SG-1 and Atlantis ramblings

[icepixie]

In an odd mood tonight. These are longer, but more random, than usual.


SG-1: "Zero Hour"

Wow, they really used up a good chunk of their RDA time this episode. But it was necessary to show how he commands the base in the absence of SG-1, so I suppose it was warranted. Ramblings:

- Sargeant Davis rocks my world. Hee.

- "You have no idea how happy we are to see you." Well, yeah. I expect a mutiny at some point real soon at Jack's inability to deal with his schedule. ;)

- Dr. Lee!

- OMG, I had that plant once. Seriously. In under a year, it went from the top of my bookcase to having tendrils stretched all the way across the wall and entwined in the blinds. It was like the mega-plant of doom.

- Dude, Teal'c's practically on happy gas. He's smiling all over the place.

- Major Davis! Wheee!

- How on Earth can Jack get away with something like locking the delegates together? Yeah, it worked, but how is he getting this past the president?

- Hee, Krispy Kreme!

- Daniel would so be allergic to that plant. (Janet, too. *sniff*)

- Yay, they acknowledged the difference in planetary day lengths!

- Reynolds, the SG-3 colonel, is great. He sort of reminds me of Kowalski. It's nice that Jack has such support even without SG-1 there.

- Hmmm, looks like Camulus got a makeover. He's actually sort of attractive.

- *snort* Love the letter to Hammond.

- Yay, ZPMs! Now we just need to find some in Pegasus...

- "You should know. Of course I dare mock you."
"Was it wise to provoke him?"
"It's what I do."

Jack is so enjoying the power.

- Resignation? While this opens up interesting, uh, possibilities, ahhh!

- Why didn't they just insist that SG-1 get returned first before handing Camulus over? (Although it all worked out, so never mind.)

- Um, Jack? You seem to have an unusual lack of dedication to getting "your" team back, and little in the way of private angst over it outside of the locker room.

- Jack, sweetie, being rule-bound like that is a great way to get people killed.

- So the aide guy wasn't evil? Wow. Awesome way to subvert my expectations.

- "Never mind." Hee!



Atlantis: "Thirty-Eight Minutes"

I was a little worried at the premise of this ep, but it turned out much better than I'd hoped. Blow-by-blow:

- Oooooh, pretty planet...

- So what's up with the funkily-cut shirt on Weir? And why is she always wearing civvies when everyone else is in the uniform? And, dude, heels? With all those staircases? Man, she's braver than I.

- Um, so Elizabeth's hair is back to being straight. Interesting. (Yeah, I know this was the second ep filmed. Don't care.)

- Whoops. Why did the Ancients make those ships so frickin' huge, anyway? They could easily have taken out a bit of the seating in order to have some leeway for problems like this.

- I'm never gonna get tired of these credits. (It's the choir. Put a choir in anything and I'm happy; I'm that big of a choir geek.)

- Bleh, vague indications of Sheppard/Teyla.

- BWAH! I heart Elizabeth. She's so fun yelling at McKay. (And the sick and wrong part of me wonders what Weir/McKay ship might be like...)

- Heh. "I'll put all my geeks ina room and see what happens." Weir's awesome. She's so direct.

- "Turn that damn alarm off!" And so practical!

- Hee, Weir can translate technobabble.

- "It's a bad habit." Um, yes, Rodney. Overreaction usually is.

- Hmmm, that particular shot of the city looks familiar...

- Yay, other languages being spoken! I like the little touches that show they're an international team.

- "How can I help?" / "You can stop talking." Hee! (And dude, they so stole a scene from that fic I keep trying to work on...)

- "Well, you have a cling-on." *cracks up* I love Beckett! I love him! I want to hug him and squeeze him and call him Pippin! (I take it the producers realized that people would start calling him "Scotty" early on...) theusual, you need to be watching this show if just for the puns.

- Y'know, that is kind of like the biggest tick ever...

- Beckett? Are you calling Ford "son"? That's...weird.

- Hee, international geek bickering.

- "Without technobabble, please." But she was just translating the technobabble a few scenes ago...

- OMG, Weir so ROCKS! "I haven't worked up to humiliation!" Hee! She's fabulous! And dude, Cavanaugh so has a crush on her. I predict McKay-on-SG-1-when-Sam-was-around levels of assiness. Hehehehe. And does anyone know what else the actor has been in? He looks a lot like the guy who played Ed on Northern Exposure, but I looked him up, and it's actually a guy named Ben Cotton. Anyone?

