tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post9162664464240681115..comments2023-07-15T04:20:16.543-05:00Comments on Almost Diamonds: Why SG-1Stephanie Zvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15182490110208080002noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-1677237319612306252007-05-23T22:22:00.000-05:002007-05-23T22:22:00.000-05:00I find that I have to watch three episodes of Hero...I find that I have to watch three episodes of <I>Heroes</I> in a sitting to feel like there's progress. I enjoyed the first six or nine episodes that way, but I couldn't keep investing time like that. Maybe when it comes out on DVD.<BR/><BR/>SG-1 rewards me on a sliding scale. If I watch an episode, I get a tough problem with a resolution that depends on the characters being smart (IQ and EQ, both). I get a small bit of commentary on modern life or human nature, and someone says something that makes me laugh or cringe. Popcorn.<BR/><BR/>If I watch more episodes (in order helps), I get gradual character development, shifting political alliances and priorities, and the occasional in joke ("He's bald, his name starts with an H, and he's very important to me.") that requires recording the show so I can hear what happened while I was laughing so hard.<BR/><BR/>So I don't know how much it's a matter of purchaser bias as it is of purchaser needs. I can only watch so much TV and in ways that make being able to skip an episode or stop at just one rather important.<BR/><BR/>Although, when it comes right down to it, politics plus smart people being generally smart (instead of dramatically emotional at inconvenient times) might win whatever the format.<BR/><BR/>As for the top 25 list? Well, of course it's on mine. I don't call it <I>Starcrack</I> for nothing. The reason I think it should be on a general top 25 list is the audience it's reached. It was the world's most syndicated show at one point, and it's reached people most science fiction programming doesn't. That and 10 seasons.Stephanie Zvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182490110208080002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-43016371998713773362007-05-16T16:39:00.000-05:002007-05-16T16:39:00.000-05:00Okay, Steph, I hear you. Now, I'm in the other cam...Okay, Steph, I hear you. Now, I'm in the other camp on this one. <I>SG-1</I> never did much for me, and has primarily filled in as something SF to watch on days I'm home sick with the flu.<BR/><BR/>Many of the reasons you listed are subjective. Your first reason, for instance, is a matter primarily of subjective purchaser qualification--you like this flavor, so you buy this flavor.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I think the plot arcs tend to be very similar in their emotional arc, the characters are a bit two-dimensional, and the zany/romp type feel doesn't always work for me--though sometimes it does.<BR/><BR/>I do really like the syndicated plot-style; I was a big fan of <I>ST:TNG</I> for exactly that reason, and not so much of <I>Babylon 5</I> because it was an ongoing, unresolved plot. But I love what <I>Heroes</I> is doing, and that is perpetually unresolved--it's practically their selling point. (I do have to say that it surprised me how much I liked the show, given that. I really strongly tend to prefer self-contained plot arcs.)<BR/><BR/>I think <I>SG-1</I> is the sort of show that has a different impact based on what you want to get out of it. It doesn't quite work for me, and no, I would never put it on a top 25 list. But that's going to be different for each person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-73343084997747913052007-05-08T20:56:00.000-05:002007-05-08T20:56:00.000-05:00Hi, Teresa. Midnight insomniac blogging isn't the ...Hi, Teresa. <BR/><BR/>Midnight insomniac blogging isn't the best for making distinctions. I didn't mean to imply that this particular group of fans was saying it was uncool. In fact, the only mention of the show was a side note about one commenter's preferences that science fiction not try to be funny, in reference to episode 200's Hugo nomination.<BR/><BR/>However, this silence echoed a lot of other silences in places where I expected SG-1 to get some mention. I've attended a con panel with the subject (paraphrased), "Why don't we do panels about <I>Stargate</I>?" I didn't get it then. I still don't.<BR/><BR/>This isn't new. I'm the person who routinely goes to the grocery store and finds my favorite food discontinued. I'm still baffled that people love <I>House</I>, because it's one of my favorite shows. I'm just groping for an explanation of the difference in this case.<BR/><BR/>That, and I like talking about <I>Stargate</I>.Stephanie Zvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182490110208080002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-63956346967469065182007-05-08T06:05:00.000-05:002007-05-08T06:05:00.000-05:00I don't think it's uncool to like SG-1; it just di...I don't think it's uncool to like SG-1; it just didn't happen to be a favorite item of the people who were posting.Teresa Nielsen Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948135401100244853noreply@blogger.com