I hate to admit it, since I like Carter better than Weir, but...

[Chrysalis]

ratings for season 4 are pretty much the same as backhalf of season3. so people didn't stop watching because weir is gone.

All that means is they broke even. Carter fans in, Weir fans out.

If they'd used both of them, the situation would look much better in the ratings.

[justhere1971]

All that means is they broke even. Carter fans in, Weir fans out.

If they'd used both of them, the situation would look much better in the ratings.

Exactly. It could've been a win win situation.

[prion]

ratings for season 4 are pretty much the same as backhalf of season3. so people didn't stop watching because weir is gone.

NOBODY can say who stopped watching for a particular reason, not unless you interview all the people who used to watch who now don't. People lose interest over the summer, lose interest if they lose a character (say, like beckett), premiering in the summer instead of winter, etc.

And, the ratings stuff has a thread in the NEWS section. that's where people can argue, er, discuss ad naseum why they *think* the ratings went one way or another

[prion]

I was refering to the risk they've taken by bringing over Sam and shaking up the show's core cast. Instead of using the same cast and writing themselves into a rut, they decided to do otherwise.

well, the 'writing into a rut' has nothing to do with the characters but the writers reusing scripts from SG1 and copying movie scripts. THAT's writing into a rut. They could bring in brad Pitt but if they reuse an SG1 script, they're in a rut.

I don't want SGA to become BSG with that style of writing, but the stargate universe has mainly stayed in a predictible, episodic style (or rut) Unfortunately they've also gone with the network style of killing characters to increase ratings or change things, instead of getting in new writiers with new ideas.

[Jill_Ion]

It's a different rut?

True, very true.

BTW, I personally don't think they're in a rut.

[Chrysalis]

Unfortunately they've also gone with the network style of killing characters to increase ratings or change things, instead of getting in new writiers with new ideas.

Yeah, right. Who needs ideas or decent writers when you've got a couple of actors you can sack, and a couple more you can bring in for stunt casting.

[jelgate]

Yeah, right. Who needs ideas or decent writers when you've got a couple of actors you can sack, and a couple more you can bring in for stunt casting.

Its not realastic for everyone to live in a galaxy with space vampires and homocidal machines.

[Ripple in Space]

Its not realastic for everyone to live in a galaxy with space vampires and homocidal machines.

The iratis bug & replicators are more realistic than the Asgard.

[Cautious Explorer]

Its not realastic for everyone to live in a galaxy with space vampires and homocidal machines.

If it's unrealistic for the Atlantis characters to survive in their four years, then it's totally unrealistic that Carter is still alive. For the sake of realism, maybe she should be the next to go.

[Integrabyte]

Its not realastic for everyone to live in a galaxy with space vampires and homocidal machines.

Is it realistic to have a Battlestar and jump 240 times in a row cos you get pwned by Robots?

[Celcool]

No one says she has to come back.
She can walk out the gate and just keep going.

Ha ha. Green!

[prion]

Its not realastic for everyone to live in a galaxy with space vampires and homocidal machines.

Well, if you mean survive, yes, that makes sense, but it's also annoying when the produces/network/whoever decides that killing off a main character will improve the show, instead of doing something more proactive, like better writing

[PG15]

Of course, "better" writing is oh-so subjective, is it not?

Seriously, I see "better writing" all the time, but really, people just mean "write stuff that I like", which, you know, is completely selfish.

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[Redhooks]

Of course, "better" writing is oh-so subjective, is it not?

Seriously, I see "better writing" all the time, but really, people just mean "write stuff that I like", which, you know, is completely selfish.

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All of TV show criticism is subjective so that is nothing new. I guess you should be lucky you like the way this season is being written. I've had a few issues with it, but it is better than seasons 2 or 3 for me. Time will tell if it will surpass season 1 for overall best written season so far for me.

[Avenger]

If it's unrealistic for the Atlantis characters to survive in their four years, then it's totally unrealistic that Carter is still alive. For the sake of realism, maybe she should be the next to go.

There were people who fought in WWII from Normandy to the end of the war who were never wounded. It's not unrealistic that a single person wouldn't be killed over a period of time like that.