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

[faekitty71.livejournal.com]

DS9 is different than SGA as Worf was added and was not replacing another character.

I like Carter and I'm think that we could have had both her and Weir on the show. Maybe Weir in charge of Atlantis and Carter in charge of a ship that is permanently stationed at there.

While I loved Jewel Straite on Firefly, she can't replace Beckett.

I thought the show had a great cast for seasons 2-3. I didn't see any reason to shake it up.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

One of the reasons I stopped watching DS9 was because Worf came over. It was suddenly Worf, Worf and Klingons Klingons and well, I'd had enough of 'em, so said adios to the show.