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Stargate: Atlantis s1 eps 9-12
Mar. 25th, 2008 01:52 pm(Hmm...the Vampire Earth icon is actually fairly appropriate for SGA...post apocalyptic Earth where rebels fight back against a vampiric alien race that's returned after thousands of years away and uses portals to travel between worlds.)
Anyway...
The show in general is starting to feel less awkward, but still has issues. Especially in the fact that the writers either cannot or are afraid to write a woman in charge. It's especially painfully obvious when Weir will make the same decision in the same circumstances for the same reasons as Hammond, but while it's portrayed as unquestionably the best choice Hammond could make, it's always portrayed as questionable or iffy on her fault. Then there's Teyla, who's supposed to be the leader of her people, but isn't remotely treated like it. Granted, her society doesn't seem to have as strong of a leader/subordinates/commoners feel as others do in general, but she seems to be more of an advisor than anything else, but she's talked about as the final decisionmaker in the early episodes.
Then there's Sheppard. I'm warming up to him and he's pretty decent in general, but every time I adjust there will be a "because he's the male lead" moment at the expense-either right decision or in a fight-of another character. Plus, they keep seeming to except me to view him as the next Jack O'Niell. Those are big shoes to fill even without having it pointed out to me that he's about 15 years short of being able to fill them.
Also, I really like Ford-probably more than I do Sheppard at this point-but...he doesn't really serve a purpose other than to be the random guy who fills out the team.
Anyway...
The show in general is starting to feel less awkward, but still has issues. Especially in the fact that the writers either cannot or are afraid to write a woman in charge. It's especially painfully obvious when Weir will make the same decision in the same circumstances for the same reasons as Hammond, but while it's portrayed as unquestionably the best choice Hammond could make, it's always portrayed as questionable or iffy on her fault. Then there's Teyla, who's supposed to be the leader of her people, but isn't remotely treated like it. Granted, her society doesn't seem to have as strong of a leader/subordinates/commoners feel as others do in general, but she seems to be more of an advisor than anything else, but she's talked about as the final decisionmaker in the early episodes.
Then there's Sheppard. I'm warming up to him and he's pretty decent in general, but every time I adjust there will be a "because he's the male lead" moment at the expense-either right decision or in a fight-of another character. Plus, they keep seeming to except me to view him as the next Jack O'Niell. Those are big shoes to fill even without having it pointed out to me that he's about 15 years short of being able to fill them.
Also, I really like Ford-probably more than I do Sheppard at this point-but...he doesn't really serve a purpose other than to be the random guy who fills out the team.