"A show that lasts 8 years at some point outlasts its source material."
Um -- not really, as TPTB of this show don't appear to have paid any attention to their own source material in years. Such potential, wasted by a bunch of aging frat boys who would rather lift crap elements from X-Files (yeah, let's have some more conspiracy theory...::snore::) and other shows instead of using the amazingly dense backstory of this one.
And I may be a newbie, but I'm not a moron. Therefore, I resent being force-fed a diet of Sam-'n-Jack when there is all the sexual chemistry of concrete between those two characters. Not to mention how deeply, deeply offensive I find it that this is the only thing they could think of to do with what was once one of the better female characters on TV; no way in hell would anyone who is as smart, ambitious, and tough as Sam is supposed to be act in such a junior-high-school manner, no matter how she is supposed to feel about her CO. (She would immediately sacrifice all of the respect she has fought so hard to earn from all the male AF personnel and be viewed by most of them as nothing more than the Colonel's piece of tail.) It's not that I don't like Sam -- I used to like Sam quite a lot. But I don't like the Bimbo Barbie who has taken Sam's place.
Teal'c, however, continues to kick almighty ass. There should only be more of him. Lots more.
It has gotten so bad that my immediate reaction to the finale of last season was, "Oh, thank god he's frozen. Let's leave him that way, and maybe we'll be able to drop all that shipper crap and get some decent stories while Jack's a popsicle." Which is perhaps not the reaction that the ep was supposed to elicit, eh?
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Date: 2004-07-08 12:08 pm (UTC)Um -- not really, as TPTB of this show don't appear to have paid any attention to their own source material in years. Such potential, wasted by a bunch of aging frat boys who would rather lift crap elements from X-Files (yeah, let's have some more conspiracy theory...::snore::) and other shows instead of using the amazingly dense backstory of this one.
And I may be a newbie, but I'm not a moron. Therefore, I resent being force-fed a diet of Sam-'n-Jack when there is all the sexual chemistry of concrete between those two characters. Not to mention how deeply, deeply offensive I find it that this is the only thing they could think of to do with what was once one of the better female characters on TV; no way in hell would anyone who is as smart, ambitious, and tough as Sam is supposed to be act in such a junior-high-school manner, no matter how she is supposed to feel about her CO. (She would immediately sacrifice all of the respect she has fought so hard to earn from all the male AF personnel and be viewed by most of them as nothing more than the Colonel's piece of tail.) It's not that I don't like Sam -- I used to like Sam quite a lot. But I don't like the Bimbo Barbie who has taken Sam's place.
Teal'c, however, continues to kick almighty ass. There should only be more of him. Lots more.
It has gotten so bad that my immediate reaction to the finale of last season was, "Oh, thank god he's frozen. Let's leave him that way, and maybe we'll be able to drop all that shipper crap and get some decent stories while Jack's a popsicle." Which is perhaps not the reaction that the ep was supposed to elicit, eh?