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I found the unaired pilot for US Life on Mars and wow, the actual pilot seems brilliant compared to it. The unaired pilot actually had more original elements while keeping the basic plot, but it was executed so clumsily. The actors playing Gene, Annie, and I assume it was Ray, weren't that great (sorry Colm Meaney). Though, the unaired pilot did keep Sam standing on the roof of building, contemplating jumping. The move from L.A. to New York City was also a wise decision. L.A. seems too bright and not gritty enough to match the era. So copying the UK pilot practically word for word resulted in some good.
And just some quick thoughts about SGA's mid-season two parter. So stupid how Sci Fi is just off loading these episodes. Yes, there was only a week between parts this year, but at this rate the series will be done by December. I don't see what the rush is. When BSG comes back in January, it'll be ending, too, so Sci Fi won't have any good shows come the summer. But anyway...
Big scary aliens in the beefy suits? Asgard. Feels like the writers are just back-peddling, trying to appease the fans who were annoyed that the entire race was killed off on SG-1. This does bring back the Asgard to the fandom, albeit in a slightly more dangerous manner. I seriously wasn't expecting a tiny Asgard to step out of that suit. I don't see these Asgard becoming villains or anything, but they could come back to menace the team every once and awhile. They have the puppet after all. :-)
And it looked like they tried to get Larrin back for this episode but couldn't get the actress. I'm not overly fond of Larrin and I know actors' schedules are always up in the air, but it would have been nice to see her. She and Sheppard could insult each other a little more. But we did get to see a little bit more of the Travellers. And wow, the writers are totally ripping off Firefly again. The cute girl mechanic? Totally an homage to Kaylee. I couldn't help but think when the hyperdrive went down, "Get Kaylee to fix it. She's on the Daedalus." The Keller/Ronon relationship also got a resolve. Sucks for Ronon. He was trying so hard to impress Keller and protect her.
I was going to say for the first part that having Daniel there seemed out of place. "Here's Daniel! Enjoy!" Though, he and Rodney working together was hilarious. Here you have level-headed thinking guy and panicky Canadian guy who seems doom and gloom everywhere. But having Daniel there to meeting the Asgard makes sense. Sure, sometimes Rodney would talk with Hermoid, but they didn't spend that much time together. Daniel knew Thor very well, so he knows the Asgard in the Milky Way were a good and helpful race, making these rebels Asgard bad news.
Stargates blowing up? Meh. Seems questionable that Sheppard and Radek didn't get burned to a crisp. And please, stop pronouncing Janus' name like "Janice". I kept thinking they were referring to a woman. I think they should have pronounced it with a longer "ah" sound. And the HUD inside the suit helmets was so inspired by the shots in Iron Man. Too bad Daniel didn't reveal what SG-1 has been up to since the end of the show. I assume the team has disbanded. Daniel doesn't show up in his SG-1 uniform; also, Sam made a comment in "Midway" about how Teal'c had been a member of SG-1 for years. Had. But who knows.
And I forgot to talk about Sanctuary last week. I had seen the webisodes a while back and was wondering how they would redo the pilot now that they had more money. It seems the luxury of a bigger budget and being an actual TV show now allows for more character development. Things are revealed much more slowly or not at all. It was a bit weird how they reused some of the footage from the webisodes and inserted it into the episode. And now with episode two done, they can move on to original stories, though it was nice to see the story from the second half of the webisodes resolved. In the webisodes, it just ends with everyone in peril.
Some user on some site commented how Sanctuary was just a rip-off of Torchwood. I admit the concept of the shows are similar and there are some similar character roles, but it's not the same show. Sanctuary's a Canadian production through and through. :-)
I found the unaired pilot for US Life on Mars and wow, the actual pilot seems brilliant compared to it. The unaired pilot actually had more original elements while keeping the basic plot, but it was executed so clumsily. The actors playing Gene, Annie, and I assume it was Ray, weren't that great (sorry Colm Meaney). Though, the unaired pilot did keep Sam standing on the roof of building, contemplating jumping. The move from L.A. to New York City was also a wise decision. L.A. seems too bright and not gritty enough to match the era. So copying the UK pilot practically word for word resulted in some good.
And just some quick thoughts about SGA's mid-season two parter. So stupid how Sci Fi is just off loading these episodes. Yes, there was only a week between parts this year, but at this rate the series will be done by December. I don't see what the rush is. When BSG comes back in January, it'll be ending, too, so Sci Fi won't have any good shows come the summer. But anyway...
Big scary aliens in the beefy suits? Asgard. Feels like the writers are just back-peddling, trying to appease the fans who were annoyed that the entire race was killed off on SG-1. This does bring back the Asgard to the fandom, albeit in a slightly more dangerous manner. I seriously wasn't expecting a tiny Asgard to step out of that suit. I don't see these Asgard becoming villains or anything, but they could come back to menace the team every once and awhile. They have the puppet after all. :-)
And it looked like they tried to get Larrin back for this episode but couldn't get the actress. I'm not overly fond of Larrin and I know actors' schedules are always up in the air, but it would have been nice to see her. She and Sheppard could insult each other a little more. But we did get to see a little bit more of the Travellers. And wow, the writers are totally ripping off Firefly again. The cute girl mechanic? Totally an homage to Kaylee. I couldn't help but think when the hyperdrive went down, "Get Kaylee to fix it. She's on the Daedalus." The Keller/Ronon relationship also got a resolve. Sucks for Ronon. He was trying so hard to impress Keller and protect her.
I was going to say for the first part that having Daniel there seemed out of place. "Here's Daniel! Enjoy!" Though, he and Rodney working together was hilarious. Here you have level-headed thinking guy and panicky Canadian guy who seems doom and gloom everywhere. But having Daniel there to meeting the Asgard makes sense. Sure, sometimes Rodney would talk with Hermoid, but they didn't spend that much time together. Daniel knew Thor very well, so he knows the Asgard in the Milky Way were a good and helpful race, making these rebels Asgard bad news.
Stargates blowing up? Meh. Seems questionable that Sheppard and Radek didn't get burned to a crisp. And please, stop pronouncing Janus' name like "Janice". I kept thinking they were referring to a woman. I think they should have pronounced it with a longer "ah" sound. And the HUD inside the suit helmets was so inspired by the shots in Iron Man. Too bad Daniel didn't reveal what SG-1 has been up to since the end of the show. I assume the team has disbanded. Daniel doesn't show up in his SG-1 uniform; also, Sam made a comment in "Midway" about how Teal'c had been a member of SG-1 for years. Had. But who knows.
And I forgot to talk about Sanctuary last week. I had seen the webisodes a while back and was wondering how they would redo the pilot now that they had more money. It seems the luxury of a bigger budget and being an actual TV show now allows for more character development. Things are revealed much more slowly or not at all. It was a bit weird how they reused some of the footage from the webisodes and inserted it into the episode. And now with episode two done, they can move on to original stories, though it was nice to see the story from the second half of the webisodes resolved. In the webisodes, it just ends with everyone in peril.
Some user on some site commented how Sanctuary was just a rip-off of Torchwood. I admit the concept of the shows are similar and there are some similar character roles, but it's not the same show. Sanctuary's a Canadian production through and through. :-)
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