Even though she was on-screen a lot less than SG-1, I really felt like she was around and about somewhere, doing stuff, with a life separate and entwined with the stuff that happened on the show
Yes. I couldn't have said it better. Also, I think you're right about feeling like the other characters miss her, too. They never show anything, not really, except when it's called up in the plot (Ripple Effect), but I've always somehow gotten that feeling from them.
Well, I hate to say it, but maybe Janet's death works too well--I just can't forget her and move on. So maybe something that would have been a device in another show became something a little more real here. She was just not minor enough not to make waves with her absence.
Of course, I usually am struck by the vivid characters on Stargate--even those who are around for only one or two episodes are really very memorable. How do they do that?
I'm running a bit long, I know, but one more observation: Stargate isn't the best show on television. It's a campy science fiction adventure show that isn't as smart as BSG and isn't as cutting-edge or witty as Farscape. It isn't as realistic as Firefly, and it's not as funny--okay, it's probably as funny as any of the above, in a subdued and relatively clean way.
Yet I love it. I clutch at it. I re-watch episodes. I write fanfic about it, read copious amounts of fanfic about it, and generally wail at the thought new bits of it won't be around next year. I love the characters. I'd die if I met *any* of the actors. I have a horrible fear that the movies will suck and a wonderful hope that they won't. In short, I'm completely and hopelessly in love.
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Yes. I couldn't have said it better. Also, I think you're right about feeling like the other characters miss her, too. They never show anything, not really, except when it's called up in the plot (Ripple Effect), but I've always somehow gotten that feeling from them.
Well, I hate to say it, but maybe Janet's death works too well--I just can't forget her and move on. So maybe something that would have been a device in another show became something a little more real here. She was just not minor enough not to make waves with her absence.
Of course, I usually am struck by the vivid characters on Stargate--even those who are around for only one or two episodes are really very memorable. How do they do that?
I'm running a bit long, I know, but one more observation: Stargate isn't the best show on television. It's a campy science fiction adventure show that isn't as smart as BSG and isn't as cutting-edge or witty as Farscape. It isn't as realistic as Firefly, and it's not as funny--okay, it's probably as funny as any of the above, in a subdued and relatively clean way.
Yet I love it. I clutch at it. I re-watch episodes. I write fanfic about it, read copious amounts of fanfic about it, and generally wail at the thought new bits of it won't be around next year. I love the characters. I'd die if I met *any* of the actors. I have a horrible fear that the movies will suck and a wonderful hope that they won't. In short, I'm completely and hopelessly in love.
*is overly emotional*