Posted by aredhel1984 on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Disappointed-tp1512277p1512292.html

Hi Paul and almost everyone else who replied to my post. Maybe I was a bit harsh as I vented my spleen following my disappointment and only mentioned the negative points. I agree wholeheartedly that the special effects still look brilliant today and even better on DVD. No disputing that at all. I was a bit disappointed in the plots but realise I was taking it all too seriously.
As for my comments about Dr. Jackson, today I understand his multiple rolesas doctor, lawyer and 'executioner'. Budgetary constraints, I suppose. Since they're paying him, get him to work as much as possible and save on other potentially expensive actors. When you're a child you don't think of it like that.
As for Straker, I think that especially in the early episodes he was just far too rude and nasty to everyone, demanding perfection from all while he himself committed such horrendous blunders but brooked no criticism. In the second half of the series, he got better and became a bit more likeable. I think leaders, good ones, should be tough but fair. He had all these peoplearound him who obviously couldn't stand him but had been with SHADO since Day One. I personally wouldn't have lasted ten minutes with a man like thatand can't understand why so many women became attracted to him, but there's no accounting for taste. Alec would have made a much better boss.
My biggest gripe with the series is its stand alone episodes, meaning that nothing can develop. Every episode had to have the aliens coming but couldn't progress beyond that point, so that we're stuck in that little snapshot in future history. At the moment I'm wading through Stargate SG-1. Admittedly, it's hard to watch it from Season 3 onwards if you haven't seen the first two series. But my response is: tough toenails! Go back and watch the rest! It's great nowadays that TV shows have arcs and developments, so that you can keep wondering what happens next and get an answer.


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