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>Anyone else have an opinion about SG1?

I like the show.  I saw the first four seasons as broadcast on a local
station, and it was a show that I made the effort to watch (or tape if I
was working).  Unfortunately, the fifth season was not really shown as the
station broadcasting the series showed the first four seasons in
syndication mixed in with season five, and the TV guide was not clear what
episodes were being shown.  The descriptions were too vague.

I thought that the characters were reasonably well done and they did
develop through the seasons I watched.  I also liked the way they took a
lot from ancient history, and came up with ways to include various Egyptian
myths and gods (which, if I remember history right influenced Sumerian gods
which in turn influenced Greek/Roman gods and also led to the
Judeo-Christian-Moslem god).  On the other hand, I found that the second
stargate and little bits and pieces of this universe starting to show up
strained credibility a lot.  Then they got to shows set on starships, with
their own explanations on how the faster-than-light drive worked.

How was the fifth season anyway?

Of the other television shows mentioned:

SeaQuest DSV--never saw it, but based on the discussions so far, it sound
like the first season was interesting.  They should come out with the DVD's
on this one.

Equalizer--never saw it

West Wing--I'm not an American so a drama set in the White House has
absolutely no interest for me, no matter how well written.

Space Above and Beyond--another one that they should come out with the
DVD's so that I could watch it for the first time.

Firefly--I saw about two episodes of this.  It was interesting, and might
have been a more character-driven show.  They came up with an interesting
idea to avoid all the wrinkly-nose-funny-forehead aliens by not having any
aliens at all.  Old-fashioned guns on a space opera looked funny too. This
show was described as a "western set in space," and the barroom
brawl scene that opened the first show proved that to me.  I wish that Fox
would take the episodes that were produced and the unseen pilot (I don't
think it was broadcast locally) and put them on DVD.

Crusade--Never saw it.  Maybe when the Babylon 5 DVD sets are done, they'll
do this one.  How long did this show run for?  There were four Babylon 5
movies?  I was aware of two of them (the ones on the DVD release last
year).

Enterprise--I make time to watch this show or tape it.  I get the feeling
that Breman and Braga don't do characters well, and instead of shaping the
stories to fit the characters, they fit the characters to the story. That
was the impression I got watching Hoshi in "Vanishing Point," and
"Dawn" was almost an embarrassment, especially the extended fight
scene.  Somebody should have done a rewrite on that story to hide the plot
holes big enough to hide an asteroid belt in.  I watch the show for
entertainment purposes, having already decided that as far as I am
concerned, it exists entirely outside of the continuity.  They're going to
bring the Borg into Enterprise in an upcoming episode? I'm pretty sure that
if this show runs seven seasons, the last few are going to be involved with
a war (DS9 has already done that, so why do it again, and yet, we know that
the Romulan War did happen), and I find it impossible that nobody will ever
see a Romulan face during this conflict.  Another irritant... they keep
bringing in new alien races, ones never seen again although all of this is
happening in what will become the heart of the Federation.  The temporal
cold war works to a point, but I think the series is at its best when
dealing with established races.  I'm still waiting for the Tellarites. 
Notice how they have completely avoided the Alpha Centauri issue.

That's my little ramble for tonight.

Steve
The Universe Unbounded.

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>Anyone else have an opinion about SG1?
 
I like the show.  I saw
the first four
seasons as broadcast on a local
station, and it was a show that I
made the effort
to watch (or tape if I
was working). 
Unfortunately, the fifth
season
was not really shown
as the station broadcasting the
series showed the
first four seasons
in syndication mixed in with
season five, and the
TV guide was not
clear what episodes were being
shown.  The
descriptions were too
vague.
 
I thought that the characters were
reasonably well
done and they did
develop through the seasons I
watched.  I
also
liked the way they
took a lot from ancient history,
and came up with
ways to include
various Egyptian myths and gods (which, if I
remember history right
influenced Sumerian gods which in
turn influenced
Greek/Roman
gods and also led to the
Judeo-Christian-Moslem
god).  On the other
hand, I found that the second
stargate and little
bits and pieces of
this universe starting to show up strained
credibility a lot.  Then they
got to shows set on starships,
with their own
explanations on how
the faster-than-light drive
worked.
 
How was the fifth season
anyway?
 
Of the other television shows
mentioned:
 
SeaQuest DSV--never saw it, but based on the
discussions so far, it
sound like the first season was
interesting. 
They should come out with
the DVD's on this
one.
 
Equalizer--never saw
it
 
West Wing--I'm not an American so
a drama set in
the White House
has absolutely no interest for me,
no matter how
well written.
 
Space Above and Beyond--another
one that they
should come out with
the DVD's so that I could watch it
for the first
time.
 
Firefly--I saw about two episodes
of this. 
It
was interesting, and might
have been a more character-driven
show.  They
came up with an interesting
idea to avoid all the
wrinkly-nose-funny-forehead
aliens by not having any
aliens at all. 
Old-fashioned guns on a space
opera looked funny too.
This show was described as a
"western set in
space," and the barroom
brawl scene that opened the first
show proved that
to me.  I wish that
Fox would take the episodes that
were produced and
the unseen pilot
(I don't think it was broadcast
locally) and put
them on DVD.
 
Crusade--Never saw it. 
Maybe when the
Babylon
5 DVD sets are done,
they'll do this one.  How
long did this show
run for?  There were four
Babylon 5 movies?  I was
aware of two of them
(the ones on the DVD
release last year).
 
Enterprise--I make time to watch
this show or tape
it.  I get the feeling
that Breman and Braga don't do
characters well,
and
instead of shaping
the stories to fit the characters,
they fit the
characters to the story.
That was the impression I got
watching Hoshi in
"Vanishing Point,"
and "Dawn" was almost an
embarrassment, especially
the extended
fight scene.  Somebody
should have done a
rewrite on that story to
hide the plot holes big enough to
hide an asteroid
belt in.  I watch the
show for entertainment purposes,
having already
decided that as far
as I am concerned, it exists
entirely outside of
the continuity.  They're
going to bring the Borg into
Enterprise in an
upcoming episode?
I'm pretty sure that if this show runs seven
seasons, the last few are
going to be involved with a war
(DS9 has already
done that, so why
do it again, and yet, we know that
the Romulan War
did happen),
and I find it impossible
that nobody will
ever
see a Romulan face
during this conflict. 
Another irritant...
they keep bringing in new alien
races, ones never seen again
although all of this
is happening in
what will become the heart of the
Federation. 
The temporal cold
war works to a point, but I think
the series is at
its best when dealing
with established races. 
I'm still waiting
for
the Tellarites.  Notice how
they have completely avoided the
Alpha Centauri
issue.
 
That's my little ramble for
tonight.
 
Steve
The Universe
Unbounded.
 
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