A few months ago a friend of mine said that his uncle was telling him that Stargate: SG-1 was the best show on TV, and he decided to watch a few episodes. Knowing I was a fan, he came to me, and of course, I had a few recently-aired episodes on my DVR cable box. I fired one up, and I could tell he was instantly confused. I quickly realized that to get him up to speed on the Stargate universe would take about 30 minutes of explaining.
On a related note, I recently caught a few episodes of Andromeda, but having missed most of the series, I found myself somewhat-lost with what was going on in the show.
To remedy this, educating and perhaps "converting" a few non-fans, How about a "New To StarGate" link right on the front of the site. The majority of this site is for Stargate fans, but there doesn't seem to be any easily-accessable resources for the gate newbies out there. It could be a few paragraphs introducing the main characters (with pictures of course), maybe a paragraph or two per season, highlighting the more important plot developments and discoveries that occured each season. This would allow someone who has never seen Stargate before to understand what is happening when they start watching their first episode from the middle of the 6th season for example.
Surely any visitor to this site, with a little time to spare, could write such a thing, allowing D&D can focus on more important stuff...
Just a thought...
Let me know what you all think.
On a related note, I recently caught a few episodes of Andromeda, but having missed most of the series, I found myself somewhat-lost with what was going on in the show.
To remedy this, educating and perhaps "converting" a few non-fans, How about a "New To StarGate" link right on the front of the site. The majority of this site is for Stargate fans, but there doesn't seem to be any easily-accessable resources for the gate newbies out there. It could be a few paragraphs introducing the main characters (with pictures of course), maybe a paragraph or two per season, highlighting the more important plot developments and discoveries that occured each season. This would allow someone who has never seen Stargate before to understand what is happening when they start watching their first episode from the middle of the 6th season for example.
Surely any visitor to this site, with a little time to spare, could write such a thing, allowing D&D can focus on more important stuff...
Just a thought...
Let me know what you all think.
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