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From David Hewlett’s twitter:
dhewlett: Shooting the last scene, of the last episode, of Stargate Atlantis...2 more days of filming but this is it...thanks so much everyone!
*wibble*
However, I dunno, I must say that but for the Shrine, Season 5 hasn’t quite grabbed me yet, so I’m getting a little less sad that this will be the end.
Also, unpopular fannsh opinion ahoy!
I have to come out and say something. I’m looking forward to Stargate Universe.
I should be clear that nothing I’ve heard makes me think the show is going to be good- it’s obviously their fumbling attempt to do the Star Trek Voyager premise with a younger “hipper” cast. I’m pretty sure when they pitched it, it probably went something like “It’s like Lost In Space! Or Voyager! But with hotties! And, er, Stargates in there. Somewhere. We haven’t figured that part out yet.”
Yes, it’s going to be crap, and highly derivative crap at that. But come on, people, that’s the best part! (The fact that I have terrible taste should surprise no one.)
Voyager was my first Sci-Fi love ever, and the idea that the demon spawn of Voyager and SGA is going to be television show is HILARIOUS. Just think about it! Voyager was crazy and craptastic to begin with (the holodeck episodes alone, my god- the Irish village! The 1940s AU!). The fact that the minds behind SGA will be drawing from that material fills me with so much glee you don’t even know.
So, SGU, I say this to you: Bring. It. On. I’m ready.
I will miss Rodney and John and the team. But judging by Season 5, it looks like they have (being less awesome and talented than you wonderful people) run out of things to say about them. And I’d rather SGA end before I hate it, and if this is what I get to console me, I’m willing to keep an open mind at least until I see an episode. Whatever the show ends up being, I doubt it will ever hold a place in my heart equal to SGA. On the other hand, I don’t think that being sad about SGA’s cancellation and looking forward to SGU are mutually exclusive things.
(Or maybe I’m full of crap about SGU and what I really want isn't this show, but someone to write the epic SGA/Voyager fusion where Elizabeth is the Captain and John is the rebel leader of the Maquis and Rodney is the mouthy but brilliant Chief of Engineering, etc. etc. That would also console me.)
In other news, once my bonus comes in from work on Thursday, I’ll be getting a new laptop! Finally! Guess who managed to go over a month without a laptop? ME. Who believed I could do that without going crazy? NOT ME, actually. *surprised at self* At any rate, this might mean I post more often (haha, probably not).
Right now, I’m planning on this one. It’s lightweight, only $400, runs XP instead of Vista, and since I’ll really only be using it to a) surf the internet and b) download TV shows/movies it should serve nicely for what I can afford right now. Even though there are some complaints that the keyboard and touchpad are tiny, it’s sure as hell a step up from using my iPod touch to go online, which is what I've been doing to get by.
That said, if anyone has any other recommendations, please let me know!
dhewlett: Shooting the last scene, of the last episode, of Stargate Atlantis...2 more days of filming but this is it...thanks so much everyone!
*wibble*
However, I dunno, I must say that but for the Shrine, Season 5 hasn’t quite grabbed me yet, so I’m getting a little less sad that this will be the end.
Also, unpopular fannsh opinion ahoy!
I have to come out and say something. I’m looking forward to Stargate Universe.
I should be clear that nothing I’ve heard makes me think the show is going to be good- it’s obviously their fumbling attempt to do the Star Trek Voyager premise with a younger “hipper” cast. I’m pretty sure when they pitched it, it probably went something like “It’s like Lost In Space! Or Voyager! But with hotties! And, er, Stargates in there. Somewhere. We haven’t figured that part out yet.”
Yes, it’s going to be crap, and highly derivative crap at that. But come on, people, that’s the best part! (The fact that I have terrible taste should surprise no one.)
Voyager was my first Sci-Fi love ever, and the idea that the demon spawn of Voyager and SGA is going to be television show is HILARIOUS. Just think about it! Voyager was crazy and craptastic to begin with (the holodeck episodes alone, my god- the Irish village! The 1940s AU!). The fact that the minds behind SGA will be drawing from that material fills me with so much glee you don’t even know.
So, SGU, I say this to you: Bring. It. On. I’m ready.
I will miss Rodney and John and the team. But judging by Season 5, it looks like they have (being less awesome and talented than you wonderful people) run out of things to say about them. And I’d rather SGA end before I hate it, and if this is what I get to console me, I’m willing to keep an open mind at least until I see an episode. Whatever the show ends up being, I doubt it will ever hold a place in my heart equal to SGA. On the other hand, I don’t think that being sad about SGA’s cancellation and looking forward to SGU are mutually exclusive things.
(Or maybe I’m full of crap about SGU and what I really want isn't this show, but someone to write the epic SGA/Voyager fusion where Elizabeth is the Captain and John is the rebel leader of the Maquis and Rodney is the mouthy but brilliant Chief of Engineering, etc. etc. That would also console me.)
In other news, once my bonus comes in from work on Thursday, I’ll be getting a new laptop! Finally! Guess who managed to go over a month without a laptop? ME. Who believed I could do that without going crazy? NOT ME, actually. *surprised at self* At any rate, this might mean I post more often (haha, probably not).
Right now, I’m planning on this one. It’s lightweight, only $400, runs XP instead of Vista, and since I’ll really only be using it to a) surf the internet and b) download TV shows/movies it should serve nicely for what I can afford right now. Even though there are some complaints that the keyboard and touchpad are tiny, it’s sure as hell a step up from using my iPod touch to go online, which is what I've been doing to get by.
That said, if anyone has any other recommendations, please let me know!