On Gateworld: Is Elyse really that tall? She looks over 6"0. I can't tell if it's perspective or photoshop or what. Alaina Huffman is about 5'10".
I see how it is...keep the minorities on the edges, so they can be cropped out when their characters are killed off early on.
Regular Stargate Actors Who Have Left Their Respective Series: Michael Shanks (returned) Corin Nemec Richard Dean Anderson Don S. Davis Rainbow Sun Francks Paul McGillion Torri Higginson Amanda Tapping Yep, Stargate sure has a habit of killing off it's minority characters. In fact, none of those characters are dead for certain.
Damn. I can't believe I forgot that even for a second. Replaced with a clone is not properly dead. This is Sci-Fi! Seriously, I'd argue that Beckett is a sign of the Stargate writers' cultural ignorance (the flag on his uniform being the main problem) but racism ? Not seeing it.
And here we have the season 2 cast pic! http://www.gateworld.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=659&pos=22 What, do you honestly think the "name" actors are gonna last long?!
I apologise then, there have been a lot of comments like yours lately from people who, unfortunately, meant it.
Well true, but given that was a deliberate, IOA joint international/civilian mission, it made sense they'd tone down the US military aspects. I just assumed we'd be going back to the SG-1 semi-realism for the military personnel in Universe. I know even SG-1 made it up a bit as they went along (the outdated jackets, etc) but I was just wondering what the origin was of this SGU black jackets.
Some of it looks real, like the guy wearing the Marine digi BDUs. Some of it is fake though, like those guys wearing pseudo futuristic looking Air Force blues. Even the digi BDUs look a bit off, since it looks like its ACU colored. I don't quite get why they just don't go into a PX and pick up a couple of actual uniforms. It would probably be cheaper and look more authentic at the same time
Personally, I don't want to see civilians wearing uniforms of any kind. For missions they should wear practical outdoors clothing. USAF personnel should wear the appropriate uniform. It always bugged me when I saw a bunch of scientists on Atlantis walking around wearing brightly coloured, tight fitting clothes. They're supposed to be the best and brightest, how does making them all dress alike do anything to help them ? I imagine, though, if they asked the Air Force would provide them with all the correct uniforms they want.
Part of the issue is that real uniforms, while being technically the most correct choice, can look silly or dull as standard costumes for an ongoing series. SG-1, for example, switched from the shinier nylon finish jackets to cotton olive drab jackets after a couple of episodes because they were easier to hide Vancouver rain with and didn't reflect studio lights as badly. The realities of cinema sometimes limit the realism of military uniform. The Atlantis jacket was more obvious - simply a way to distinguish Atlantis from SG-1 at a glance when channel hopping, the same reason the Simpsons are yellow. With neither parent show still on the air I kind of wish they'd goen back to more realistic BDUs and so on for Universe, but as long as they don't start doing stupd things like Vala's 'hot chick' uniform variant I'll be OK with whatever they go with.
The first couple of years were not too bad. They seemed like decent work clothing that was functional and comfortable with only a dash of Star Trek thrown in. The later switch were a little too Star Trek for my tastes. The black ones seem to revert to a more realistic uniform for a modern-day fictional organization. I liked Vala, but that bugged the hell out of me so much.
The civilian uniforms were just dumb and unrealistic. I know some very smart people who have turned down better paying jobs because of dress codes. McKay, Zelenka etc are scientists, not soldiers. I'm not so sure I understand what was so "hot chick" about her uniform, but modifying her clothes would not exactly be out of character for her, would it ?
We have to assume that the Expedition thought they'd be meeting Ancients there, or their descendants, so the civilian uni's weren't out of place. But once regular contact with Earth was established, keeping them felt kind of dumb. Since Stargate has always prided itself on taking place in the here and now, not letting the civilian contingent walk around the city in regular clothing was a missed opportunity to further the present day heroes motif, not to mention the nice contrast to the futuristic setting of Atlantis.
She just seemed way more "exposed" (for lack of a better word). And while it wouldn't be out of character for her to adjust her uniform, she is now working for the USAF. Landry should impose the uniform regulations. It just seemed like a lot of things let slide (in universe) when it came to Vala.