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...and you, sirrah, have just missed it.
Over on his blog, Airlock Alpha, Michael Hinman realises he might have been just a tad hasty in calling the people who dislike SGU "cowards".
He's actually gone and done the research since that post, and has realised that, gasp, SGU anti-fans are actually Stargate fans, too! They might like SG1 or SGA, they just dislike SGU!
And, thus realising that he may very well have offended once-and-future readers, he holds out a hand in apology that all Stargate fans may live inbrother- sister- fan-hood, and tenderly preaches us to respect each other's differences...
One wonders where that 'respect for difference' was when he took the anti-SGU brigade apart.
It's a nice apology. Properly humble and all. However, it could have been avoided by doing the research before he sneered at people who didn't like his show. He wouldn't have to build a bridge if he hadn't nuked the first one. With a naquadriah-enriched Mark XII.
(Incidentally, does his story of the birthday dinner sound rather like those people who "have black friends" and, therefore, "can't be racist"?)
Me? I haven't seen past the first double-episode of SGU. For starters, none of the characters particularly interested me. They just didn't grab me as interesting, intriguing people. None of the female characters connected with me - maybe I would have liked the blonde chick more (Tamara?) if she'd been involved in the main action instead of used as a convenient infodump.
There was also the issue of timing of the show. SGU got greenlighted as SGA was cancelled. All Brad Wright's protests are not going to change the perception that the Stargate PTB essentially dumped SGA so they could do SGU. So, yes, those who were dissatisfied with the way SGA ended are going to be unhappy with the new show.
Finally, I didn't judge SGU worth the risk of encountering week after week of genderfail, racefail, and sexualityfail. Because these writers haven't shown themselves particularly trustworthy of what they had in SGA (a galaxy's worth of opportunity to develop alternative, complex viewpoints and stories) so why should this new series prove any different?
Over on his blog, Airlock Alpha, Michael Hinman realises he might have been just a tad hasty in calling the people who dislike SGU "cowards".
He's actually gone and done the research since that post, and has realised that, gasp, SGU anti-fans are actually Stargate fans, too! They might like SG1 or SGA, they just dislike SGU!
And, thus realising that he may very well have offended once-and-future readers, he holds out a hand in apology that all Stargate fans may live in
One wonders where that 'respect for difference' was when he took the anti-SGU brigade apart.
It's a nice apology. Properly humble and all. However, it could have been avoided by doing the research before he sneered at people who didn't like his show. He wouldn't have to build a bridge if he hadn't nuked the first one. With a naquadriah-enriched Mark XII.
(Incidentally, does his story of the birthday dinner sound rather like those people who "have black friends" and, therefore, "can't be racist"?)
Me? I haven't seen past the first double-episode of SGU. For starters, none of the characters particularly interested me. They just didn't grab me as interesting, intriguing people. None of the female characters connected with me - maybe I would have liked the blonde chick more (Tamara?) if she'd been involved in the main action instead of used as a convenient infodump.
There was also the issue of timing of the show. SGU got greenlighted as SGA was cancelled. All Brad Wright's protests are not going to change the perception that the Stargate PTB essentially dumped SGA so they could do SGU. So, yes, those who were dissatisfied with the way SGA ended are going to be unhappy with the new show.
Finally, I didn't judge SGU worth the risk of encountering week after week of genderfail, racefail, and sexualityfail. Because these writers haven't shown themselves particularly trustworthy of what they had in SGA (a galaxy's worth of opportunity to develop alternative, complex viewpoints and stories) so why should this new series prove any different?