Wow, great little essay. I agree with you in many points and esp in the lack of any medical research lately (being medically trained I am used to seeing crap medical info on screen, but she does seem to be the worse doc). I'm sure SG world used to be better at researching medical stuff before?? Or is that just me? JM's blog entry annoyed me as well, but not so much for the main things he said but his summation of the characters romantically - it was so depressing. I remember back in the star trek days every character would have at least one romantic story per couple of seasons. Poor Ronon has had one crush, with no kiss - that's it in 5 years (other than brooding over dead girlfriend)! Please!
And on the Shep's ex-wife - I mean AS IF the IOA/government/whatever official oversight would have put Sheppard's ex-wife in a position to assess anyone in Atlantis - a serious bias that would ever happen. It irritated me that all JM could see Shep with (other than Teyla but who is now unavailable) was his ex-wife! - WHAT?! Poor shep and the serious lack of character development.
But, what made me the most angry was, yes I know its been said before but... the writing of female characters! These people have no idea how to write a female character properly, esp this season. Keller has to be rescued so many times that it really annoys me (and surely has to be part reason why so many fans (most being women I would think) do not like the Keller characte). Even Teyla has lost her kick-butt skills through this season. And JM says that Teyla had made her choice with Kanaan (a man she had a part time secret relationship with that she didn't even tell her closest friends about and then gets accidently pregnant with - good choice writers!) That annoyed me, that's the best they could come up with for what was one of the strongest female characters on tv? She gets accidently preg and now has about four lines an episode? Please.
I'm so sad that I no longer even enjoy this series when before it could do no wrong in my eyes. Now I find myself pointing out plot holes in the first 5 mins - for example Infection - in that mixed up message from Todd the word 'disease' was clearly heard before 'help us' - but no hazmat suits when they visit the ship, no medical team involved! Come on writers - use your brains! How much do they get paid to write these episodes?? Don't they have some sort of fact or logic checker?
Right, will stop ranting on your site! Thanks for the step by step insight into the current grumbling SGA world. Happy holidays :)
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Date: 2008-12-11 09:38 pm (UTC)JM's blog entry annoyed me as well, but not so much for the main things he said but his summation of the characters romantically - it was so depressing.
I remember back in the star trek days every character would have at least one romantic story per couple of seasons. Poor Ronon has had one crush, with no kiss - that's it in 5 years (other than brooding over dead girlfriend)! Please!
And on the Shep's ex-wife - I mean AS IF the IOA/government/whatever official oversight would have put Sheppard's ex-wife in a position to assess anyone in Atlantis - a serious bias that would ever happen. It irritated me that all JM could see Shep with (other than Teyla but who is now unavailable) was his ex-wife! - WHAT?! Poor shep and the serious lack of character development.
But, what made me the most angry was, yes I know its been said before but... the writing of female characters! These people have no idea how to write a female character properly, esp this season. Keller has to be rescued so many times that it really annoys me (and surely has to be part reason why so many fans (most being women I would think) do not like the Keller characte). Even Teyla has lost her kick-butt skills through this season. And JM says that Teyla had made her choice with Kanaan (a man she had a part time secret relationship with that she didn't even tell her closest friends about and then gets accidently pregnant with - good choice writers!) That annoyed me, that's the best they could come up with for what was one of the strongest female characters on tv? She gets accidently preg and now has about four lines an episode? Please.
I'm so sad that I no longer even enjoy this series when before it could do no wrong in my eyes. Now I find myself pointing out plot holes in the first 5 mins - for example Infection - in that mixed up message from Todd the word 'disease' was clearly heard before 'help us' - but no hazmat suits when they visit the ship, no medical team involved! Come on writers - use your brains! How much do they get paid to write these episodes?? Don't they have some sort of fact or logic checker?
Right, will stop ranting on your site! Thanks for the step by step insight into the current grumbling SGA world. Happy holidays :)