Ok forgive me but all these spoilers and not one bloody mention of Dr Beckett???? Fan's are harping on about backstory for characters, the promise of more team interaction, spoilers for eps focusing on characters neglected in season 2 and not one mention of Beckett. Is he even in this season??? Or did TPTB change thier minds over the whole regular thing (forgive me but I didn't quite see the proof of that in s2, quite the opposite in fact)! The actor went from recurring to regular on paper and regular to more recurring on screen...hell he was almost background sometimes, with the occassional highlight!!!!!!
Eps that SHOULD have had him in...didn't aka GuP...did not McKay say he needed a stop in the Infirmary????? Eps that SHOULD have focused or had a pivotal role for the character DIDN'T. Can anyone say Instinct??? Conversion??? and top of the list MICHAEL!!!! In fact Beckett was BARELY in 'Michael' which should have been tour de force Carson and at least shown the effect is disasterous end had on the poor man but as usual we got BUGGER ALL. To be perfectly honest, his role in that ep was little more then a plot device with very little particiation in the STORY itself. So what should have been a kick ass ep was IMHO...disappointing. Dont get me wrong Connor did a great job (and it was great seeing more of Teyla), but the show should be about its REGULAR characters, not the bloody guest stars.
I just dont get it, for a character TPTB say they, and I quote 'love', 'Carson' has taken a step BACK in s2 in terms of character development, with so much changing for him but no explanation or affect of his actions being shown barring the odd throw away snippet of dialogue. Thank god Paul McG can convery so much emotion and depth without words otherwise with the character going so much against his established grain...no one wouild give a s$@t about him anymore. And you can put in as many little snippets of dialogue you like, if I wanted to hear it I'd listen to a radio play, this is TV I WANT TO SEE IT!!!!!!
And if you wonna talk backstory, what do we know of Carson? He's a proud Scot, he misses his mum....er....help me here people....I canna think of anything else. We know plenty about Shep and McKay (and theres alread promise of at least 1 ep with more backstory...and Ronon AND Weir...which is great!)...BUT WHAT ABOUT CARSON?? And Teyla??? Infact, I cant remember seeing 1 spoiler or even mention of Carson of any bloody significance for s3 yet!!!!!
We've not even seen his bloody quarters!!! AND MORE IMPORTANTLY we've not seen a SINGLE REAL PERSONAL moment that shows the repurcussions of the retrovirus. WTF was the point in making a character a regular (whole heartedly welcomed and deservedly so) to have him relegated to less story partipation then the previous season??? My biggest concern being you've established a character whose two main aspects are his strong human compassion and moral character especially when it comes to medical ethics. Yet everything goes to hell and how does he react? Well we wouldn't know because WE NEVER SEE ANYTHING!!!! He's BROKEN the hypocratic oath multiple times for crying out loud! Come on! Its nuts, the retrovirus was such an integeral part of the story arc, its crazy his character wasn't more involved!
Ok rant over, I AM looking forward to S3 especially with what Rob C has said about focusing on character interactions (though he also said originally there would be minimal crossover AND SGA would stand apart from SG1 AND it would...well we just wont go there). I'm an optimistic realist so I'm willing to give it a chance but I'm not holding my breath!
SO PROVE ME WRONG PTB!
Eps that SHOULD have had him in...didn't aka GuP...did not McKay say he needed a stop in the Infirmary????? Eps that SHOULD have focused or had a pivotal role for the character DIDN'T. Can anyone say Instinct??? Conversion??? and top of the list MICHAEL!!!! In fact Beckett was BARELY in 'Michael' which should have been tour de force Carson and at least shown the effect is disasterous end had on the poor man but as usual we got BUGGER ALL. To be perfectly honest, his role in that ep was little more then a plot device with very little particiation in the STORY itself. So what should have been a kick ass ep was IMHO...disappointing. Dont get me wrong Connor did a great job (and it was great seeing more of Teyla), but the show should be about its REGULAR characters, not the bloody guest stars.
I just dont get it, for a character TPTB say they, and I quote 'love', 'Carson' has taken a step BACK in s2 in terms of character development, with so much changing for him but no explanation or affect of his actions being shown barring the odd throw away snippet of dialogue. Thank god Paul McG can convery so much emotion and depth without words otherwise with the character going so much against his established grain...no one wouild give a s$@t about him anymore. And you can put in as many little snippets of dialogue you like, if I wanted to hear it I'd listen to a radio play, this is TV I WANT TO SEE IT!!!!!!
And if you wonna talk backstory, what do we know of Carson? He's a proud Scot, he misses his mum....er....help me here people....I canna think of anything else. We know plenty about Shep and McKay (and theres alread promise of at least 1 ep with more backstory...and Ronon AND Weir...which is great!)...BUT WHAT ABOUT CARSON?? And Teyla??? Infact, I cant remember seeing 1 spoiler or even mention of Carson of any bloody significance for s3 yet!!!!!
We've not even seen his bloody quarters!!! AND MORE IMPORTANTLY we've not seen a SINGLE REAL PERSONAL moment that shows the repurcussions of the retrovirus. WTF was the point in making a character a regular (whole heartedly welcomed and deservedly so) to have him relegated to less story partipation then the previous season??? My biggest concern being you've established a character whose two main aspects are his strong human compassion and moral character especially when it comes to medical ethics. Yet everything goes to hell and how does he react? Well we wouldn't know because WE NEVER SEE ANYTHING!!!! He's BROKEN the hypocratic oath multiple times for crying out loud! Come on! Its nuts, the retrovirus was such an integeral part of the story arc, its crazy his character wasn't more involved!
Ok rant over, I AM looking forward to S3 especially with what Rob C has said about focusing on character interactions (though he also said originally there would be minimal crossover AND SGA would stand apart from SG1 AND it would...well we just wont go there). I'm an optimistic realist so I'm willing to give it a chance but I'm not holding my breath!
SO PROVE ME WRONG PTB!
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