Fanfic Writers' Virtual Water Cooler

[SaraBahama]

Personally i think after Season 5-6 of SG1, the writers began to reach beyond their grasp in terms of story and character. It's perfectly possible to have a large well rounded cast with developments on them all, it's just difficult. Look at nBSG for an example. A core group of primary characters, and a intricate layer of decently known secondary characters.

The dynamic of both shows is very much different though. SG1 or SGA were more action/adventure oriented, while nBSG was more character oriented. That doesn't mean that SGA didn't have a bit of a trend when it came to which character they focused on

*cough mckay cough*

I'm with Womble, SGA does feel like fanfiction at times, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's BAD, though there certainly were plenty of potentially good and great things mismanaged and not gone into.

What's nBSG? Sorry that you have to spell it out for me, but to quote O'Neill: "I got nuthin"

BTW -my daughter loved your user name and your sig -she said "Is that a new SG show?" -LOL. I felt like telling her simply "yes, dear" with a serious face.

I didn't think SG-1 was too bad until Season 9. I'll have to pay attention during the rewatch to the Seasons 7-8. I did miss O'Neill leading SG-1 in the field during those seasons -I don't think he would enjoy being a desk jockey.

I like that McKay's character became (or tried to become) a more human character as the series went along (he was pretty detestable when we met him on SG-1), but I do see what ya'll are saying about how S5 focused WAY too much on him.

They also forgot to pay attention to the message of their shows. The Tau'ri went from being 'striving to make the world better for others' to 'that friend who will bail you out of jail after setting your car on fire.'

Bwahaha! I'll be laughing about that all day!
Is that why the show started feeling like eating a box of syrofoam peanuts? Filling...but lacking taste or real satisfaction

[Sealurk]

What's nBSG? Sorry that you have to spell it out for me, but to quote O'Neill: "I got nuthin"

nBSG = New Battlestar Galactica, the 2004 onwards version as opposed to the original/classic Seventies version.

[SaraBahama]

nBSG = New Battlestar Galactica, the 2004 onwards version as opposed to the original/classic Seventies version.

Thanks, Sealurk - I have never watched the new version, though I was a fan of the 70's one as a young teen (I may have been watching reruns at the time...)

[WraithRichard]

Bwahaha! I'll be laughing about that all day!
Is that why the show started feeling like eating a box of syrofoam peanuts? Filling...but lacking taste or real satisfaction

Probably. Even the downright horrible episodes could be salvaged if there was follow-up. If there direction was supposed to be humans slipping into 'the dark side' or the war making them escalate tactics while still struggling to seek out 'the greater good' or even just being human and screwing up and having to pay for it.

It's why I feel readers can handle so much. The beginnings of Atlantis and a good chunk of SG-1 wasn't afraid to throw introspection and fear our way. When the writers become too timid to keep using those, the show it's going to be the same.

[mathpiglet]

This is so unfair. School starts tomorrow and I have a cold.

[WraithRichard]

This is so unfair. School starts tomorrow and I have a cold.

I lost count of how many first days of school I missed due to being sick.

[Goose]

I retract my previous statement; SGA went downhill when the replicators came back. I **** hate replicators.

[WraithRichard]

I retract my previous statement; SGA went downhill when the replicators came back. I **** hate replicators.

I liked them better when the were erector sets that sounded like skittles.

[SaraBahama]

I liked them better when the were erector sets that sounded like skittles.

Such an apt description.

BTW -supposed to get my new computer tonight!!

[Starfist]

Hi all.
I think the replicators were a fun foe.
And they will be sadly missed.

On another note. I think I've got my muse back...
Playing a game on 'Facebook' I got a spark of an idea.

[Goose]

Hi all.
I think the replicators were a fun foe.
And they will be sadly missed.

On another note. I think I've got my muse back...
Playing a game on 'Facebook' I got a spark of an idea.

I didn't mind them much in SG-1, but when they were introduced into SGA after having been gotten rid off in SG-1, it just felt like laziness on the writers parts. Sort of, "we can't think of anything new so lets just use replicators".

[WraithRichard]

I didn't mind them much in SG-1, but when they were introduced into SGA after having been gotten rid off in SG-1, it just felt like laziness on the writers parts. Sort of, "we can't think of anything new so lets just use replicators".

...with an even dumber motivation.

[Goose]

That's a general gripe of mine with Sci-Fi. Characters or things get killed off, and when things get a bit boring/go downhill, they all get magically revived! I know it's Sci-Fi and reviving people is a plausible plot, but sometimes it's best to let dead things be dead!

[Skydiver]

Amen to that. The cliche I'd like to banish 'no one is ever really dead in scifi'

Yeah, well they should be

[fems]

These days that should probably be expanded to "no one's ever really dead in a TV show".