If anything, all this discussion still makes more sense than most of the dialogue in Andromeda.
How bad is Andromeda?
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Thanks for taking the time on this. In Canada we use "meant" in both senses. When I first read the thread title, I read it with the thought that Andromeda was written with the intention of being bad as in the sense it was meant to be a parody or something. After reading the entries, I believe that the thread title means Was Andromeda meant to be bad? because a lot of people actually think it is good.
Which I find funny since season 4 and 5 do not make a lick if sense.
I got Andromeda on DVD pretty cheap, and could not make it through all of season 2. And even the early stuff that was meant to be good, was not. Maybe comparatively, but... ooof.
Although at least in my experience, the two definitions of "supposed" are pronounced differently. If it's in the sense of "intended" (as in "My drawing was supposed to be a horse but it came out more like a giraffe"), then the second S is unvoiced, rhyming with "host." But if it's in the sense of "presumed or believed," the past tense of "suppose" (as in "Everyone supposed my drawing was a giraffe even though I intended it to be a horse"), then the second S is voiced, rhyming with "posed." I would guess that difference is because the unvoiced S is easier to say in "supposed to be."
The first season has some good episodes. Robert Hewitt Wolfe was fired and was very open about it. The show turned to unwatchable trash afterwards.
Yikes. Somebody's got a grudge.
Ah. Sorry — just did a Google search.
I don't think anyone ever accused Sorbo of being smart. Casting him as the lead was the first mistake of the show in my opinion.
I remember liking the first season well enough, I didn't love it but there were a lot of good ideas that could have been developed further and then it fell off a cliff.
An actor doesn't have to be smart as long as the writers, producers, and directors are smart enough to make the character look smart. It wasn't a problem until Sorbo got to the point of being executive producer and dictating a lot of the creative decisions. He could do good work as long as he had strong directors, producers, etc. keeping his self-indulgence in check.
It doesn't sound like the show itself was all that smart.
I would say it was deceptively smart. When it started it seemed like a lot of other 90s shows with a low budget and an interesting albeit poorly executed premise. As the show progressed it became more and more obvious that it was world building and that its world was complex and interesting. It also focused on developing each of the characters, hinting at backstories that were nuanced and engaging. It kept getting better and better until about midway through the second season when the production changes began to kick in.
Well, yeah, except that Andromeda premiered in October 2000. Although I guess there's not that much difference between late '90s and early 2000s shows.
I loved the first season of SeaQuest and was dismally disappointed at season 2 as it went on. Even the depressing season finale - which left the fate of all but Lucas, Dagwood and Darwin in grave doubt - was a satisfying finale because at that point I didn't care if it got cancelled. I was ready to assume they all died, but damned if the NBC broadcast didn't have "to be continued best season" on the end (missing from syndication and the home video prints in the US at least).
When it got that 3rd season reprieve, I was cautiously optimistic because I loved Michael Ironside. The new showrunners were legitimately talented and concerned with making it a good series, jettisoning the SF fantasy mostly in favor of a more traditional futuristic adventure series. Even their one time travel episode was actually pretty freaking amazing. Suddenly, I loved the show again and this time was honestly crushed when it died. NBC shuffled it and pre-empted the hell out of it so it didn't have a chance. But the characters were fleshed out, relationships deepened and people actually died.
There are a handful of fun episodes in year 2, but most of the last half is just weird.
Agreed. Sorbo's one-on-one scenes with Keith Hamilton Cobb, who very much comes across as a much more competent actor, were a highlight of those first two seasons.
Kevin Sorbo never really bothered me as an actor on the Hercules episodes I've seen. Andromeda, and Supergirl, but as I've learned more about him as a person, the less I like him. And knowing that he was partially responsible for the weird non-sense of Season 5, has not helped my opinion of him at all.
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