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]

Nope, Carter won't die. I predict if they do that third SG series she'll be in it too, at least as a special guest star. ;) THe biggest problem with Carter - writing-wise - is that she IS so nice. That's why Rodney appealead to me so much when he showed up in SG1 - he's the ONLY person in the galaxy (perhaps two) who can tick off Sam sufficiently enough to get a rise out of her. Alas, those days seem gone. I'm hoping McKay will cease with the 'blue eyes' comments and if they banter/argue, it's over science and 'excuse me, but I've been in the pegasus galaxy for three years and you're here three hours, so listen to the expert,' which is what Rodney would say to anyone else.

Even Weir and Shep had tension in regards to command decisions; hopefully the writers will do the same with Carter and Shep.