Thanks for all the nice words on the individual-talk thingie.
Oops. Broke etiquette (vide Colonel Sheppard); didn’t mean to. Sorry.
If I may respectfully disagree with SR, just a little. ‘Tis true Hollywood writers usually end up working to a formula. After all, the formula usually works. But they also burn, yearn, hunger to be remembered as True Artists and Innovators. We see that in the poorly concealed envy directed at the Battlestar writers, and the glacially paced Universe, which was On The Edge, a Dramatic Departure, dare I say it, Innovative! Suuuuure.
The ironic part is that SG-1 and Atlantis did take some chances, did do some original stuff, Elizabeth as a true tough girl being one example. SR said they panicked as soon as they stumbled across something original. Possibly. Actually I think they didn’t recognize their own originality, which is really funny when you think about it. Or they didn’t have enough self-confidence to break away from the formula when they did get original.
Re: Legacy. Obviously that’s a subject that makes people’s ears explode. I will bring it up nevermore.
Oops. Broke etiquette (vide Colonel Sheppard); didn’t mean to. Sorry.
If I may respectfully disagree with SR, just a little. ‘Tis true Hollywood writers usually end up working to a formula. After all, the formula usually works. But they also burn, yearn, hunger to be remembered as True Artists and Innovators. We see that in the poorly concealed envy directed at the Battlestar writers, and the glacially paced Universe, which was On The Edge, a Dramatic Departure, dare I say it, Innovative! Suuuuure.
The ironic part is that SG-1 and Atlantis did take some chances, did do some original stuff, Elizabeth as a true tough girl being one example. SR said they panicked as soon as they stumbled across something original. Possibly. Actually I think they didn’t recognize their own originality, which is really funny when you think about it. Or they didn’t have enough self-confidence to break away from the formula when they did get original.
Re: Legacy. Obviously that’s a subject that makes people’s ears explode. I will bring it up nevermore.
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