SG-1 and Atlantis
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Can I have the hour of my life that I wasted on this back, please?
This is definitely in the running for "Worst SG-1 ep evaaaar," although I think "Revisions" still wins. (Very little could exceed my hatred for that episode.) I really, really wanted to turn the TV off and find something even moderately more interesting to do with my time, like clean my bathroom. With a toothbrush. It might have been interesting if they hadn't done the exact same plot twice already (Kelowna, and that S4(?) ep with Rene Auberjonais (sp?) that was the EXACT SAME PREMISE, except so much better. UGH.
Half-hearted ramblings (they got more and more sparse as the ep ground its way on...)
- WTF? Did Danny just get Lasik that went very badly? 'Cause his eyes are all bandaged, and he didn't wear his glasses AT ALL throughout the entire ep. Hmmm.
- The cityscape--matte painting much?
- So these people evolved cameras that look exactly like ours, even though they spent the past several millenia on another planet? Interesting.
- Sam's hair is SO MUCH PRETTIER this season.
- "That's terrible--and yet, not our problem." And this episode would've been so much better had they followed that advice.
- Well, the outdoor stuff and the interior of the house are pretty...
- Hee, Jack called Sam "Colonel"!
- I think what might be bothering me the most is the pretentious use of the flashbacks and such to try and make a desperately boring story more interesting. It doens't work, and it just pisses me off.
- Once upon a time, Daniel was interesting. Dunno where that went.
- I'm usually all for continuity, but I really, really hope they don't go back and show the SGC "keeping their promise" and helping these people rebuild their world.
- Next week: Oh, God. Not another retread of "Gamekeeper," please. *cries*
Atlantis: "Suspicion"
Perhaps some of it has to do with comparing it to the lackluster hour of SG-1 before it, but WOW. This was better than the last two weeks (which were good, don't get me wrong, but not as good as the pilot, and this was way better).
- Weir, to Sheppard: "Could I see you for a second?"
Me: "...For a shag?"
I realize I'm projecting a bit.
- Er, Lizzie? Gonna deliver that melodramatic quote and walk off? WTH?
- Hey, Ford has an older brother! They look so much alike, receeding hairline and all!
- Uh, why is Atlantis' Gate the only one in Pegasus able to go to Earth? Can't they just pack up a ZPM (if/when they ever find one) and take it to another Gate, if they have to?
- Heh--no UST between John and J-Faux in that scene on the balcony, just bitchiness. And he's defending Weir. *shipper squee*
- Okay, Weir definitely used a shrink ray on her luggage. There is no way she should have that many different outfits. But the lighting for her was way better this week. She didn't look all bony and washed out. And the blue shirt is really pretty on her.
- Zelenka! Yay!
- McKay is telling someone to buck up?? Oh, only because he's a freak and likes MREs. I get it.
- Yeah, why does J-Faux trust Weir so much? ...Ohhh, latent ancestor-worship. I get it. Cool.
- OMG, addressing exploring the planet, naming the planet, and growing crops all within five minutes! *kisses writers* Awesome.
- Hee! Sheppard surfs! I vote we see that next week. Either that or skinny-dipping.
- BWAH! John and Lizzie are already having conversations just through eye contact! Theirloveissonatural.
- All the Athosians in that little group that confronted Weir were taller than her, or made that way by the way they shot the scene. Interesting way to show how she was momentarily overwhelmed by them.
- Hey! Teyla/Holling! Great idea! Don't care if they meant it to be friendly!
- Thank GOD those Athosians are going away. Could not deal with much more of them, especially the kids (and yaaaay, no kids in this ep!).
- *snort!*
John: "Bring you back something? Groceries, new dress, flatware?"
Lizzie: "Just yourselves...in one piece."
Me: "...so we can have wild monkey sex!"
Um. Again with the projecting...
- "You will be alone...with Lieutenant Ford." OMG, I wanna see Sheppard try to set them up. That would be hilarious. (Also circumvent any wild ideas about Shep/Teyla that the writers might have.)
- Hmmm, paralysis shots--related to the bug, I suppose.
- Why does Weir always walk so slowly when she's called for a medical emergency or people running through the Gate while getting shot at?
- Random question--how come Shep and Weir get the cool zippered (not to mention more form-fitting) shirts to wear under their jackets while everyone else has regular cotton long-sleeved Ts?
