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This one's fairly short. I have some thoughts on functional roles within a show spectrum, but that's for another time, place and space. Probably later on in the series. Maybe after next week, although I might wait for the hiatus.
The Real World featured some brilliant acting by Torri. Lovely acting, lovely interaction, very well done.
That's the good part.
Within ten minutes of watching the episode three things were evident:
a) it would be a dream, (Two season of Atlantis written off as a three-day dream? Uh, I don't think so!)
b) it would be the nanotech replicators, and
c) it would be Sheppard who played the Hero. (I was hoping for team back-up, but clearly TPTB wanted Shep to go solo hero on this one...like all the other ones he's already been solo hero on. I guess we're headed back into territory clearly demarcated "Shep saves the day" yet again. My joy knows no bounds.)
The word I guess I'm looking for is 'predictable'. And all the acting in the world can't sell me on something that makes me think, "Yep. Know how this ends," and then proves me right within the hour.
I like a show I can't predict. And the last couple of weeks of SGA (Progeny and The Real World) have been...well...unfortunately predictable.
On the other hand, SG1: 200 was so unpredictable that it rocked the casbah. Then rocked it again. I watched SGA before I watched SG1, mostly because I guessed that SG1 was going to be a barrel of laughs. Boy, am I ever glad I did! They might not be flying, but hell, they're falling - with style!
The Real World featured some brilliant acting by Torri. Lovely acting, lovely interaction, very well done.
That's the good part.
Within ten minutes of watching the episode three things were evident:
a) it would be a dream, (Two season of Atlantis written off as a three-day dream? Uh, I don't think so!)
b) it would be the nanotech replicators, and
c) it would be Sheppard who played the Hero. (I was hoping for team back-up, but clearly TPTB wanted Shep to go solo hero on this one...like all the other ones he's already been solo hero on. I guess we're headed back into territory clearly demarcated "Shep saves the day" yet again. My joy knows no bounds.)
The word I guess I'm looking for is 'predictable'. And all the acting in the world can't sell me on something that makes me think, "Yep. Know how this ends," and then proves me right within the hour.
I like a show I can't predict. And the last couple of weeks of SGA (Progeny and The Real World) have been...well...unfortunately predictable.
On the other hand, SG1: 200 was so unpredictable that it rocked the casbah. Then rocked it again. I watched SGA before I watched SG1, mostly because I guessed that SG1 was going to be a barrel of laughs. Boy, am I ever glad I did! They might not be flying, but hell, they're falling - with style!