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The only pre-existing civilian I can think of who might be suitable for the position is Woolsey. You think of anyone else?

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Oh, then they are all soooooooooo screwed if Woolsey is in command. ;)

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Well, it could be very comical! They could meet up with Todd the wraith again, and Woolsey'll be all "Do I have to talk to him," and John'll be "Hey, you're the expedition commander," and Rodney'll be "Don't look at me."

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balikpulang.livejournal.com

Heh, pardon me jumping in, but my bet's on Woolsey too.

I wonder if "Todd" or "Michael" will get confirmed as recurring - that would be cool too!

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I'd prefer that neither Michael nor Todd be recurring as that means, they won't go away. I'd rather they show up unexpectedly and cause many, many problems, otherwise, being too recurring sorta sucks the menace out of 'em ;)

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I think everybody would go mad after a while, you can tell that the tension rises in the city when he's around.

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I'd prefer civilian too, otherwise with the military in command, we get little if any conflict.

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parisntripfan.livejournal.com

I really, really, really hope it is not Daniel.

Don't get me wrong I like the character and think that Micheal Shanks does a good job, but I am not sure I could deal with some of the more devoted Daniel fans. I mean some of the more...extreme Rodney fans are bad enough, but if they were on the show together... I think the internet could very well explode from the batshit....

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Well, I haven't run across the extreme Rodney fans, but have run across rabid S/J shippers who came over to SGA (although the truly rabid fans are really a handful of vocal need-to-get-a-life types). I don't think Daniel would make a good commander only because he'd be kept out of the field and doesn't have command experience, and I think he would NOT want it (Daniel, that is).

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As long as it's not Landry, I'm okay. It would be interesting to see Caldwell in command because he'd have to deal with Sheppard. I wouldn't mind seeing somebody new in charge, but they have to be creative and not dull at all! The leaders cannot be boring!

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kensieg.livejournal.com

the new commander could be an actor who hasn't been on stargate before. Or it could be someone who had a recurring part and is now in a very different role.

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I think JoeM has said that the new commander is a character that has already apppeared on Stargate.

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*GLARES ANGRILY AT MALLOZZI*

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alyssa22.livejournal.com

Mallozzi's the one who needs to go. He's done nothing but stir up trouble and destroy this show since he's been in charge.

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i think he has written some great episodes in the past - but i was really REALLY *REALLY* starting to enjoy atlantis for the first time in AGES and then he pulls a stunt like this. honestly, I think AT could have been a major asset to the SGA team - only it seemed like half the time they were afraid to use her. Stupid stupid. GLARE GRUNT GROWL

btw. sorry wraithfodder - didn't mean to rant in you lj *hides*

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Quite honestly the rants here are tame compared to the ones at GW. I think TPTB didn't utilize Carter properly in SGA. I didn't want her 'taking over' but they could have done more with the limited screentime she had, but... well, I have no idea how the guys at Bridge think.

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yeah, i didn't want her to take over either, but i thought effectively ignoring her was a bad move. i realise that i am heavily biased by my shipping preferences, but i thought that sam could have been show her value (at least in one ep) where she could save everybody with her genius. as much as i love mckay, it's getting old with him being the only one to technobable his way out of galactic destruction. i thought season five of sg1 had it pinned when carter and mckay went head to head on scientific issues, and you never knew which one was truely right. they didn't even touch on that at all in sga.

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Quite honestly Carter seemed more a warm body to slot in. WHile I didn't want her taking over Rodney's role (he and Radek handle that well enough), I didn't want her to sit around and do nothing or be wishy-washy. That's why I'd rather they get a civilian back in charge who isn't science, isn't military, so is a new role. oh hey, like Weir! Of course, we need some writers who can write her...

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hmm... Caldwell (it's a possibility) wouldn't mind him at all :D
Thor! *sighs with deep sadness*
Ba'al! okay, i'll be serious...
um... you don't think it could be Hammond? that would be beyond awesome.
Woolsey would be awesome for about five minutes - then he'd get us all KILLED. lol
Agent Barret is another possiblity.
That leaves us with ... daniel - but that would really begin to make sga feel like the show they transfer sg1 to. (which i don't mind as long as they own up to it) anyway, i doubt it'll be him.

you never know - it could be Narim lol (not sure what his sga name is...)

Edited Date: 2008-02-02 10:55 am (UTC)

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casett.livejournal.com

Oooh - Agent Barrett - now we're talking my fav minor character. Don't think so though - he doesn't have enough credibility (status). I bet on Woolsey because it would create so much controversy as every decision would be questioned.

Actually, since Weir left the commander doesn't really have a major role with Carter only being on 14 eps and only making a short appearance in some of those. So, we might not get too sick of Woolsey's attitude.

