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

[raveninthewind.livejournal.com]

Well, in general I like SF, so I watched SG-1 from season 2. I even bought the DVD sets of 1-7. But...I'm not blind to its flaws. I do think of it as genre television, with occasional outstanding episodes but overall not a whole lot better than Trek was.

I see slashiness as a bonus, too, actually, not a necessity.

About it jumping the shark in S7--I wouldn't disagree. I might even place that event a bit earlier... *g*

But I do like the characters--Jack is up there with my all-time favorite characters. I liked early Daniel, but not so much the current G.I. Joe!Daniel.