- Is it just me, or is anyone else seeing more UST between Sheppard and Ford than Sheppard and Teyla?

- "I thought that was a metaphor." *snort Oh, McKay... Also, why do they have salt in one of those kits? For leeches?

- Ooooh, Elizabeth's angsting as they try the salt and water and John screams...

- Hmmm, again with the familiar shot of the city at sunrise...

- What was he going to say?

- Wheeee! John with no shirt! [/hormonal fangirl]

- Okay, third time with the stock shot of the city. It's awesome, don't get me wrong, but did they spend the entire season's effects budget on it?

- Hey, Farscape proved a human can survive up to thirty seconds in pure vacuum. Ford'll be fine.

- I'm getting really, really sick of all the nodding that goes on between Weir and, like, everyone else. If it was just casual, cool, but every time for the past three eps, it's been all significant. It's getting annoying.

- Hee, Weir's so relieved that Sheppard's okay, she has to sit down. (I'm shipping way, way too hard for these two.)

- She SO called him on how that wasn't what he was going to say! (Heh, it was probably something like, "Great sex last night, Elizabeth!" Or I could be projecting.) Hee, the flirting is so amusing. Yay John/Elizabeth UST!

Comments

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

Awww. Yeah, the pun was about twenty minutes into the show. You just missed it.

Damn. If there's one thing I hate more than a lack of puns, it's missing the puns that are there. Actually, no. The one thing I hate more than a lack of puns is a punch in the face. But that doesn't fit the theme.

Really? I would think Jack, especially, would appeal to you, with his, uh, "special" sense of humor.

I know it's a good show. I like the characters (well, I like Jack and laugh that Parker Lewis has work. I have no real opinions on the others). I just can't watch it for some undefined reason.

[comedownstairs.livejournal.com]

I'm just going to have to send you nothing but quotes. I was the same way as you until I just started looking for the snark and built up from there.

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

Quotes themselves don't work for me. I need the context. And recaps are too long.

I'm just completely indifferent to the show.

[icepixie]

If there's one thing I hate more than a lack of puns, it's missing the puns that are there. Actually, no. The one thing I hate more than a lack of puns is a punch in the face. But that doesn't fit the theme.

And the expression on Beckett's face after he made the pun was priceless. Sort of a, "Dammit, now I've revealed to all of them that I'm a Trekkie!" Because that would be so uncool in a city made up almost entirely of geeks...

I know it's a good show. I like the characters (well, I like Jack and laugh that Parker Lewis has work. I have no real opinions on the others). I just can't watch it for some undefined reason.

Well, Parker Lewis was only on it for a season, anyway. But I suppose I can't judge you too harshly for the dislike...same thing with me and anything in the Jossiverse. I should like them...but I don't.

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

And the expression on Beckett's face after he made the pun was priceless.

Which one is Beckett? I think I've put together that he was the Doctor Guy With The Cool Accent, and if so I think I could actually picture that.

Well, Parker Lewis was only on it for a season, anyway.

He's not on anymore? Parker Lewis LOST?!?!?! My world is askew.

But I suppose I can't judge you too harshly for the dislike...same thing with me and anything in the Jossiverse. I should like them...but I don't.

Sometimes you're just not compatable with a show. I'll probably give SG-1 another shot next week if I remember that it's on (I'll probably catch the replay). But without Parker Lewis... I just don't know...

[icepixie]

Which one is Beckett? I think I've put together that he was the Doctor Guy With The Cool Accent, and if so I think I could actually picture that.

Yep. He's like Pippin, only way snarkier. Hee, you should've seen the first two eps. "Any side effects?" / "Dry mouth, headache...the irrisistable urge to run around in a small wheel." Or "I'm feeling something! I think it may be lunch-related." Beckett and McKay are my new slash pairing. *giggle*

He's not on anymore? Parker Lewis LOST?!?!?! My world is askew.

I have no idea why, but this is cracking me up way more than anything should. It might have something to do with lack of sleep. But hee.

Sometimes you're just not compatable with a show. I'll probably give SG-1 another shot next week if I remember that it's on (I'll probably catch the replay). But without Parker Lewis... I just don't know...

Personally, I like Daniel just the eensiest bit more than Parker Lewis. But yeah, give it another try, even without him.

