SGA meme - day 4
Jan. 5th, 2011 09:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katikatDay 4: A character you wish Kolya would kill
Easy: Jennifer Keller. There was no other character that I loathed as much as her on SGA. Seriously, her character - inexperienced, insecure and timid - had no place on Atlantis, an alien outpost in what was basically a war zone. And the way she was written, no consistency at all: in one ep, she was able to kill a Wraith single-handedly, in the next one, she couldn't defend herself at all and just stood there, wringing her hands. But that's not all...
Honestly, I disliked her for two reasons:
a) There was absolutely no reason why the writers had to kill Beckett and replace him with a blond bombshell that serve as nothing more than damsel in distress, there to be rescued by manly heroes. The writers simply wanted Jewel Staite on the show and they sacrificed Beckett for it with some stupid excuse that viewers needed to feel the danger or something like that and that's why he was killed. No, just no. Instead of giving him an interesting story line, they replaced him with a love interest for half of the main team AND the only lesbian on the outpost. Seriously.
b) The McKay/Keller relationship. Setting aside the fact that he was 15 years her senior and they had absolutely nothing in common - he talked about physics or comic book characters, she was all about George Clooney and Brad Pitt (Trio) - all she did was try and change him from the get-go. What DID she like about him when she couldn't but chastise Rodney for who he was on regular basis?
So, yeah. I think that the series started to go downhill when they introduced Doctor Keller. The writers were so in love with Jewel Staite that they stopped using their upstairs brain.
Day 1: Your favorite character
Day 2: Your favorite episode
Day 3: An episode you hate
Day 5: Your favorite pics of your ships
Day 6: A scene that had you laughing so hard you had to pause
Day 7: A scene you had to pause during to remind yourself it's not real
Day 8: An episode you've watched more than three times
Day 9: Your favorite male character (who isn't your fave char)
Day 10: Your favorite female character (who isn't your fave char)
Day 11: Your favorite SG-1 guest star
Day 12: A scene that had you yelling at the screen
Day 13: A scene that made you blush
Day 14: Favorite pairing
Day 15: Least favorite pairing
Day 16: Favorite season
Day 17: Favorite team (Ford or Ronon? Weir or Carter?)
Day 18: Favorite side character
Day 19: Most annoying side character
Day 20: Unpopular opinion time!
Day 21: Best quote
Day 22: Worst quote
Day 23: Saddest character death
Day 24: Favorite in-show lingo
Day 25: Favorite kiss
Day 26: OMG WHY SGA WHY moment
Day 27: Funniest screen cap
Day 28: Favorite enemy
Day 29: Least favorite enemy
Day 30: One thing you would change
Day 31: How it should have ended
Easy: Jennifer Keller. There was no other character that I loathed as much as her on SGA. Seriously, her character - inexperienced, insecure and timid - had no place on Atlantis, an alien outpost in what was basically a war zone. And the way she was written, no consistency at all: in one ep, she was able to kill a Wraith single-handedly, in the next one, she couldn't defend herself at all and just stood there, wringing her hands. But that's not all...
Honestly, I disliked her for two reasons:
a) There was absolutely no reason why the writers had to kill Beckett and replace him with a blond bombshell that serve as nothing more than damsel in distress, there to be rescued by manly heroes. The writers simply wanted Jewel Staite on the show and they sacrificed Beckett for it with some stupid excuse that viewers needed to feel the danger or something like that and that's why he was killed. No, just no. Instead of giving him an interesting story line, they replaced him with a love interest for half of the main team AND the only lesbian on the outpost. Seriously.
b) The McKay/Keller relationship. Setting aside the fact that he was 15 years her senior and they had absolutely nothing in common - he talked about physics or comic book characters, she was all about George Clooney and Brad Pitt (Trio) - all she did was try and change him from the get-go. What DID she like about him when she couldn't but chastise Rodney for who he was on regular basis?
So, yeah. I think that the series started to go downhill when they introduced Doctor Keller. The writers were so in love with Jewel Staite that they stopped using their upstairs brain.
Day 1: Your favorite character
Day 2: Your favorite episode
Day 3: An episode you hate
Day 5: Your favorite pics of your ships
Day 6: A scene that had you laughing so hard you had to pause
Day 7: A scene you had to pause during to remind yourself it's not real
Day 8: An episode you've watched more than three times
Day 9: Your favorite male character (who isn't your fave char)
Day 10: Your favorite female character (who isn't your fave char)
Day 11: Your favorite SG-1 guest star
Day 12: A scene that had you yelling at the screen
Day 13: A scene that made you blush
Day 14: Favorite pairing
Day 15: Least favorite pairing
Day 16: Favorite season
Day 17: Favorite team (Ford or Ronon? Weir or Carter?)
Day 18: Favorite side character
Day 19: Most annoying side character
Day 20: Unpopular opinion time!
Day 21: Best quote
Day 22: Worst quote
Day 23: Saddest character death
Day 24: Favorite in-show lingo
Day 25: Favorite kiss
Day 26: OMG WHY SGA WHY moment
Day 27: Funniest screen cap
Day 28: Favorite enemy
Day 29: Least favorite enemy
Day 30: One thing you would change
Day 31: How it should have ended
