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August 26th, 2006, 08:04 PM
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Re: Stargate episode 200!!!
I blame music in movies for a number of stupid movies.
Why? Becuase when you have music, your actors don't have to work to show which are important scenes, to convey emotion to the viewer, to give a sense of life to the movie.
Just play the appropriate music and instant atmosphere. A lot of older movies are both very good, very nuanced and have no music.
How nuanced are modern movies?
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August 26th, 2006, 08:31 PM
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Re: Stargate episode 200!!!
Stargate was good with not relying on music. Stargate kind of counts, since it's in widescreen and has the 'feel' of a movie.
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August 27th, 2006, 11:07 AM
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Re: Stargate episode 200!!!
Man I was pissed when I wrote that post. To be honest I am still a bit upset over how f***ing dumb those idiots over at Sci-Fi channel appear to be. You don't drop your #4 rated show and replace it with crappy double "D" back yard, lets break out the video camera, movies!
Hell my nephews could make better movies than some that have recently been on Sci-Fi.
No effort at all is going into the movies, horrible production values, bad acting, rotten scripts, even worse dialog. Its like a Lucas script feast without the budge or SFX, or Steven Spielburg's (sp) to back them up.
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August 27th, 2006, 11:47 AM
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Re: Stargate episode 200!!!
Lack of compitition drives most companies to believe that they can do whatever they want. Thus the Sci-Fi channels competitor is?????
WELL, what do you know! There is none! Who'd of Thunk it.....
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August 27th, 2006, 04:16 PM
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Cable access I would say. No, the home made movies on Cable Access even have a better production value than those on Sci-Fi.
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August 27th, 2006, 10:46 PM
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Re: Stargate episode 200!!!
SciFi channel made it clear that MGM's license fees was one of the main deciding factors on cancellation - much like how UPN would've cancelled Enterprise in the 3rd and 4th seasons.
Also, SciFi has made it clear that they will use their contract with MGM to prevent any future Stargate SG1 television series.
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August 28th, 2006, 02:11 AM
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I would like to see Sci-Fi try and go up against MGM.. That would be so funny.
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August 28th, 2006, 08:14 AM
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Re: Stargate episode 200!!!
OK, so...is Stargate SG-1 really that good a show? I mean, it looks like it's another one of those adventure shows with a bunch of people hopping into new worlds and having new adventures but they characters are all one-dimensional, the women are weak, the men are strong, no one ever dies, everyone on the goog guy team really is a good guy, the aliens are really just humans with different skin, and there is ultimately no depth or edge to the show....etc...?
In other words...is it vanilla like Star Trek, or like Quantum Leap?
Battlestar Galactica was a phenomenal show, exactly because it wasn't like the above, and I have been interested in finding another show just as good - but I look over the SG stuff, and it looks to me like it's just a bit too clean and nice and traditional utopian sort of sci-fi.
Is it?
Just curious.
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August 29th, 2006, 03:03 AM
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Re: Stargate episode 200!!!
I must say I completely disagree that the time has come for SG-1 to end. Stargate is, in my opinion, the best sci-fi on TV, anywhere. It has grown, it has matured over these past 10 seasons, but is still engrossing in a way that other shows simply can not match. It's not just science-fiction; it has aspects of drama, comedy, and many other things that combine into one spectacular whole that has stood, unmatched, for 10 years.
I for one hope it continues, since even if the quality isn't quite as good as it used to be (a fact I am not willing to concede), it is still the best sci-fi to be found.
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August 29th, 2006, 04:12 AM
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Re: Stargate episode 200!!!
I hope they finally start showing that series in my own country. It like they specifically don't buy quality shows.
At least they played all seasons of DS9.
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