Originally Posted by chocdoc
Fabulous post, spaz. I feel the same way. I do like BB, but to advertize him as the male lead is puzzling to me. I do see what you are saying, Shardsofglass, in regard to bringing in BB's fanbase, but I'm just not convinced that it was necessary. Season 6 made it fine without replacing MS with a "star" and I don't think we had to have a "star" to replace RDA.
The fact the BB is after the Stargate SG-1 title seems to me that this is an ensemble cast. In fact, IMO, because of RDA, it was an ensemble cast in the first 8 seasons. And during seasons 6-8, as spaz pointed out, RDA was in it much less and the ratings just got better and better. I like BB, but as I watch the show with my partner, we scratch our heads wondering why he is the "lead." But I don't hold that against BB---I just don't really see him as any better or more popular than the orgininal cast members. But clearly scifi network thought that they had to bring him in to help replace RDA, and the point about bringing in new fans is probably what they were thinking. The qustion is, did they really need to? Well, a moot question now anyway. We'll never know.
I agree with spaz. As long as the original cast members don't get pushed aside by BB and CB, I'll be okay--- well and as long as the writing gets better again and we get team episodes. I'm almost forgetting what team episodes are?
Fabulous post, spaz. I feel the same way. I do like BB, but to advertize him as the male lead is puzzling to me. I do see what you are saying, Shardsofglass, in regard to bringing in BB's fanbase, but I'm just not convinced that it was necessary. Season 6 made it fine without replacing MS with a "star" and I don't think we had to have a "star" to replace RDA.
The fact the BB is after the Stargate SG-1 title seems to me that this is an ensemble cast. In fact, IMO, because of RDA, it was an ensemble cast in the first 8 seasons. And during seasons 6-8, as spaz pointed out, RDA was in it much less and the ratings just got better and better. I like BB, but as I watch the show with my partner, we scratch our heads wondering why he is the "lead." But I don't hold that against BB---I just don't really see him as any better or more popular than the orgininal cast members. But clearly scifi network thought that they had to bring him in to help replace RDA, and the point about bringing in new fans is probably what they were thinking. The qustion is, did they really need to? Well, a moot question now anyway. We'll never know.
I agree with spaz. As long as the original cast members don't get pushed aside by BB and CB, I'll be okay--- well and as long as the writing gets better again and we get team episodes. I'm almost forgetting what team episodes are?
Battlestar Galactica - Edward James Olmos, Los Angeles, California
Stargate: Atlantis - Joe Flanigan, Los Angeles, California
Stargate SG-1 - Ben Browder, Memphis, Tennessee
The 4400 - Joel Gretsch, St. Cloud, Minnesota
The Dead Zone - Anthony Michael Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
But speaking of opening credits and specifically of the part above the title, why didn't they use the gate's spots they used before for Redemption ? Let's face it, the real star of the show is the big round thingy down in the 28th level. At least that's what I thought. After all, the show's named after it. 
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