Originally posted by AutumnDream
It's literally, as you mentioned, like they're putting in extra effort to make it less interesting, watering it down might be a good way to describe it. It's something I really fail to understand. Ok you can point out syndication concerns but that's not stopping BSG is it? Nope and BSG is kicking Atlantis' rump in the ratings just about every week now isn't it. Yep, and the critics are drooling all over the thing. None of that is happening because their writers are chickening out from opportunities for actual drama either. It's like Atlantis is afraid to push the envelope even a little bit where as BSG is all about pushing the envelope. And which one's leading the other by the nose despite the 10 years of name recognition to help the loser again... yep that's right.
Rob Cooper says, "We're doing what we did with SG-1. Just hanging back and not answering many big questions too fast."
Come on you mean to tell me that if a real person was facing potential Wraith sucking he wouldn't be worried about the possible afterlife implications of having his "lifeforce" stolen to be used as food for a space monster? Hell I would be wondering about it and I'm about as far from spiritual as a person can get!
Does that mean everything until they actually decide to give us some real content has to be filler? Does that means nothing of significance or overall plot-related interest can happen until then? In their world, I suppose the answer is "yes". Hopefully that attitude changes real quick.
Imagine if the Wraith had taken the city in seige for example, instead of everyone getting bailed out by the plot again. Remember in DS9 when Dukat and the dominion got the station and then the good guys had to win it back? Would have made for a pretty suspensful situation here in Atlantis too huh. Yep so now the Wraith have the city and they're the ones searching for the 2 more ZPMs that they need to fire up the stardrive and use that puppy to stripmine the Earth and half the milkyway of all life.
Our heroic team has been displaced and cut off from Earth who, after a nasty Wraith attack on the SGC through the atlantis gate has given the team up for dead and locked out the Atlantis address. Meanwhile an isolated SGA now has to wander around a strange galaxy desperately seeking help and resources and a means to motivate the trampled people of Pegasus to stand up to their vicious alien overlords and help the team retake the city. The clock is ticking though and if they're to late Earth will pay the price for their failure.
Something like this would have given everyone something to do to. Teyla and Weir especially, the former for her knowledge of potential allies and the latter as the team's leader and diplomat. The dramatic moments trying to recruit all the help in the face of such hopless odds would have been never ending and the payoff when the finally did kick those green *******s out of the city again would have been incredible. They would really have earned it then. It really would have been their city and with all the friends in Pegasus they made they could combat the Wraith in a more honest genuine "blood sweat and tears" manner from then on as opposed to "hey guys I brought some more super tech from Urth and the Asgaurd! OMG look killer Beckett virus that makes the Wraith human with MaGiK the mega advanced ancients never discovered we're so uber go URTHDaedalusrailgunsnukesp90s HUUURRRRRR!!!!".
Oh well we get
Spoiler:
(It would have been great if they didn't use the "Kavanaugh passed out" thing.)
Ok wow, rant over.
I know asking for SGA to turn into something like BSG isn't going to happen and might not even be a very good idea given BSG is already out there. I'll just be happy if we can get rid of the constant plot cop-outs everytime something cool is about to happen. Lets just let it happen ok. Give McKay or Zelenka, or whoever it is manning the escape hatch next time, the week off and lets see what happens without it.
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