Yes. What you said. :) I like Jewel. I don't care much about Keller, except every now and then I almost like her and then the feeling goes away, because of something she says or does. It's disconcerting in the least. There is no real spark of anything between Jewel and David and so their characters have nothing between them. Brainstorm finished Keller for me, because she kept trying to change Rodney telling him to be humble. Why? Yeah, it would be the socially responsible thing to do but it wouldn't be Rodney. If she doesn't like him as he is, why is she with him? If I met a guy who was arrogant and blunt the way Rodney is, I wouldn't want to date him let alone tell him I love him after the first date. ???
I'm not a big fan of Carson. I liked him well enough to begin with, but the dark direction they were headed with him was getting freaky, so he's not the reason I don't like Keller. While primarily a slasher and I love McShep, I know that's a fantasy in itself on SciFi, I wouldn't mind a romance between Rodney and a woman worthy of his affections, who gets him and doesn't try to make him into something he's not. Same goes for Sheppard, as long as it's not Nancy. She's all right, an interesting character who still cares for him, but he was like a piece of lumber when she tried to hug him at the funeral. He was clearly very uncomfortable around her in their scenes together. Didn't look promising for them reconciling. *g*
I think you're right. It all comes down to the lousy writing. A bunch of 12 year old boys disguised as 40 year old men playing out their fantasies through the characters they see as avatars for themselves. It wouldn't be quite so bad if they had an inkling of how to write romance, how to set it up and bring it to fruition believably. Can't help but think if there was a woman or two on the writing staff we'd get some more palatable human moments, instead of the mess that is Season 5. So disappointing that there's no hope for another season to fix it.
I miss the good team episodes where the four of them got to play off and with each other. They had fun, they genuinely like each other and it showed. Bah humbug to our show going out (it seems) with a whimper instead of a bang.
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Date: 2008-12-11 10:52 pm (UTC)I'm not a big fan of Carson. I liked him well enough to begin with, but the dark direction they were headed with him was getting freaky, so he's not the reason I don't like Keller. While primarily a slasher and I love McShep, I know that's a fantasy in itself on SciFi, I wouldn't mind a romance between Rodney and a woman worthy of his affections, who gets him and doesn't try to make him into something he's not. Same goes for Sheppard, as long as it's not Nancy. She's all right, an interesting character who still cares for him, but he was like a piece of lumber when she tried to hug him at the funeral. He was clearly very uncomfortable around her in their scenes together. Didn't look promising for them reconciling. *g*
I think you're right. It all comes down to the lousy writing. A bunch of 12 year old boys disguised as 40 year old men playing out their fantasies through the characters they see as avatars for themselves. It wouldn't be quite so bad if they had an inkling of how to write romance, how to set it up and bring it to fruition believably. Can't help but think if there was a woman or two on the writing staff we'd get some more palatable human moments, instead of the mess that is Season 5. So disappointing that there's no hope for another season to fix it.
I miss the good team episodes where the four of them got to play off and with each other. They had fun, they genuinely like each other and it showed. Bah humbug to our show going out (it seems) with a whimper instead of a bang.