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

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I'll probably still watch it from time to time, given there's nothing else on Saturday night and it's scheduled right after SG-1. But in a sense being on after SG-1 is not a benefit. I get to compare the difference in quality, and it's striking.

Icarus

[lillian78.livejournal.com]

Yeah, when I first saw it I was disappointed too, cheesy sets, cheesy aliens or, at least, so I thought. When the rapport/snark gets going between John and Rodney you'll see what I mean---honest! ^__^