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Bless the Maker and all His Water. Bless the coming and going of Him, May His passing cleanse the world. May He keep the world for his people.
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Poly-sci majors are hot!
I think the dislike of Chloe goes back to a high school mentality of having to have every fit into their little pre-defined cliques. I guess in sci-fi You have to be 1) a badass fem fetal 2) an exotic blue hottie 3) a caring doctor or 4) A science hottie. People that don't want to watch her because "she serves no purpose" lack the imagination and sense of adventure to follow along with a character as they find a purpose. I actually think the alien influence is a bit of a cop out. She's a political science major just out of college and when she finds herself on a ship without a clearly defined purpose, what does she do? Well, after beating the crap out of Rush, she STUDIES and tries to find ways to contribute which is what any of us would do in that situation. I think her political science experience could come in very handy if they one day met civilizations and I think she could be a better Wray then Wray by finding ways to bring the crew together instead of being divisive.I love SGU and I even like the other two SGU prequel shows
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Originally posted by Kaiphantom View PostBecause when you think of Chloe, you think of two things: she's Scott's gf, and she's part alien. Neither one of those things are qualities that are intrinsic to her.
should be familiar with.I love SGU and I even like the other two SGU prequel shows
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Seriously, Chloe could become a really cool character once she figured out her Smurfette abilities.
What she pulled on the bridge though was quite scary, in just a few secounds she handled a lot. I would be anxious and also very afraid to get her on the consoles again. She obviously has more control over the ship with a simple look then Rush searching for months.
Also she could still become the Girlfriend of Eli since Scott probably wont be able to handle a half Alien girlfriend.
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I'd rather Simeon had snapped her neck then Ginn's. Wouldn't make sense but I think Ginn would have had more interesting contributions to the series in the future, where as Chloe's main purpose as a character seems to be to prevent Scott from becoming awesome.
For the record I don't blame the actress either. It's just the material they're giving her is the sort of boring pseudo teen romance "rich kids with problems" stuff that usually makes me avoid a series. I'm waiting for the alien thing to develop into something more interesting but thus far it's mostly been used as just an excuse for more tedious mopey angst.
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Originally posted by Ouroboros View PostI'd rather Simeon had snapped her neck then Ginn's. Wouldn't make sense but I think Ginn would have had more interesting contributions to the series in the future, where as Chloe's main purpose as a character seems to be to prevent Scott from becoming awesome.
For the record I don't blame the actress either. It's just the material they're giving her is the sort of boring pseudo teen romance "rich kids with problems" stuff that usually makes me avoid a series. I'm waiting for the alien thing to develop into something more interesting but thus far it's mostly been used as just an excuse for more tedious mopey angst.
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Originally posted by Skiznot View PostPoly-sci majors are hot!
I think the dislike of Chloe goes back to a high school mentality of having to have every fit into their little pre-defined cliques. I guess in sci-fi You have to be 1) a badass fem fetal 2) an exotic blue hottie 3) a caring doctor or 4) A science hottie. People that don't want to watch her because "she serves no purpose" lack the imagination and sense of adventure to follow along with a character as they find a purpose.. I actually think the alien influence is a bit of a cop out She's a political science major just out of college and when she finds herself on a ship without a clearly defined purpose, what does she do? Well, after beating the crap out of Rush, she STUDIES and tries to find ways to contribute which is what any of us would do in that situation. I think her political science experience could come in very handy if they one day met civilizations and I think she could be a better Wray then Wray by finding ways to bring the crew together instead of being divisive.
I wish more of this studying was shown as it probably would have been more beneficial in aiding how I view her character than the scenes of her laying in bed with Scott.
Originally posted by Skiznot View PostThat's what you think of when you think of her. For me when I think of Scott, I think of her as Chloe's bf but fortunately recently he is starting to become his own man. I do think some of your suggestions are good though and I would have preferred her to find her purpose without becoming "the resident alien." I think that story is cool though, maybe it could have happened to someone else.
