Well, I have no problem with people who liked the episode. I mean, it wasn't all bad.
It's not that I have a problem with them. It's a simple statement of fact: the people who were bugged by the episode are detail-oriented (at least about fandom) who look at the component parts of a whole as those components fit with either the rules of narrative or previously established canon. The plot holes, sloppy deus-ex-machinas, and complete disregard for the Team theme that was the foundation of SG-1 and SGA bug the Hell out of them. Critical-thinkers expect the numbers to add up.
The people who weren't bugged are the ones who are the handwave-types, the big-picture types. As long as the plot follows the basic outline of the archetype (including Hero Gets the Girl), and scenes are pretty/funny/touching, they're happy. It's all about the big picture. Intuitive-thinkers expect the narrative to evoke an emotional response.
Intuitive-thinkers like Keller because she introduced emotional plotines and she's an Everyman -- she reacts to Atlantis the way the regular civilians in the audience would -- and so she's more easy to identify with than a trained hero: they would do what she would do, so they sympathize with her and thus they like her. Critical thinkers can't get past the fact she's completely unqualified for a front-lines base CMO, disregards AMA guidelines to flirt or make friends, and completely disrupted the Team theme that was the dominant theme in the show (up until Mallozi and Mullie took over).
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It's not that I have a problem with them. It's a simple statement of fact: the people who were bugged by the episode are detail-oriented (at least about fandom) who look at the component parts of a whole as those components fit with either the rules of narrative or previously established canon. The plot holes, sloppy deus-ex-machinas, and complete disregard for the Team theme that was the foundation of SG-1 and SGA bug the Hell out of them. Critical-thinkers expect the numbers to add up.
The people who weren't bugged are the ones who are the handwave-types, the big-picture types. As long as the plot follows the basic outline of the archetype (including Hero Gets the Girl), and scenes are pretty/funny/touching, they're happy. It's all about the big picture. Intuitive-thinkers expect the narrative to evoke an emotional response.
Intuitive-thinkers like Keller because she introduced emotional plotines and she's an Everyman -- she reacts to Atlantis the way the regular civilians in the audience would -- and so she's more easy to identify with than a trained hero: they would do what she would do, so they sympathize with her and thus they like her. Critical thinkers can't get past the fact she's completely unqualified for a front-lines base CMO, disregards AMA guidelines to flirt or make friends, and completely disrupted the Team theme that was the dominant theme in the show (up until Mallozi and Mullie took over).
It's about priorities.
DragonLady