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I'm still trying to figure out my feelings re:"angry black marine guy". In a way it feels like a cliché but given the element of truth behind it in real life and given how well the actor has played it I think its a well used one. It'll be intresting to see how it plays out.

They seem to be pushing some of his character development to the web-esodes, my views on the character changed a fair bit after watching one where he is cheering up someone from the science staff.

I found SG:U very annoying when it started, because it didn't feel consistent with the Stargate continuity. One of the things I love most about the style of Stargate is that it does have this military feel to its operations - people come across as competent. Well-trained. They might not know how the universe works, but they're going to figure out it pretty effectively.

Now, I get that the SG:U characters were "never meant to be there." I get that they're not a deep-space exploration team. But these were people stationed on an offworld facility, futzing with Ancient tech and Stargate fundamentals - I'd expect them to have a level of training higher than that reflected in their arrival aboard Destiny. I'd expect them not to have trouble establishing a chain of command, or securing a perimeter.

As the series has gone on, I've gotten used to it, but I'm not sure that I actually like any of the characters yet. I think TJ has more or less earned my respect, and Greer's OK when he's not a fucking sociopath, but that's about it. I was initially very afraid that Eli was going to annoy the tits off me, because it seemed like he was going to be early Rodney McKay but with even fewer redeeming qualities, but happily they gave him a higher degree of self-awareness than that, so I can tolerate him too I guess.

I like that it's not weird-planet-of-the-week and that it's not full of technobabble, but it does feel an awful lot at times like the writers were told "go make BSG, but in Stargate." A lot of the tension structures simply don't fit into the situation aboard Destiny because they aren't the last surviving members of the human race - they've still got an easily available form of communication with earth, with their superiors etc. Hell, seems like a bunch of people just need to use those stones to pop back to earth and see a therapist. Under these circumstances, it's more like they're imprisoned somewhere than like they're trying to establish a new human civilisation.

Regarding those communication stones, I would think they would use them to send people back for crash courses in ancient technology (etc) rather than allow them to be used for personal escapades (etc).

Quote: Original post by LessBread
Regarding those communication stones, I would think they would use them to send people back for crash courses in ancient technology (etc) rather than allow them to be used for personal escapades (etc).

Really.

Quote: Original post by LessBread
Regarding those communication stones, I would think they would use them to send people back for crash courses in ancient technology (etc) rather than allow them to be used for personal escapades (etc).

i agree but would the show be any better if they constantly swapped out characters for different experts each week. There would be no consistency. The best way for them to have explained this away would have been "side effects due to the extreme distance" so people could only use it for a few hours and only occasionally. Their current reason for not using the stones frequently is young wants to keep Telford+co away from the ship.

Regarding those communication stones, I would think they would use them to send people back for crash courses in ancient technology (etc) rather than allow them to be used for personal escapades (etc). The way they've used the stones suggests they don't hold out much hope for the people on the Destiny, so they're giving them all a chance to say goodbye to friends and relatives rather than providing them with training that might improve their chances for survival.