SGU CANCELLED!

[Quinton O'Connor]

You guys are kind of making me apprehensive about Season 7. I was looking forward to an actual arc for once, but I should have known better.

Just look at the seventh season for what it is and if you're anything like me, you'll be fine. The arc about the search for Atlantis isn't as up-front as it should be, but it's mentioned often. The arc about fighting a certain big bad on more even terms is much more satisfying.

There are numerous episodes in the seventh year in which the team makes up for some early losses and I'm more than satisfied with it.

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

Season 7 has a lot of good episodes but also some real crap ("Space Race," "Avenger 2.0," "Inauguration"). Plus, that was when I realized that the show wasn't really going anywhere or building up to anything pre-planned. They just wanted to milk it for as long as possible.

Really? Lost City seemed pretty pre-planned to me, hell they'd built toward it all season!

Eh. I'd agree with the others that there wasn't a whole lot of build-up to "Lost City" or much in the way of Atlantis references beyond "Fallen" & some brief mentions in "Inauguration." Not that the writers didn't know that Atlantis was an ultimate destination. IIRC, Brad Wright originally planned for "Lost City" to be a theatrical feature that followed right after the series finale at the end of Season 6.

But really, what made me stop taking the show seriously was when they pushed the big ol' reset button when they brought Daniel Jackson back, quickly forgetting about the year where he died and forgetting about Jonas Quinn even quicker.

 

[AJ86]

I meant more the Anubis arc which lead to Lost City, rather than any specific building toward finding it.

 

[bigdaddy]

But really, what made me stop taking the show seriously was when they pushed the big ol' reset button when they brought Daniel Jackson back, quickly forgetting about the year where he died and forgetting about Jonas Quinn even quicker.

That's when the show died for me too. He left the show, he should have stayed gone. Then they killed him and brought him back a few more times. It was just a joke.

 

[AJ86]

He never died for a year, he ascended.

 

[bigdaddy]

He never died for a year, he ascended.

 

[kitkat]

I'm gonna miss SGU so much. Does anybody else follow David Blue on twitter? He is HILARIOUS!!

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

He never died for a year, he ascended.

Details details. The point is he was gone for a year and not on our normal plane of existence. Even Daniel himself once used the word "died" to refer to his absence in "Orpheus."

But really, what made me stop taking the show seriously was when they pushed the big ol' reset button when they brought Daniel Jackson back, quickly forgetting about the year where he died and forgetting about Jonas Quinn even quicker.

That's when the show died for me too. He left the show, he should have stayed gone. Then they killed him and brought him back a few more times. It was just a joke.

I wouldn't say the show "died" for me. I still liked it. I just had to learn to like it in a different way. But then, this was also around the time when my TV allegiances were shifting away from Star Trek and towards Buffy/Angel, so I became far less interested in taking my space epics seriously anyway.

And in the long run, I think bringing him back was the right choice. He was such a pivotal character and became even more so once Jack O'Neill started becoming such a phantome presence in Seasons 7 & 8. I don't think Jonas Quinn could have carried as much of the show as strongly as Daniel did. However, his resurrection seemed like such an afterthought and had very few story repercussions over the years. It should have been a new chapter for the character. Instead, they just pretended that Season 6 never happened.

 

[Starbreaker]

I'm gonna miss SGU so much. Does anybody else follow David Blue on twitter? He is HILARIOUS!!

Yes. He and Lou Diamond Phillips are fun to watch banter. I feel bad for the guys learning they were out of a job via Twitter.

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

I must be the only person in this thread who thought they did an okay job with the Daniel resurrection thing. The guy was gaining memories from his time among the Ancients as far in as the end of the eighth season. It worked.

 

[AJ86]

He never died for a year, he ascended.

Details details. The point is he was gone for a year and not on our normal plane of existence. Even Daniel himself once used the word "died" to refer to his absence in "Orpheus."

My point is that killing off a character and then changing your mind and bringing them back is a lot cheaper and less thoughtful than continuing and arc they've been on for years and setting them to one side for a year. Especially given that they never wanted him to leave in the first place.

 

[bigdaddy]

He never died for a year, he ascended.

Details details. The point is he was gone for a year and not on our normal plane of existence. Even Daniel himself once used the word "died" to refer to his absence in "Orpheus."

My point is that killing off a character and then changing your mind and bringing them back is a lot cheaper and less thoughtful than continuing and arc they've been on for years and setting them to one side for a year. Especially given that they never wanted him to leave in the first place.

Which brings up the bought that he QUIT the show and fuck it if he wants to return. He was a dumbass for leaving and they should have killed him off like they did on Sliders; get shot, have your brains sucked out and the planet blown up.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

get shot, have your brains sucked out and the planet blown up.

Nice final pink slip, huh?

 

[Pemmer Harge]

Which brings up the bought that he QUIT the show and fuck it if he wants to return. He was a dumbass for leaving and they should have killed him off like they did on Sliders; get shot, have your brains sucked out and the planet blown up.

So he quit the show, who cares? He left a job and came back. It's not a betrayal or something, it's just business.

 

[Deckerd]

Pfft the Jackson gone, Jackson back storylines were better than it's ever been done before. Bobby Ewing anyone?

 

[Saquist]

I'm gonna miss SGU so much. Does anybody else follow David Blue on twitter? He is HILARIOUS!!

I could do without the show and I haven't missed it.
I didn't even realise it was back.

 

[bigdaddy]

Which brings up the bought that he QUIT the show and fuck it if he wants to return. He was a dumbass for leaving and they should have killed him off like they did on Sliders; get shot, have your brains sucked out and the planet blown up.

So he quit the show, who cares? He left a job and came back. It's not a betrayal or something, it's just business.

I can't quit my job because I think I can do better and then just get my job back and just pretend nothnig ever happened.

 

[JarodRussell]

Which brings up the bought that he QUIT the show and fuck it if he wants to return. He was a dumbass for leaving and they should have killed him off like they did on Sliders; get shot, have your brains sucked out and the planet blown up.

So he quit the show, who cares? He left a job and came back. It's not a betrayal or something, it's just business.

I can't quit my job because I think I can do better and then just get my job back and just pretend nothnig ever happened.

You can't apply that to films or TV shows.

 

[bigdaddy]

Should have done it like Star Trek, they stay dead.

 

[cylkoth]

I can't quit my job because I think I can do better and then just get my job back and just pretend nothnig ever happened.

You can if your bosses want you back.