NASA concept art by Don Davis, featured in The Rotarian, June 1978: "This artist's conception of a huge space colony could become a reality by 2008. Floating in space more than 250,000 kilometers from earth, the colony would house a population of 10,000."
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A lakeside playground, on the interior of a Don Davis space colony concept for NASA
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Ring worlds by Don Davis, Syd Mead, and Aaron Beck.
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Don Davis and Ralph Smith
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watching twin peaks at 6:35 am and fucking losing it at this still of major briggs
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Season 6 of stargate feels weird. I'm on episode 21. I've really enjoyed the plotlines, they're some of the most interesting and creative so far, but it's the small stuff that's starting to bother me.
It was first in the intro when Richard Dean Anderson gets twice as much time as anyone else (~11s vs 5-6s for Tapping, Judge, and Nemec, plus a single shot for Davis), and so many of these plots center around him in almost an unnatural way. He feels like the main character much more than previously, but without Daniel to keep him grounded his arrogance is starting to get annoying. I enjoyed his writing in season 5, they wrote him a lot of jokes and I laughed at a lot of them, but here he just comes off as brash.
Now I actually enjoy Daniel's "death" and how he'll come back now and again and comfort his friends (E6, "Abyss" & E19, "The Changeling"). I like Jonas too! I wholeheartedly enjoy what they're doing with this. But Daniel was always the one to keep Jack in check. (Thinking specifically about Reese in S05E19 "Menace.") Now without Daniel's strong opposing voice, it feels like no one stands up to Jack when he says something wildly undiplomatic, and I don't like his dumb ass being left out alone like that. They kept each other in check and I believe their banter was a large part of what made the show so good.
Then there's these romance subplots. It seems like every other episode Jonas and Carter are falling in love with some random alien, but its been multiple times this season! Not to mention that oh-so-forced creepy scientist guy in this season's premiere episodes. Previously it was just that Tok'ra dude and a bit of O'Neill, now it's everyone? Why is this happening? It feels so out of place.
Even if the directorial staff hasn't seemed to have changed, and RDA has been an executive producer for several seasons now, (so his larger part likely isn't directly because of him) things are clearly changing, and I'm unsure if I like them all the way.
I'm really enjoying these plotlines, but theres a lot now that's feeling just... too convienent. I can't really give a good example but a lot of things don't feel as natural anymore. My suspension of disbelief isn't being sufficiently upheld like it has been in past seasons. For example, I just watched a scene where O'Neill, Carter, and Teal'c all stand in a perfect line in front of Jonas (whose much more animated and natural, might I add) and talk at him. Nothing about this line feels natural and their dialog feels... weird.
But such is television - sometimes real world bureaucracy and internal politics have more of an effect on a show's content than the actual crew.
Anyways. Let Dom DeLuise back on the show and have him meet John de Lancie, either as Q or Col. Simmons idc either way thanks bye
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