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]

theusual, you need to be watching this show if just for the puns.

Since I wasn't doing anything better with my time, I turned it on after seeing this post. Unfortunately it was about halfway through and I apparently missed the puns. That disappoints me.

The show doesn't seem bad, though. I get the feeling I might be able to actually watch this one, unlike SG-1. For the life of me, I just can't watch a full episode of that show.

[nuclearangel.livejournal.com]

- 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.

AH!! LOL!!!
I totally thought of you and your evil plant when I saw that thing! Hee!
Camulus was a cuties, even more so that last episode. I don't know why. And yes, Teal'c was grinning a whole lot this eppy.

- Bleh, vague indications of Sheppard/Teyla.

Yeah, I was wondering which 'ship was the most prominent... have you noticed where everyone is leaning in the fandom? - are you in the SG fandom?

[edenadvance.livejournal.com]

waah x.x *scrolls* I'm still watching the first one x.x so slow.

[pellmelody.livejournal.com]

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

Dude, all UST is coming just from Teyla, not John AND Teyla. Totally.

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

Oooo yes she was. Those were serious screams too. And notice how scared and impatient she was after Ford zapped John and was waiting for him to zap John again to bring him back around? And then she later had to sit down when John was okay. *melts*

- 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!

As much as I'd LOVE to say John would tell her how much he cares for her, etc., I think he was going to thank her for bringing him with her and involving him in the expedition. Okay, I know. Lame.

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

- Major Davis! Wheee!

Whee, indeed! I adore Major Davis. I wish he'd gotten more to do in this ep, but I hold on to the hope that he'll be back for more eps this season.

- 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.

I thought so, too. That may be the biggest reason I didn't feel much of a sense of urgency during all this. He didn't really seem as angsty as I would have expected.

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

Yes! When was that rule invented? They've always let SG1 through the gate before, no matter where they'd been. Geez. Jack said something about not knowing whether or not their code had been compromised, but dude, he was talking to them, he knew who they were.

- 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.)

Oh my, yes. I love the credits. The theme is terrific, sort of the SG1 theme with a minor twist, and I loooove the inclusion of the choir. Perfect.

- "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...)

Heh. They could also make McCoy jokes, since he's the doctor and all.

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

Did he? That's odd. Ford's young and all, but...I dunno, maybe it's a Scottish thing.

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?

I didn't recognize him, but IMDB says he's guested on Smallville, so I saw him then.

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

There's more UST b/w Sheppard and the PuddleJumper than b/w him and Teyla.

- 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?

I kinda like it as a transition back to the show after each commercial break. A good way to make sure I don't miss any dialogue when editing out commercials. So many series have them talking immediately after the break, so it's easy to miss stuff.

Three great eps in a row! This show is really on a roll :)

[spockette.livejournal.com]

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

Actually, I loved that bit - it made me squee out of Love For Regional Accuracy. Someone on the writing staff is either Glaswegian or has spent time in Glasgow, 'cause EVERY Weedgie calls everyone "son." And depending on the persons height, either "wee man," or "big man."

[babylil.livejournal.com]

First, Zero Hour.

Totally with you on them using up all their RDA time. Still, it was a great ep, and therefore worth it.

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

My theory on that is that Chris Judge simply couldn't keep a straight face in that scene - if you look at him right before Teal'c and Daniel turn to leave, he's practically bursting - so they let Teal'c smile rather than do fifteen takes.

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

Dude, he's Steve Bacic! *thud*

And now, Thirty Eight Minutes (which, dude, I'm loving this show!)

- Bleh, vague indications of Sheppard/Teyla.

I'm totally not warming to that 'ship. Or, in fact, to Teyla at all. (Although I love you for showing me how to spell her name - it was bugging me that I couldn't quite figure out how they were pronouncing it, and I kept forgetting to look it up. I like to know how to spell things...)

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

Totally.

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

Oh, Becca, how far you've come *g*

[rensong.livejournal.com]

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

I know... I missed her so much when I finally got the chance to watch last weeks episode with the new doctor lady. I was half expecting Daniel or Sam to say "I miss Janet," when they were in the infirmary for any of the given reasons.

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

I think it was the prisoner fatigues and only having one bottle of hair grease on his head as compared to the two it seemed he had last time. :)

- 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.

The prospect of wearing heels of any sort for any given amount of time - *especially* if there are stairs involved - rather terrifies me because I've had too many close encounters with falling on my face and breaking something important while wearing them. Gimme thick soles over heels any day... I find that they are a much safer way to make myself two inches taller. :)

- 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.)

I was happily "ooo" and "aaaah" ing over them myself... So pretty... ::is distracted by the pretty:: (or at least the memory of the pretty)

- "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 know! Dude, I squee whenever he comes on... and squeed even more at that line! He is fast becoming one of the proud few that have the honor of being called one of my boy-os (So far only Gabriel from Witchblade and Bruce from Dead Zone have that honor... though Marcus from Babylon 5 is very very close. ;) )

- 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.

Oh, yeah, had to be one of the best speeches ever! I was like... "Fuck yeah, go Weir!" the entire time that braided prat was whining! And the braided prat kinda reminded me of one of Quinn's doubles from Sliders, but I'm pretty sure that wasn't Jerry O'Connal... Jerry has prettier hair. ::nods nods::

And wow, I'm geeking over this series waaaay more then I origionally thought I would. And I think it's mostly due to Beckette. Wheee!