It’s most unsatisfying for me. (For the record, my wife watches the dang show and I sit down with her, otherwise I would have bailed on the show long ago.)

Lost’s “Missing Pieces” only give you more questions?

You say that as if it’s a bad thing.

If anything The Doctor wanted to be treated as an equal during the first few seasons. Empathy was something he lacked but as he went along he bacame more human.
After that all he wanted was a name, respect and independance.
He earned the crews respect by season 2, got independance from the holo-emitter in season 3 and became considered a lifeform in season 7.
He finally picked a name (Joe) in the final episode “Endgame”.

Personality, he got that from Dr Zimmerman his creator, as you can see in the Episode “Life line” in season 6.

Not picking up the opportunities that presented themselves with Farscape, Firefly and Jericho bothers me, those are franchises that obviously instill passion in their viewers and would supposedly be the target core audience for the channel, yet…..

Would love to see them pick up something like Brin’s Uplift War, Bujold’s Vor Series, Glen Cook’s Black Company and try and do it justice. Instead of dropping more cash on killer shark movies.

Regarding grammar: Bruce published this one without running it past the “Vic filter.”

I’m a stickler for proper grammar AND spelling.

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Jimmy, I was just watching the “Missing Pieces” and all they did is create more questions.. arg.

790: The Doctor was definitely developing personality: “the Doctor’s program evolved to become more lifelike, with emotions and ambitions, and he developed meaningful and complex relationships”. In an additional episode, all his personality subroutines were removed for a bit and he went back to his emotionless professional interface.

(I never missed an episode.. sigh.. I’ve been outed.

Stargate,(aarrgghgh) the tv show that came into my life based on a average film and then wouldn’t get canceled.
First it burned Farscape off the air, then stole the lead actors from the show.
Now it has captured Robert Picardo. Of course I’m happy for Picardo, but seriously I hate that franchise O so much.
The day its finnaly canceled I’m throwing a BIG party!!!

Oh and Bruce the Doctor on Voyager was NEVER trying to find a personality, he only wanted a name. He was FULL of personality.

Sci-Fi channel has given us LEXX so I can’t say I hate the network but gheeessssssshhhh come up with something new. There’s plenty of Sci-Fi shows looking for a home.

PS, (IMO), mini-web-a-sodes are the LAMMEST gimmick around….

What paranormal, horror, and “reality” shows have to do with sci fi, I’ll never know. You’d think there was not enough true science fiction (classics or independent) to fill their schedule.

While I’m a fan of Tapping, she almost wasn’t even on the show even during her one season, pretty much a waste, really. And the show she is moving to is called “Sanctuary” and we talked about it here.

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Agree, the character isn’t great but Picardo I like, so glad he is getting work.

Teal’c And Ronin would be very cool (think this has come up somewhere else). I did like when they had that other guy for one series, forget his name, who was a human from another world. Having two ‘aliens’ gave them something to compare.
Teal’c could be Ronin’s Bra’tac!
The episode they did together went a bit Hard Boiled Cop, which is a very good thing.

Gary: To be fair, it is a flying city and all!!

Jerseycajun: As far as Tapping goes, don’t worry. I think I’ve heard she’s off doing another Sci Fi Channel show.. I’;; try to look it up and get back to you here.

Seems a little like a gyp, considering her character was woefully underused in the last season, in my opinion.

Well, I suppose this will make it rather easier to “date” which season you’re watching re-runs.

Woolsey is in charge of Atlantis? Must be season 5.

Carter? Season 4.

geeze, im so behind on stargate, i best get back into it