Agent23
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RDM was too obsessed with making the Anti-Trek, IMHO.
T.V. shows with great ideas that failed to deliver
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Well, it didn't help that the writers didn't really do any set up for why everyone on Icarus Base was kind of shitty compared to the SGC/Atlantis crews... which would've easily been explained by saying it was a training base.
Also, they refused to show Colonel Young's tragic backstory, and the combo of that plus Louis Ferreria's dour portrayal just makes him an uncompelling asshole character.
There's a reason why Rush was the standout lead, and it wasn't just because Robert Carlyle is an acting beast. The writers basically gave him the best stuff all the time, and everybody else just couldn't compare.
Bear Ribs
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Gonna nominate The Pretender. The show did okay with its premise but fell into the same trap that so many serial thriller shows did during that era: You can't just tease the big mystery episode after episode, season after season, and never bother to deliver. Seeing Jarod take on new whacky roles every season was kinda fun but if they'd actually kept the overarching plot going it could have been amazing.
Heroes: Decent first season, then went off the rails completely. I'll note I've long suspected they had serious budgetary issues for what they were trying to make, the flashy superpowers appeared maybe once a season (Claire got a fair few in the first few episodes and then it stopped) while Hiro and Matt's powers were constant... because the only special effects needed for telepathy and time stop was for the actor to squint a bit or the other actors to hold still. A low budget is okay for some types of show but a superhero spectacle is absolutely the wrong place to skimp on the special effects budget.
Heroes: Decent first season, then went off the rails completely. I'll note I've long suspected they had serious budgetary issues for what they were trying to make, the flashy superpowers appeared maybe once a season (Claire got a fair few in the first few episodes and then it stopped) while Hiro and Matt's powers were constant... because the only special effects needed for telepathy and time stop was for the actor to squint a bit or the other actors to hold still. A low budget is okay for some types of show but a superhero spectacle is absolutely the wrong place to skimp on the special effects budget.
Argent
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That is a blast from the past. I only watched a few epsodies at the time it came out but generally liked them.
That is something that is always a problem with shows that try to be more then simpson level sitcoms. They tend to rush the plot line or never deliver. Then you get shows like Lost where even the writers don't know where they are going. It is why I personally don't mind shorter seasons or shows ending. Sometimes you have a story to tell and adding more seasons for more money just destroys a show.
Agent23
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How about the failed X-Files reboot?
The Nikita reboot, mainly because Maggie Q was a lot hotter than Peta Wilson.
And Fringe?
Then again, everything Jar-Jar Abrams makes is obviously derived and the idiot has no idea where he is going with his rebranded fan fiction.
Seriously, Fringe and Revolution felt like they were fanfics for The X-Files and Dies the Fire, respectively.
Alias was an obvious, bad Nikita clone.
The Nikita reboot, mainly because Maggie Q was a lot hotter than Peta Wilson.
And Fringe?
Then again, everything Jar-Jar Abrams makes is obviously derived and the idiot has no idea where he is going with his rebranded fan fiction.
Seriously, Fringe and Revolution felt like they were fanfics for The X-Files and Dies the Fire, respectively.
Alias was an obvious, bad Nikita clone.
Really hated the way the series went stupid...even into most of Season 2 we were doing OK...
Loved this show! Totally agree that it was a sad thing NOT to get the main plot progression we wanted.
However, there's a sci-fi fanfic smashup running around that brings Jerrod to the future...sorta.
Firebat
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The final twist fell through. Cameron can serve as a Terminator protector of John Connor OR as a platform to deliver her own chip to rebel machines in the past.
She can't be both. As a protector she is exposed to violence, meaning there is an increased chance of her chip being damaged or destroyed, which means that the deal with rebel machines is off.
Not that there is much sense for rebel machines to chase after Cameron's chip specifically, when the "present" is basically swarming with Terminators. Terminators of non-liquid kind, whom Weaver can massacre by the dozen, pulling the chips afterwards.
Andromeda.
Having just watched it, the series and the themes it tackled were way ahead of its time. I talked about it a lot when I reviewed the series haphazardly here but there was stuff on artificial intelligence, time travel, ancient civilizations, Darwinism, moral philosophy, predestination, genetic engineering and so much more but even after five seasons it feels like all of these themes were just scraped the surface of instead of really exploring.
But I babbled about it all in the Andromeda thread already.
Having just watched it, the series and the themes it tackled were way ahead of its time. I talked about it a lot when I reviewed the series haphazardly here but there was stuff on artificial intelligence, time travel, ancient civilizations, Darwinism, moral philosophy, predestination, genetic engineering and so much more but even after five seasons it feels like all of these themes were just scraped the surface of instead of really exploring.
But I babbled about it all in the Andromeda thread already.