white people, so many white people
I rewatched the first few episodes of Psych the other day and kept spotting SGA side characters.
It was just as lighthearted and great as it was when I watched it years ago (but perhaps even better, because I know from comic con that the cast and writers and producers all really like each other and have a lot of fun on set) buuuuuuuuut I couldn't help but notice this time round that all of the non-white characters are used as comic relief. Maybe that's a thing that gets better over the seasons?
Speaking of things with room for improvement, I watched the Pilot of SG-1 and it was gross at some points and sexist at all points and not even the conversation where Dr. Jackson and O'Neill both look into one another's eyes intensely and state that they're single can make up for that. Also I didn't realize how warm and fuzzy and great the multiculturalness of SGA made me feel. That said, Pilots tend to be different from the tone of the show (see: Scully taking her shirt off in The X-Files) and I'm going to watch at least the first season because we have the DVDs, so. It's feasible it will get better re: sexism because so far the narrative has been more misogynist than the characters themselves. And there has to be a reason so many people like it. Right?
It was just as lighthearted and great as it was when I watched it years ago (but perhaps even better, because I know from comic con that the cast and writers and producers all really like each other and have a lot of fun on set) buuuuuuuuut I couldn't help but notice this time round that all of the non-white characters are used as comic relief. Maybe that's a thing that gets better over the seasons?
Speaking of things with room for improvement, I watched the Pilot of SG-1 and it was gross at some points and sexist at all points and not even the conversation where Dr. Jackson and O'Neill both look into one another's eyes intensely and state that they're single can make up for that. Also I didn't realize how warm and fuzzy and great the multiculturalness of SGA made me feel. That said, Pilots tend to be different from the tone of the show (see: Scully taking her shirt off in The X-Files) and I'm going to watch at least the first season because we have the DVDs, so. It's feasible it will get better re: sexism because so far the narrative has been more misogynist than the characters themselves. And there has to be a reason so many people like it. Right?