Atlantis Premiere
Jul. 11th, 2008 03:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
First off, I'm listening to Hewlett's interview from Gateworld. And he vists the forums. Now I'm worried about anything I may have said.... (and his Australian accent is sexy).
Anyway, moving on to the point of this post: the season premiere of Atlantis. I'm sort of keeping this cautiously optimistic attitude about it. Cos I don't want to not like it. I love the Stargate world and I really don't want to be disappointed. But as I think back over season 4, there's a part of me that doesn't want to remain too hopeful. And I think I've figured out what it was about season 4 that bugged. There were a lot of episodes where nothing happened. But I didn't realize it at the time because I was so caught up with the acting. Which is great. Cos I have nothing but respect for all those guys: David, Joe, Jason, etc. But I would be caught up in the episodes and be mostly loving it. Then I would come here to review or whatever and I would realize, wait a minute. Nothing happened. That was what disappointed me so much about a lot of season 4. Trio is the perfect example of that. You have three characters stuck in a box, how the hell are they gonna get out. Well, they do. But nothing happened. No one was any different from when they went in. *sigh*
Anyway, I want to like season 5. I really, really do. So I hope I do.
Anyway, moving on to the point of this post: the season premiere of Atlantis. I'm sort of keeping this cautiously optimistic attitude about it. Cos I don't want to not like it. I love the Stargate world and I really don't want to be disappointed. But as I think back over season 4, there's a part of me that doesn't want to remain too hopeful. And I think I've figured out what it was about season 4 that bugged. There were a lot of episodes where nothing happened. But I didn't realize it at the time because I was so caught up with the acting. Which is great. Cos I have nothing but respect for all those guys: David, Joe, Jason, etc. But I would be caught up in the episodes and be mostly loving it. Then I would come here to review or whatever and I would realize, wait a minute. Nothing happened. That was what disappointed me so much about a lot of season 4. Trio is the perfect example of that. You have three characters stuck in a box, how the hell are they gonna get out. Well, they do. But nothing happened. No one was any different from when they went in. *sigh*
Anyway, I want to like season 5. I really, really do. So I hope I do.
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Date: 2008-07-11 08:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-07-11 08:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-07-12 05:43 am (UTC)I hope it meets your expectations. :)
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Date: 2008-07-12 02:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-07-12 06:01 am (UTC)Oh, I'm told Hewlett visits the forum often. I'm going to start paying more attention to the lurkers.
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Date: 2008-07-12 02:50 pm (UTC)I'm with you on that CGI stuff, though. That big shot pulling back through the entire solar system was a bit much. It was almost like they just did it to say "Look what we can do!!" When that shot started I expected the hiveship to be right outside the atmosphere. And that probably would have been more suspenseful than having it be on the other side of the system.
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Date: 2008-07-12 02:56 pm (UTC)