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Make It So!
Ever since I started watching Stargate Atlantis I've realised something: God, I love Science Fiction.
It never occured to me just how much I love that genre until I started watching SGA, the first sci-fi programme in years - and I literally had this "Thank God, finally a new Sci-Fi programme to watch." feeling. Would certainly explain why I always loved seaQuest and Star Trek. And stuff like Star Wars ALTHOUGH I'm not quote sure whether that isn't actually fantasy only in space.
I guess I find it so intriguing because it deals with what one day could be, or what lies out there in the universe, and that's thoughts I've been playing with ever since I was a kid. The thought that some of these things might be possible one day. How our society's going to change, for the good or the bad. How OTHER societies might be like. How not everything we claim is right naturally is. And because there's this component that we're not as special as we think, because there's maybe people far more advanced than we are.
And I love to see different people's visions. May it be utopias like Star Trek, where Earth is pretty much united and the enemy is out there, or dystopias like Firefly. I love the Stargate universe, where there's this gate to other worlds, other planets. And who's to say stuff like that don't actually exist, somewhere? Just because we say it's impossible it doesn't have to be.
Probably that's why I like Sci-Fi more than Fantasy. Fantasy always has this "But it never really WAS like that" touch to it wheras Sci-Fi is more real so to speak because it deals with things that one day might happen. Sci-fi is usually being regarded as something for nerds and geeks while I think, it's mostly for people who like to reflect on their own world...
It's just - fascinating, to quote Mr Spock here. :-)
P.S. And I need to watch Babylon 5
P.P.S: Started Stargate SG-1 a couple of days ago. Am now already on season two. *clears throat* Yeah.
P.P.P.S: GIP
It never occured to me just how much I love that genre until I started watching SGA, the first sci-fi programme in years - and I literally had this "Thank God, finally a new Sci-Fi programme to watch." feeling. Would certainly explain why I always loved seaQuest and Star Trek. And stuff like Star Wars ALTHOUGH I'm not quote sure whether that isn't actually fantasy only in space.
I guess I find it so intriguing because it deals with what one day could be, or what lies out there in the universe, and that's thoughts I've been playing with ever since I was a kid. The thought that some of these things might be possible one day. How our society's going to change, for the good or the bad. How OTHER societies might be like. How not everything we claim is right naturally is. And because there's this component that we're not as special as we think, because there's maybe people far more advanced than we are.
And I love to see different people's visions. May it be utopias like Star Trek, where Earth is pretty much united and the enemy is out there, or dystopias like Firefly. I love the Stargate universe, where there's this gate to other worlds, other planets. And who's to say stuff like that don't actually exist, somewhere? Just because we say it's impossible it doesn't have to be.
Probably that's why I like Sci-Fi more than Fantasy. Fantasy always has this "But it never really WAS like that" touch to it wheras Sci-Fi is more real so to speak because it deals with things that one day might happen. Sci-fi is usually being regarded as something for nerds and geeks while I think, it's mostly for people who like to reflect on their own world...
It's just - fascinating, to quote Mr Spock here. :-)
P.S. And I need to watch Babylon 5
P.P.S: Started Stargate SG-1 a couple of days ago. Am now already on season two. *clears throat* Yeah.
P.P.P.S: GIP
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Personally I prefer the old trilogy because it's got more charme and atmosphere. But I like the new films, too, except for the Anakin/Padme scenes because could the dialogue get any worse?
I agree on Episode III being the darkest film of the 6. Because...from the beginning of the film, you just KNOW everyone is doomed there. And you watch Anakin struggle and trying to do the best he can and you just know it's going to end bad. Basically you watch him fail. And yes, you know that the worst is yet to come.
Oh I take it you hadn`t seen the feature film then? Because that deals with this so I knew it beforehand.
Nope. Which is why starting to get into the universe with SGA probably wasn't the cleverest idea :p
Lee Stetson. *little hearts are flying through the air* *g*
*blows kisses to him*
Hmmm, that sounds pretty good (about Farscape) - I should try to get hold of it. Sounds like the kind of thing I might like. How many seasons were there?
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Lucas put too much emphasis on the looks of things and the CGI in the new trilogy instead of the characters. And he can`t write romance if his life depended on it. *shakes head*
Still, I`ve always been intrigued by Vader and I sympathized very heavily with Anakin because you just knew what was going to happen to him. And he was a good person, he just made a couple of very bad decisions.
And as far as the Jedi went, you have a pretty normal, nice 9 year old and after 10 years with the Jedi he becomes a raving lunatic. Hm, wonder how could that be. They made a couple of pretty stupid and arrogant/shortsighted decisions too.
