The final scene, where Carson is being put into stasis, was not pulled off correctly. No, it's not the fact that he was put into stasis, it's how it was portrayed.
I'm in the camp that believes this important scene should have been much more emotional and dramatic.
What was wrong with it? I can't put my finger on it, but I'd say it was one or more of the following:
You know, maybe that's how that's they wanted the scene to be played out. Maybe placing Carson in stasis was meant to be a clinical non-dramatic non-sad process....
(Carson/McGillion himself was excellent in EVERY scene.)
I'm in the camp that believes this important scene should have been much more emotional and dramatic.
What was wrong with it? I can't put my finger on it, but I'd say it was one or more of the following:
- The suggestion by Keller that he go into stasis was done a tad too early in the episode; so the shock we should have felt when he went into stasis was removed.
- It was too clinical. Everyone was lined up, ready to say their pseudo-goodbyes on cue. Their reactions to it seemed forced.
- When the camera pulled away right at the end we should have seen all their faces from the front, their facial expressions, not their backs and just the faces of Beckett and McKay.
- For those of us who've seen the SG-1 episode "The Lost City", you'll remember the stasis scene there. Maybe expectations were too influenced by that one.
You know, maybe that's how that's they wanted the scene to be played out. Maybe placing Carson in stasis was meant to be a clinical non-dramatic non-sad process....
(Carson/McGillion himself was excellent in EVERY scene.)
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