Friday night squeeing
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thegrrrl2002With spoilers.
SG1: It's Good to be The King
Awww, that was fun and silly. It was fun seeing Maybourne again, especially as King. It suits him, you know? And yes, I squealed like a little girl when I realized they were going to find the puddlejumper. As for those prophesies, I'm willing to go with Maybourne being able to read ancient, but what I want to know, is why the Time Traveling Ancient decided to write it all up? I can't think of any good reason, aside from 'oh, look at me, I'm a Time Traveling Ancient, aren't I fabulous?". Well, you left your ship behind, maybe you're not so fabulous after all. The other question I have is, if this TTA was around to see all this, where was he/she during the show? Shouldn't they have been around to witness all this? Oh wait, they already witnessed it, because it's already written down.
So where was he/she during the ep?
See, time travel eps make my head hurt. Let me just focus on the pretty instead--and oh, so pretty it was. Why does MS look so damn good in a hooded robe? I mean, breathtakingly good. It must be those eyes. I won't even ask why he and Teal'c hung around to get discovered and beat up. Because that's how happy I was with the pretty. And Jack, yay, Jack is off-world! And he and Daniel get to be cute together. Concentrating. With Carter in the background looking cute and eager. That was all very fun. As was the stand-off with the guns and arrows and crossbows. Yeah, Jack, we miss this, too. And I missed you looking all hot in the sunglasses and oh, look at you getting all excited over the neato keen flying machine. I'll bet he acts just like that when Daniel brings home the new sex toys.
I liked Wayne Brady as Trelak. Sure, he wasn't as menacing as most First Primes, but he also came across as a little smarter than most first primes, too. And you just know he was having a ball. Especially during that very dopey fight scene.
They all had flowers at the end, too. Jack shouldn't look so good carrying a bunch of yellow wildflowers, but he does.
I have to admit, though, the overall feel of this ep was one of 'yay, Rick's on a shoot with us!'. Compared to Atlantis, I'm seeing the actors more than the characters in SG1. Atlantis is more earnest, and is trying harder than SG1 at this point. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, it's just that the vibes from the two shows are very different, at least during the last two episodes. Granted, the last two SG1 eps have been on the lighter side, so maybe that's it.
Hot Zone
I've probably already squealed over this ep when I first saw it, but it's worthy of another round of squealing. DH with the whole dying thing--that man is so fabulous. Saving small children. Zelenka is fabulous in this, too. I love the way he works with Rodney. Plus those cute little distressed!Zelenka moments. ::wibbles:: But I can't believe Sci-fi lost the first three minutes! All that dead air. The cut out the adorable prime/not prime thing. Rodney and Zelenka teasing Ford. Okay, Ford got kind of mean with them, but it was good, geeky fun for a while there.
This was one of those 'everybody does their part' episodes, which I really enjoy. Even though, to me, this was Rodney's show. This is the first time, I think, that we get to see him being in charge and very, very competent. (Mmm. yeah). Aside from the premiere. He's comfortable with that role, especially when he's in his element--the city. And he's just a tad obnoxious, which is why we love him so. And speaking of obnoxious, we get to see a less-than-pretty side of Sheppard, going against Weir's orders like that. I wish Weir had slapped him down harder at the end, because he so deserved it. Sure, he thought he was doing the right thing, but he wasn't in charge. Yay for Teyla, too, telling him off, in her very polite Athosian way. And yay for Teyla, whacking him in the ass. When I saw the spoilers for this ep, I was afraid it was going to be shippy, and I was so relieved that it wasn't. Instead Telya kicks his ass, and then later tells him he was wrong to do what he did. I'm very happy with that.
I was also very happy that Sheppard was the one who figured out that overloading the naquada generator would cause a big enough EMP to take out the nanoviruses. Smart, pretty boy.
The one thing that really, really bugged me about this ep--why would the Ancients (or whoever built the nanoviruses) store them in breakable glass containers? Tell me teflon-lined plastic containers don't exist in their world? All that technology, and they can't come up with shatter-proof storage devices?
SG1: It's Good to be The King
Awww, that was fun and silly. It was fun seeing Maybourne again, especially as King. It suits him, you know? And yes, I squealed like a little girl when I realized they were going to find the puddlejumper. As for those prophesies, I'm willing to go with Maybourne being able to read ancient, but what I want to know, is why the Time Traveling Ancient decided to write it all up? I can't think of any good reason, aside from 'oh, look at me, I'm a Time Traveling Ancient, aren't I fabulous?". Well, you left your ship behind, maybe you're not so fabulous after all. The other question I have is, if this TTA was around to see all this, where was he/she during the show? Shouldn't they have been around to witness all this? Oh wait, they already witnessed it, because it's already written down.
So where was he/she during the ep?
See, time travel eps make my head hurt. Let me just focus on the pretty instead--and oh, so pretty it was. Why does MS look so damn good in a hooded robe? I mean, breathtakingly good. It must be those eyes. I won't even ask why he and Teal'c hung around to get discovered and beat up. Because that's how happy I was with the pretty. And Jack, yay, Jack is off-world! And he and Daniel get to be cute together. Concentrating. With Carter in the background looking cute and eager. That was all very fun. As was the stand-off with the guns and arrows and crossbows. Yeah, Jack, we miss this, too. And I missed you looking all hot in the sunglasses and oh, look at you getting all excited over the neato keen flying machine. I'll bet he acts just like that when Daniel brings home the new sex toys.
