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Sure Martin. If I don't like what McKay became in season 2 of Atlantis, it's because I don't like the character.
Sure.
Funny that years ago, I was quite feeling lonely when I actually thought that McKay, while largely hated by the vast majority of the gaters, should get a role in the rumoured Atlantis spin-off.
Funny that I thought he was very well written in Childhood's End. Did Martin sold his soul or something after that episode?
Funny that now, for unknown reasons, McKay had to be turned into a lunatic overacting buffon, with forced slapstick humour, all coming in excess, for more comedy relief, to be happily enjoyed by the whole family, as he's the incarnation of the enhanced humour level that literally enchants Starlaugh now. The clown of the band. No more subtlety. That's not good for the new target audience you know. We want cheap actions, cheap stories. Cheap humour. Cheap everything, safe when it comes to pay people.
But I guess it's because I didn't like McKay that I hate Duet and GUP.
Or maybe it's because someone doesn't know what moderation means. But no, it must be the fans.
Ah yes, characters. Atlantis. I'm still laughing about that one.
Teyla, Sheppard, Ronon, and the Ford fiasco.
Yes, everybody loved Duet. No one ever said "this is terrible!" about a given character either. Sure. What's the meaning of propaganda again. Why do I think that some people at Gateworld's have lost their <mod snip> when they should ask the right questions?
Maybe some people think Lost Boys suck because it's part of the mid season two parter, that ends with The Hive, which is just as stupid as you can get in terms of lousy Wraith protrayal and plot holes (and who the **** deciced that a wraith dart HUD should look like anything but something that actually helps?). Maybe being surrounded by yes men and looking at the audience's responses though a bias filter doesn't really help. Or Maybe Mr. Wright should look at the first five seasons of SG-1 (and eventually the film, it wouldn't hurt), as it would actually open his eyes.
MG: Well, let me give you an example. A lot of people didn't like "Grace Under Pressure," and a lot of people are also sick of McKay episodes and feel that there are other characters that could use the screen time and need developing. I don't disagree with that. You have to meter out how people approach an episode. If you're a big McKay fan you're going to like my episodes -- you're going to like those episodes that I've written about McKay. And if you don't like McKay, then that episode, regardless of how good it is, is going to have to struggle quite a lot for you to like it.
Sure.
Funny that years ago, I was quite feeling lonely when I actually thought that McKay, while largely hated by the vast majority of the gaters, should get a role in the rumoured Atlantis spin-off.
Funny that I thought he was very well written in Childhood's End. Did Martin sold his soul or something after that episode?
Funny that now, for unknown reasons, McKay had to be turned into a lunatic overacting buffon, with forced slapstick humour, all coming in excess, for more comedy relief, to be happily enjoyed by the whole family, as he's the incarnation of the enhanced humour level that literally enchants Starlaugh now. The clown of the band. No more subtlety. That's not good for the new target audience you know. We want cheap actions, cheap stories. Cheap humour. Cheap everything, safe when it comes to pay people.
But I guess it's because I didn't like McKay that I hate Duet and GUP.
Or maybe it's because someone doesn't know what moderation means. But no, it must be the fans.
You know, television is really all about the characters. Story to a certain extent, but it really is about characters. I think more so than most shows, fans feel a great ownership over the characters of this series, and I think that's a wonderful thing. But it also gives them a bias towards episodes. So when a fan responds negatively to an episode that I've written, you always kind of have to meter it out where they're coming from. I take neither personally, and at the end of the day the only thing that really concerns me is the episode I'm working on at the moment.
Teyla, Sheppard, Ronon, and the Ford fiasco.
I mean, I don't feel like I've had any flat-out failures, I don't think there've been episodes where people were like, "This is terrible!" Everyone seemed to really like "Duet," and some people really didn't like "Lost Boys," for instance. And I agree with both of them as to why they don't like or do like episodes. But at the end of the day my job is to impress Mr. Brad Wright, and as long as Mr. Brad Wright is happy with the work that I am doing, and we don't feel that we are losing people over the episodes that I'm writing then, you know ...
Maybe some people think Lost Boys suck because it's part of the mid season two parter, that ends with The Hive, which is just as stupid as you can get in terms of lousy Wraith protrayal and plot holes (and who the **** deciced that a wraith dart HUD should look like anything but something that actually helps?). Maybe being surrounded by yes men and looking at the audience's responses though a bias filter doesn't really help. Or Maybe Mr. Wright should look at the first five seasons of SG-1 (and eventually the film, it wouldn't hurt), as it would actually open his eyes.
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