Good morning, darlin'. *g* Lovely rant, hon. You said everything I've had jumbled up in my mind but couldn't put properly into words. SGA was a show that I swore I'd never watch because I was so burned out on SG1 fandom that I just didn't want anything to do with that whole universe any more. But (and how often has this happened to us?) a songvid made me want to see more, and I was absolutely hooked from the first episode.
It's hard to get attached to TV shows in this day and age when they are so summarily executed, so I swore I'd never do that again either (after 'Angel' and 'Deadwood') but here I am again, on the edge of my seat, waiting for news as to whether Atlantis has been renewed for a fifth season. I've watched two episodes of S4 so far (one 'Doppleganger' which iTunes gave me in error), and I have to say, what I've seen so far has been excellent. Team = Family seems to be the core of the show, and that's very necessary for me to love, really love, a show. Granted, it's only been two episodes so far, but they have been, in my mind, outstanding episode with excellent character-driven moments. I watch lots of shows just for entertainment, but there has to be something 'special' in them for me to really connect, something emotional between the characters, and I see that in Atlantis.
I'm strangely okay with characters who disappear from the show, because my favorite character, as well, is the City itself. I think the show could run and run, even if the characters change and move on. It's a very disfferent reaction than I had to SG1, where I pretty much pinned everything to one character. I'm much happier this way, because I can enjoy all the scenes and all the episodes, no matter who they feature. But basically, it's very much a Team Show, and I'm here with my pom-poms cheering, "Go Team!" and sacrificing a zucchini (because they aren't at all the same as courgettes...)
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It's hard to get attached to TV shows in this day and age when they are so summarily executed, so I swore I'd never do that again either (after 'Angel' and 'Deadwood') but here I am again, on the edge of my seat, waiting for news as to whether Atlantis has been renewed for a fifth season. I've watched two episodes of S4 so far (one 'Doppleganger' which iTunes gave me in error), and I have to say, what I've seen so far has been excellent. Team = Family seems to be the core of the show, and that's very necessary for me to love, really love, a show. Granted, it's only been two episodes so far, but they have been, in my mind, outstanding episode with excellent character-driven moments. I watch lots of shows just for entertainment, but there has to be something 'special' in them for me to really connect, something emotional between the characters, and I see that in Atlantis.
I'm strangely okay with characters who disappear from the show, because my favorite character, as well, is the City itself. I think the show could run and run, even if the characters change and move on. It's a very disfferent reaction than I had to SG1, where I pretty much pinned everything to one character. I'm much happier this way, because I can enjoy all the scenes and all the episodes, no matter who they feature. But basically, it's very much a Team Show, and I'm here with my pom-poms cheering, "Go Team!" and sacrificing a zucchini (because they aren't at all the same as courgettes...)
Here's hoping really really hard for renewal.