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Spoilers!
Wow, so the announcement about casting that was supposed to come out yesterday finally made it out. I don't actually like to be spoiled, but I had to know about Carson. You can read about it here.
Carson will be coming back for 5 episodes in season 5. This... well I'm not sure how I feel about it. I didn't really expect them to bring him back full time, but the fact that it's not *that* many (I mean it's only one more than what Elizabeth got this season) and the fact that I hear Keller is still going to be around next season has me worried that while Carson's character will be back, he's not going to be back to normal. We're going to get some cracked out story like Elizabeth or Ford, where he's "back" but he's never going to be the same. He doesn't get to go back to his old job, with perhaps a few more battle scars. And this makes me feel so frustrated.
I didn't merely want Carson to come back to see his (very pretty) face, I wanted *him* back. I loved seeing his caring side in the infirmary, I loved his banter with Rodney, I don't want him to get some lame ass story-line like Elizabeth did where she's just *there* for a few episodes, but we don't get any sense of *her*. I really hope they prove me wrong here.
Carter isn't going to be around much, since Sanctuary has been picked up, and she's a lead on that. I can't say as I'll miss her, but truth be told, I didn't really mind her all that much, I was just indifferent. I do however really miss Elizabeth, and you'd think that now Carter is going to be stepping down as leader of Atlantis, this would be the perfect opportunity to bring Elizabeth back, and make all those fans of the Save Weir campaign happy, but now, Richard Woolsey will be taking over. You know, the IOA guy, who Carter totally bitch slapped earlier this season when he tried to over ride her command? As much as I don't hate Woolsey, and actually kind of like him, I can't see this ending well. He has only ever handled tight situations badly, always is kind of.. "shifty"? on which sides he takes. We've most seen him in opposition to "our guys" (on both SGA and SG-1) and he seems to crack a bit under pressure (he's very much a paper shuffling guy) I just can't see him being in charge of Atlantis, at least not of doing a good job of it (I see the others having to work around him more than anything).
I dont' think I'm ready to give up on SGA, the fandom and people are too awesome, but I haven't been as impressed with season 4 as others have been, and I'm really not all that confident about season 5 now. :(
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Wishful thinking, perhaps. :-p I've always liked Picardo as an actor, but I don't want a whole season of head-butting before anything can get done-ness. That gets old really really fast (ref: Caldwell at start of season 2).
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Well it sounds like he'll be taking over for Carter, so I'm not holding out much hope for that.
Wishful thinking, perhaps. :-p I've always liked Picardo as an actor, but I don't want a whole season of head-butting before anything can get done-ness. That gets old really, really fast (ref: Caldwell at start of season 2).
I actually like Picardo too, and I kind of like Woolsey as a character, but you're right, if he's in charge there's going to be a lot more head-butting. All I can think of actually is the season 3 opener when all that shit was going down, and the IOA called Weir back to Earth, forcing her to abandon her post when she was needed most. That's how the IOA works, and that's definitely how Woolsey works. I'm sure his character will develop quickly, but it drives me crazy that there will be, and has been, so much focus on new characters, when character changes was the *last* thing SGA needed. For all the faults of the show, the team dynamic was never one I complained about (nor heard very many others complain about) until they started killing people off left, right, and centre. Now there are those who miss characters like Carson and Weir (Ford too, but not as many) and who hate the new characters of Carter and Keller. Even if the feeling isn't so strong as hate, an awful lot of people are less than happy with the changes. I personally never had a great love for Weir, but I find myself missing her now she's gone. And even though I never was actually able to hate Carter on SGA, I still feel nothing for her, actually, she's played such a small part in the show this season it's pretty much impossible to feel anything for her, since she hasn't really *done* anything. Keller, on the other hand I hate. I hate her because she replace Carson, but I would have disliked her regardless, because she's such a flat character. The only time we get anything more from her is when she's being annoying. I've heard a few people express interest in the idea of the Keller/Ronon romance, but other than that it's mostly been disappointment in her character.
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Yeah, I saw that, but only yesterday. At the time of this post, I had only read the press release where they just didn't mention her. I mostly avoid spoilers when I can, but I'm slipping, and have started to read casting spoilers.
Still, they still only were planning on offering her a few episodes again with regards to the Replicator storyline, not a full time position.
I don't know what she's said on the matter (I know she's said some things, but I'm afraid to search them out, since I might end up getting spoiler for more than just casting), but I'm not entirely surprised. When I saw her last July at a con, she sounded kind of bitter over what happened.
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Maybe it's for the best though. I was so excited about the Weir storyline when I first watched the season openers, and then to see what they did with her later... really disappointed me.
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(Anonymous) 2008-02-12 02:50 am (UTC)(link)