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

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming you watched "Hide and Seek", since that was on syndie last night? It's only the second ep, and I assure you, it does get better. *g* There is still a lot of newbie stiffness going on during that ep, although Sheppard and McKay are already flirting with each other.

The show picks up steam in the middle of the season. The writing isn't always the best, but there's lovely character development and some genuine surprises plot-wise. (At least, I was surprised.)

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming you watched "Hide and Seek", since that was on syndie last night?

Yep. That sounds like the one.

It's only the second ep, and I assure you, it does get better.

I expect the first 5-10 shows to have problems with the acting in particular. People are just getting used to each other, the craziness of a sci-fi set where the attention isn't on the actors, and settling into their roles.

What worries me is the production values. They are very, very low in this series.

some genuine surprises plot-wise.

That would be an improvement. What I saw last night was taken straight out of a Twilight Zone episode, almost verbatum at points.

Icarus