the limits of television. I've never expected to see broken characters that are constantly fretting over their lives. I've never expected to see story arcs that make you question religion, politics, or your own existence.

There's other shows for that, which I also watch happily.

But Stargate's become my "relax television". My fun shows. Give me an entertaining plot, a little snark between the characters and I'm happy. I never thought season two of SG:A was worse than season one. I don't think season three is even worse than that.

They're just... oh, I dunno,...fun?

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snuffkin.livejournal.com on July 23rd, 2006 10:14 am (UTC)

I don't expect much but it's just... not even fun anymore? Season 1 was fun. S2 was boring most of the time. It's just on endless repetition, that's what bugs me.

But I'm not complaining about characterdevelopment *g* They keep me watching the show *lol*

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legoline.livejournal.com on July 23rd, 2006 10:16 am (UTC)

Oh, I wasn't directly pointing at you or something, it was just a general observation. And I thought season 2 was fun... :-) Some of the best episodes were in season two :-)

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mareen.livejournal.com on July 23rd, 2006 10:38 am (UTC)

Hey, it's Stargate. I don't expect great television from Stargate. *G*

It's just that I never thought SG-1 was even remotely fun. I was mostly bored and all in all I maybe saw five or six episodes of the show.

SGA OTOH totally rocked my world because I was very much entertained and I liked how the characters only had each other. They were all alone in the universe, it wasn't about military operations all the time but about family and survival. And the most important people? Were the scientists because without them they couldn't survive out there.

Season 2 took all that away. The military was suddenly most important not the scientists, people died and no one cared and they went to Earth and back again all the time so the most important thing about Season 1 - the feeling of isolation and danger through isolation - was gone. I felt as if they turned SGA into SG-1 and I didn't know why because SGA as it was worked fine and had been a fun show.

So...I watched the first nine or ten episodes in season 2 and then just stopped. It just wasn't the same anymore.

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legoline.livejournal.com on July 23rd, 2006 02:03 pm (UTC)

See if you don't like SG-1 that's totally fine :-) But I also loved SGA season 2. I didn't see the OMG BIG DIFFERENCE111!!! to season one. True, it is a lot like SG-1 now but so what? As Astri here put it, it's just harmless television fun :-) Nothing more.

So you didn't see Grace Under Pressure?

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mareen.livejournal.com on July 24th, 2006 07:26 am (UTC)

So we agree: if you never liked SG-1 (like me) the fun in SGA is gone now, too, since SGA is totally like SG-1 now. *G*

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shironezumi.livejournal.com on July 23rd, 2006 12:31 pm (UTC)

AMEN!!! ^___^

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legoline.livejournal.com on July 23rd, 2006 02:01 pm (UTC)

*gg* Danke :-)

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astri13.livejournal.com on July 23rd, 2006 01:43 pm (UTC)

I think Stargate is one of the few shows that remained entertaining to me. I mean, I`m in the 9th Season now and it`s still some nice, harmless fun. I don`t have the urge to meta on it or anything but I like watching it.
Compared to the X-Files where I just wanted it to stop in the last couple seasons. It was like a long, drawn-out death. :(

SG:A, I loved from the start and I liked the second Season as much as the first. There were some changes there, true, but it didn`t detract from my overall enjoyment with it. Frankly, as long as there is McShep-snark, with a little side of Dr.Zelenka and Dr. Beckett thrown in, I`m happy.

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legoline.livejournal.com on July 23rd, 2006 02:00 pm (UTC)

That's exactly how I feel about the shows. It's harmless fun and as long as they don't screw up majorly, it will be.

I don`t have the urge to meta on it or anything but I like watching it.

Yup, same here. It's just entertaining, nothing more.

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