yeah, but if it continues 4 after that, you ahve to acknowledge it.
I think you've under-rated the characters, Jeffe, and unfairly flattened their descriptions. If you want to give Russel's character a single trait, it's duty and/or grief (see, still can't narrow it down to one). It's certainly not bloodthirsty. His responsibility to set off the bomb didn't require anyone's death, per se, and it seems clear he'd prefer it if everyone else just stayed away from weapons. He has mixed motivations and they play into his behavior and the plot.
Same with the scientist. Sure he's nerdy, but seriously, most of them are. But he's also duplicitous, ambitious, and adheres to a complex system of ethics. That makes him conflicted in some spots and it's interesting to see how he's treated and how he reacts.
Now, you don't have to like the movie. I'm not going to be able to change your opinion on that. I don't want to. I just want to point out that your charges of two-dimensionality show a lack of attention to watching the movie.
As for the show, it's like indy-science fiction. It's actually decently made. I've enjoyed the shows I've watched, and when my free time for a while coincided with the broadcasts, I watched it. HOwever, I don't make time to watch it and I don't seek out the recordings -- but the only shows I actually rent or want to own are Smallville and 24 (oh, and SGC2C) -- so that doesn't say much. My brother disagrees. He owns at least one season on DVD and he's making his wife watch it with him. They really enjoy it. I think it shows a great deal of imagination and genre-awareness (there's an ep where one technicion idolizes the SG team, and he's at odds with his co-worker who, in his own words, "worships at the alter of Roddenberry"). It also shows some pretty average plotting and some reliance on standby SF ideas, but that's only a neutral observation, not necessarily a criticism. On the whole, I think it's better than the average SF show (though I'm mad that they won't respond to requests for a review copy of the RPG).
