Which is to say: there is nothing unsatisfying about SGA. It is comfort food, it is a legacy, it is in the dictionary next to SPACE SHOW. Mm!
hell, yeah! to that and the whole post.
i spent a year sulking after farscape was cancelled and flat out refused to watch sga because it wasn't possibly ever going to be as funny and heartwrenching and good as farscape was and i wasn't going to sit there and watch it while it pretended to be. and then i did end up watching it and realised that this show wasn't about that, this show was Galaxy Quest on tv peeking out behind the SG universe.
my friend and i talk about how BSG is probably an amalgam of what space shows *should* be if they're to be taken seriously outside of fannish circles and how groovy the show is but how sga is an amalgam of what makes fannish (in the grand tradition of space show fans and slash fans) people *love* space shows; it's a flat out affectionate love letter and a jaunty wave to shows that have passed. the writers did not invent the remix but they're making me love theirs and it is really clever (i suppose they have to be clever in some way) that they are trading on traditions of space shows to not have to sell us on every virtue of each character. they know who's along for the ride, i suppose.
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Date: 2005-11-10 10:33 am (UTC)hell, yeah! to that and the whole post.
i spent a year sulking after farscape was cancelled and flat out refused to watch sga because it wasn't possibly ever going to be as funny and heartwrenching and good as farscape was and i wasn't going to sit there and watch it while it pretended to be. and then i did end up watching it and realised that this show wasn't about that, this show was Galaxy Quest on tv peeking out behind the SG universe.
my friend and i talk about how BSG is probably an amalgam of what space shows *should* be if they're to be taken seriously outside of fannish circles and how groovy the show is but how sga is an amalgam of what makes fannish (in the grand tradition of space show fans and slash fans) people *love* space shows; it's a flat out affectionate love letter and a jaunty wave to shows that have passed. the writers did not invent the remix but they're making me love theirs and it is really clever (i suppose they have to be clever in some way) that they are trading on traditions of space shows to not have to sell us on every virtue of each character. they know who's along for the ride, i suppose.
heh. i ramble. and now i flee. *flees*