- Heh. McKay looks so unhappy.
- Um, the wraiths? They look like catfish. And they act like Unas. This is not a good combination. *hates the Unas*
- Okay, Teyla, you had your Xena moment...
- Aww, they have a pet wraith! And nicely threatening sort of ending to the ep.
Again, this ep? So much better. I've actually come to...well, not necessarily like, but tolerate Teyla. Rachel Luttrell's acting appears to have improved a hundred and ten percent. So much better. And her interactions with Weir were pretty good, too--just the right amount of wariness mixed with respect. But I'm still gonna call her J-Faux ocassionally, 'cause that just makes me giggle.
Good job, guys!
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Hee. I just got a spam with the subject line: "Paychek impresarios of 5365." That would make such a fabulous title for a fic or a novel... *giggle*
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Date: 2004-08-07 04:53 am (UTC)And this was the week I was actually going to watch SG-1 and decide if I should continue to...
I watched it and I was horribly unimpressed, but that seems to be a reasonable reaction. Since it was apparently an off episode, I'll give it another try next week. But if that one sucks too, I'm only watching Atlantis from now on.
By the way... the bald guy with the thing on his forehead (Whom I call "Bald Guy")... He has hair now? What the hell? I was shocked and dismayed by that.
Perhaps some of it has to do with comparing it to the lackluster hour of SG-1 before it, but WOW.
Now Atlantis is a show I can support. It gives me characters like McKay and Beckett, sometimes in the same scene.
This is one I could get unfortunately addicted to.
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Date: 2004-08-07 05:46 am (UTC)*facepalm* I'm so sorry...
< i>I watched it and I was horribly unimpressed, but that seems to be a reasonable reaction. Since it was apparently an off episode, I'll give it another try next week. But if that one sucks too, I'm only watching Atlantis from now on.
Do me a favor? Watch the season 2 rerun at 7 PM on Friday. It's a reallyreallyreally good episode, and if you don't like it, then you probably won't like whatever the new episode is, either.
By the way... the bald guy with the thing on his forehead (Whom I call "Bald Guy")... He has hair now? What the hell? I was shocked and dismayed by that.
His name is Teal'c, and I was so confuzzled by the hair in the first ep of the season. But it's growing on me. (Heh.)
Now Atlantis is a show I can support. It gives me characters like McKay and Beckett, sometimes in the same scene.
After Weir and Sheppard, McKay and Beckett are my OTP. They crack me up.
This is one I could get unfortunately addicted to.
Bwahahahaha!
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Date: 2004-08-07 06:02 am (UTC)Don't worry. You couldn't have known it would be that bad.
Do me a favor? Watch the season 2 rerun at 7 PM on Friday. It's a reallyreallyreally good episode, and if you don't like it, then you probably won't like whatever the new episode is, either.
So the 7 PM episodes are from other seasons? Okay. I watched tonight's and I was kind of lost (partially because it seemed to be a big episode for the show's mythology, but also because there's Teal'c, bald as ever, then it's 8 and he has hair).
His name is Teal'c, and I was so confuzzled by the hair in the first ep of the season. But it's growing on me. (Heh.)
I knew his name from watching the episode, but I knew there was an apostrophe in there somewhere so I wasn't going to bother trying to spell it. As for the hair itself... It just seems to be a bit too much since he also has the forehead thing. Oh well.
After Weir and Sheppard, McKay and Beckett are my OTP. They crack me up.
I haven't seen enough of them together, so I can't go that far. For now they're the Brotherhood (and possibly much, much more) of The Funny. ParalyzedMcKay. Hee.
Bwahahahaha!
Yeah, yeah. If I do get hooked (If. Ha. On a show that freely puns like this, that's really a "when"), you get the official credit/blame.
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Date: 2004-08-07 05:18 pm (UTC)Season 8 was shaping up to be so good with the premiere, though...
So the 7 PM episodes are from other seasons?
Yes, as are the four-hour marathons on Monday nights.
Okay. I watched tonight's and I was kind of lost (partially because it seemed to be a big episode for the show's mythology,
*looks up ep* Oh, no wonder. It was the season opener for season 2, which was the conclusion to the previous episode. And yeah, big on the mythology in that one.
but also because there's Teal'c, bald as ever, then it's 8 and he has hair).
