I guess I just feel that the 'we need to get back in contact with Earth' focus was impractical for their situation. Oh, I agree. I think it would have been a heck of a lot better if they had not been able to reconnect with Earth. I would have enjoyed the series more than I do, b/c it would have made for more interesting television. I think the writers wanted to be able to do crossovers though.
I'm becoming convinced that 'team-ness' is fan-code for "the characters of my preferred pairing spending always on-screen together" and not actually meaning "four individuals with various skills all working as a synergistic unit".
I won't deny that I like the McKay/Sheppard dynamic. It's hard not to, b/c the writers have created an actual relationship between the two of them. They are the characters that have been the most fully realized. But the episodes I really like best? Those are the ones that focus on the team as a whole. I love seeing Ronon and Teyla doing something. I loved the Ronon/Sheppard aspect of Sunday; the Teyla/Elizabeth/Kate aspect of Echoes. That Teyla was the one to talk John out of shooting Kolya in Irresponsible. How in Sateda, the team comes together to help Ronon. And the Tao of Rodney - yeah, it focused on Rodney, but, all the little scenes they put in with him and the other characters were terrific. I want to see the team pulling together to work out problems, to help each other out. I want Teyla and Ronon to become actual characters instead of the one dimensial stereotypes they are now.
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Oh, I agree. I think it would have been a heck of a lot better if they had not been able to reconnect with Earth. I would have enjoyed the series more than I do, b/c it would have made for more interesting television. I think the writers wanted to be able to do crossovers though.
I'm becoming convinced that 'team-ness' is fan-code for "the characters of my preferred pairing spending always on-screen together" and not actually meaning "four individuals with various skills all working as a synergistic unit".
I won't deny that I like the McKay/Sheppard dynamic. It's hard not to, b/c the writers have created an actual relationship between the two of them. They are the characters that have been the most fully realized. But the episodes I really like best? Those are the ones that focus on the team as a whole. I love seeing Ronon and Teyla doing something. I loved the Ronon/Sheppard aspect of Sunday; the Teyla/Elizabeth/Kate aspect of Echoes. That Teyla was the one to talk John out of shooting Kolya in Irresponsible. How in Sateda, the team comes together to help Ronon. And the Tao of Rodney - yeah, it focused on Rodney, but, all the little scenes they put in with him and the other characters were terrific. I want to see the team pulling together to work out problems, to help each other out. I want Teyla and Ronon to become actual characters instead of the one dimensial stereotypes they are now.