Originally posted by astrogeologist
This is a cross-post... (I got sucked into the WSL thread)... I posted this at the WSL thread, but the post actually addresses more than just WSL, so I thought I'd post it here too
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Carter should have been in command of SG-1 once she returned the to SGC (after AT's maternity leave).
Writing anything else, concocting any other storyline, is an insult. Plain and simple.
No one should make the insult worse by trying to rationalize things with contrived expositions.
Wrong is wrong, and everyone should be willing to say so.
Yes, real life can be $hitty sometimes, and in real-life people really do get $crewed, but Stargate SG-1 has typically been an 8pm (occassionally 9pm) show, and not one of Dante's tragedies.
In juxtaposition to tragedy, Wright (et. al.) are now going so far as to state that he's always considered Stargate SG-1 as a comedy, and then later, that the main protagonists are a bunch of screw-ups.
The show has changed.
It's difficult for me to adjust to.
I've stopped watching the episodes.
And so have many others - Stargate has lost an average of more than 14% of it's viewing fan base from Season 8 to Season 9. They have lost many more fans than they have enticed to watch.
It's a sad thing to watch.
I used to really like the show and the characters.
It's sad to experience these types of changes in something that I thought was quality.
Even sadder is to realize that there are folks out there who are revelling in the same changes that I abhor. Not all change is bad, and in some cases change can be a good thing, and a necessary thing.
But writing Carter out of command was heinous.
And should be recognized and acknowledged as such.
Changing the tenor of the show from a scifi drama, with occassional humor and irreverance, to one of an outright comedy/farce where the lead characters are such screw-ups that even the head writers can't explain why anyone continues to watch...?
Sad.
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Carter should have been in command of SG-1 once she returned the to SGC (after AT's maternity leave).
Writing anything else, concocting any other storyline, is an insult. Plain and simple.
No one should make the insult worse by trying to rationalize things with contrived expositions.
Wrong is wrong, and everyone should be willing to say so.
Yes, real life can be $hitty sometimes, and in real-life people really do get $crewed, but Stargate SG-1 has typically been an 8pm (occassionally 9pm) show, and not one of Dante's tragedies.
In juxtaposition to tragedy, Wright (et. al.) are now going so far as to state that he's always considered Stargate SG-1 as a comedy, and then later, that the main protagonists are a bunch of screw-ups.
The show has changed.
It's difficult for me to adjust to.
I've stopped watching the episodes.
And so have many others - Stargate has lost an average of more than 14% of it's viewing fan base from Season 8 to Season 9. They have lost many more fans than they have enticed to watch.
It's a sad thing to watch.
I used to really like the show and the characters.
It's sad to experience these types of changes in something that I thought was quality.
Even sadder is to realize that there are folks out there who are revelling in the same changes that I abhor. Not all change is bad, and in some cases change can be a good thing, and a necessary thing.
But writing Carter out of command was heinous.
And should be recognized and acknowledged as such.
Changing the tenor of the show from a scifi drama, with occassional humor and irreverance, to one of an outright comedy/farce where the lead characters are such screw-ups that even the head writers can't explain why anyone continues to watch...?
Sad.
Excellent post. Have you considered writing a version of this and sending it to SciFi?
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