Re: your other post, it's been a ton of fun talking fandom with you, too. I never do it as much as I should, considering how much I enjoy it. Well for the most part, I'm always here, so feel free to strike up a conversation whenever. :) As you can see, I'm quite responsive :P
That kind of makes me wonder if JF is the key to the John Sheppard mystery. Hmm, I've never really thought of it. I haven't seen JF in a lot of other things, but he was awesome in Thought Crimes. And I'm pretty sure I liked him in that ep of CSI... I think, for me, it's more how the character is written than JFs acting. When I think back on Sheppard's character, and how JF portrays him, there are a lot of really good scenes. Ones where he'd goofy, or serious, or casual, and JF handles them. It's more, for me at least, how flighty a character John is that turns me off of his character. I mean, he'll be all geeky and Rodney's best friend one minute, and then biting and mean to him the next. Or super soldier, or flirty man. John as a character has too many faces, and often not enough transition between them to make me follow him. Instead he comes off as an asshole. Switching fandoms, Don, in Numb3rs does that sometimes. I mean I *love* Don, he's the reason I watch the show, but every once in a while he'll do something that makes me go :S. He'll yell at Charlie, or how quickly he turned on Colby, or will just be dismissive of something important and it totally turns me off his character. I have trouble believing it's him. John does that too, but he does it so much more often.
I've never seen SG-1, save for the occasional episode DH was in Wow, had I known that, I wouldn't have rambled on so much about her character. Sorry about that.
I'm starting to wonder if I like the idea of Carter more than Carter herself. Because honestly, I can't quite see what Rodney sees in her (perhaps because I don't know the character all that well). As someone who watched all the episodes... The writers seem to love Carter, and they throw all these storylines and love interests at her, but... well, hardly any of them really resonated with me. In fact some of her cooler episodes were where she *wasn't* Carter (IMO). Carter kind of comes off as a bit Mary Sue-ish. She's always professionally perfect and saves the day, and she has had more love interests than any other character on the show (they all seem to die on her though). That's why the Rodney character was created. You've seen that episode where he first appears? There's a scientific crisis, and Carter needs to save the day, but the higher ups send in this inexperienced guy to help, who just ends up getting in the way instead. He's all arrogant, and Carter through her brilliance shows him up and then has him exiled to Siberia. Rodney having the hots for her was just another way to show off what a sleeze ball he was supposed to be, and they’ve carried it on.
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Well for the most part, I'm always here, so feel free to strike up a conversation whenever. :) As you can see, I'm quite responsive :P
That kind of makes me wonder if JF is the key to the John Sheppard mystery.
Hmm, I've never really thought of it. I haven't seen JF in a lot of other things, but he was awesome in Thought Crimes. And I'm pretty sure I liked him in that ep of CSI...
I think, for me, it's more how the character is written than JFs acting. When I think back on Sheppard's character, and how JF portrays him, there are a lot of really good scenes. Ones where he'd goofy, or serious, or casual, and JF handles them. It's more, for me at least, how flighty a character John is that turns me off of his character. I mean, he'll be all geeky and Rodney's best friend one minute, and then biting and mean to him the next. Or super soldier, or flirty man. John as a character has too many faces, and often not enough transition between them to make me follow him. Instead he comes off as an asshole.
Switching fandoms, Don, in Numb3rs does that sometimes. I mean I *love* Don, he's the reason I watch the show, but every once in a while he'll do something that makes me go :S. He'll yell at Charlie, or how quickly he turned on Colby, or will just be dismissive of something important and it totally turns me off his character. I have trouble believing it's him. John does that too, but he does it so much more often.
I've never seen SG-1, save for the occasional episode DH was in
Wow, had I known that, I wouldn't have rambled on so much about her character. Sorry about that.
I'm starting to wonder if I like the idea of Carter more than Carter herself. Because honestly, I can't quite see what Rodney sees in her (perhaps because I don't know the character all that well).
As someone who watched all the episodes... The writers seem to love Carter, and they throw all these storylines and love interests at her, but... well, hardly any of them really resonated with me. In fact some of her cooler episodes were where she *wasn't* Carter (IMO). Carter kind of comes off as a bit Mary Sue-ish. She's always professionally perfect and saves the day, and she has had more love interests than any other character on the show (they all seem to die on her though). That's why the Rodney character was created. You've seen that episode where he first appears? There's a scientific crisis, and Carter needs to save the day, but the higher ups send in this inexperienced guy to help, who just ends up getting in the way instead. He's all arrogant, and Carter through her brilliance shows him up and then has him exiled to Siberia. Rodney having the hots for her was just another way to show off what a sleeze ball he was supposed to be, and they’ve carried it on.