OK, so a lot of Sam fans (OK, well, a few) are now roaming these boards defending her honor, stating that she'll be a good addition, that they love her and that people will too and yaddi yaddi yadda.
It's important to make one thing clear: The majority of the Weir-Savers aren't criticizing Sam's character or Amanda Tapping's acting abilities or whatever.
What we're criticizing is the fact that there's a show dynamic. Over the course of 3 years, SGA has become kinda an ensemble show despite the fact that a few characters have become wallflowers.
Disrupting that by getting rid of Carson (for good), reducing Elizabeth's role and bringing in two new characters isn't going to be good on the show. To quote Philip J. Fry: "Unexpected things make them (the TV audience) feel scared."
A lot of casual viewers and "fanatical" (as in us) viewers alike will dislike these changes. And yes, a lot of them will stop watching the show because of it. People are like that.
We're not saying that Sam will undoubtedly ruin the show. We're not saying that she's a bad character. But everything has its own place and its own time. Forcing Sam onto the show out of choice (at least with the Vala/Mitchell Brouhaha, it was because two regulars had left the show out of their own choice) while reducing the roles of two staple characters, that's not going to end up all Peaches and Rainbows.
We (well, most of us) do not hate Sam. We hate the changes they are making so suddenly and with such a rushed feel to them.
In comparison, wouldn't you be upset if it was Atlantis getting canned, if they brought Rodney over to SG-1, brought in a new character and screwed two regulars (who'd been there since the beginning, which means Sam, Daniel or Teal'c) on SG-1 over?
It's important to make one thing clear: The majority of the Weir-Savers aren't criticizing Sam's character or Amanda Tapping's acting abilities or whatever.
What we're criticizing is the fact that there's a show dynamic. Over the course of 3 years, SGA has become kinda an ensemble show despite the fact that a few characters have become wallflowers.
Disrupting that by getting rid of Carson (for good), reducing Elizabeth's role and bringing in two new characters isn't going to be good on the show. To quote Philip J. Fry: "Unexpected things make them (the TV audience) feel scared."
A lot of casual viewers and "fanatical" (as in us) viewers alike will dislike these changes. And yes, a lot of them will stop watching the show because of it. People are like that.
We're not saying that Sam will undoubtedly ruin the show. We're not saying that she's a bad character. But everything has its own place and its own time. Forcing Sam onto the show out of choice (at least with the Vala/Mitchell Brouhaha, it was because two regulars had left the show out of their own choice) while reducing the roles of two staple characters, that's not going to end up all Peaches and Rainbows.
We (well, most of us) do not hate Sam. We hate the changes they are making so suddenly and with such a rushed feel to them.
In comparison, wouldn't you be upset if it was Atlantis getting canned, if they brought Rodney over to SG-1, brought in a new character and screwed two regulars (who'd been there since the beginning, which means Sam, Daniel or Teal'c) on SG-1 over?
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