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[lesbiassparrow]

Have you ever watched something that you know is not good, that frequently makes you want to smack most of the main characters at least once per episode, but still you can't stop watching?

Such is my horrified and fascinated reaction to watching season one of Stargate:the white man's burdenAtlantis. The main plot of this show is fighting EVIL SPACE VAMPIRES whom our intrepid heroes wake by accident while doing something they shouldn't! The male lead is a maverick who always know better than his female boss! His female boss decides that interviewing people (whose culture and lifestyle your crew accidentally have destroyed) in a friendly way means locking them in their quarters first then having two of you throw hostile questions at them! Because clearly that's going to get them to want to tell you things. For supposedly smart people they do an endless amount of stupid things most of which I am apparently supposed to applaud because a) they leave no one behind (thus waking the EVIL SPACE VAMPIRES) and b) they value human life.

It's like they sent all of the people most likely to cause harm in our galaxy to another one to ensure that they couldn't blow things up here.* At least now I know whom the ancestors of the people on Star Trek: Voyager are.

And still I find myself compulsively wondering what fresh havoc they will wreck in every new episode. And madly shipping everyone with everyone else on an episode by episode basis. Except for Sheppard/McKay. I think Sheppard would shoot him within 10 minutes.

SEND HELP. STOP. CANNOT STOP WATCHING. STOP. PLEASE. STOP.


* Honourable exception: Lt. Ford. I bet they kill him, the bastards.

Comments

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

The whole thing that really annoys me is that Weir's very first big decision in this new galaxy - not to go and rescue the Colonel - is shown as bad which is why she changes her mind. But every event since then more or less says 'yeah, waking up the ALIEN SPACE VAMPIRES not so good a thing to do.' Though maybe they would have woken up anyway when they knew there were all of these delicious human beings on Earth.

As for the Athosians, I think that's a good point. But then why do the Athosians need rescuing in the first place? Because the Earth people showed up! They should be celebrating the fact that the Athosians apparently do not hold grudges and apparently are the most adaptable people ever. Actually, that could have been a great plot point - how do two very different peoples live together in this confined environment but that would not really allow for heroics and romping around a new galaxy so much.

I really like Teyla and Ford, though I think Teyla ought to be a little more wary of these people. It's been nothing but disasters for her own since they've turned up, after all. Though it sounds like they're used to that.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Yes. I try to be generous and make as many excuses for it as I can without gagging to help me watch more, but I really do know better.

Teyla definately should be more wary. And, honestly, the idea of Sheppard being a better choice at field leader than her? Please. She should so be in charge. Yeah, I know she isn't because of the military thing, but it's just ridiculous.