Just a little "letting off" steam rant. I used to love this show and with the lack ofgood SC Fi on Tv these days Iam feeling let down to say the least. To cut cost they got rid of everyone but the core 4. They made Jack Oneila general. The last person you would ever expect to be in charge and now he just sits in a chair and just makes wise cracks in every show. His screen time is down to 8 mins a show if that. Off world shows have all but vanished. This is a show on life support. I wouldrather they shut it down then keep this turkey going. This show is still on the air for one reason only..MONEY and it shows. The spin off: Stargate Atlantis is slowly growing on me and you can see the production company is really putting all their efforts into this show. It is bright and colorful and has a lot more actors in it. Its kinda like if Star Trek was still on the air and they put ST: TNG on during the 3rd season of Start Trek. You can see where they have all but givin up on the orignal and are working on the newer version. Well I do hope they knock it in the head this season!!!! Such a shame........... At least we get FARSCAPE back if only for afew hours...... Star Trek : Enterprise is looking up this year. From what i have heard they are looking back at the classic Start Trek for ideas and will play off of it for fun.Its the last season of ANY star Trek for a long time so they might as well have fun with it.
From what I've read, Richard Dean Anderson would not return for an 8th season unless they found a way to drastically cut his on camera time (I believe he now considers himself semi-retired). Making Jack a general was the way they accomplished his wish. I agree that the quality of the show has gone down hill. Most of the top creative staff has moved over to, or are concentrating on, Atlantis. AJH