I haven't seen *any* of the ads or promo materials, and going strictly by the first two hours of the show, I had the same impression as you. I actually looked up Ming Na because of all the (three?) women we saw, she was the only one who didn't seem inclined to fall apart easily, and I would be happy if she has a bigger role in the show than what we've seen so far. The Wikipedia info also says she's the first openly gay character in the SG universe, so on a meta-level that's welcome.
I thought Lou Diamond Phillips died in the first episode! Maybe in the promos they were doing like they did with Torchwood, put Suzie in all the promo shots so that you'd be expecting her to remain a member of the cast. But with Suzie, that was a major shock-payoff, whereas with LDP we barely knew him and he was just another character in a crowd as far as I could tell.
No idea. Unfortunately most of the press I found was 'gatefail' about various issues and stupidities within the storylines coming up. You're probably better off missing most of that
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I thought Lou Diamond Phillips died in the first episode! Maybe in the promos they were doing like they did with Torchwood, put Suzie in all the promo shots so that you'd be expecting her to remain a member of the cast. But with Suzie, that was a major shock-payoff, whereas with LDP we barely knew him and he was just another character in a crowd as far as I could tell.
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