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Stargate and Faith
Aug. 12th, 2005 10:32 pmI love Stargate. I love it even without Jack O'Neill. I love Cameron Mitchell. I love that Sam is coming back next week. I love Daniel -- well, I love Daniel now that he's died, twice. And Teal'c... well, I've always loved Teal'c, how can you not love the T-Man?
But if I have to sit through one more stupid Daniel Jackson speech about how faith is evil and stupid, I'm gonna throw something at the television. ( Yeah, it's a rant )
Sorry for the rant that the show may not have completely deserved. Only the show's writers -- for all their wonderful plots and characters -- tend to be way to heavy handed with issues once in a while. I'm hoping that they don't make this whole season a "point".
Stargate -- or any show, for that matter -- is best when it merely touches on the "issues". Fiction is best when the struggles of our heroes illustrate the pros and cons of any "big picture problem" and allows us to debate the merit of each side ourselves. The more heavy handed they are in their efforts to make sure that the viewer couldn't possibly come to a different conclusion then the one they want, the more likely I'm going to throw things at the TV.
I'm holding out hope that SG-1 doesn't degenerate into that. I mean, the show has always been about having fun, right?
But if I have to sit through one more stupid Daniel Jackson speech about how faith is evil and stupid, I'm gonna throw something at the television. ( Yeah, it's a rant )
Sorry for the rant that the show may not have completely deserved. Only the show's writers -- for all their wonderful plots and characters -- tend to be way to heavy handed with issues once in a while. I'm hoping that they don't make this whole season a "point".
Stargate -- or any show, for that matter -- is best when it merely touches on the "issues". Fiction is best when the struggles of our heroes illustrate the pros and cons of any "big picture problem" and allows us to debate the merit of each side ourselves. The more heavy handed they are in their efforts to make sure that the viewer couldn't possibly come to a different conclusion then the one they want, the more likely I'm going to throw things at the TV.
I'm holding out hope that SG-1 doesn't degenerate into that. I mean, the show has always been about having fun, right?
