yeah, if it goes on too long it just brings down the overall quality of the series. SG1 should have been canceled after the 8th season when the entire story up to that point was concluded and RDA left. I think re-inventing the whole thing was a dumb move.
I completely agree. Although, I have to admit, I did not mind seeing Ben Browder shirtless and in his underwear. He ... he just does it for me. The whole Ori thing was an interesting concept but ... yeah.
With this season it kind of feels like the same thing is happening here.
It really is. The writers seem to have been trying to bring in more interesting villains, but they keep failing. "Vampires in space" turned out to be ... lame. Objectively evil villains are boring. "Replicators" have been done to death in SG-1.
It probably would've literally killed the writers/producers to listen to ideas that fans come up with. It would've been the end of the world for them because, fans don't know what they want. Clearly.
Elizabeth Weir should have never died. Instead of the Ashurans being replicators, they should've been Ancients who gave up on technology and took up an existence similar to that of the Nox. Preferring to evolve in harmony with natural systems rather than transcending them. Teyla should have gone away, never to return just like Ford did. Ronon's whole fellowship with the runners should've never happened - no one cares.
They
should have introduced a technologically advanced civilization who had come to the Pegasus galaxy in peace, finding Atlantis and forming a friendship with them while, at the same time, researching a way to repair their inability to procreate. Yes, I realize that this was done with the Asgard, but it was never really explored. The Asgard kinda just gave up.
The ambassador to Atlantis would be fascinated by humanity, wishing to cultivate a mutually beneficial relationship. Exchanging understanding and technology. Behind closed doors, however, this species would be contemptuous of the technological resources of the Atlantis team, and envious of humanity's ability to procreate.
At some point we, the audience, would learn that this species has decided to experiment with merging themselves with human beings in order to ensure the survival of their kind. These experiments would prove to be fatal for the humans involved, as it's revealed that humanity has not evolved enough to allow for such a joining. The monstrosities their experiments produce litter random planets in the galaxy and it isn't long until the Atlantis teams stumbles upon them.
So we have a nebulous antagonist who, while being the greatest ally of the Atlantis team, are also selfish monsters who are willing to gut humanity in order to ensure their own continuity. I think that would make them much more interesting and sympathetic.
