What would happen if the Atlantis writers decided to make their season a little darker, a little more dramatic, and a little more gritty? You’d get this season. Unfortunately, the season finale was formulaic, predictable, and once again, abusing time travel as a patch in the plot instead of the physics-shattering craziness that it actually is. I really dig the plot with Tayla and her baby… it pulls the heartstrings, it raises serious questions about the team’s future, and makes everyone confront just how risky that galaxy is. And then someone decided to PHONE IN the finale. The finale is the only reason that this season didn’t get five stars. It got four.
You can get a Master’s degree in the interplay of Western and Japanese philosophies, or you can watch this movie. I’m estimating that at least 75% of the dialogue was subtitled in quotes, and I really have no idea who the characters were quoting. The action was top-notch, the appearance of the Major was excellent, and once my mind wrapped around the philosophy involved, I was verrah happy to have watched it. It really is taking the questions and the action and what the world is becoming in the first movie, and elevating it to the next level. Four stars.
Disappointing is all I can really say about this one. Over-milked the time travel business, which they had really already done in Season 10. Can you over-milk something that’s been over-milked? My guess is no, and it really showed up in this. STOP ABUSING TIME TRAVEL. NAO PLZ. I’m really hoping that the writing quality either goes back up for these movies, or they stop writing them. Otherwise, the SG-1 crew has jumped the shark, in my oh-so-humble opinion. Three stars.
More with the crazy vampires.
I neglected to get this up on Friday, but there is a new chapter of Steven available on my short fiction page. Blaize and the long-armed girl hunt down one of the Matron’s children – in a mall.
Writer’s Block: Your Online Hot Spots
Personal time : Google Reader
Work time : RT Ticket list
Writer’s Block: Your Favorite Series: One Last Go Round
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Weekly Word Count
Konbanwa, minasan!
I’ve made some progress on the writing-in-chaos problem. I can stop and start again, without losing track. It’s something that I didn’t know I had in me, and I’m very happy for it.
More Steven fiction is up. I think we’re about halfway through Book 2 at this point. Blaize and the one with the sword are taking out members of the Coven, and Steven is chafing in the organization required for one city to wage war upon another. Mmm, burnt flesh.
http://www.davidmcrampton.com/fiction.php
Really looking forward to next week’s meeting regarding the upcoming webcomic, and I really need to do some extra script writing. The first bit involved a lot of back and forth with my partners (artist and mechanics), and I’m looking forward to getting in the groove with my co-conspirators.
I’m feeling just as much urge to write the Adam in Chicago story as I am to write in the sequel. The sequel will still be my priority, overall, but I remember the girl and the ritual and the house burning down and the coffee shop and Walter’s fiery friend and… yeah, that one was left unfinished for too long. I’ve got this itch, man.
Hoping to have yet another chapter of Steven out to everyone on Friday. As always, input is welcomed.
Writer’s Block: Invisibility On
Doubt the reality of my existence. Get a look at how different the girls’ bathroom -really- is. Create miracles in front of television cameras.
Writer’s Block: Six-Word Story
Sobbing, they sat by the road.