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woolsey would be cool, but i really do think that he would kill us all! (unless of course, they give his character some development and he becomes a good leader. i would like to see that story) hmm... now i'm rooting for woolsey. lol

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I'm rooting for Caldwell, he's pretty cool.
Woolsey would blow up Atlantis at the sight of a Wraith Dart :(
Agent Barret is needed on Earth and that would just be too weird if he joined Atlantis.
I love Daniel all and all, but he needs to stick with SG-1, that's sort of what should've happened with Sam.

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caldwell would be good, except, i quite like him in his current role. i like the idea that he has a conflict of power with atlantis, and i think that adds a lot to the show.

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It would take away from the show

but then it would temporarily give it another conflict and then die away

I have to agree with you about Caldwell, he's good where he's at already. It would be awkward to have another commander of the Daedalus

I'm still mad about the constant power changes. If you go from Weir to Carter to somebody else it's going to get very moody in here. :P

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thor is NOT dead. I don't care what they say. He abducted CArson as his love slave and chief kitchen helper! ;) *cough*

Narim would be interesting. I mean, why not recast the actor in a new role ;)

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THOR NEVER DIES - HE REPLICATES

Narim's new character is weir's ex-boyfriend, i can't remember his name though, but the government wanted him to go to atlantis. was is steven? i'll have to look it up.

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Simon! :)

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delcamy.livejournal.com

I'll be interested in how they get Carter out of command. And for the other news, that will be interesting too.

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She can simply be reassigned. Yup, simple as that.

Or Jack proposes and she runs back to Earth. Snort ;)

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It's awful how they're going from one person to the other! It gets you off track again!

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sgafan33.livejournal.com

I'm guessing it's Caldwell. Wasn't Mitch Pileggi doing another series, so he couldn't be written into as many Atlantis episodes? Carter is miltary, but also a scientist so she spanned both areas in Atlantis. Caldwell will complete the change from civilian to military. And then you can have all those "dramatic moments" as Sheppard butts heads with Caldwell over military decisions and McKay rants about how shortsighted the military is at just wanting to blow things up first instead of looking at the bigger picture.

I hope it goes back to civilian leadership, but I don't think it will with the threats to Earth from the Pegasus galaxy.

Hmm, although it could be Woolsey. The IOA might not like the U.S. in charge of operations in Atlantis since the U.S. already has the SGC. He's at least familiar with Atlantis operations.

Ha! I don't know what to think now. Oh, well, the news will be here soon enough. They're going to start filming season soon. When is that, after Valentine's Day?

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I'd like to see civilian leadership too. Woolsey, ack, no. The man can't command, not really. He has this bad tendency to fold under intense pressue.

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We'd all go mad watching him!

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l-jade.livejournal.com

I hope it's Mitchell :) he's relaxed enough to side with Sheppard, but he can handle SG-1 so he can handle Rodney too ;)

MS will be guess-starring in SGA, maybe 4-5 episodes, at least that what he said in Burbank, but that was last year, the TPBs might change their mind again (what's left of it)

I think it would be a real surprise if RDA takes the role, he said he wants to work again (we can only hope) but the role of Atlantis head is not that much screen times, it is a possiblity (a small one).

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Nah, Mitchell has to lead SG-1, he's good for that. I love him though! :)

If RDA takes the role, I think I would have a shock attack and die! That would be great and awkward at the same time. It would be interesting how he and Sheppard would get along! ;)

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l-jade.livejournal.com

Jack & Sheppard would get along fine... they're both not conventional leaders... Jack is more laid back than anyone. I think Atlantis would flourish :)

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It sure would! :) Jack and Sheppard would be a perfect match, but I don't think that would happen. They'd have to get some conflict in there. They're too similar! And I don't think they're going to make the expedition's top leaders both military. That would make it all militarized. I might have to shut my mouth soon because somebody will bring up the comment "But Carter was military!" ;)

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Not as big-name as the other possibilities we've been discussing, but is Colonel Reynolds from SG-1 still alive/available? I really liked him in Zero Hour, and he's been in a few other SG-1 episodes as well.

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lamaudite.livejournal.com

Oh, god, Woolsey... I can't even think about that possibility for more than a few seconds at a time. And though I like Caldwell, I wouldn't like him as the resident boss. Same goes for Landry. Hank works well for SG-1 but I can't see him over in the Pegasus galaxy.

Vala would be a riot but it wouldn't make any sense... :D

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Maybe it'll be someone new. . .fresh leadership is awesome and you know it! :D

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kimberlyfdr.livejournal.com

I thought it might have been Daniel at first because I seriously think they want to get a civilian back in charge. It's a delicate situation because it brings up the same issues that Sam coming in did--we wouldn't want someone science who would negatively impose on Rodney's command and we wouldn't want someone too military who would usurp John's command.

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Tapping had a contract to do I think 10 epsidoes of SGA before SG1 was even cancelled. If it is a fact they used that to due away with Weir well thats a shame. As for me I have no guess for the New CO but please NOT Wollsey (did I spell that right ? )

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