she said: you like this show? really?

daroff:
i don’t know about you, but the last thing i thought when i saw stargate the movie was, “i can’t wait for a stargate sequel.” it’s such an endless idea. they have this giant ring that can send them anywhere as long as they have seven points of reference. we didn’t get a sequel, but we did get an amazing sci-fi show that managed to satirize the whole genre. they replaced bad ass kurt russell with richard dean anderson, whose deadpan reaction to everything made us all realize how frustrating it would actually be to deal with science-fiction plots. i loved virtually every episode.

jenni:
though i’ll agree that i also was praying for a stargate sequel at the end of the movie, i can’t say i’d envisioned a tv show. though when it happened, i gave it a shot. i was thrilled that they had kept my favorite character from the movie (skaara, played by the delightful alexis cruz) but was dismayed when he and his sister were all but forgotten about at the end of season 1. i mean, it was almost totally glossed over that daniel HAD A WIFE. i’m okay with the fact that they wanted to explore the multi-facets of using the stargate, i’m not okay that they sacrificed the integrity of some of the characters because of it.

daroff:
i thought they handled the characters really well. even after daniel’s wife died, he had dreams about her and lots of really sad scenes. as far as skaara, they dealt with him too. he was really important to the story for a while. eventually they broke free of the movie and expanded the story beyond. maybe if you watched the show before you decided it sucked, you’d like it.

jenni:
well, that’s quite a presumption. especially since i just clearly stated that i did give the show a chance. the show was entirely free to go beyond the original characters and i respect it for doing show but that doesn’t mean i have to like it. i had a lot of expectations after enjoying the movie so throughly and i just would have made different choices. for instance, they wrote a novel which was based in the time right after the ending of the stargate film that i enjoyed a lot more than the first season of stargate because they didn’t resort to killing off daniel’s wife to free him up for future love interests.

daroff:
obviously you didn’t give it enough of a chance because if you did you would know this show rocks. you’re going to ignore brilliant episodes like where dan castellneta plays a barber who can see jack’s thoughts and calls out everything ridiculous about the show or the one where a tv studio makes a show about a group of soldiers who travel to other worlds. you’re going to throw away 10 years of brilliant television because they got rid of one bland character and her even blander boytoy brother? what a waste. what a waste.

jenni:
10 years of televsion you say? why waste all those hours of time when i could watch a 119 minute movie i love, read a book in my spare time and then, oh i don’t know, HAVE A LIFE?

i am done with you. booyah.

daroff:
i wouldn’t expect a stupid girl to understand. i guess im gonna go cry now. god, i hate you so much.

jenni:
i consider tears and hate a win. chevron 1 encoded. she has spoken!

daroff:
ha! chevron 1 encoded is from the show, not the movie. in the movie they say chevron 1 is locked in place. ha ha. i hate myself.