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

[slb44.livejournal.com]

My sentiments exactly! I tried so hard to like this show because so many of my fannish and rl friends do but I couldn't sustain any interest and I've been told by the self same friends that season two is worse! I'm so glad I didn't waste any more time on this then I did.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I should try. I just don't want to encourage production values this low. It's like sending a statement "no, I'm clueless about the quality in the million-dollars-per-ep Star Trek: The Next Generation, the slightly lower but still good production values of Stargate: SG-1, and you can pawn off any crap on me, sure, no sweat, I don't know any better."

Icarus

[slb44.livejournal.com]

Frankly, it's not worth the effort.

There are far better offerings on tv at the present time and if I'm looking for good scifi I can always read a book. *g*