They could have done SO much with the character and they dropped the ball big time. I can't think of another female character written quite as badly as Carter.
Initially I would have been fine with her being background but I know that won't happen. I've seen Mallozzi spouting too much of the 'Carter fits in EVERYWHERE' crap to believe they would ever leave her as a secondary/background character. She was only supposed to be in a "few" episodes, then in fourteen but still background and now she's taking over the entire expedition. If I was an optimistic person (which I am not) I'd still hold out hope that it wasn't going to be the Carter hour but everything I've seen interview/panel/blogging wise suggests her role is going to be huge, MUCH bigger than Weir's.
*sigh* The J/S shippers were why I left SG1 fandom. I stopped watching the show because of Carter and ran screaming from fandom because of the shippers. I'm not looking forward to seeing the rabid Carter fen/shippers coming over to SGA.
Torri is going to be "guesting" *snort* which will probably be little more than her in an infirmary bed handing over the reins to Carter who is, of course, so much better suited to run the show. [/sarcasm]
I don't mind changes but too many changes at once never bode well for a show. I want SGA to last more than 2 more seasons. I don't want it to be another SG1 thing where everything gets changed around, the show lasts two years, and the writers couldn't care less because they're working on something else (the movies, the third show in the franchise, sanctuary). They're trying to do too many things at once and instead of giving SGA the REAL chance of standing on its own two feet, they're bringing in AT and CJ and I wouldn't be surprised to see BB or CB brought in as well. Other than AT being signed on for the rest of SGA's run, my next biggest fear is that it's just going to turn into Pegasus: SG1.
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Date: 2007-08-13 10:35 pm (UTC)Initially I would have been fine with her being background but I know that won't happen. I've seen Mallozzi spouting too much of the 'Carter fits in EVERYWHERE' crap to believe they would ever leave her as a secondary/background character. She was only supposed to be in a "few" episodes, then in fourteen but still background and now she's taking over the entire expedition. If I was an optimistic person (which I am not) I'd still hold out hope that it wasn't going to be the Carter hour but everything I've seen interview/panel/blogging wise suggests her role is going to be huge, MUCH bigger than Weir's.
*sigh* The J/S shippers were why I left SG1 fandom. I stopped watching the show because of Carter and ran screaming from fandom because of the shippers. I'm not looking forward to seeing the rabid Carter fen/shippers coming over to SGA.
Torri is going to be "guesting" *snort* which will probably be little more than her in an infirmary bed handing over the reins to Carter who is, of course, so much better suited to run the show. [/sarcasm]
I don't mind changes but too many changes at once never bode well for a show. I want SGA to last more than 2 more seasons. I don't want it to be another SG1 thing where everything gets changed around, the show lasts two years, and the writers couldn't care less because they're working on something else (the movies, the third show in the franchise, sanctuary). They're trying to do too many things at once and instead of giving SGA the REAL chance of standing on its own two feet, they're bringing in AT and CJ and I wouldn't be surprised to see BB or CB brought in as well. Other than AT being signed on for the rest of SGA's run, my next biggest fear is that it's just going to turn into Pegasus: SG1.