It's the problem of being a plot-driven show, I think. The cultures that drive the plot (like the Wraith) get a bit more nuance -- but even then, only as that cultural tic drives the plot. I feel like the show is getting a bit more...relationship oriented (not in a "shippy" way, but in how people interact and grow, etc.), so that might lead to a deeper exploration of the culture behind them. Maybe.
And because the writers aren't interested, there's barely any canon supporting the idea that the characters from Earth are interested either. Sigh.
Honestly, I can fully buy Rodney not caring. It's just not his thing, just as figuring out how people tick isn't his thing. (Unless there's a scientific development he's interested in, of course. *g*) John? I think if he had the time (wasn't a prisoner of the plot), he'd care, and I think he gets the importance of understanding the people he's hoping to work with or gain something from. (As hinted to in his relationship with both Teyla and Ronon.)
But yeah, those that obviously have an interest are full on background. The science groups Rodney sends out to planets deemed safe and then promptly forgets until the next briefing or if something goes horribly, horribly wrong. Which means human Pegasus culture is pretty much pasted on. (Maybe the reason it's all heavily European-based? Knowing they were going to simplify to the point of caricature, the show runners decided to make them all similar to a group that they can't be accused of mocking?)
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Date: 2008-07-18 05:33 pm (UTC)And because the writers aren't interested, there's barely any canon supporting the idea that the characters from Earth are interested either. Sigh.
Honestly, I can fully buy Rodney not caring. It's just not his thing, just as figuring out how people tick isn't his thing. (Unless there's a scientific development he's interested in, of course. *g*) John? I think if he had the time (wasn't a prisoner of the plot), he'd care, and I think he gets the importance of understanding the people he's hoping to work with or gain something from. (As hinted to in his relationship with both Teyla and Ronon.)
But yeah, those that obviously have an interest are full on background. The science groups Rodney sends out to planets deemed safe and then promptly forgets until the next briefing or if something goes horribly, horribly wrong. Which means human Pegasus culture is pretty much pasted on. (Maybe the reason it's all heavily European-based? Knowing they were going to simplify to the point of caricature, the show runners decided to make them all similar to a group that they can't be accused of mocking?)