Nope. Which is why starting to get into the universe with SGA probably wasn't the cleverest idea :p
But it sounds interesting, going backwards. *g* Shouldn`t be too much of a hindrance though since SG:A storywise is very much separated from SG1.
Hmmm, that sounds pretty good (about Farscape) - I should try to get hold of it. Sounds like the kind of thing I might like. How many seasons were there?
4 seasons and a miniseries to bring it to closure. Just don`t get discouraged if you find it too weird at first. Was my first impression too but then I gave it another chance and loved it.
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Sadly that's true. He was probably toying around with CGI because that's what he would like to have had in the first trilogy.
I sympathized very heavily with Anakin because you just knew what was going to happen to him. And he was a good person, he just made a couple of very bad decisions.
That's exactly it. And all through the film you sort of hope that Anakin will not make the mistakes but of course you know he will. It almost hurts to watch it.
But it sounds interesting, going backwards. *g* Shouldn`t be too much of a hindrance though since SG:A storywise is very much separated from SG1.
Unless of course you have no idea what exactly the Stargate is, what it does, where it is and what the heck Ancients are. Or ZPMs. The first 20 minutes I thought I would NEVER get into it. I was basically all WHAT WHAT HUH? Also when we watched the pilot my brother exclaimed "Oh O'Neill! Daniel! How cool!" wheras I just frowned and asked myself who the heck he was talking about. Looking back I think it was very neatly done the way they introduced Sheppard.
4 seasons and a miniseries to bring it to closure. Just don`t get discouraged if you find it too weird at first. Was my first impression too but then I gave it another chance and loved it.
I'll put it on my To-Watch-List :-)
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Okay, that could be a tad confusing. But overall I thought it was well done.
There was an episode of SG1 where they found a strange little ship on some planet and tinkered around with it and the whole timeI screamed: "That`s a puddle jumper, you idiots, a puddle jumper." *g*
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Yeah. I mean after the first shock was over I did get into it pretty quickly :p
*snorts* I looooove how they continue to banter about some things. Like the whole "naming it issue" it already starts in SG-1 season one and continues in SG:A.
Or, in that alternative reality episode in season one of SG-1 there's this moment when Carter I think says the Stargate can't be opened for longer than 38 minutes. Now, I dunno if that was also in the movie but I found it neat they later based a whole SG:A episode on that information.
I love stuff like that :-)
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And McKay wanting to name the thing "Gateship" and being shot down, that gets picked upon in SG1 too. I laughed my ass off.
Also it`s very blink and you`ll miss it but the first two minutes of the SG:A pilot you see Atlantis flying away from earth and some Ancient woman staying behind. They were very tongue in cheek with that since the character was introduced in SG:1 already.
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I laughed my ass off when Sheppard said "And we're not going to name it ENTERPRISE!" - and chooses ORION instead! I mean I don't think they knew that was a German Sci-Fi show but it's still funny as hell :p
Also it`s very blink and you`ll miss it but the first two minutes of the SG:A pilot you see Atlantis flying away from earth and some Ancient woman staying behind. They were very tongue in cheek with that since the character was introduced in SG:1 already.
Okay I totally didn't notice that, will have to rewatch. How bloody cool is that? Seems like they actually know their universe...^^
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I think it was delibarete since Robert Vogelm the German reporter, visits their set all the time and in one of his reports he talked about how he introduced Peter DeLuise, the director, to Orion. He brought the DVDs I think. So I guess that was a little shout-out. Yay.
Okay I totally didn't notice that, will have to rewatch. How bloody cool is that? Seems like they actually know their universe...^^
Don`t know which Season of SG1 it was though. Maybe 3 or 4?
But in general the show is very good with continuity and little shout outs to past episodes.
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OMG! That's - wow. Because it DID seem a bit weird to me that of all possible names he chose Orion after he'd just dismissed Enterprise but it never occured to me they could actually knew the show. Wow, so cool. (Is that the point where I should admit I used to watch Orion and that my father's a huge fan and we got him the book just for Cristmas and I actually squeed when he called it Orion?)
But in general the show is very good with continuity and little shout outs to past episodes.
What surprised me is that they already discover the gate in Antartica halfway through season one and I didn't expect that. So the Spin-Off wasn't at all like "Let's find a new Stargate and instantly do a Spin Off" which I think is pretty awesome.
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What surprised me is that they already discover the gate in Antartica halfway through season one and I didn't expect that. So the Spin-Off wasn't at all like "Let's find a new Stargate and instantly do a Spin Off" which I think is pretty awesome.
It`s like a big puzzle and they`re finding all these little pieces one at a time. Antarctica, the Ancients etc. So kudos to the writers.
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