Angela, I think that's because they're trying to change horses in mid-stream, in a sense. They spent most of S1 establishing their sitch, and now they're trying to work in the Obligatory Stargate Threat. Felt awkward to me as well.
On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > I will write more about the Brother, but i am amazed at how little bits of > character, strength, even a sadness that he tamps down with toughness, are > emerging. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "angelababycat" <asrobin...@mindspring.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, April 3, 2010 1:19:45 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: "Stargate SGU" Marathon on SyFy > > > > Same here. Towards the end of last night's new ep you saw him holding a > photograph and smiling. Clearly there's a redeming story about the Brother > that's yet to be revealed. > > The new ep had a little more action/intrigue than some of the previous > ones. The show's OK overall. There's still something missing, but I can't > quite put my finger on it. > > Angela > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, Martin > Baxter <martinbaxt...@...> wrote: > > > > He's finding more appeal in my eyes as well, Keith, but I'm not watching > the > > marathon, just waiting for the new ep. Tried a couple of times, but it's > all > > still too fresh in my head. > > > > On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > SyFy's running a marathon of SGU all day today, leading up to a new ep > > > later tonight. Watching many of the shows again, I still find a lot of > > > things about it to like. The biggest thing is I'm starting to like the > > > Brother is the show. Initial reactions I had were "Great, another angry > > > black man", "another black man who's not the leader, but a > subordinate". > > > But I'm seeing some of the ways he's acted, and he seems to have a core > of > > > something else, perhaps a rough edge, but a desire to really do what's > > > right. Starting to grow on me. > > > > > > > > > > >
