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graculusWatching Behind the Mythology of Stargate SG-1 on Youtube (you can find part 1 here) and trying not to choke from laughing at it.
First off, could Brad Wright get any more fawning over someone in particular (no prizes for guessing who)? [To avoid nausea, just skip the last minute or so of part 1] Oh lord, they actually mentioned the movie! But it doesn't have that special someone without whom everything is pointless, so does it really count? *sends sympathetic vibes towards the SG:A parts of her flist, who will soon appreciate this even more*
Secondly, what's with the '8 long and exciting seasons'? Did nobody notice this minor continuity gaffe considering that they're showing scenes from season 10 in the actual show? I guess we shouldn't expect much more in terms of continuity though... Still, I guess if you pull out the entirety of season 6 and various crappy episodes along the way ('Avenger 2.0', I'm looking at you!) then I guess you probably get about 8 good seasons' worth. ;)
Thirdly, what is Mallozzi doing spouting off about what the Jaffa were meant to be? He wasn't even involved with the show for another three seasons! Jeez.
Well, isn't that a telling statement from TIIC? First they decided the Goa'uld were too powerful, so they created the Asgard as some kind of balance to that, but then why haven't the Asgard wiped out the Goa'uld? Erm, because it's not their way? Nope, it's because there's something even more powerful out there, in the shape of the replicators! I wonder if this line of thought continues... hey, the Ancients are more powerful than the replicators, but what if we have evil Ancients, surely they'd be even more powerful still? *headdesk*
First off, could Brad Wright get any more fawning over someone in particular (no prizes for guessing who)? [To avoid nausea, just skip the last minute or so of part 1] Oh lord, they actually mentioned the movie! But it doesn't have that special someone without whom everything is pointless, so does it really count? *sends sympathetic vibes towards the SG:A parts of her flist, who will soon appreciate this even more*
Secondly, what's with the '8 long and exciting seasons'? Did nobody notice this minor continuity gaffe considering that they're showing scenes from season 10 in the actual show? I guess we shouldn't expect much more in terms of continuity though... Still, I guess if you pull out the entirety of season 6 and various crappy episodes along the way ('Avenger 2.0', I'm looking at you!) then I guess you probably get about 8 good seasons' worth. ;)
Thirdly, what is Mallozzi doing spouting off about what the Jaffa were meant to be? He wasn't even involved with the show for another three seasons! Jeez.
Well, isn't that a telling statement from TIIC? First they decided the Goa'uld were too powerful, so they created the Asgard as some kind of balance to that, but then why haven't the Asgard wiped out the Goa'uld? Erm, because it's not their way? Nope, it's because there's something even more powerful out there, in the shape of the replicators! I wonder if this line of thought continues... hey, the Ancients are more powerful than the replicators, but what if we have evil Ancients, surely they'd be even more powerful still? *headdesk*
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Date: 2007-04-15 05:38 pm (UTC)Unfortunately, I could see the hymn in praise of St. Sam coming as soon as he started talking about O'Neill as a soldier. I can't even begin to describe how much I dread her arrival on SGA.
I didn't stay in the room for the whole thing, but it made me realize how Goauld-like TIIC are. The Goauld steal people's bodies to use as hosts and claim Ancient technology as their own. TIIC cherry-picked bits of mythology from other cultures and based their series (including the two main characters) on a movie created by someone else.
I wonder why they ran this special, though. Wouldn't it make more sense to promote *Atlantis*, the continuing show, to boost its ratings? I wonder if it was a last-minute special order from SciFi to try to get as much ratings juice out of SG-1 as they can (which would explain the continuity errors and their heavy reliance on text -- if they spliced together unused footage from earlier specials and paid Shanks and Judge for a day to tie all the bits together). We know that SciFi doesn't care about Atlantis -- their PR department can't even be bothered to spell the lead character's name right in the promos...
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Date: 2007-04-15 06:51 pm (UTC)I'm starting to think Sci Fi can't tell the difference between SG-1 and Atlantis. They've both got a gate, ergo it's all the same. The kicker was when they were advertising an Atlantis marathon (including a big ad on their website), but showed SG-1 episodes. Twice.
I think the move of Sam over the Atlantis is partly because TPTB are in love with the character and actress, but also a move on Sci Fi's part to merge the shows into one entity. "Have your cake and eat it too" translates to "Cancel one show and alter the other be more like it, just cheaper."