I liked Wayne Brady as Trelak. Sure, he wasn't as menacing as most First Primes, but he also came across as a little smarter than most first primes, too. And you just know he was having a ball. Especially during that very dopey fight scene.
They all had flowers at the end, too. Jack shouldn't look so good carrying a bunch of yellow wildflowers, but he does.
I have to admit, though, the overall feel of this ep was one of 'yay, Rick's on a shoot with us!'. Compared to Atlantis, I'm seeing the actors more than the characters in SG1. Atlantis is more earnest, and is trying harder than SG1 at this point. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, it's just that the vibes from the two shows are very different, at least during the last two episodes. Granted, the last two SG1 eps have been on the lighter side, so maybe that's it.
Hot Zone
I've probably already squealed over this ep when I first saw it, but it's worthy of another round of squealing. DH with the whole dying thing--that man is so fabulous. Saving small children. Zelenka is fabulous in this, too. I love the way he works with Rodney. Plus those cute little distressed!Zelenka moments. ::wibbles:: But I can't believe Sci-fi lost the first three minutes! All that dead air. The cut out the adorable prime/not prime thing. Rodney and Zelenka teasing Ford. Okay, Ford got kind of mean with them, but it was good, geeky fun for a while there.
This was one of those 'everybody does their part' episodes, which I really enjoy. Even though, to me, this was Rodney's show. This is the first time, I think, that we get to see him being in charge and very, very competent. (Mmm. yeah). Aside from the premiere. He's comfortable with that role, especially when he's in his element--the city. And he's just a tad obnoxious, which is why we love him so. And speaking of obnoxious, we get to see a less-than-pretty side of Sheppard, going against Weir's orders like that. I wish Weir had slapped him down harder at the end, because he so deserved it. Sure, he thought he was doing the right thing, but he wasn't in charge. Yay for Teyla, too, telling him off, in her very polite Athosian way. And yay for Teyla, whacking him in the ass. When I saw the spoilers for this ep, I was afraid it was going to be shippy, and I was so relieved that it wasn't. Instead Telya kicks his ass, and then later tells him he was wrong to do what he did. I'm very happy with that.
I was also very happy that Sheppard was the one who figured out that overloading the naquada generator would cause a big enough EMP to take out the nanoviruses. Smart, pretty boy.
The one thing that really, really bugged me about this ep--why would the Ancients (or whoever built the nanoviruses) store them in breakable glass containers? Tell me teflon-lined plastic containers don't exist in their world? All that technology, and they can't come up with shatter-proof storage devices?
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Date: 2005-02-06 02:52 am (UTC)I saw HZ as the RODNEY show in that everyone deferred to him. Including Beckett. Ya know..the medical doctor! LOL
John wanted out right from the get go .He's all about action .BUT..he stayed put until RODNEY said..someone has to stop Peterson. Weir should never have locked him in. He and Teyla were far away and could have reached the Hazmat suits safely...which they did. THIS is when Weir should have let him go and started NEGOTIATING. At which point Rodney would have just jumped in and said..shut up Lizzie..let him go. Peterson CAN and WILL get to you. Did you NOT hear me say he knows almost as much as ME about ancient Technology.
The other cool factor is BATES. Bates who is head of security, put there by lizzie and who has no problem being vocal and argumentative when he disagrees with Shep. Bates did not even hesitate. He went for that door control. HE agreed with Rodney. GET PETERSON!
Shep and Weir had a pissing contest. I loved it. Loved Shep getting his butt kicked by Teyla and told he is as locked in as Weir. And that's the thing. Both Shep and WEIR were wrong.
And Shep and Rodney then continued working together I loves them so.
And Rodney came up with the basic save and Shep fixed it to make it work and risked his own, not at risk life, to save everyone.
The talk at the end was deserved, but I'm all about the Rodney and Shep saving the day thing. What did Weir contribute? Really? She wanted to wait. Zalenka and Ford would have died. Rodney...The man who was running the show and RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT all along told her...The TIME IS NOW! SO see...Shep knew what he was doing. Whatever Rodney said. LOL
Truthfully...the pissing contest was bad timing. BUT..it had to happen and I love how it happened. Tense situation. People react instinctively. Shep for action. Weir to wait. Both needed to temper it. Both messed up, but Shep fixed his mistakes. Weir just didn't contribute a thing but to be pissed at Shep and pissy at Rodney at one point.
And I like Shep/Weir. Very real. Very cool. And Shep was typical male at the end. It's over. Happy ending .Move on. Squee. And he was really Hot. :D
Rodney's NOT dying. Too funny. And I adore Zalenka.
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Date: 2005-02-06 04:01 am (UTC)*snicker* I totally agree! Loved when Weir said they needed to talk, and he was like, 'Now?', lol!