Season Five : Complaints and Misgivings

[Southern Red]

Thanks!
And I must say that PMS reminds me sometimes of feelings I've had about SGA lately - pissed off and ready to snap someones head off. (Not to mention the slight nausea, bloating and cramps!)

Let's don't start that again.

Just think of the power you'd have if all you girls got PMS at the same time. Me, I'm just naturally cranky.

[Anuna]

Somebody said "PMS" ? *evil grin*

[Falcon Horus]

Fran is sweet, naive and cute... But unfortunately challenging Dr. Elizabeth Weir requires to take up some mannerisms from the actress who portrayed the character originally. It's up to the Fran-actress to learn and bring that out, if that's idea. It's like being bodyswapped... You need to take up the other's mannerism like Ben Browder does so brilliantly when Crighton and Rygel are swapped.

You can't just channel a consciousness... It needs to be aware in speech and acting.

[Pitry]

Fran is sweet, naive and cute... But unfortunately challenging Dr. Elizabeth Weir requires to take up some mannerisms from the actress who portrayed the character originally. It's up to the Fran-actress to learn and bring that out, if that's idea. It's like being bodyswapped... You need to take up the other's mannerism like Ben Browder does so brilliantly when Crighton and Rygel are swapped.

You can't just channel a consciousness... It needs to be aware in speech and acting.

LoL. I was so avoiding giving this episode as an example of how not to do body swaps, as only Ben Browder seemed to even try...
*is being attacked by nostalgia.*
*pop goes the DVD with Holiday*

[marielabbott]

Fran is sweet, naive and cute... But unfortunately challenging Dr. Elizabeth Weir requires to take up some mannerisms from the actress who portrayed the character originally. It's up to the Fran-actress to learn and bring that out, if that's idea. It's like being bodyswapped... You need to take up the other's mannerism like Ben Browder does so brilliantly when Crighton and Rygel are swapped.

You can't just channel a consciousness... It needs to be aware in speech and acting.

The title of the episode is Ghost in the Machine, I think. My guess is that this will only be a "ghost" of Weir, not quite the Weir we had for three seasons. So the actress won't have to necessarily pick up any of Weir's mannerisms. Or won't anyway, because who cares? That would be a tiny bit of continuity, and who needs that? The real Weir was killed offscreen in TMC, and all we'll get is a hack-job of a seance for this episode.

[Reiko]

They aren't writing stories for fans, but for themselves.

And how sad is it that Mallozzi and Co. have actually admitted that? On more than one occaision - the quote always seems to go along the lines of "we're writing for a show that we want to watch". It's really bad that they have become too comfortable in their group and have no voice of reason to remind them that they are supposed to be writing for us. They have a case of groupthink, which I believe marielabbott once posted about. With all of them writing for what they want to watch, it makes me wonder if they're all the same person.

Meanwhile I read a quote today that reminded me of TPTB.

...he would not be able to get a clue if he went out into a field full of horny clues during clue mating season, smeared his naked body with clue musk, and danced the ritual clue mating dance.

That made my day.

Fran is sweet, naive and cute... But unfortunately challenging Dr. Elizabeth Weir requires to take up some mannerisms from the actress who portrayed the character originally. [...]
You can't just channel a consciousness... It needs to be aware in speech and acting.

Another example - from SGA's good days - is Hewlett in Duet. When he "was" Cadman he had it down really well - everything from the sexy walk to the mannerisms and down to the vocal inflections.

[Ice Wolf]

And how sad is it that Mallozzi and Co. have actually admitted that? On more than one occaision - the quote always seems to go along the lines of "we're writing for a show that we want to watch". It's really bad that they have become too comfortable in their group and have no voice of reason to remind them that they are supposed to be writing for us. They have a case of groupthink, which I believe marielabbott once posted about. With all of them writing for what they want to watch, it makes me wonder if they're all the same person.

What's even worse is that they have also admitted in the past that they don't even watch the finished product.

No wonder they have no clue as to how what they've written has translated on screen.

[Anuna]

What's even worse is that they have also admitted in the past that they don't even watch the finished product.

No wonder they have no clue as to how what they've written has translated on screen.

Sparky!!!!!!!

Sorry people. I had to.

[marielabbott]

And how sad is it that Mallozzi and Co. have actually admitted that? On more than one occaision - the quote always seems to go along the lines of "we're writing for a show that we want to watch". It's really bad that they have become too comfortable in their group and have no voice of reason to remind them that they are supposed to be writing for us. They have a case of groupthink, which I believe marielabbott once posted about. With all of them writing for what they want to watch, it makes me wonder if they're all the same person.

Do you have an editic memory, Reiko? I did post about groupthink awhile ago...from the outside looking in, it appears like that kind of thought process is influencing some of the decisions TBTB are making.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink

[Falcon Horus]

LoL. I was so avoiding giving this episode as an example of how not to do body swaps, as only Ben Browder seemed to even try...

I had seen an icon somewhere with Crighton as Rygel so my mind was using that as an example. I though that was a funny episode.

[Integrabyte]

I had seen an icon somewhere with Crighton as Rygel so my mind was using that as an example. I though that was a funny episode.

Let us not compare Farscape to SGA . We are insulting the Farscape people

[Falcon Horus]

Let us not compare Farscape to SGA . We are insulting the Farscape people

Oh yeah, I'm sorry.

[Skydiver]

these are teh guys that think comics and anime are the height of sophistication

and yeah, if they never watch the finished product then they can't know how 'good' their ideas translated

[Integrabyte]

Oh yeah, I'm sorry.

We love you toooooo much to stay mad at you

[Reiko]

What's even worse is that they have also admitted in the past that they don't even watch the finished product.

No wonder they have no clue as to how what they've written has translated on screen.

Sparky!!!!!!!

Sorry people. I had to.

And they wonder why Sheyla isn't getting across?

Do you have an editic memory, Reiko? I did post about groupthink awhile ago...from the outside looking in, it appears like that kind of thought process is influencing some of the decisions TBTB are making.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink

Yeah, I tend to remember little irrelevant things but forget the important stuff They are groupthinking. No one to perform their checks and balances except the lemmings, the the lemmings are never right ...

these are teh guys that think comics and anime are the height of sophistication
and yeah, if they never watch the finished product then they can't know how 'good' their ideas translated

They're not very sophisticated. And maybe the don't watch the finished project because they have full confidence in their surpreme brilliance in the field of television production. They have more important things to do than review their finished product - like screaming bloody murder on their blogs or p*ssing of the contingent lemmings - because they are just that good