Subj : Re: Stargate
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : TNW7Z7Z7Z12345
Date : Sat Sep 17 2005 13:55:18

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Finnigann wrote:
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>  TN> Finnigann wrote:
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>  >  TN> Tyler Trafford wrote:
>  >  >
>  >  > Jim Larson wrote:
>  >  >
>  >  > > Is it just me or does Browder suck on this show? (I mean above and
>  >  > > beyond the background suckage.)
>  >  >
>  >  > I don't think he's that bad.  He certainly doesn't seem well-integrated
>  >  > with the rest of the cast- which I suppose could be on purpose.
>  >  > --
>  >  > Tyler Trafford
>  >
>  >  TN> I think the problem (which has gotten progressively worse the last few
>  >  TN> yrs. and has hit a new low this yr.) is the horrible, uninspired
>  >  TN> writing. There's no character growth. No interesting sci fi.  They rely
>  >  TN> on a mind boggling amount of exposition to tell their stories. It's
>  >  TN> boring and impossible to process.  And it's always lapsing into painful
>  >  TN> "hit you over the head with the message" dialogue.
>  >
>  >  TN> The writers are burnt and the actors know it. I feel bad for Browder.
>  >  TN> For all of them actually.
>  >
>  > Can it possible that the movies are exerting a trend towards the flash
> ather
>  > than the script? They (the movies) can afford both where as the small screen
> i
>  TN> s
>  > not so well endowed.
> 
>  TN> Actually, these days I think the best writing is to be found on TV. BSG
>  TN> and Lost are amazingly good.  Seems to me that SG-1 is breaking every
>  TN> rule of good storytelling.  And they have run out of ideas.  In the
>  TN> early years there were interesting stories in the midst of fighting the
>  TN> bad guys.  Now it's all "bad guy, threat to earth, find out bad guy's
>  TN> weakness, prevail."  And within that framework, there's nothing
>  TN> interesting in terms of character development, irony, plot twists, etc.
>  TN> I feel like we're watching the end of the original Star Trek where
>  TN> every episode became Kirk fighting someone (or some thing) to save the
>  TN> Enterprise.  Boring, uninspired, just going through the motions.
> 
>  TN> One problem is that, as with all writing teams that try to do 2 shows
>  TN> at once (think Star Trek, even David Kelley shows, etc.), the writers
>  TN> can't do it.  They obviously put more time into Atlantis than SG-1, but
>  TN> neither is any good.
> 
> If only they knew to check ATF...

Exactly!

 
- TNW

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