Stargate Atlantis TORRI HIGGINSON speaks

[wraithfodder]

From a new GW interview with TORRI HIGGINSON at http://www.gateworld.net/interviews/leaders_legacy.shtml (go to that link to read 4-page interview). Anyway, isn't what Torri's thinking sorta of what fans have been thinking for months on end??


GW: What can you tell us about the circumstances that led to the decision to
have you recurring?

TH: I can tell you nothing. [Laughter] I wasn't a part of the decision, so I
can tell you nothing about what their process was. I can hypothesize. To be
honest, to be frank -- and I don't judge them for it -- I believe that there is
a loyalty to the [SG-1] people and when they knew that show was ending they
tried to find a way to keep the people they'd been loyal to for ten years alive,
and I absolutely admire that. There is a lot of loyalty to this business. I
think that's very great, and very gracious of them.   

Comments

[toasteronfire.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it does read as if she believes that she was removed because of this "loyalty" to SG1. And she would have a better understanding of the inner workings of TPTB than any fan on GW, many of whom came to the same belief a while ago. Mighty suspicious...

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Makes you wonder...

[the-scary-kitty.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there sure is a lot of loyalty in this business. They're loyal to SG-1... and then they turn around and treat SGA and its fans like the bastard stepchild. As an SGA fan first before even SG-1, I feel so loved. Not. Grr.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Scifi has always treatead SGA as the 'bastard' stepchild. SG1 always got the publicity, etc. and they just expected audience to go 'oh, look, another SG show, let's watch.' Well, now they SHOULD do a truckload of PR but they haven't. They just preach to the choir, and don't seem to be doing much to entice a new audience.

It's annoying that they are catering to the SG1 crowd by putting Carter on the show. SGA built a fandom for three years with the cast it had and doesn't need to have constant runoff from SG1.

[aelfgyfu_mead]

I don't agree; I thought in season 10, SG-1 was not getting the publicity that SGA got! I thought they were in fact setting up SG-1 for cancellation. Maybe it was what I watched or the websites I visited, but I was seeing more SGA advertising last season before the cancellation was announced.

I like Sam, but I feel very ambivalent about bringing her over. I'd rather have seen more loyalty to the SGA cast. Heck, I was still hoping to see Aiden Ford one more time! Remember how they said, "We've got an exciting new storyline for Ford!"? I knew we were in trouble when someone said, "We've got an exciting new storyline for Elizabeth!"

I still miss Carson. Elizabeth was never one of my favorites--I feel she has been inconsistenly written--but I'm upset with this twist.

If anyone is being gracious here, it's Torri Higginson.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm talking in general since SGA began. SG1 always got new PR material, while with SGA they actually reused a previous season's ad material to promote the show, and did, in fact, push SG1 more because I'm they felt that with the time slot, SGA could ride SG1's coattails, so to speak.

I'm afraid Elizabeth's exciting new storyline isn't going to be all that long :(

[aelfgyfu_mead]

I'm afraid Elizabeth's exciting new storyline isn't going to be all that long :(

Yep. Aiden Ford's "exciting new storyline" got him all of five episodes, one of those the season 2 premiere/wrap-up to the cliffhanger from season 1.

And now they've stuck SGA after Flash Gordon, which is truly boneheaded. I've got my fingers crossed about the ratings; overnights should be announced soon, if they haven't been already.