Okay, I skimmed the interview, but one thing bothered me.
Okay, I don't have a problem (well, I do, but I know it's not BW's fault ) with Daniel being gone for 4 episodes, but it seems like it just convienantly coincides with his plan to handle the *sarcasm alert! Hide the kids!* huge burden of 5 people (don't count Landry as much, because I don't expect him to be going through the Gate) there. All this shifting, and when all the actors are there, splitting them up. And, another Daniel and Vala get roped together and away from the rest.
Is it really that hard to have all 5 people in scenes together? Do they really think that they can't manage to give all of them development and lines and action if they don't split them up? It sounds like tv musical chairs. If the only reason they're sending Sam to Atlantis for some episodes is because they need to rotate the line up, I think that's a problem.
I want team togetherness. If you have the cast there, use them together as much as possible. I've seen it done with large casts. Not everyone always skipping through the show, arms linked, but it's not like "how will we ever manage all of these people in the same shot! Quick! Split them up!"
Oh, Sam is not being replaced, no. Not at all. The way it's going to work is that because we have more people the dynamic is just going to shift every now and then. Carter may end up being in an Atlantis or two, and Daniel is only in 16 out of 20, so even then, now you're getting down to far fewer numbers where we have all five cast members -- well, six including Beau, of course.
But in "Pegasus Project" it was easy just because I put Daniel and Vala over here, and I put the rest of them on board the ship, and Teal'c is in his scout ship. And it all worked out just fine.
But in "Pegasus Project" it was easy just because I put Daniel and Vala over here, and I put the rest of them on board the ship, and Teal'c is in his scout ship. And it all worked out just fine.
Is it really that hard to have all 5 people in scenes together? Do they really think that they can't manage to give all of them development and lines and action if they don't split them up? It sounds like tv musical chairs. If the only reason they're sending Sam to Atlantis for some episodes is because they need to rotate the line up, I think that's a problem.
I want team togetherness. If you have the cast there, use them together as much as possible. I've seen it done with large casts. Not everyone always skipping through the show, arms linked, but it's not like "how will we ever manage all of these people in the same shot! Quick! Split them up!"
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