My First SGA.

[icarus]

wildernessguru and I are watching our first Stargate: Atlantis episode.

So, yes, I can see the slash. There are two likeable characters: McKay and Shep.

As for the rest of the show...

1) dry and obvious dialogue
2) plots that are sci-fi retreads except with dull pacing
3) crappy costumes and props (particularly the arm-patches... my girl scout uniform had better quality)
4) cheap and silly-looking special effects (this one is just a bubble machine where they've applied a blue filter -- I could do that in my living room)
5) clueless and slightly phony acting (the actors stop acting once they've delivered their line while still on camera)
6) cardboard sets, with no detail or effort (look at that background, there's no electrical wiring, no switches, no boards, no dials -- it's just a LiteBrite set)
7) terrible staging (people are upstaging each other, the camera angles are awkward and amateurish ... MutantX has better staging than this)
8) mediocre soap opera quality cinematography (and the only cool shot is shown with the opening credits)

... what's not to love?

It's like Stargate only with no budget to spend on costumes, props, writers, directors, cinematographers, sets, or actors.

Comments

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

So, yes, I can see the slash. There are two likeable characters: McKay and Shep.
It's like Stargate only with no budget to spend on costumes, props, writers, directors, cinematographers, sets, or actors.

Hee! Finally someone who isn't in love with Atlantis. hehe

I actually think it's the same people working on both shows except for the actors, but I do see what you mean.

Atlantis is actually growing on me, though I wasn't that interested in the beginning and then had to catch up later. Even now I mostly only watch it because it's on right after SG-1 and because of McKay and the Sheppard/McKay slash (which they actually seem to play up on this show).

Which episode did you watch? Rising? I didn't like Rising the first time I saw it, but in retrospect, knowing the characters a little better, I like it now. I bought the slightly longer version on DVD because I was pretty sure I wouldn't buy the Atlantis DVD set.

I'm actually liking Atlantis better in season 2. The new character, Ronon, is also quite a bit slashy, IMHO. I like his interaction with both McKay and Sheppard. They seem to be leaving Dr. Beckett out of the slashiness this season except for in Duet--so maybe not. hehe I like Sheppard, Teyla, and Weir all a bit better in season 2 also--especially Sheppard. My only concern is that in season 2, they seem to be sort of Dr. Smith-izing Rodney a bit. I still love him, though.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Hee! Finally someone who isn't in love with Atlantis. hehe

At this point Atlantis doesn't have anything in it that I enjoy except McKay. And he was not working very hard in this ep.

Which episode did you watch? Rising?

Apparently Rising has RDA and MS in it, so it wasn't that. But this one was pretty bad.

I actually think it's the same people working on both shows except for the actors, but I do see what you mean.

The budget for Atlantis is obviously much smaller, resulting in sets, costumes, special effects and props that are much worse. And I left out music. The music is better on SG-1 also.

But it's clearly not the same people doing the camerawork or the staging. Maybe their assistants. The level of professionalism is not there and that's something that's not budget-dependent. You can do excellent staging with a cheap hand-held video camera.

Icarus