You know, I was thinking the same thing. If I hadn't seen Criminal Minds and all I knew about Reid was: "REID - Awkward. IQ of 187. Eidetic memory. Went to high school at twelve. Has a schizophrenic mother whom he writes to every day..." - well, I don't think I'd be too interested. I wouldn't even think it was realistic (xD and maybe it isn't entirely...). And Garcia? I can only imagine how they could attempt to describe her like that. I would be like, "What the heck is this person doing working for the FBI?" But I love both of these characters! Heck I love all of them.
And you know, I wasn't a Stargate fan yet when Stargate Atlantis was coming out, but I hear things were just the same. People were like, "Wow guys, way to blow a perfectly good thing." And in the end, it ended up working out quite well, and I've met a lot of people on the internet who like SGA even better than SG1.
Also, I totally understand about how annoying the whole "shoe horn" thing is, and I feel like shows often do the same type of thing when they are introducing a new character rather quickly. I felt like they did that when Prentiss came in - "Look at me, I'm awesome, look at the awesome things I can do!" - but since she genuinely is an awesome character, I think it really all worked out in the end.
I have to admit, I'm a little skeptical myself about the whole thing, but you know, even if it doesn't measure up to CM in awesomeness, there's a good chance it won't be as bad as it sounds like right now.
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Date: Jan. 31st, 2010 01:20 am (UTC)And you know, I wasn't a Stargate fan yet when Stargate Atlantis was coming out, but I hear things were just the same. People were like, "Wow guys, way to blow a perfectly good thing." And in the end, it ended up working out quite well, and I've met a lot of people on the internet who like SGA even better than SG1.
Also, I totally understand about how annoying the whole "shoe horn" thing is, and I feel like shows often do the same type of thing when they are introducing a new character rather quickly. I felt like they did that when Prentiss came in - "Look at me, I'm awesome, look at the awesome things I can do!" - but since she genuinely is an awesome character, I think it really all worked out in the end.
I have to admit, I'm a little skeptical myself about the whole thing, but you know, even if it doesn't measure up to CM in awesomeness, there's a good chance it won't be as bad as it sounds like right now.