Sir Brennen
Legend
Eh... they lost me as soon as they got rid of the rockin' intro music from season one 
(and substituted it with something more... pretentious.)
(and substituted it with something more... pretentious.)
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Andromeda: Does It Get Better?
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Wolf72
Explorer
it doesn't get better, but the last season was bearable (they ended the show too) ...
I still kept watching it just because it reminded me of how someone's d20 SW game might go all the way to epic type stuff. (core group of characters with some changes kick but all across the galaxy ... and they were heroic compared to the BG's)
if you could get the DVD's real cheap or rent them cheap they'd give you lots of ideas for some additions to any space opera game (SW comes to mind, lots of things you could add from the show)
also think Andromeda would be a better RPG/setting than a TV show (season 2 as Sorbo in Space is kinda painful ... season 3 was just bleh, season 4 seemed to have some promise)
I still kept watching it just because it reminded me of how someone's d20 SW game might go all the way to epic type stuff. (core group of characters with some changes kick but all across the galaxy ... and they were heroic compared to the BG's)
if you could get the DVD's real cheap or rent them cheap they'd give you lots of ideas for some additions to any space opera game (SW comes to mind, lots of things you could add from the show)
also think Andromeda would be a better RPG/setting than a TV show (season 2 as Sorbo in Space is kinda painful ... season 3 was just bleh, season 4 seemed to have some promise)
They retread a couple of werll worn plots, yes. But only a couple.
And that time travel episode isnt' as bad as you think - it isn't just timehopping. That episode is all about moral dilemmas inherent in time travel, and well framed given the characters situation.
All in all, I liked the first two seasons of Andromeda a lot. It is only after that point, the point where Sorbo exterted his Star Power to run the thing, that it gets pretty sad. It takes the standard Star Trek moral sledgehammer, and uses it to play on the steel drum fromed by a cast of characters with widely varying moral codes.
And yes, they did not sacrifice Rev Bem. He was lost to allergies before the fall of the show.
And that time travel episode isnt' as bad as you think - it isn't just timehopping. That episode is all about moral dilemmas inherent in time travel, and well framed given the characters situation.
All in all, I liked the first two seasons of Andromeda a lot. It is only after that point, the point where Sorbo exterted his Star Power to run the thing, that it gets pretty sad. It takes the standard Star Trek moral sledgehammer, and uses it to play on the steel drum fromed by a cast of characters with widely varying moral codes.
And yes, they did not sacrifice Rev Bem. He was lost to allergies before the fall of the show.
Cthulhudrew
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I never thought the first season episodes were great- they were mostly okay, with some stinkers and gems intermixed. What I liked about the concept was that the characters all had such wildly different (and at times opposed) goals and motivations, and the idea of putting them all together and watching them interact was really interesting. Unfortunately, as others have pointed out, this all too quickly degenerated into "The Kevin Sorbo Hour", and the abandoning of long term story arcs in favor of more self-contained episodes meant that any character development (my only interest in the show) was dropped and the characters became just cliched stereotypes.
I'd say the first season is the only one really worth watching, though I seem to recall a couple of interesting episodes in season two (was the Tyr/Hunt kingmaking episode in season two or later? That was kind of interesting, at least up until the end.)
I'd say the first season is the only one really worth watching, though I seem to recall a couple of interesting episodes in season two (was the Tyr/Hunt kingmaking episode in season two or later? That was kind of interesting, at least up until the end.)
Mad Hatter
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I know that the guy who played Rev Bem was allergic to the makeup and so had to leave. What I meant by that Rev Bem comment is that even before then his character was relegated to just cardboard platitudes. Andromeda would have been fine if they just let it remain an ensemble cast instead of Kevin Sorbo action hour. It's ok to highlight one character but that was just ridiculous.
Chain Lightning
First Post
I hear ya Aeson. Lexa Doig is the reason why I even borrowed my friend's first Andromeda disc to check out in the first place. But the quality wasn't high enough for me to want to watch more than about 4 episodes, even with Lexa Doig's beauty appearing on the screen every now and then.
Someone needs to make a show just for Lexa Doig. Make a female main character for her and get her out of Andromeda. Man, what a waste having her on that crappy show.
Someone needs to make a show just for Lexa Doig. Make a female main character for her and get her out of Andromeda. Man, what a waste having her on that crappy show.
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