Vala-less? Yippeee!

[gategrrl]

No Vala in the next movie? Light the fireworks, break open the champagne, and let's have a party!

It's back to the original team, which to me is the best thing of all. No word yet about Mitchell? He's a nonentity anyhow, but I do love seeing him on screen together with Michael Shanks, so fine with me there. The Guy is sure to buy the movie. Maybe I'll even watch this one.

blows a noisemaker

Edited to add: Hey all! If Vala is entitled to be in the movie simply because she's a member of SG-1, then let's TOTALLY get mad at Brad Wright for not including Jonas, okay? Okay? Because we can't play favorites amongst the team, past or present! Cuz if HE could be on the team, ANY old tramp could be on the team!

Comments

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

Maybe they just expected all the Farscape fans to tune in for Browder and Black again, but I was really wanting to see some stuff about him working to fit in.

Yeah, but I think they did a much better job with him than with Vala. Even though they kept changing his character in season 9 and that upset me at first, they eventually got to a happy medium, and I liked him more. I think it would have been more interesting if they'd kept him as the more straight-laced, somewhat uptight guy they portrayed him as at first, though. Either way, I never hated him, and as time went on they found a more happy medium with his character. Even better, he had great chemistry with both Michael Shanks and Chris Judge.

I also agree I'd have loved to have seen Mitchell and Sam more in conflict with each other than they were. I *hated* that little "they're friends" backstory, because it seemed way too contrived to me. It's likely they knew each other, but Daniel knew him, too. Why couldn't they leave it at that? It was more intriguing that way and didn't feel like they were trying to force people to like him.

That's one of the things I liked about Jack and Daniel in the early years -- they could argue and hash things out. Even if they didn't fully agree with each other, they took the time to listen, at least most of the time.

That's the thing that bugged me about Jack and Daniel of the later seasons. In the early seasons, they actually did agree more often than not. They disagreed about methods and actual plans, but overall they both wanted to get to the same place, usually, on the bigger issues. Jack may have been more cynical about who they could help or how they should help, too.

[nialla]

I do think Mitchell fit in better than Vala, just by dint of being in the USAF and becoming part of the Stargate program. That fit with the original concept of the show.

I never hated him, but I never really got invested in him very much. Though I think that was partly because I was so frustrated with the show in general at that point.

I wanted to really like him, because I was honestly thrilled with the casting and that we'd have someone in charge as a character and not phoning it in as an actor. He had great chemistry with his co-stars, but I can't quite figure out why he just never grabbed me. That "bullets bounce" moment with Teal'c and Teal'c trying not to smile still gives me giggles though.

I didn't like the backstory with Sam either. I figure that was done as a preemptive strike to stop any potential conflict between them.

I'd have also much rather not gone the "wounded hero" route and instead have had Mitchell as someone who'd been part of a gate team who'd earned a promotion. Hell, he could have been wounded while on a mission offworld too, if they were so set on a wounded hero type.

Why would they give this particular pilot with no gate experience command of the premiere SG team when there are plenty of other people with years of experience? Mitchell as presented should have been a member of team, maybe even SG-1, but he wasn't qualified to be in charge of any team.

If he'd been someone who'd been promoted, he could have been someone all the team knew and were relatively comfortable with, but unsure about him being in charge of them. And Mitchell could still have had fanboy moments at the beginning and also be unsure about being in charge of the "legendary" SG-1.

I think when TPTB changed at the beginning of season four, they saw Jack and Daniel's bickering and that's all they took away from it. They didn't get that they were usually agreeing about the big picture, but quibbled over how to get the job done. I also don't think they understood Daniel's more diplomatic approach, as Jack's approach tended to involve cool explosions.

Probably didn't help that they appeared to believe keeping Jack and Daniel isolated from each other and snappish would keep fanfic writers from slashing them. Oh, silly TPTB! *g*