Usually, I reserve judgement of anything until I see it with my own eyes. But the SGU thing... I kinda feel bad for the actors who've been roped into this tug o' war. When SG-1 was cancelled, it was okay. We'd been with them from the beginning, and over the 10 seasons, they told their story and sewed everything up nicely. Even got bonus movies out of the deal.
But SGA was at a critical point. There was so much more story to tell! The first time I saw JF, he mentioned that there had to be a point to the whole ShepLantis thing. We may never learn what that point is, or how everything comes together. SG-1 flowed almost seamlessly into SGA, with lots of background leading up to 'Rising.'
Now, there's a plate of cold fish set before us in the form of SGU. What are we supposed to do? There's no one there to hold our hands, so to speak, and explain the purpose of the spin-off. I can understand why they would want to cut the franchise off cold turkey, therefore limiting crossovers. But can't we at least get a miniseries, a la BSG?
Seems to me they've got a lot of 'xplaining to do. It's not a popular thing to do, but I will watch the first episode. None of the cast/characters are remotely interesting, or, sadly even hot enough to hold my attention. Justin Louis and Lou Diamond Phillips are both dark, intense actors, and I really don't see how that's gonna play out.
That's my $.02 USD
Also, I'm so glad JF liked playing Brendan Dean! LOL Well, Joe, here's yer chance. Bring ThoughtCrimes back!
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Date: 2009-09-09 09:54 pm (UTC)But SGA was at a critical point. There was so much more story to tell! The first time I saw JF, he mentioned that there had to be a point to the whole ShepLantis thing. We may never learn what that point is, or how everything comes together. SG-1 flowed almost seamlessly into SGA, with lots of background leading up to 'Rising.'
Now, there's a plate of cold fish set before us in the form of SGU. What are we supposed to do? There's no one there to hold our hands, so to speak, and explain the purpose of the spin-off. I can understand why they would want to cut the franchise off cold turkey, therefore limiting crossovers. But can't we at least get a miniseries, a la BSG?
Seems to me they've got a lot of 'xplaining to do. It's not a popular thing to do, but I will watch the first episode. None of the cast/characters are remotely interesting, or, sadly even hot enough to hold my attention. Justin Louis and Lou Diamond Phillips are both dark, intense actors, and I really don't see how that's gonna play out.
That's my $.02 USD
Also, I'm so glad JF liked playing Brendan Dean! LOL Well, Joe, here's yer chance. Bring ThoughtCrimes back!