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

Yep. He's like Pippin, only way snarkier. Hee, you should've seen the first two eps. "Any side effects?" / "Dry mouth, headache...the irrisistable urge to run around in a small wheel." Or "I'm feeling something! I think it may be lunch-related." Beckett and McKay are my new slash pairing. *giggle*

Something tells me that if I stick with it, Beckett's going to be my favorite character.

I have no idea why, but this is cracking me up way more than anything should. It might have something to do with lack of sleep. But hee.

It was the bolded text. Bold is always funny.

Personally, I like Daniel just the eensiest bit more than Parker Lewis. But yeah, give it another try, even without him.

I haven't seen much of Daniel. I know three things about him, actually: 1) He has glasses, 2) he was gone for a while, and 3) the ladies seem to like him. Whereas with Parker Lewis, I knew that I'd be laughing every time he was on screen whether they wanted me to or not. I'm going to miss that feeling.

[icepixie]

Something tells me that if I stick with it, Beckett's going to be my favorite character.

I have no doubt. He's sort of my favorite character, too. Even if he is technically not a regular...

It was the bolded text. Bold is always funny.

Yeah, maybe that's it.

I haven't seen much of Daniel. I know three things about him, actually: 1) He has glasses, 2) he was gone for a while, and 3) the ladies seem to like him.

Add in "he's a geek" and "he's easy to slash with Jack," and you've pretty much got him covered. ;)

Whereas with Parker Lewis, I knew that I'd be laughing every time he was on screen whether they wanted me to or not. I'm going to miss that feeling.

*snerk*

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

I have no doubt. He's sort of my favorite character, too. Even if he is technically not a regular...

But they seem to have such a large recurring cast, so I doubt that matters. Plus? Puns. That can make up for anything.

Add in "he's a geek" and "he's easy to slash with Jack," and you've pretty much got him covered. ;)

Slash means nothing to me, but "geek" starts to make up for the lack of Parker Lewis.

[icepixie]

But they seem to have such a large recurring cast, so I doubt that matters.

Yeah. Beckett's getting his very own episode in a couple weeks anyway, so they're obviously planning on using him way more than the doctor on SG-1.

Plus? Puns. That can make up for anything.

Indeed!

Slash means nothing to me, but "geek" starts to make up for the lack of Parker Lewis.

The slash is funny, though. (This froma died-in-the-wool Sam/Jack shipper!) It's mostly bickering, anyway. And Danny is such a geek. Really. On a level with Jonas (aka Parker Lewis).

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Beckett's getting his very own episode in a couple weeks anyway, so they're obviously planning on using him way more than the doctor on SG-1.

I only hope that the episode title is a horrible pun.

And Danny is such a geek. Really. On a level with Jonas (aka Parker Lewis).

Again showing that I know Jonas only for his Parker Lewis-ness, I didn't even know he was a geek. Look, I find out one thing about the character and I run with it. In his case, I found out who the actor is.

[icepixie]

I only hope that the episode title is a horrible pun.

*thinks* *thinks harder* *lightbulb*

OMG, I so never noticed that before now. *cackles madly* Even if you never watch another ep, you need to watch that one.

Again showing that I know Jonas only for his Parker Lewis-ness, I didn't even know he was a geek. Look, I find out one thing about the character and I run with it. In his case, I found out who the actor is.

Hee. He was a geek, though--he loved bananas and the Weather Channel.

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

OMG, I so never noticed that before now. *cackles madly* Even if you never watch another ep, you need to watch that one.

Apparently it is a grand pun. What's the episode title?

Hee. He was a geek, though--he loved bananas and the Weather Channel.

... Okay, I can see how the Weather Channel could lend itself to geekiness, but bananas?

[icepixie]

Apparently it is a grand pun. What's the episode title?

Heh, I thought you knew it and were commenting on its punnability. It's call "Poisoning the Well." It's about a doctor. Hee.

... Okay, I can see how the Weather Channel could lend itself to geekiness, but bananas?

He made bananas geeky with his obsession.

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

Heh, I thought you knew it and were commenting on its punnability. It's call "Poisoning the Well." It's about a doctor. Hee.

No, I was just hoping. And that's a great, subtle pun. I'm calling that my favorite episode ever already.

He made bananas geeky with his obsession.

It takes a special kind of person to be a banana geek.

[icepixie]

And that's a great, subtle pun. I'm calling that my favorite episode ever already.

It should be highly entertaining.

It takes a special kind of person to be a banana geek.

It does. And, um, there are screencaps that look wrong. Much like the frooze pops last year at SC. Poor, innocent Jonas...