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thegrrrl2002I enjoyed it. It had some good moments, some bad moments, and one or two almost brilliant moments. Not bad for a premiere, considering they had a lot of exposition to cover and new baddies to be introduced.
Quick, random thoughts:
I liked Weir in this, liked her a lot. That moment in the control room, when the gate was activated and Jack told her to go--she looked so scared and excited and bug-eyed that I just adored her. It was a great moment for her.
So, could they have beaten us over the head any more with the Sheppard Is A Maverick bit? By the third time it was mentioned I was rolling my eyes, but I have to admit, I really dig the character. It's not because I think he's way cute, honest. It's not. I think it has something to do with the Jimmy Steward-esque delivery. But the moment he really worked for me was when he shot Colonel Sumner.
Teyla wasn't quite as annoying as I was afraid she was going to be. But I'm not exactly warming up to her, either.
McKay! McKay! He got so beautifully pissy over the renaming of the Gateship. I love him.
The doc was okay, love the accent, but I thought he was a little goofy and over the top. I liked that he was afraid of the technology, though. But...goofy.
Lieutenant Ford didn't get much to do, but I enjoyed all his scenes, particularly those with Sheppard in the gateship/puddlejumper. They seem to play well together. Hmmm.
Notice I haven't mentioned the actual story yet. It was okay, had it's slow moments, the obvious exposition and setup stuff, like certain things being a little too convenient--they could work all that ancient technology so easily, and the wraith just happen to attack the planet they gate to, they find friendly natives very quickly, etc. And I find the wraith more annoying than scary. Sort of a one-note. Yeah, okay, you're the evilest thing ever. Right. I think they're trying just a little too hard.
So, overall, I'm really looking forward to the rest of the season, the new stories, and watching the actors get comfortable with their characters. Should be interesting.
Quick, random thoughts:
I liked Weir in this, liked her a lot. That moment in the control room, when the gate was activated and Jack told her to go--she looked so scared and excited and bug-eyed that I just adored her. It was a great moment for her.
So, could they have beaten us over the head any more with the Sheppard Is A Maverick bit? By the third time it was mentioned I was rolling my eyes, but I have to admit, I really dig the character. It's not because I think he's way cute, honest. It's not. I think it has something to do with the Jimmy Steward-esque delivery. But the moment he really worked for me was when he shot Colonel Sumner.
Teyla wasn't quite as annoying as I was afraid she was going to be. But I'm not exactly warming up to her, either.
McKay! McKay! He got so beautifully pissy over the renaming of the Gateship. I love him.
The doc was okay, love the accent, but I thought he was a little goofy and over the top. I liked that he was afraid of the technology, though. But...goofy.
Lieutenant Ford didn't get much to do, but I enjoyed all his scenes, particularly those with Sheppard in the gateship/puddlejumper. They seem to play well together. Hmmm.
Notice I haven't mentioned the actual story yet. It was okay, had it's slow moments, the obvious exposition and setup stuff, like certain things being a little too convenient--they could work all that ancient technology so easily, and the wraith just happen to attack the planet they gate to, they find friendly natives very quickly, etc. And I find the wraith more annoying than scary. Sort of a one-note. Yeah, okay, you're the evilest thing ever. Right. I think they're trying just a little too hard.
So, overall, I'm really looking forward to the rest of the season, the new stories, and watching the actors get comfortable with their characters. Should be interesting.
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Date: 2004-07-18 01:20 pm (UTC)That was a great moment for her. If she has more of those I could really like her.
I like Sheppard's character because he's so thrown into this without any prep. I just wish we could see some stress for him, and I mean beyound the guilt over the Colonel. He flew that ship for a damn long time and yeah, he was sweating, but if they don't explore possible problems with interfacing alien technology with human brain I'll be dissapointed.
I liked the doc, he was just so goofy.
Am I the only one who assumed when the red-hair girl said that they're "merely the caretakers" that their 'sleeping masters' will be far more dangerous? Possibly different aliens altogether but employing the Wraith like Goa'uld employ Jaffa?