Andromeda ... What the Heck is going on!?

[Wolf72]

I'm utterly confused ... it isn't the greatest show, but I've been trying to catch a few episodes here and there.

what I've got so far:

reboot: trance manages to save scooby-doo and the ... er dylan and the gang but transporting them to an alternate timeline? or does she do away with the magog-ophile?

seetra (sp): and somehow they're on Tarn Vedra which is now seetra?

Dylan: at first he was half-heavy worlder ... now he's half Vedran (neo-Vedran?)


different topic ... between SG-1/Atlantis, Andromeda, Firefly, Dune, Star treks, etc anyone looking to expand their SW d20 game should have lots of ideas to play with.

 

[Umbran]

Dylan: at first he was half-heavy worlder ... now he's half Vedran (neo-Vedran?)

I haven't been watching this season at all, but I do recall that Dylan was a "heavy-worlder", and that he came from Tarn Vedra. The implication being that Tarn Vedra was a "heavy world".

 

[Mad Hatter]

I stopped watching the show after it became the Hercules in Space show featuring Hercules...I mean...Kevin Sorbo. That was about the time that 2 or 3 of their writers left the show.

 

[Ranger REG]

Lost track of the storyline. So I focus my attention on Doyle.

I still miss Rommie, though.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

Lost track of the storyline. So I focus my attention on Doyle.

I still miss Rommie, though.

Rommie will be back after Lexa Doig returns from her pregnancy,

As for this season so far, here is my recap.

Trance "shifted" everyone to save them from the Magog. Its not entirly clear yet (even to them) where she shifted them too. The understanding is that there are multiple universes. They could be in an alternate universe (via the route of ages). One thing is certain what she did, DID involve time since everyone arrived at diffrent times. My personal guess is that she warped everyone to a future Tarn-Vedra. The Vendrans, and their Paradine decendants altered the system for some purpose, but it got all mucked up.

The last 9 episodes have all centered around the crew finding eachother, learning more about where they are and Dylan looking for ways to repair Rommie.

In the last aired episode they made an incredible discovery (with the Paradine created Tessaract Portals). A) The tesssaract chamber, which has a door to each planet. B) Keys to the doors which also contain the "programming" of each planet. I dont even want to guess as to how the Paradine pulled that off. Anyway, at the end of the episode Rommie was nearly fully repaired. It appears as if the next ep wont air till sometime in Janurary, at which point I can only hope to guess that they finally leave the Seefra system.

Overall, it seems to me that Kevin Sorbo, desprate to keep the show on the air. When the final epsiode of the previous season was filmed, it was still in question whether Sci-fi was going to pick up season 5. They did, and now Sorbo had to get writers to fix the show. The current story line, appears to me, to be a massive stall tactic by the writers/producers till they can come up with a decent plot for the season.

Afterall, the original premise for the show has gone and past, multiple times. Dylan recreated the Commonwealth. Of course we never saw a big effect on the ship. I never noticed a full crew compliment, and Dylan turned down running the thing (of course). So, they tried to destroy the commonwealth, dylan saved it, then Tyr turned on everyone, blah blah blah.

Despite having extremly confusing writing and storylines the show apparently brings in high enough ratings (at least in canada).

Oh dear, did I rant?

 

[Laurel]

different topic ... between SG-1/Atlantis, Andromeda, Firefly, Dune, Star treks, etc anyone looking to expand their SW d20 game should have lots of ideas to play with.

I am almost surprised there have not been more dealings with the trek universe, from what I have seen and heard of people's games out there... I almost like the idea of an Andromeda game it's one few people really know, so you don't end up with the hastling of "no in episode #9 Dylan said 'blah'" and "in episode #25 the ship did this" type of arguments.

But back to Andromeda... I started watching this when it first came out and liked it! Then it just dwendled, and now is just passing ridiculous for plot and story no longer the roddenberry type show. I still watch a few episodes here and there, so thanks for any recaps to make the jumps easier!

 

[Hand of Evil]

A show gone bad, not that it was great but it could have been!

Failure 1: Under-utilization of talent. Cast members have been some of the best on TV, even Sobo but weak writing and plot element follow-ups left them hanging.

Failure 2: Change of writers and 'story arc'. See 1 but like Earth: Final Conflict, the change of focus and story arc hurt the show.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

Frankly, I think the whole situation is the problem of Majel Roddenberry.

After Gene died, all his properties started to tank. From Startrek, to Earth, and Andromeda. They all start great but Majel seems more intrested in profiting from his ideas then keeping them intact, thus they deviate from his original vision.

 

[Umbran]

Frankly, I think the whole situation is the problem of Majel Roddenberry.

Hm, I dunno. Reports I've heard were that the problem with Andromeda was Sorbo. If you look at the changes in the show, they are consistent with him turning Andromeda into another Hercules - simplified storyline and characters, in creasing forcus on Sorbo himself, and so on.

The loss of Robert Hewitt Wolfe as head writer seems to be the key - while he was there, the show was excellent. Once they ran out of episodes upon which he'd worked, the show tanked considerably. He developed the original plotline, and they deviated from it when he left. Find out why he's gone, and you'll find out why the show got worse. And nothing I've heard suggests that it has anything to do with Mrs. Roddenberry.

 

[Ranger REG]

And nothing I've heard suggests that it has anything to do with Mrs. Roddenberry.

Some suggested it was either her inaction or her support for Kevin Sorbo that resulted in the ousting of series developer Robert Hewitt Wolfe. Allowing RHW to resign and depart was her inaction (she could have defended him). Allowing RHW to resign and depart from the series because Kevin Sorbo wanted more action-oriented scenes at the expense of good storytelling is her support for the wrong person.