deeman

After watching the recent SG-1 episode Collateral Damage I got the feeling that the producers of the show are trying a bit too hard to make us the fans like the latest addition to the team. I have nothing against Ben Browder, quite the contrary Farscape will always be one of my all time favorite shows and his portrayal of John Crichton had a lot to do with that. I think he's an amazing actor and I really like the character he plays in SG-1. The problem is that in the minds of the fans he's replacing one of the most beloved characters in the show, maybe even in then genre. Frankly if it had been anybody else but Ben Browder I'm sure the fans would take even longer to accept the change, maybe even reject it. Still this puts a lot of pressure on the producers and writers to make a smooth and quick transition. My problem is with the latter. With Colonel O'Neill's character we were told parts of his backstory very slowly. The show just went along, and fans saw the character and liked him. Fans wanted to know more about him before episodes were written about his backstory. Not the other way around. In this case I feel that it's almost like they are pushing more of Mitchell's backstory on us in an attempt to make us like him and accept him as one of the team. I like the character and have a lot of faith in Mr Browder. I'd rather see things develop at a slower pace. I like it when the writers make the audience wait, it builds anticipation and make it's all the more enjoyable when things are revealed. The things we found out about Colonel Mitchell was good stuff, made us understand him more, and I agree did make him more interesting and likable as a character, so on some level it worked. But my regret is that if that episode was released later when more questions about him had built up in the minds of the fans we would have been blown away. Hmmm interesting vs WOW that explains a lot.

A similar argument could be brought up about where we would be as a culture if the Dark Ages never happened. Stargate SG-1 had the episode Enigma in the 1st season where they encoutered a race that were a hundred years ahead of us technologically for this reason.

Great movie! Saw it in theatres as soon as it came out and liked it a lot because of the way it nicely tied history into sci-fi and that the sci-fi part was believable for out times.

Black Honda S2000. Get's 240hp out of a 2 litre engine, rev's upto 9000rpm, rear wheel drive, and it's a convertible :D.

I'm also excited that the intros are going to be back. The music is great and it shows some of the best scenes from the show, especially useful when you are watching the show with someone who never watches it.

I'll probably end up with both, but ultimately it will come down to the games. Was burned by the PS2 and the crummy titles that it released with. I'll probably only buy the consoled when each has a game that I want to play on it. Halo 3 for XBox 360 and probably GT5? on PS3.

The Doctor comes a close second, but I like Bashir more because of his friendship with O'Brien. That's something I liked best about DS9, and I feel that no other Trek series captured. Two guys, best friends, just goofing off in their spare time, playing out simulation in the Holodeck. Kinda stuff I do with my best friend except we use a XBox and the game is Halo instead of Fighting Naxis over Britain in the Holodeck.

RDA leaving was definitely a blow to the show, but since Season 8 he's been playing a very small role. I agree that Ben Browder can never replace RDA but I still think that a good dynamic is building up between the members of the team. Can't expect them to have a rapport after just a few episodes, some history needs to be built. As far as which show is better I would definitely go with SG1 due to the fact that it immediately affects Earth (or our time) and what's going on here, than adventures in a distant galaxy. Besides I love the direction the show it going. Finally a enemy we can't just kill.