Originally posted by deepspace
I don't believe it overshadowed anybody last season either. In fact, if anything, it was severely downplayed. The abundance of Earth-based episodes, the increased focus on twu wuv, and an admirable attempt to keep Jack/RDA in the fore all contributed to a lack of leading opportunities for Sam. And from a team perspective, we didn't really get to see the three of them gel on their own without Jack. I mean, we can assume of course, because we have years of evidence. But when you get right down to it, we never got to see if Jack/RDA really was the glue that held them together or not. I'd like to think that he was in the beginning, and that it was the characters' own bonds that kept them together as they all matured. But we really won't ever know, I guess. Those relationships have been stunted, it would seem, almost indefinitely.
I don't want the characters of Vala and Cam to leave either. They are good actors. What I would like is for their characters to be handled better, and therefore their acting skills to be utilised better. And also, while I understand that they're introducing new characters and therfore have to spend a certain amount of time incorporating them, I don't think their roles should overshadow the rest of the original team. And as far as I can tell without having seen for myself, that seems to be what's happened.
I'm not saying that the new characters should take a backseat anymore than I want the original characters to take a back seat, I just think they need to, as you say so well, gain some equal ground. There should be more balance.
I'm not saying that the new characters should take a backseat anymore than I want the original characters to take a back seat, I just think they need to, as you say so well, gain some equal ground. There should be more balance.
TPTB have a history, long before CB and BB came into play, of not knowing how to balance out their time 100%. At the end of the day, it all balanced itself out of course. But there were several moments throughout their eight-year existence that teetered between focusing too much on Jack/Daniel, Sam/Jack, or Sam/Daniel/Jack... They weren't too bad, of course, because the warm and fuzzy team feeling was always there. And they certainly weren't several episodes grouped together like they have been in this season. But I think it's something they struggled with a bit in the beginning, overcame between Seasons Three and Six, and then something they picked up again. I don't think it can be traced back to any one person, either. It's just circumstance, I guess. The actors they have could be utilized in a way that could make even BSG's head spin. I don't want to say that such a feat would require an entirely fresh and new production staff, because that's a little harsh. I guess they just need to take a good, hard look at the talent they have and consider what they want from this cast. Do they want to use a 110% cast at 50% capacity, or do they want to double (or triple) their expectations by simply spreading the plot love when it comes to writing for them?
You'd think the choice would be pretty clear, but I'm not so sure it is anymore.
(Well, no Teal'c centric either, but this is Samanda!) 
Later!
Thor, ya got Aspirin?
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