
So "SG:A" is just a
Trivial Pursuit question, despite lasting five seasons?

And having a black character, & a black actor, in a leading role means nothing?
Exactly, give the man a prize!!!
The fact is, you have a racist outlook, and this is proven by the very nature of your question. For instance, your not asking what if "The Sheppard character had been cast to {insert specific BLACK actor}, how would this have changed things, but rather just a generic lets take a white role in OTL and make it a black roll in this ATL, and see what effect it has, just because they are BLACK.
That my friend, is a racist way of looking at things. And looking at your other two responses up thread, you seem to be thinking that its bad or insulting on other peoples part when they don't share in your opinion.
Now, on the other hand, if you had done something like:
What if "The Sheppard character had been cast to {James Earl Jones} or {Samuel E Jackson} or {Wessly Snipes} or {Eddie Murphy} or..."
But I think you can get the idea behind my post. Your post makes it all about race, and NOT about a difference in how the character would have been different, and how such differences would affect the rest of the cast (if any), nor how the show would have been different, but just maybe slightly altered demographics of the audience. Basically, you tossed out an idea based upon a racist outlook, and then got a bit miffed that folks think it would not have made much (if any) difference.
Okay, now name another show that lasted five seasons with a black lead actor, besides "DS9" & "SG-1". (I can't think of one.) Name another SF series with a black actor in such an important role--arguably the most important. (With all respect to Chris Judge, he wasn't.)
And again, WHY?
You seem to have an agenda, based upon a racist way of looking at things. The IDEA of trading out one of the main characters of my favorite TV series doesn't bother me a bit (I don't even know who the no-name guy that actually played "Sheppard" was), but if your going to talk about my favorite series, please bring some USEFUL content to the discussion.
For example, can you think of all the positive differences one of the American cultural icons I named, being put into the role? We all know that Eddie Murphy would have audiences LOL and ROFL, and Samuel E Jackson would have brought much more to the role than the guy that was cast in the part, at least IMHO.
I'll stop now, but please, in the future, don't get all ticked off if folks respond like in this thread, just because they don't share your racist outlook or agenda.
*climbs off soapbox, and sheepishly slinks off into the crowd, head hung low, after realizing I might just have been a bit to harsh*