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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 2216442" data-attributes="member: 707">I respectfully disagree with everything you've said above.  Analyzing character, subtle aspects of personality, etc., is what English Majors do. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  He is an idiot.  Note that he is an idiot regardless of whether he's speaking with his enemies, or safe within the SGC.  He does need to have the technobabble explained to him multiple times, and it has nothing to do with Sam.  There are plenty of scenes where the individual providing the re-babbling is Daniel, or Thor, or some random scientist, although Sam is certainly the most common culprit.I had this discussion with a friend once, who is a staunch lover of the show.  In the end he admitted that all my gripes about the show were true, but that he enjoyed the adventure of the show, the production design, the humor, and the characters--however implausible.  I can respect that.  We each of us value different aspects of a story or TV show in our own way.  Not everyone values a cohesive and intelligent plot as highly as I do.  Not everyone is as bothered by silly, exaggerated characters as I am.In contrast, some folks enjoy a sense of adventure, despite all these things.  Some folks appreciate slapstick humor, in spite of these things.  And yes, some folks prefer Dumb and Dumber over MementoThe sad thing is, I've seen quite a number of SG-1 episodes.  I've been living with my dad the last two years due to illness, and he likes SG-1, so I'd say I've seen a good two seasons' worth of episodes.  I've given it all the chance it's going to get. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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