Hi!
I never played much outside of the merchandising corner at Gateworld, but a few weeks ago I found this thread and am now on my way to make it through the 700+ pages. I can’t stop because I’m amazed, there are so many good and funny ideas for improvement here and I found myself more than once agreeing. You all gave voice to the dull feeling I had while watching season nine and ten. I think I like most the ‘Dallas’ explanation with Jack in the shower – and not only to see him naked
I know, I’m a bit late, but here is another explanation how Cam managed to get the job as leader of SG-1. Beware, top secret!
http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q...t=bda3fced.pbw
Only difference about me would be that I actually giggled my way through “Bounty” and “Bad Guys”, so therefore apparently I must have liked them. But it may be that I only was grateful for every Bori-less episode. It was the same at the beginning of “Atlantis”, I was very sceptical of the Wraith, the “cool new enemy”, and could not have endured them in every episode, but luckily they found themselves some other enemies along the way. It’s all about variety.
I’m also one of the 30+ females in the audience (if they think the series only appeals to younger males then they never have been to a convention). I never had watched any sci-fi show before. I came because of RDA, but I stayed for the team, the characters, the relationships, the humour and the good stories. But overall for the reality. I never had watched any sci-fi show mainly because they were on board of some ship all the time, just standing around and saying their lines, and because they were set so much in the future. How much more complex and real were the SG-episodes, with so much going on on different levels so that we could write lots and lots of fanfictions to explore the depths even more.
I also learned a lot about the different Earth cultures along the way in the early Stargate years. Never before knew any Egyptian god (or Nordic for that matter) but now can rattle their names off as if was nothing.
I never paid much attention to by whom the episodes I liked most were written and directed, but I read somewhere that Brad Wright used to write stage plays and therefore his scripts are heavy on character and less on blowing up ships, and I found that some of my favourite episodes were written by him, so I guess I’m a Brad Wright fan.
From the top of my head I only can remember two opportunities in season nine and ten where I had the “old” stargate feeling sitting on my couch. I can’t exactly tell you what I mean, it just all has to come together – great guest stars, close-ups, tension, music, it must make me to hold my breath and give me a warm fuzzy feeling. The two opportunities I’m talking of were in “Prototype” (great guest actor there!) and when Sam thought she would die while she was with Cameron.
For all of you that miss Jack as the leader of the team, I can highly recommend the latest Fandemonium Stargate novel “Barque of Heaven” by Suzanne Wood. She has nailed the characters and the team action and the different abilities everyone of them is able to contribute to the spot, plus a lot of breath taking action.
I never played much outside of the merchandising corner at Gateworld, but a few weeks ago I found this thread and am now on my way to make it through the 700+ pages. I can’t stop because I’m amazed, there are so many good and funny ideas for improvement here and I found myself more than once agreeing. You all gave voice to the dull feeling I had while watching season nine and ten. I think I like most the ‘Dallas’ explanation with Jack in the shower – and not only to see him naked
I know, I’m a bit late, but here is another explanation how Cam managed to get the job as leader of SG-1. Beware, top secret!
http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q...t=bda3fced.pbw
Only difference about me would be that I actually giggled my way through “Bounty” and “Bad Guys”, so therefore apparently I must have liked them. But it may be that I only was grateful for every Bori-less episode. It was the same at the beginning of “Atlantis”, I was very sceptical of the Wraith, the “cool new enemy”, and could not have endured them in every episode, but luckily they found themselves some other enemies along the way. It’s all about variety.
I’m also one of the 30+ females in the audience (if they think the series only appeals to younger males then they never have been to a convention). I never had watched any sci-fi show before. I came because of RDA, but I stayed for the team, the characters, the relationships, the humour and the good stories. But overall for the reality. I never had watched any sci-fi show mainly because they were on board of some ship all the time, just standing around and saying their lines, and because they were set so much in the future. How much more complex and real were the SG-episodes, with so much going on on different levels so that we could write lots and lots of fanfictions to explore the depths even more.
I also learned a lot about the different Earth cultures along the way in the early Stargate years. Never before knew any Egyptian god (or Nordic for that matter) but now can rattle their names off as if was nothing.
I never paid much attention to by whom the episodes I liked most were written and directed, but I read somewhere that Brad Wright used to write stage plays and therefore his scripts are heavy on character and less on blowing up ships, and I found that some of my favourite episodes were written by him, so I guess I’m a Brad Wright fan.
From the top of my head I only can remember two opportunities in season nine and ten where I had the “old” stargate feeling sitting on my couch. I can’t exactly tell you what I mean, it just all has to come together – great guest stars, close-ups, tension, music, it must make me to hold my breath and give me a warm fuzzy feeling. The two opportunities I’m talking of were in “Prototype” (great guest actor there!) and when Sam thought she would die while she was with Cameron.
For all of you that miss Jack as the leader of the team, I can highly recommend the latest Fandemonium Stargate novel “Barque of Heaven” by Suzanne Wood. She has nailed the characters and the team action and the different abilities everyone of them is able to contribute to the spot, plus a lot of breath taking action.
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Thor, ya got Aspirin?
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