[Desdinova]

Originally posted by Omega_Prime:
It was the X-Men in space! One "special person" is enough for good scifi.
Most of today's interplanetary scifi goes that route. A crew of SuperBeings in space, with super toys, and a mysterious member "from parts unknown".

if the show is about 1 main character i would agree with you.
but in the case of a series that has multiple characters then each one should have its own unique ability. thats what makes a good pc (for those of you who are to young to remember the old pen and paper rpg days that stands for player character not personal computer or politcally correct ). there does need to be good interaction among the characters otherwise it really gets......not quite sure how to put it other than from a gaming point of view...extremely boring watching one character constantly saving the day, thus making the other characters unnecessary. example is despite shatners acting the chemistry between kirk, spock and mccoy was very good. also the characters need to grow or be replaced...in sttng councilor troy could have been replaced as she never went anywhere development wise.

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Originally posted by Omega_Prime:
Not so with SG1. It is people that bleed, love, and laugh. The closest they have to a cliche is Te'alk. (That one special person)

guess i just feel contrary right now but each character on sg1 has his or her little ability.
Jack- ok so nothing special about jack.
Samantha - has the remains of a Tokra in her head and can use G'ould technology
Daniel - can read many Languages long thought dead and decipher alien Languages rather quickly.
T'ealc - has a larval G'ould in him.
new guy that replaced daniel - another alien.

[ February 16, 2003, 03:20: Message edited by: desdinova ]