Stargate SG1, Why did they ever choose Beau Bridges!?

[Locut0s]

I agree that the show's death knell was run the moment Richard Dean Anderson quite since his character was so much part an parcel of the show. His unique brand of humour and the chemistry he had with the characters could not be replicated. However having said this the choice of Ben Browder was not a bad one in my opinion, he was great in Frascape, and managed to fit in in his own right fairly well. Although people's critique that he turned it into Farscape SG1 are not too far off the mark. Anyway the casting choice that I really really don't get is Beau Bridges. Why why why!? There isn't one scene he's in that I don't feel like doing a face palm when comparing his acting to that of Don S. Davis! Like I was saying above I'm not saying he killed the show, I'm not sure they could have done anything after the departure of Richard, but he certainly didn't help!

Anyone agree or disagree?

 

[Auryg]

I thought he was fine, but we never really got to know him as a character. Fits the General archetype well though.

 

[Locut0s]

I just can't act in my opinion. Every scene in which he has to say anything more than "hows the weather today" seem forced and over the top. There just didn't seem to be anything natural or comfortable about how he acts.

 

[Newbian]

Granted no one could replace Macgyver it was still a good show after that since they kept most of the other cast and even added the hot Claudia Black to it and brought some of the fun humor back but all good things had to end.

 

[Babbles]

I would agree. I think his character was pretty weak.

I did not mind the guy who replaced Richard Dean Anderson. Granted I did like RDA much more, but the replacement guy wasn't so bad.

 

[Newbian]

I actually never cared for the guy that replaced Michael Shanks, Corin Nemec, and was glad they brought Shanks back and I did miss out on a lot of the episodes they had without him for a long time until I forced myself to go back and watch them.

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: Newbian
I actually never cared for the guy that replaced Michael Shanks, Corin Nemec, and was glad they brought Shanks back and I did miss out on a lot of the episodes they had without him for a long time until I forced myself to go back and watch them.

Well they were two very different characters. Michaels' character was much more interesting and in the end I agree I'm glad they brought him back. However Corin was able to create a very likeable easily identifiable character. I felt closer to Corin's character much of the time.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Bridges worked better as the dad on My Name is Earl, but wasn't too bad as a general.. He's no Hammond of course, but neither was RDA.

 

[Locut0s]

Anyone have any idea what to make of Stargat Universe? Looking it up on wiki right now. Three things I see as negative right off the bat are the intentionally younger cast, "dark and edgy feel", and the lack of a unifying villain race. I hope they don't want to create Stargate 90210.

 

[Babbles]

I'm going to check out Stargate Universe because I am a sucker, however my expectations for it are pretty low. It does sort of seem like Star Trek Voyager and 90210 conceived a Frankenstein fetus, pulled it out of the uterus four months early, beat it with a sock full of nickles, and nuked it in the microwave until done.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Yes, they do want to create Stargate Voyager 90210: In the Twilight

They'll probably introduce the angst-ridden pretty boy vampire alien in episode 3. And at least one of the crew is a replicant or android or had an abusive childhood.

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Yes, they do want to create Stargate Voyager 90210: In the Twilight

i don't really see this series as a "Stargate 90210" type show..

Robert Carlyle, Justin Louis, Ming-Na, and Lou Diamond Phillips all have been around the block, even Alaina Huffman has some name recognition.

Yes, David Blue and Elyse Levesque are "90210" types.. but i wouldn't consider this a Stargate 90210 type show.

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: guyver01

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Yes, they do want to create Stargate Voyager 90210: In the Twilight

i don't really see this series as a "Stargate 90210" type show..

Robert Carlyle, Justin Louis, Ming-Na, and Lou Diamond Phillips all have been around the block, even Alaina Huffman has some name recognition.

Yes, David Blue and Elyse Levesque are "90210" types.. but i wouldn't consider this a Stargate 90210 type show.

I was greatly exaggerating. My point was more the deliberate attempt to get a younger cast and focus on inter character "relationship" driven stories. If done well this might turn out to be the best Stargate. However the idea has the potential of easily turning into a Stargate soap opera if they don't balance things very carefully.

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: Locut0s
If done well this might turn out to be the best Stargate. However the idea has the potential of easily turning into a Stargate soap opera if they don't balance things very carefully.

Stargate Universe will be set on the Ancient ship Destiny, which was part of an Ancient experiment to seed the galaxies with Stargates millions of years ago.

The whole concept of being "stuck" on an Ancient Ship, heading towards the outer edges of the universe, seeding "stargates" has potential to be incredible...

but kinda leads to a question.

If the ship is seeding stargates.. why not just hop off on one of those plantes and gate home?