Oh, wait'll you get to the short-lived chin pube of season four...
I knew his name from watching the episode, but I knew there was an apostrophe in there somewhere so I wasn't going to bother trying to spell it.
Hee. Yeah, took me a long time to figure out the spellings and apostrophes on this show.
As for the hair itself... It just seems to be a bit too much since he also has the forehead thing. Oh well.
The hair makes him look less imposing, which is sort of not good. But he still looks okay in it. (And I'm disappointed that you didn't catch my pun in "it's growing on me." Or did you, but didn't reply because it's the oldest pun in the book and therefore lame, lame, lame?)
I haven't seen enough of them together, so I can't go that far. For now they're the Brotherhood (and possibly much, much more) of The Funny. ParalyzedMcKay. Hee.
Brotherhood of the Funny. I feel like they need costumes, or matching hats, or something.
Yeah, yeah. If I do get hooked (If. Ha. On a show that freely puns like this, that's really a "when"), you get the official credit/blame.
Wheeeee!
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Date: 2004-08-07 08:02 pm (UTC)Too bad I didn't see that. :)
*looks up ep* Oh, no wonder. It was the season opener for season 2, which was the conclusion to the previous episode. And yeah, big on the mythology in that one.
Ah. That explains it. I was so lost.
Oh, wait'll you get to the short-lived chin pube of season four...
Oh dear.
The hair makes him look less imposing, which is sort of not good. But he still looks okay in it.
I think the actor looks better with it, but it does severely lessen the imposing thing. Now he just looks like a normal guy with a thing on his forehead (as opposed to a normal guy with a thing on his forehead that could beat you up if he wanted).
(And I'm disappointed that you didn't catch my pun in "it's growing on me." Or did you, but didn't reply because it's the oldest pun in the book and therefore lame, lame, lame?)
Oh, I got it and nodded happily to myself. I just didn't have a good response at the time. But I do now! *ahem* No, it's growing on him! I can't believe that response didn't come to me earlier...
Brotherhood of the Funny. I feel like they need costumes, or matching hats, or something.
What do you think? Clowns or jesters? I'm voting jesters because then they have the hats.
Wheeeee!
You're enjoying this far too much. :)
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Date: 2004-08-08 02:10 am (UTC)Well, yes, I'd expect that.
Oh, wait'll you get to the short-lived chin pube of season four...
Oh dear.
It's very disturbing. And blond. And...no.
I think the actor looks better with it, but it does severely lessen the imposing thing. Now he just looks like a normal guy with a thing on his forehead (as opposed to a normal guy with a thing on his forehead that could beat you up if he wanted).
*snicker* True. But I guess after seven years, it was probably time to let Chris Judge do what he wanted with his hair for at least a little bit...
Oh, I got it and nodded happily to myself. I just didn't have a good response at the time. But I do now! *ahem* No, it's growing on him! I can't believe that response didn't come to me earlier...
Hee! I was worried you were slipping. Good to know I was wrong.
What do you think? Clowns or jesters? I'm voting jesters because then they have the hats.
Oh, jesters, definitely. They get hats and those scepter-things, too.
You're enjoying this far too much. :)
I love being a pusher. ;)
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Date: 2004-08-08 03:38 am (UTC)... There are no words. Well, there's one: Why?
*snicker* True. But I guess after seven years, it was probably time to let Chris Judge do what he wanted with his hair for at least a little bit...
Screw that, he has a contract, he should have to stay bald. :)
Hee! I was worried you were slipping. Good to know I was wrong.
I'm only in danger of slippping when I'm walking on a recently mopped floor. Or on ice.
Oh, jesters, definitely. They get hats and those scepter-things, too.
A good choice. And the scepter thingies can have lasers, too. They can look silly and kick moderate amounts of ass.
I love being a pusher. ;)
I'm calling the police on you. Maybe the FBI.
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Date: 2004-08-08 06:35 pm (UTC)Chris Judge is really quite strange?
Screw that, he has a contract, he should have to stay bald. :)
I think they renegotiate the contracts every few years. He probably slipped a clause about being able to grow hair in there this time. ;)
I'm only in danger of slippping when I'm walking on a recently mopped floor. Or on ice.
