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San Francisco, 11:35 AM
Mon Dec 14
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11:25 AM
(What Would Mary Ratliff Say?)
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While the suits love the idea of injecting what is popular into every show, a scripted show needs to stay a scripted show.
One of the biggest things that made Virtuality a big fat fail to me (well that and blah characters that I didn't give a damn about) was its over reliance on the reality show gimmick.
I don't even like real reality shows, why the hell would I want to watch a fake one?
The creators of this show have already said they have used the kinos to provide character development to characters they otherwise haven't gotten around to yet.
It's a cheap shortcut and an unnecessary one when they had plenty of time that they wasted on the crisis of the week because they ran out of hand wringing, only to get that item in the nick of time, and then find something else they need.
The fact is, they are never going to get the audiences that American Idol and Dancing with the Stars have and no amount of kino cam confessionals will change that or lure those people in.
Instead they should focus on what they do have, what the strong points of the Stargate franchise are and how they can incorporate new dramatic elements into that are not gimmicks or shortcuts.
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Ming Na is the hottest woman on that show. I dislike her character since she is almost always a bitch. That isn't realistic for a political position.
They have an ensemble cast and need to share some day-in-the-life episodes to develop a deeper understanding for what everyone is doing.
Adding some practical jokes couldn't hurt either. Humans in stressful situations joke with each other. Kino as a ghost? OTOH, watching kino footage is like watching a tv show about watching golf on tv. Boring.
Out of curiosity, if you send a kino through, how does it get back without a human to dial the gate? Is there an auto-dialer with a delay, since you can't dial out with an active WH.
09:55 AM
Hmm, gee I wonder if we will ever see him again.
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I think it's been pretty clearly addressed that this is not the issue. And Cooper is well aware of it.
The issue is how they have used sex and sexuality. There were not complaints about the use of sex on BSG - because it was done intelligently. And contextually.
Cooper's response to the issues is pretty much the same as the other writers, just slicker. How do you respond to something without actually responding? Why just change the terms of the conversation...
First the other writers attack fans and critics and try to say they're "hurting the cast" even though they're the ones depicting them in demeaning ways. Manipulation 101. Then the boss says he's happy to talk about the issues and changes the discussion. Manipulation 201.
Basically, in order to write a character like Rush you have to be a little bit like Rush. Look at the way the writers respond to the criticism of the show and compare it to other shows' writers. These guys are kind of creepy. I hope Meredith is right, but based on my experience, they're not going to change what they're doing. They'll just try to convince people to look at it differently. Or divide the fanbase. Or convince people they're being prudish. And so on...
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Because there are a few of us who hate that schmuck.
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And, yeah, these gaps are insanely long.
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I was just sayin' the other day while we were watching Sanctuary, Michael Shanks can't be dead because he is a Stargate actor. He'll be back.
08:46 AM
The whole ship would have died by episode 3 without Rush. Not every genius in television can be warm and fuzzy.
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SGU - bring it on. Has, imho, been the best Stargate show yet.
08:35 AM
I'll keep watching SGU. There's too much potential that I'm hoping will be tapped.
08:58 AM
Loving SGU though, I like that someone over there has acknowledged BSG as a game changer rather than pretending it never happened, like V.
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