Stargate Atlantis: Multichannel article talks about Weir's status

[wraithfodder]

Over at Multichannel today (Sep 10 2007),  writer Kent Gibbons laments the cast changes after watching a review copy of a season 4 Stargate Atlantis episode. While he feels there's room enough for both Carter and Weir, he doesn't understand why Weir had to get the boot (he needs to stand in a very long line that's already formed...).

One snippet from the article: "I remain a Stargate fan, and Higginson has some shining moments in the first two episodes of Atlantis’s Season Four, returning on Sept. 28. There’s still a nice photo of her on Sci Fi’s Atlantis home page. And the long-established (on SG-1 and Atlantis), often adversarial relationship between Carter and Atlantis brainiac Dr. Rodney McKay (David Hewlett) always leads to fun dialogue.

But I’m forced to agree with Wilson [About.com reviewer] on this point: “Dr. Weir, as interpreted by either actor, is a great character and it's a shame that she has to fade into the background just so that Atlantis [can] pull a Worf.”

(Translation installing a character from an earlier hit in the franchise, like the Klingon character Worf who was first in Star Trek: The Next Generation then in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.)"

Alas, I think poor Weir's gonna pull a Ford... vanish in an episode, never to be seen again. Not dead, but simply gone. Out of sight, out of mind.

It'll be interesting to see the TV critics/reviewers take on Weir being ousted and Carter being added. 

Comments

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Bones would be interesting, and yes, some closure would be nice, or even a mention... just joined your comm, although until i get a better PC, will probably stick to my prattling away here ;) Just takes so long to open LJs!

[anjak-j.livejournal.com]

A lot of shows have problems with closure. Does my head in.

Cool. Shame you can't participate more though since you have very insightful and balanced opinions of the show, despite what some execs think...

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

They don't like to close in case they need to bring back a character. Of course in soaps, they can kill a character and still bring 'em back (Hmm, maybe Beckett will appear in a soap...)

Thanks. Well, I'll wait and see what happens with season 4 and see how much I feel like chatting, although I really sorta hope to get back to writing fic too.