If the writers have run out of ideas, why don't they do what was done on
the stargate series that had Scott Bakula in it, and flip the characters
into bad people.

Have earth be an alternate reality where it is run by some tyranny (please,
not the nazis winning ww2. something a little less cliched and politically
correct), and where Shepherd and the gang, being good products of their
society, are vicious and cruel.

Maybe the writers would be inspired to write something interesting for a
change; if the ratings improve, the show could continue.

I'd love to see Jewel Staite and Amanda Tapping trying to act like
vicious people. Who knows, they might be very good at it.

Sid Slambottom <slambottom@yahoo.com> did eloquently scribble:
> If the writers have run out of ideas, why don't they do what was done on
> the stargate series that had Scott Bakula in it, and flip the characters
> into bad people.

Sam Beckett on stargate?
No
Al has appeared, yes, but not sam.
:-p

Think you meant Star TREK.
As in Enterprise.

And yes, the "mirror darkly" episodes were rather good, as a prelude to
original trek's "Mirror Mirror" and the DS9 evil universe episodes.
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Sid Slambottom wrote:
> If the writers have run out of ideas, why don't they do what was done on
> the stargate series that had Scott Bakula in it, and flip the characters
> into bad people.

StarGate: Quantum Enterprise?

> Have earth be an alternate reality where it is run by some tyranny (please,
> not the nazis winning ww2. something a little less cliched and politically
> correct), and where Shepherd and the gang, being good products of their
> society, are vicious and cruel.
>
> Maybe the writers would be inspired to write something interesting for a
> change; if the ratings improve, the show could continue.
>
> I'd love to see Jewel Staite and Amanda Tapping trying to act like
> vicious people. Who knows, they might be very good at it.
>

A little alternate reality goes a long way. Having your good guys go
evil might be fun for an episode or two, but you just have to have the
good guys espousing the values of your society; otherwise, the viewers
would have no one to identify with and care about. That's partly why a
show that's a hit in one country rarely translates well in another country.

Besides, DS9 overused this device, and it's now rather cliched and
unoriginal.

--
JWH

In article <lbGdnW-lttFrcy3anZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d@comcast.com>, jewahe
<j.hanvey@comcast.net> wrote:

> Sid Slambottom wrote:
> > If the writers have run out of ideas, why don't they do what was done on
> > the stargate series that had Scott Bakula in it, and flip the characters
> > into bad people.
>
> StarGate: Quantum Enterprise?

Nope. It was Stargate: Crap All Over the Franchise

From the Collected Witterings of Sid Slambottom, volume 23:
> If the writers have run out of ideas, why don't they do what was done on
> the stargate series that had Scott Bakula in it, and flip the characters
> into bad people.
>
> Have earth be an alternate reality where it is run by some tyranny
> (please, not the nazis winning ww2. something a little less cliched and
> politically correct),

You mean, like the Americans winning WW2?

On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:47:49 -0000, "David Chapman"
<jeditojanen@hotmail.com> wrote:

>From the Collected Witterings of Sid Slambottom, volume 23:

>> If the writers have run out of ideas, why don't they do what was done on
>> the stargate series that had Scott Bakula in it, and flip the characters
>> into bad people.
>>
>> Have earth be an alternate reality where it is run by some tyranny
>> (please, not the nazis winning ww2. something a little less cliched and
>> politically correct),
>
>You mean, like the Americans winning WW2?

What drugs are you on again, Chapman?
--
"We all grew up on Mickey Mouse and hula-hoops
Then we all bought BMW's and brand new pickup trucks
And we watched John Kennedy die one afternoon
Kids of the baby boom."
- David Bellamy

From the Collected Witterings of David V. Loewe, Jr, volume 23:
> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:47:49 -0000, "David Chapman"
> <jeditojanen@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From the Collected Witterings of Sid Slambottom, volume 23:

>>> Have earth be an alternate reality where it is run by some tyranny
>>> (please, not the nazis winning ww2. something a little less cliched and
>>> politically correct),
>>
>> You mean, like the Americans winning WW2?
>
> What drugs are you on again, Chapman?

I'm high on life, Loewe.

In article <fp1upl$ab4$2$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>, "David Chapman"
<jeditojanen@hotmail.com> wrote:

> From the Collected Witterings of David V. Loewe, Jr, volume 23:
> > On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:47:49 -0000, "David Chapman"
> > <jeditojanen@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> From the Collected Witterings of Sid Slambottom, volume 23:
>
> >>> Have earth be an alternate reality where it is run by some tyranny
> >>> (please, not the nazis winning ww2. something a little less cliched and
> >>> politically correct),
> >>
> >> You mean, like the Americans winning WW2?
> >
> > What drugs are you on again, Chapman?
>
> I'm high on life, Loewe.

Be warned, that one has a very nasty kick when you stop using it. ;-)

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:06:56 -0000, "David Chapman"
<jeditojanen@hotmail.com> wrote:

>From the Collected Witterings of David V. Loewe, Jr, volume 23:
>> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:47:49 -0000, "David Chapman"
>> <jeditojanen@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> From the Collected Witterings of Sid Slambottom, volume 23:
>
>>>> Have earth be an alternate reality where it is run by some tyranny
>>>> (please, not the nazis winning ww2. something a little less cliched and
>>>> politically correct),
>>>
>>> You mean, like the Americans winning WW2?
>>
>> What drugs are you on again, Chapman?
>
>I'm high on life, Loewe.
>
So...

What alternate reality are you living in where the US didn't kick
Japan's *** to close out (or "win") World War Two?
--
"We all grew up on Mickey Mouse and hula-hoops
Then we all bought BMW's and brand new pickup trucks
And we watched John Kennedy die one afternoon
Kids of the baby boom."
- David Bellamy

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:06:56 -0000, "David Chapman"
<jeditojanen@hotmail.com> wrote:

>From the Collected Witterings of David V. Loewe, Jr, volume 23:
>> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:47:49 -0000, "David Chapman"
>> <jeditojanen@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> From the Collected Witterings of Sid Slambottom, volume 23:
>
>>>> Have earth be an alternate reality where it is run by some tyranny
>>>> (please, not the nazis winning ww2. something a little less cliched and
>>>> politically correct),
>>>
>>> You mean, like the Americans winning WW2?
>>
>> What drugs are you on again, Chapman?
>
>I'm high on life, Loewe.

To put this another way, "Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk
logistics."
--
"The greatest happiness is to scatter your enemy, to drive him before
you, to see his cities reduced to ashes, to see those who love him
shrouded in tears, and to gather into your bosom his wives and
daughters.
- Genghis Khan, 1226