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Stupid fingers, CONTROL THY CLICKING!
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later ... I don't mind mild spoilers, but I really hate major ones and I have a history of accidentally finding stuff out, about various shows, that I really didn't want to know. (I've FINALLY learned to just avoid all Lost fansites while the season is running, for that very reason.) I've been skirting the edge on SGA -- I really like reading the interviews and commentary and so forth, but try not to click on anything that looks like it's going to give too much away.
So I went and clicked on something I shouldn't have.
*bangs head against wall*
When will I LEARN???
On the other hand, that spoiler goes along with a casting rumor that's very interesting to me and could be quite nifty for the cast overall, if it's true. But, aargh. I WANT AN UNDO IN MY LIFE DAMMIT!
So I went and clicked on something I shouldn't have.
*bangs head against wall*
When will I LEARN???
On the other hand, that spoiler goes along with a casting rumor that's very interesting to me and could be quite nifty for the cast overall, if it's true. But, aargh. I WANT AN UNDO IN MY LIFE DAMMIT!
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Yeah, but remember that McKay was originally going to be an African American called Dr Ingram, (until Hewlett auditioned) and Rainbow wasn't their first idea for the role of Ford. So they intended something else and ended up with this...
Killing off the black cast? I'm honestly confused right now - please explain!
One tiny tiny bugbear I have is that Atlantis is supposed to be INTERNATIONAL, and whilst we see enough international patches to keep the UN going for years they hardly ever speak. Zelenka and Carson (& the expired Grodin) are the only real 'foreign' accents we hear given that the show is American in provenance and filmed (and mostly cast) in Canada. I have one of those pesky 'foreign' accents (I'm British) and love it when an non-North American accent and flavour is mixed into the pot - see ST:TNG, ST:DS9 & (less successfully) Enterprise. Yeah, I'm biased - and no, it doesn't really bother me that neither Beckett or Grodin are played by Brits (apart from when they fluff the accent or pronunciation) and that Nykl is also technically Canadian. Also many recurring expedition members are American - which is fine, I love the US, and am flying to Vancouver on Monday *SQUEE*, but the rest of the world is waving and saying 'here we are, acknowledge us in words and characters as well as pictures please!' An Aussie would be great, so would a Spaniard... bring back Miko... let's mix it up a bit!
PS (Once I'd watched season 6 from the beginning I really liked Jonas - in fact s6 was the 1st box set I owned -because of Jonas. Still adore Daniel though!)
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Pretty much all of the regular and semi-regular characters they took off at the end of the first season were the non-white ones: Ford, Grodin, Bates -- and then Grodin and Bates' replacements (the unnamed Canadian and Lorne) were white. Miko's not dead, but we haven't seen her since season 1, either.
Like I said earlier, it's not something I'm terribly hung up on, and I certainly don't think they did it on purpose. But it was something I noticed. And I agree with you that I'd really love to see a more international flavor to the cast. It's already a given that the military members of the expedition will have to be Americans (due to the SGC running that side of things) so they really need a lot more non-American civilians to balance things out.
(Note: replied to this twice -- was logged in with the wrong -- non-Friendshipper -- LJ account the first time. Aargh.)
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