Stargate Atlantis vs Battlestar Galactica

[S'mon]

I tried a few episodes of SG:A, and the characters seemed about as deep as a bedsheet. Asd people, they were completely uninteresting. And the story didnt seem much more complicated, so they lost my viewing.

BG has characters written and acted with some depth, and that hooked me. "Soap opera" is bandied about as a derogatory term. But B5 was a soap opera. Anythign that's got a story arc and that is focused upon character is a "soap opera".

I actually agree 100% with the Evil Lawyer (eeek) My wife sees BG as in the tradition of Homicide: Life on the Street and such gritty shaky-cam verite shows, she loves this genre so she loves BG. We both found SG:A 'deep as a bedsheet;, yup; managed to watch the ok-ish pilot but the next ep was worse, so was the next, so I gave up. BG has interesting characters, SG:A just doesn't. Admittedly SG1's early days was very ropey also, maybe I'll check back on SGA in a couple of years if it's still on.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Erm...great one, ye has forgotten the Number 6 model...second hottness..

She was hotter in Beastmaster but yes a hottie.

 

[mmadsen]

I tried a few episodes of SG:A, and the characters seemed about as deep as a bedsheet. Asd people, they were completely uninteresting. And the story didnt seem much more complicated, so they lost my viewing.

BG has characters written and acted with some depth, and that hooked me. "Soap opera" is bandied about as a derogatory term. But B5 was a soap opera. Anythign that's got a story arc and that is focused upon character is a "soap opera".

My DVR catches the last few minutes of Stargate: Atlantis before Battlestar Galactica, and, from what little I've seen, it looks...simple. (Like the Stargate movie, I suppose.) Battlestar Galactica, on the other hand, has interesting human interactions, difficult moral decisions, mysterious plot twists, etc.

 

[Elf Witch]

My DVR catches the last few minutes of Stargate: Atlantis before Battlestar Galactica, and, from what little I've seen, it looks...simple. (Like the Stargate movie, I suppose.) Battlestar Galactica, on the other hand, has interesting human interactions, difficult moral decisions, mysterious plot twists, etc.

Wow you can judge a whole show by just a few minutes?

It all comes down to a matter of taste. I find BG tedious and I just want to start slapping some of the characters for being so stupid. I want to ask Olamas to stop mumbling. I feel a dose of prozac would help a lot of the characters.

I like Atlantis better. I feel the characters are more heroic. I don't need a prozac after watching it.

 

[DMH]

So is this just me?

No. I don't like either, but SG:A doesn't make me want to vomit with annoying camera tricks. I tried watching the BSG series and gave up after Bastile (sp) Day. Thought it was interesting, but not enough to keep me watching.

The best sci-fi show on right now is a toss up between SG-1 and Lost. Too bad Showtime killed their two sci-fi series; Odyssey 5 and Jeremiah were great.

 

[Viking Bastard]

So Jerimiah got cancelled?

I know JMS left and after that I just didn't hear anything of it. I just thought
it was on some funky schedule like seemingly all the HBO/Showtime shows.

 

[DMH]

They showed the last episodes overseas like 18 months before here and they did have a so-so ending for it. As for JMS leaving, I read of it, but know no more.

 

[Viking Bastard]

JMS left/was fired over creative differences.

He's not the easiest to work with, it seems.

 

[Abraxas]

After tonights episodes of BSG and SG:A I have to agree with Elf Witch.

 

[Jamdin]

Put down on the list that greatly enjoys Battlestar Galactica. I could never get into Stargate and I'm having the same problems with Stargate: Atlantis. I can't exactly put my finger on what it is but the characters just don't it for (the only I liked was Daniel). I watch CSI: instead of Andromeda since I haven't liked that show since season two or so. I am enjoying Enterprise once again and saddened to see that series will end soon.