SG-1 Goes down swinging! **SPOILERS** **SPOILERS** **SPOILERS**
POSTED BY: Stegasaurus
UPDATED: Monday, June 25, 2007 18:49
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First off, I really like Cam and Vala. Although I miss O'Neill, I think they work well on the show. Truthfully, the ones I cannot stand are Landry and his daughter.
As to the finale, I liked it. Not as much as "Threads", which should have been the finale back when they thought season eight would be their last, but it was good. I liked the way their predicament was an allegory for the Asgard's. Both in a long, drawn out no-win situation that they use unnatural means to prolong, but are still unable to find a solution. I kept thinking, "After fifty years trapped in a can, why don't some of them kill themselves? Only Carter is needed to 'save the day'." But that was the difference, the Asgard eventually gave up and accepted their fate, SG-1 did not. Plus I liked it because it was one of only a few good Teal'c moments in the whole series when they showed what stuff he was made of....
Lastly, I still don't see it as Scifi pulling the plug on Stargate. Quite the opposite, I see it as Scifi begging and pleading the show producers to keep making more, long after the cast and crew are tired of doing it. I feel Scifi would have been happy to have it go on even longer. And I think the decline in quality was not because RDA left, but because they split their writing talents between SG-1 and Atlantis. Has anyone else noticed that the last three or so Atlantis episodes were markedly better?
"I am your father, Luke. Give in to the Dark Side, you nob!" - Doug McKenzie
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I have to admit I didn't really like the finale. It seemed to drag in the middle... and I normally like these kind of 'what if' episodes. It felt like the episode was a condensed version of a cliffhanger season finale/season 11 premiere. But that could just be me.
I also really liked the addition of Cam and Vala, I just wished they would have done more with Cam. The writer/producers/whoever seemed to be trying so hard to write Cam so that he wouldn't be too much like O'Neill or Crichton that they forgot to develop the character at all. The were episodes in season 9 where the poor guy had hardly any lines.
Vala, on the other hand, got all the best lines. And I loved the chemistry between her and Daniel - their scenes in the finale made it worth watching.
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Cam is okay, though he seems like a younger more hip O'Neill instead of a different character. Honestly I don't dislike him, but he doesn't really add much to the show for me either.
I miss Jack too. Wish Richard Dean Anderson would have stuck it out, but I respect his wanting to leave. Would have made for a far better show if he had stuck it out.
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