(I knew I had more to ramble on about! ...who am I kidding, I always have more to ramble on about....)
I feel the same way about SGU that you do -- I loooove arc-driven TV. And honestly I didn't think much of the writing first season (at that point I was basically only watching for Carlyle)
Holy shit, that guy is sex onna stick. And *why?* I'm not even sure. I think it's that the actor is just about as intense as CWR describes AI!Rush in FoD, really :D Have you watched interview bits with Carlyle? It's so disconcerting seeing him genuinely laugh or look self deprecating - so nooooot-Rush :D
but second season was just starting to find its feet when they canceled it, BAH. AND THE ACTING. I think every single one of the actors on SGU did an incredible job. And the small-scale character writing is really good!
The acting was fantastic! Along with the directing, the cinematography, the editing/pacing - really all top notch in every way. They took the right risks, they took enough time, they did every thing right. My sweetie also noticed something that I wouldn't have picked up on - casting paid attention not just to actors-look-and-act-as-their-characters, but also paid attention to VOICES. In a show this visually dark where more than half of our people are in uniform and hard to visually distinguish, having each actor's voice be aurally unique matters. Everyone on the show had such an amazing VOICE. Holy cow. Young & Rush's voices are so distinct I hear them in every line of dialog in FoD (and in the very few instances where FoD loses the character-voicing in dialog, the sudden drop-out of being able to hear the timber of the actor is quite noticeable while I'm reading). Just another impressive bit of attention to detail.
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Date: 2012-07-17 07:31 pm (UTC)I feel the same way about SGU that you do -- I loooove arc-driven TV. And honestly I didn't think much of the writing first season (at that point I was basically only watching for Carlyle)
Holy shit, that guy is sex onna stick. And *why?* I'm not even sure. I think it's that the actor is just about as intense as CWR describes AI!Rush in FoD, really :D Have you watched interview bits with Carlyle? It's so disconcerting seeing him genuinely laugh or look self deprecating - so nooooot-Rush :D
but second season was just starting to find its feet when they canceled it, BAH. AND THE ACTING. I think every single one of the actors on SGU did an incredible job. And the small-scale character writing is really good!
The acting was fantastic! Along with the directing, the cinematography, the editing/pacing - really all top notch in every way. They took the right risks, they took enough time, they did every thing right. My sweetie also noticed something that I wouldn't have picked up on - casting paid attention not just to actors-look-and-act-as-their-characters, but also paid attention to VOICES. In a show this visually dark where more than half of our people are in uniform and hard to visually distinguish, having each actor's voice be aurally unique matters. Everyone on the show had such an amazing VOICE. Holy cow. Young & Rush's voices are so distinct I hear them in every line of dialog in FoD (and in the very few instances where FoD loses the character-voicing in dialog, the sudden drop-out of being able to hear the timber of the actor is quite noticeable while I'm reading). Just another impressive bit of attention to detail.