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: guyver01

Originally posted by: Locut0s
If done well this might turn out to be the best Stargate. However the idea has the potential of easily turning into a Stargate soap opera if they don't balance things very carefully.

Stargate Universe will be set on the Ancient ship Destiny, which was part of an Ancient experiment to seed the galaxies with Stargates millions of years ago.

The whole concept of being "stuck" on an Ancient Ship, heading towards the outer edges of the universe, seeding "stargates" has potential to be incredible...

but kinda leads to a question.

If the ship is seeding stargates.. why not just hop off on one of those plantes and gate home?

*puts on Simpsons comic guy geek hat*
As is evidenced numerous times in SG1 the power requirements required to establish a stable wormhole between galaxies is enormous. To reach the Pegasus Galaxy (Atlantis) requires a ZPM. The Ori's super gate required drawing the energy from a black hole. Also the original gate network addressed specific locations in space. So as stars drifted over time old gate addresses no longer referenced the location of the star gate.
*takes off Simpsons comic guy geek hat*

That and it would be the end of the series in episode 1

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: Locut0s
*puts on Simpsons comic guy geek hat*
As is evidenced numerous times in SG1 the power requirements required to establish a stable wormhole between galaxies is enormous. To reach the Pegasus Galaxy (Atlantis) requires a ZPM. The Ori's super gate required drawing the energy from a black hole. Also the original gate network addressed specific locations in space. So as stars drifted over time old gate addresses no longer referenced the location of the star gate.
*takes off Simpsons comic guy geek hat*

That and it would be the end of the series in episode 1

Then why not 'gate-hop' like they do for the pegasus - earth bridge? To go from Earth DIRECTLY to pegasus requires large power.

To go from one gate to another doesnt... hence the concept of the 'space bridge'

just gate hop back to earth or pegasus, or somewhere into communication range :0

 

[CZroe]

Although I liked RDA's character, the show was EXTREMELY BORING when he was a regular cast member (hence, the bulk of the series). I've been watching the series (started on Hulu and, err, "moved on.") and I'm finally finishing up Season 8... only NOW am I actually finding that I can watch an episode or two in one sitting where before I couldn't stay awake and would have to split them up. They go on and on about boring self-important crap, especially when talking about "ascension" and other BS.

There are way too many episodes that would have been boring and not worth making even if condensed to 30 minutes... some of which were two, or even THREE parters! I think they had a lot of pressure to meet minimum promised content goals and the series suffered no matter how much effort RDA put into his character.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: guyver01

Originally posted by: Locut0s
*puts on Simpsons comic guy geek hat*
As is evidenced numerous times in SG1 the power requirements required to establish a stable wormhole between galaxies is enormous. To reach the Pegasus Galaxy (Atlantis) requires a ZPM. The Ori's super gate required drawing the energy from a black hole. Also the original gate network addressed specific locations in space. So as stars drifted over time old gate addresses no longer referenced the location of the star gate.
*takes off Simpsons comic guy geek hat*

That and it would be the end of the series in episode 1

Then why not 'gate-hop' like they do for the pegasus - earth bridge? To go from Earth DIRECTLY to pegasus requires large power.

To go from one gate to another doesnt... hence the concept of the 'space bridge'

just gate hop back to earth or pegasus, or somewhere into communication range :0

You can't gate hop like that, it doesn't work.
1) It requires a gate map (who knows if they will have one).
2) They can't gate hope from Pegasus to Earth. The only way they did manage to set it up is by getting lots of gates and putting them in the vast void between the galaxies and then buffering through them. There is no such thing between Universe's galaxy and either the Milky Way or Pegasus.
3) Communications range wouldn't necessarily be feasible depending on how far away the galaxy the end up in is, whether they have the required equipment. And even if they do, who's to say there is much Earth can do. The Universe guys might not even be sure where they are.

Also they will probably cover all this stuff and explain why they are stuck at the start of the show, because that's just what they do. They aren't going to strand them out there and then make it so the crew doesn't think of everything they can to try and get back/get in contact with Earth.
Who knows, maybe they will get in contact eventually, but that doesn't mean they will be able to get back or get help.

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
2) They can't gate hope from Pegasus to Earth. The only way they did manage to set it up is by getting lots of gates and putting them in the vast void between the galaxies and then buffering through them. There is no such thing between Universe's galaxy and either the Milky Way or Pegasus.

Well... the Stargates in Universe are supposed to make use of the un-used and un-seen ninth chevron.

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Yes, they do want to create Stargate Voyager 90210: In the Twilight

They'll probably introduce the angst-ridden pretty boy vampire alien in episode 3. And at least one of the crew is a replicant or android or had an abusive childhood.

Get it right, it's BattleStargate Voyager 90210. It has to be depressing like Battlestar Galactica, it's not a good show unless your audience takes Prozac to watch it!