We just see the characters differently I guesssigpic
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I have to admit that having little Chloe and Wray in this episode made it better. Neither are interesting to watch to be honest.
I'm interested to see what they do with Chloe but I could see her dying by the end of the season. To be honest it would be odd if none of the main cast died as they made a point of saying how nobody would be safe.
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Originally posted by tomstone View PostTPTB are just building up a Character, is that so wrong?
Take Wray for example. Wray is another civilian character without any really obvious special talents that would be immediately useful to the team yet she's a lot more interesting to me.
I'd like to see her get a lot more screen time. A lot of Chloe's on screen time seems to be structured around trying to make the audience feel sorry for her for one reason or another, but to do that I actually need a reason to like her first, so it totally falls flat.
I'm actually curious toward why the people that do like her like her. I can explain fairly reasonably why I like Rush so I'm genuinely curious why the people that like her character do.
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Originally posted by Ouroboros View PostProbably shouldn't take 2 years to pay off.
Take Wray for example. Wray is another civilian character without any really obvious special talents that would be immediately useful to the team yet she's a lot more interesting to me.
Now she's living a very difficult moment with the blue alien abduction and the subsequent biological (mental?) transformation. I can't wait to see where they were going with this. Increase mental ability is cool. Somehow I hoped she really did have some other kind of ability like I thought she had from the summer trailer. But with a faster pace the current situation with her could be great. Even better if they interlink her situation with the current arc(s) whatever they are... Destiny's Mission? Blue aliens?Currently watching: Dark Matter, 12 Monkeys, Doctor Who, Under the Dome, The Mentalist, The Messengers, The Last Ship, Elementary, Dominion, The Whispers, Extant, Olympus, Da Vinci's Demons, Vikings
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I love the slow pace of her arc. It doesn't need to be all dealt with and wrapped up neatly within a set number of episodes - that's just the formula that we Stargate viewers got used to after 15 seasons. There's no reason it can't develop slowly, just as it might in the real world. *shrugs* I think she's coming along very nicely.sigpic
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With all the talk of Chloe being a secondary character, I'm surprised people aren't mentioning one important fact. If Chloe hadn't had the idea of putting that puzzle into the video game that Eli was playing; the Eli wouldn't have solved the power problem and they probably never would've gotten to Destiny. Granted that can be seen both ways; if Eli hadn't solved the problem then Rush wouldn't have had the opportunity to strand 80+ people on the other side of the universeLose it... It means go crazy, nuts, insane, bonzo, no longer in possession of ones faculties, three fries short of a Happy Meal, wacko!
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Originally posted by Lahela View PostI love the slow pace of her arc. It doesn't need to be all dealt with and wrapped up neatly within a set number of episodes -Last edited by Commander Zelix; 17 November 2010, 01:11 PM.Currently watching: Dark Matter, 12 Monkeys, Doctor Who, Under the Dome, The Mentalist, The Messengers, The Last Ship, Elementary, Dominion, The Whispers, Extant, Olympus, Da Vinci's Demons, Vikings
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Originally posted by Lahela View PostIt doesn't need to be all dealt with and wrapped up neatly within a set number of episodes - that's just the formula that we Stargate viewers got used to after 15 seasons. There's no reason it can't develop slowly, just as it might in the real world.
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Originally posted by Egle01 View PostHer arc is growing to be a little different than Shep's conversion was... or whatever super alien abilities SG characters have temporarily gained over the years. This time it won't be resolved in an episode or two.
Said in another way. If nothing much happens to her in 4 episodes, its boring and it sucks. What is interesting is introducing a lot of plot development with twists and turns. Not just stretching an SGA episode plot over 15 episodes. That's just ridiculous. After something gets resolved, seemingly, you introduce new things, new twists, new direction to the plots and character development. That's what is fun.Currently watching: Dark Matter, 12 Monkeys, Doctor Who, Under the Dome, The Mentalist, The Messengers, The Last Ship, Elementary, Dominion, The Whispers, Extant, Olympus, Da Vinci's Demons, Vikings
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