You need ice skates!
A good choice. And the scepter thingies can have lasers, too. They can look silly and kick moderate amounts of ass.
Ooooh, good idea!
I'm calling the police on you. Maybe the FBI.
The Police of Sucking People's Time Away with Television?
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Date: 2004-08-08 09:07 pm (UTC)The producers should have held out. He would have caved. And shaved.
You need ice skates!
I suspect that the skates would only make me fall faster and harder, leaving me with a concussion at best.
The Police of Sucking People's Time Away with Television?
Of course. The PSPTAT are good people.
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Date: 2004-08-09 09:58 pm (UTC)Nah, you'd figure it out eventually.
Of course. The PSPTAT are good people.
I shoulda called them when I first started watching Adult Swim...
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Date: 2004-08-07 07:18 am (UTC)AMEN!!!!!
Actually, one of my least favorite episodes of SG is "Avenger 2.0." Even AT looked bored in that episode.
- Sam's hair is SO MUCH PRETTIER this season.
I dunno. Early on, it looked too scraggly.
- Heh--no UST between John and J-Faux in that scene on the balcony, just bitchiness. And he's defending Weir. *shipper squee*
You noticed that too? He's defending Teyla, but it's not in a "OMG You Dissed my woman you bitch!" kind of way. It's just John defending a member of his team and rightly so. And while he got annoyed at the idea of mistrust, he came around to Weir's POV again.
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Date: 2004-08-07 05:23 pm (UTC)I wondered if Michael Shanks wrote this one (looked it up; he didn't), 'cause he was responsible for the snorefest late last season, with the girl in the warehouse or whatever. I don't even remember the title or the plot, it was so boring. And yet, somehow this was worse.
Actually, one of my least favorite episodes of SG is "Avenger 2.0." Even AT looked bored in that episode.
Really? Aw, I liked that one. Felger got annoying after a bit, but the whole situation was too funny.
I dunno. Early on, it looked too scraggly.
I just appreciate the fact that it doesn't look like it's been weedwhacked. It can be as scraggly as it wants as long as there's no fluffiness that must have taken a million pounds of hairspray to maintain.
You noticed that too? He's defending Teyla, but it's not in a "OMG You Dissed my woman you bitch!" kind of way. It's just John defending a member of his team and rightly so. And while he got annoyed at the idea of mistrust, he came around to Weir's POV again.
Yep. I thought it was very well-written, well-balanced. He's not trying to usurp Weir's authority, but he's also providing a necessary second opinion on decisions she makes.
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Date: 2004-08-07 10:24 pm (UTC)Exactly. He will always need to balance her out. I want them both to come to a point where they turn to each other instinctively and almost finish each other sentences. *g*
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Date: 2004-08-08 02:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-07 08:28 am (UTC)I loved Atlantis this week. I'm not so hot on the Shep/Teyla either (though now I get why she likes him so much). It looks like they are setting up that ship, but it does nothing for me at all. On the other hand, I was seeing the possibilities for Weir/Teyla. I'm still all about Sheppard/McKay, though Sheppard/Weir has potential too. I am slashing pretty much all of the male characters. Lots of slashy potential on Atlantis.
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Date: 2004-08-07 05:29 pm (UTC)I used to like him a lot, back when he was such a big geek. (And had the floppy hair. Oh, how I miss the floppy hair.) Then he quit being so geeky and got into this "I am the moral center of the show, hear me roar!" thing that's just distasteful.
I loved Atlantis this week. I'm not so hot on the Shep/Teyla either (though now I get why she likes him so much). It looks like they are setting up that ship, but it does nothing for me at all.
I hope TPTB realize that the chemistry isn't working, but that the two characters could become close friends. I actually would like to see that, but forced ship? Ick. (Although I remember reading that the Atlantis PTB were so burned out by the response to Sam/Pete that they declared a moratorium on ship for Atlantis, so... *shrug*)
On the other hand, I was seeing the possibilities for Weir/Teyla.
I hope someone eventually fics some kind of girly moment between them as either sillyfic or parody. It would be too amusing.
I'm still all about Sheppard/McKay, though Sheppard/Weir has potential too. I am slashing pretty much all of the male characters. Lots of slashy potential on Atlantis.
At this point, you could sort of pair them all any way you wanted to go...