JRRNeiklot
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You honestly can't expect anyone to take you seriously after that. You realize that, right?
Why? He's right. The new Star Trek is as horrid as the Star wars prequels.
You honestly can't expect anyone to take you seriously after that. You realize that, right?
Why? He's right. The new Star Trek is as horrid as the Star wars prequels.
I don't know... have you seen Carrie Fisher lately? Yikes!
Voyager was theoretically a mix of a Maquis crew and only a part of the original Voyager crew (which was sent on a mission to hunt the Maquis crew, not perform deep space exploration). Of course, that many of them were Maquis was forgotten most of the time. Voyagers lack of consistent writing was and has always been terrible.ST Voyager and SG Universe both had this in spades.
I hate that people who are on a space ship/alien planet think they are not supposed to be the ones out there. If you really think about it they are the teams best trained for these missions.
Then again Voyager also had a problem with consistant writing... day 1 follow prime directive means can't go home... so they do day 2 follow prime directive means they would get home if they follow it... so throw it out and break the rules to screw yourself...
No they're not.Why? He's right. The new Star Trek is as horrid as the Star wars prequels.
I think it can be understood - Many fans wanted more SG:1 and Atlantis, they didn't really want a different take.I know, man. I never understood the hate for SG:U. I get that it wasn't all jokes and silliness like SG:1 and Atlantis but it was supposed to be a different take on the franchise. I liked it and I thought it had a lot of potential. When they cancelled it I basically stopped watching Siffy programming.
I never got the interest in SG: SG1 at all. That thing was bad and cheap.
I think it can be understood - Many fans wanted more SG:1 and Atlantis, they didn't really want a different take.
And the people that might have liked a different take - probably expected more along the lines of SG:1 and SGA and didn't try it out in the first place.
And then there is the subset of the people that simply didn't like it because it was too dark, the characters weren't sympathetic enough. That was a problem that BSG also had, but it was much more obvious this would be different (because no one makes shows like in the 80s more ).
One aspect that I loved about SGU was that it brought back a sense of wonder to Science Fiction. Communicating with aliens (while ultimately still too easy to be "realistic"), wasn't as easy, and they really didn't know the answers or had all the tools to get them. Things remained mysterious for a long time. When they revealed the mission of the Destiny, there was yet another fascinating mystery.
Of course, some might have wanted to see more of this exploration and wonder aspect then of the "soapy" stuff. It's not easy to get the mixture right for a sufficiently large audience, and I suppose, ultimately SGU failed. But it had appeal to you or me (and many others), and it is sad that we'll never have a resolution.
SG:U was BSG reboot angst and moping with Lost-style all sphincter characters wrapped in Star Gate clothing.