Wading into murky waters [mind-swaps in SG:U]

[djonn]

In the department of "time sinks I probably didn't need to fall into":

There is apparently a growing kerfuffle in various parts of cyberspace about the plot line of a particular episode of the upcoming Stargate: Universe TV series, for which Hugo-winning writer John Scalzi is a consultant. I happened on a discussion of the matter in John S.'s blog, and -- after holding out for a bit -- failed to resist the temptation to wade in. [Fair warning: as I post this there are 240-odd posts in the reply-stream, and the most significant current subtopic starts about 200 posts in. If you're inclined to look, don't hesitate to use your browser's "find" function to skip to individual posts.]

Comments

[twilight2000.livejournal.com]

Just couldn't resist, could ya?

*snerk*

off to see just how deep in you got!

EDIT oh you are gonna get all kinds of grief for that last one ;>

I gotta admit -nothing about SG:U has inspired me - not the "trying to get home" Voyager issues, not the casting of Carlysle (boy is he NOT O'Neill or Shepherd) - not the "everyone could be a cast member on Everwood (except Carlysle)" issues - there is nothing that is attractive EXCEPT that it claims to be from the same universe and by the same creative team.

So I'll give them a chance.

But I'm not expecting it to be DS"9 (3rd in the series and a show I LOVED - still K's favorite series of the 5 Trek series') - I'm terribly afraid it won't even make Voyager standards - which at least had characters/actors I liked/cared about - even if the stories had their weaknesses....

*sigh*

[djonn]

I find it interesting that they've hired Scalzi as a consultant, though I tend to agree that the "trying to get home" issues do call up echoes of ST:Voyager. (OTOH, Voyager's worldbuilding was awfully ramshackle, so it's perhaps not surprising that the SG team yielded to the temptation of trying to do that scenario, only better-developed.)

[twilight2000.livejournal.com]

ok - see, now *that* might encourage me (the doing it better idea) - I have to admit my complete lack of positive response to any of the actors (and in particular to Carlysle) isn't helping...

[lingster1.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link! I just wasted over an hour pouring through all the arguments -- and I don't even watch Stargate! (No cable tv.)

[djonn]

Heh. I did warn you about the length of the comment-stream....

I don't have cable/satellite either, but I managed to see most of SG-1 via over-the-air syndication, and am (very) gradually accumulating season-set DVDs. I have seen much less of SG:Atlantis, even though it's also in syndicated reruns here -- I'm afraid the "Rodney McKay" character in that one hit me like the proverbial fingernails across a chalkboard.

[twilight2000.livejournal.com]

I will not that for me at least Rodney mellowed greatly over time - and his character's "growth arc" was an interesting one.

Discovering his own bravery - that the world wasn't always about him - that he could learn from others - and that he could love and be loved - not things I saw coming - but things that *were* handled well.

Not SG1 for my $$, but quite a respectable show.

And really, Woolsey as Head of Atlantis project? That was worth waiting for ;). And it really works!

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

Hmm. To participate or not? No, first: to read or not, to discover or now what's being kerfuffled?
(one... two... three μs) No.