"Another gripe I have with Life is the chair. As soon as it appeared on screen my wife said, "Oh, it's the Dollhouse chair." I doubted that they would blatantly rip off another currently airing show. 30 seconds later Dr. Rush is explaining how whoever sits in the chair will have the knowledge of the ancients implanted directly into their brain. Dollhouse certainly did not invent this idea, but come on. "
Considering that SG-1 established teh Ancient technology to download data into a human brain back in Season Two in 'The Fifth Race' (one of the best episodes of SG-1 IMO) and they established the Ancient chair in SG-1 as well, I didn't have a problem with this. I thik SGU has possibilities, but every character outside of the main 3 need work, and that includes O'Neill who rolled over for Lou Diamond Phillips' character a couple of episodes ago. The SG-1 Jack wouldn't have done that. (Not to mention allowing the soap opera of jumping bodies in the last episode. You think that would happen under his command?) The huge problem with this show is the stones. Why isn't Carter and/ or McKay permanently inhabiting somebody's body on the ship so they can help Rush get stuff working? They are the two foremost experts on Ancient technology in the world. I realize its because the actors aren't available and they want to tell new stories without using the old cast, but its a huge plot hole. Not to mention the whole "Let me borrow your body so I can go sleep with my girlfriend/wife/husband/ whatever I left on Earth, you apparently don't mind". There's 3-4 good epsiodes ont he ramifications of the body switching alone and they've just glossed over it like its no big deal (Allergies? The body your using belongs to an alcoholic? etc.) I know that they have an epsiode planned about this topic near the end of the season, but they needed to deal with it earlier rather than later. SGU seems like a great idea that can't figure out how to fit into the already constructed SG universe. We know the characters in command back on Earth so we know that things should be running differently. Until they can figure out how to fit into the sG universe I think its going to struggle. But go watch the first seasons of SG-1 or SG:A. There are some pretty woeful episodes in those groups and the series figured it out, so I still have faith. Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bgg_down?hl=en.
