Atlantis;Good Premise Poor Acting?

[ShadowMaat]

When will you learn that certain people actually aren't entitled to opinions?

I am being a good girl and rising above the pettiness, Snake Boy. Don't goad me into saying something I'll enjoy far too much.

[Anthro Girl]

I stand by my comments, the Canadians are like wood in this series, and totally unbelievable as Americans.

So, by "Canadians" you mean every single cast and extra member on the screen except for Joe Flanigan? You may not like the performances of Higginson, Franks, Hewlett and Lutrell, but that hardly has anything to do with the fact that they are Canadian citizens (and I'm not even sure of that.). Lutrell isn't even playing an Earthling!

Anyhow...if it's poor characterizations you're looking for, I refer you to Captain Carter's "reproductive organs" line in COTG. It wasn't AT's performance that made that line such a groaner for me. It was the line itself. If they had continued writing on that level, I would have dropped the show long ago.

[Beeblebrox]

Beatrice sig line: "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares about more than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions and blood of better men than himself."
-John Stuart Mill

This is a great sig quote!

I think one of the things that makes SG-1 so good is that the show recognizes this reality. Earth is worth protecting from the System Lords and the SGC is willing to take that fight to them rather than sit around and wait to be conquered.

It remains to be seen if this strong Millian world view is taken into SG-A

-B

[Ugly Pig]

If SG-1 didn't have RDA how successful would it have been? Atlantis needs a known actor to lead this ragtag bunch of TV amateurs.

Um... yeah. The ratings 'Rising' got certainly proved that.

Anyhow...if it's poor characterizations you're looking for, I refer you to Captain Carter's "reproductive organs" line in COTG.

Gaaaaahhh!! Don't you know that if that particular line is ever referenced, then Piggy's... head... will..... explo---

BOOM!

[Beeblebrox]

Sorry, but dumping on someone's acting skills based solely on their country of origin is the most arrogantly enthocentric thing I can imagine. Acting comes from a PERSON, not a country.

I think it's refreshing to see some Canadian actors doing something other than comedy. Some of the funniest people on the planet are Canadian and Stargate allows us to see their dramatic talents. I say "Go Canada"!


P.S. I'm a Californian so no axe to grind here.

[Teal'c]

I think it's refreshing to see some Canadian actors doing something other than comedy. Some of the funniest people on the planet are Canadian and Stargate allows us to see their dramatic talents. I say "Go Canada"!


P.S. I'm a Californian so no axe to grind here.

Other than comedy? Have you not been watching Atlantis? "Dead man talking"

[Shipperahoy]

I don't think that you can judge a persons acting skills on their nationality. That seems the worst type of stereotyping to me. And as Shadow pointed out MS and AT seem to have done a good job. Weir's character bugs me because it's something about the way she's written. Maybe something in the dialogue. As I said I can't quite put my finger on it. But there have only been a couple of episodes of Atlantis and I'm not prepared to write a character off based on such a limited amount of screen time. Although I did like Shepard within 5 minutes of him coming on screen. And I've liked McKay since Redemption. I didn't really care for him much in 48 hours at first viewing but when I go back and rewatch it I love him even more.

Edited to replace ethnicity for nationality as it is the wrong term and apparently gets on some people's nerves.

[ShadowMaat]

Technically, Hewlett was born in England. If we're gonna nitpick.

Oh, and Reddy? Insulting the mods? Bad, bad idea.

[aschen]

I agree. Almost all of the SG1 cast is from Canada. You'd think that in a genre with a large diversity of cultures (although they're fictional,) one would learn to have a broader appreciate on different cultures and the positive aspects of them.

[Ugly Pig]

Oh, and Reddy? Insulting the mods? Bad, bad idea.

Too late, his post "mysteriously" disappeared already. Actually, I couldn't figure out just who it was referring to. The way it was written it almost sounded like he was talking about himself.

[Ugly Pig]

Well, that clears it up...

EDIT: Except that his new post disappeared as well. I don't think I'll try to reply to this guy again for a while...

[BigRed]

When will you learn that certain people actually aren't entitled to opinions?

I see that the Mental Midgets are well represented here by that comment. So if anyone disagrees with you, they aren't entitled to an opinion. Very enlightened. And arrogant by the way.

[ShadowMaat]

EDIT: Except that his new post disappeared as well. I don't think I'll try to reply to this guy again for a while...

Dunno why I was worried, this guy is digging his hole deeper with every post.

Anyone got popcorn? This could be fun.

Oh, and I still think that being produced in Canada is one of the best things about both SG-1 AND Atlantis.

[Shipperahoy]

I think that this thread is starting to get out of control. Everyone is entitled to their opinions no matter how unpopular they may be, but I must stress that name calling and insults are very much against forum rules.

[Anthro Girl]

Gaaaaahhh!! Don't you know that if that particular line is ever referenced, then Piggy's... head... will..... explo---

BOOM!

Oh! Sorry Piggy! I didn't know!!

I was originally going to quote the entire disgusting load of <insert colorful word of choice here>, but it turned out that I couldn't stomach even that, so we're both safer now.