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Oh, man, I’d forgotten what old-school ‘Monster of the Week’ TV shows were like.
I received the first season of 'Stargate: SG-1’ for my birthday. It was made in the 90s, and it shows. Picture quality and aesthetics aside - although those are indeed delightfully 90s - it’s just the whole tone of the show.
I am not in any way objecting to this. I am halfway through the first season, and so far it is good-natured and hopeful and full of people trying their best and oh dear lord I love it, even if sometimes I find myself cringing with second-hand embarrassment. And also talking to the screen.
The 'Monster of the Week’ format really does stand out compared to modern shows, though. It’s made more obvious because, well, they travel to a different planet every episode, that’s the nature of the beast. It probably sticks out more to me because the most recent shows I’ve watched were VLD and The Dragon Prince, which have episodes flowing into each other very smoothly (seriously, the first seven or so episodes of VLD flow gorgeously.) It jars a bit because it’s not so familiar any more, but it’s not bad at all.
Also, the episodes are forty minutes each, which is extremely generous and lets me get quite a bit of knitting done.
I received the first season of 'Stargate: SG-1’ for my birthday. It was made in the 90s, and it shows. Picture quality and aesthetics aside - although those are indeed delightfully 90s - it’s just the whole tone of the show.
I am not in any way objecting to this. I am halfway through the first season, and so far it is good-natured and hopeful and full of people trying their best and oh dear lord I love it, even if sometimes I find myself cringing with second-hand embarrassment. And also talking to the screen.
The 'Monster of the Week’ format really does stand out compared to modern shows, though. It’s made more obvious because, well, they travel to a different planet every episode, that’s the nature of the beast. It probably sticks out more to me because the most recent shows I’ve watched were VLD and The Dragon Prince, which have episodes flowing into each other very smoothly (seriously, the first seven or so episodes of VLD flow gorgeously.) It jars a bit because it’s not so familiar any more, but it’s not bad at all.
Also, the episodes are forty minutes each, which is extremely generous and lets me get quite a bit of knitting done.