Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:11 pm
oh for gods sake get over yourself.
There are multiple enemies in star trek because the universe is vast. But whereas star trek has humans being on earth and colonising with the expansion of the federation, stargate has ONLY humans throughout the galaxy, that or non-intelligent species that post a one-episode threat.
Ok, so the goa'uld are the main threat, but the replicators are nasty bastards too right?
every season of star trek has had its MAIN baddies, its just because stargate has only started its first spin-off that we're seeing a new enemy. TOS has the klingons and the romulans as the main enemies, TNG...well there was no real main enemy. just little kafuffles the try and break up the peace. DS9 has the dominion...ONLY. Voyager has the borg. Now enterprise just went to pot and there was a new enemy every series the xindi springs to mind as the only MAIN enemy earth has faced. but lets IGNORE the fact of the technology, the story system is essensialy the same and you know it. stop bringing out asthetic or universe differences. As story arcs develop theres no doubt that stargate would find its feet and develop on its own, but its still doing "planet of the week" stuff as its bread and butter episodes which is what star trek is all about.
And lets get over this delusion that star trek and star wars are the twin pillars of sci-fi which all other shows and movies strive to be. Sure theyve been ripped off in their time but thats because theyre commercially succesfull. Since that time, Lucas has clearly shown that he hasnt got a damned CLUE why star wars was succesful in the first place, and paramount have just downed in money that they should have spent on writers so Star trek is just the laughing stock of tv sci-fi.
I love galactica because there's nothing on tv like it. Its gritty, its realistic (as far as space combat against robots can be), the characters are three dimentional, they face real problems, you can connect. By the end of the episode everything is still in the terrible situation it was last time. There's political allegory in there about terrorism, about paranoia, that reflects the west's social situation believing attack could come at any time from any body. The lives of the fighter pilots are damned vital, every time a life is lost, the crew feel it. This is the last hope of humanity and their numbers are dwindling. The glossy tv shine is gone, its filmed almost like a documentary, if you ever saw Space: above and beyond, you know that its not conventional tv sci fi, and its why space... got canceled, people didnt 'get' it, as it seem you still dont. If you want your pre-packaged cliche ridden sci-fi then stargate's waiting, you could seriously do a lot worse. i personally love stargate, but im not closed minded enough to ignore what else is out there, especially since every episode of galactica has been top-notch and i can say without a doubt that there's been some seriously dicky episodes of SG1.
Carla Says:
There are multiple enemies in star trek because the universe is vast. But whereas star trek has humans being on earth and colonising with the expansion of the federation, stargate has ONLY humans throughout the galaxy, that or non-intelligent species that post a one-episode threat.
Ok, so the goa'uld are the main threat, but the replicators are nasty bastards too right?
every season of star trek has had its MAIN baddies, its just because stargate has only started its first spin-off that we're seeing a new enemy. TOS has the klingons and the romulans as the main enemies, TNG...well there was no real main enemy. just little kafuffles the try and break up the peace. DS9 has the dominion...ONLY. Voyager has the borg. Now enterprise just went to pot and there was a new enemy every series the xindi springs to mind as the only MAIN enemy earth has faced. but lets IGNORE the fact of the technology, the story system is essensialy the same and you know it. stop bringing out asthetic or universe differences. As story arcs develop theres no doubt that stargate would find its feet and develop on its own, but its still doing "planet of the week" stuff as its bread and butter episodes which is what star trek is all about.
And lets get over this delusion that star trek and star wars are the twin pillars of sci-fi which all other shows and movies strive to be. Sure theyve been ripped off in their time but thats because theyre commercially succesfull. Since that time, Lucas has clearly shown that he hasnt got a damned CLUE why star wars was succesful in the first place, and paramount have just downed in money that they should have spent on writers so Star trek is just the laughing stock of tv sci-fi.
I love galactica because there's nothing on tv like it. Its gritty, its realistic (as far as space combat against robots can be), the characters are three dimentional, they face real problems, you can connect. By the end of the episode everything is still in the terrible situation it was last time. There's political allegory in there about terrorism, about paranoia, that reflects the west's social situation believing attack could come at any time from any body. The lives of the fighter pilots are damned vital, every time a life is lost, the crew feel it. This is the last hope of humanity and their numbers are dwindling. The glossy tv shine is gone, its filmed almost like a documentary, if you ever saw Space: above and beyond, you know that its not conventional tv sci fi, and its why space... got canceled, people didnt 'get' it, as it seem you still dont. If you want your pre-packaged cliche ridden sci-fi then stargate's waiting, you could seriously do a lot worse. i personally love stargate, but im not closed minded enough to ignore what else is out there, especially since every episode of galactica has been top-notch and i can say without a doubt that there's been some seriously dicky episodes of SG1.
Carla Says:
Arc....not bad
*Fades back into shadows to play custom modules in NWN*