YARRR! "Remnants" Drunken Episode Reaction

[greyias]

Okay, I've learned the trick to initial viewings of Joe Mallozzi episodes: drinking.

No, seriously. He's brilliant when I'm sloshed (okay, on my way there. Have to start celebrating early, right?) I mean, yes, I still guess everything way before it's revealed, but it's because he and I are MIND TWINS1. That's it. Or the margaritas.

ANYWAY.

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[sholio]

This was actually one of the episodes I've enjoyed most out of the whole season! Possibly because my expectations were low ... I went on my f'list while waiting for it to download and saw a lot of anti-squee (didn't read it, but it was obvious from the cut tags), so with that plus knowing it was a Mallozzi ep, I went in with basically zero expectations. And I loved it! The whole thing was all character stuff! Mallozzi does like writing the character stuff, which gives me hope for the movie. I saw all the plot twists coming a mile away, but they weren't stupid plot twists for a change; predictable, but it was actually kind of a cool idea, and they used the show's lack of logic against us! Things like Kolya appearing on the mainland with his nonsensical explanation for how he got there was a clue rather than a plot hole! It was actually a pretty awesome episode -- John's insecurities are EVEN MORE total canon now (man, I need to write up something about how John sees himself, because whenever he's in control of a hallucination, he spends the whole time FAILING and getting beaten up), and the episode dealt with Woolsey's insecurities and loneliness as well. And we got TEAM TIME! Remember season two? How we would have killed for FIVE SECONDS of the team eating breakfast together? And we got it twice, plus John and Rodney wandering off chatting with each other at the end, and all the solo character stuff in between.

I'm 99% sure that's what Rodney was referring to when he was talking about "mass hallucinations".

I think he meant the "Phantoms" planet, actually.

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Is this the happy car? Do you have a spare seat?

*squeezes in*

Watching it pre-coffee also kind of helped, because it meant I was slower to catch on to the plot twists which kept me on the edge of my porridge ;) But I dropped in to say pretty much everything you said, especially about John and how he sees himself in relation to the people on Atlantis. The most telling line for me way "You torture yourself every day". Oh John. Rodney's was just as interesting in its own way - he knows he's that good, but he really, really needs people to tell him it. Oh boys.

Also, Grey, I am not giving John a hook. Just so's we clear. No. Hook. Period.

[sholio]

*makes room for you in happy-car*

But John subconsciously *wants* a hook! You can't disappoint John's emo subconscious! *g*

I'm kind of boggled that the fandom seems to have disliked this episode as much as they did. (I'm kinda avoiding most of the episode reactions, but I get the gist of it.) I mean, yeah, it's kind of predictable and we've seen this plot before, but damn it, "character tortured by hallucinations" is a good plot. They should use it often. XD

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But John subconsciously *wants* a hook! You can't disappoint John's emo subconscious! *g*

Exactly! I'm just speaking on John's behalf. If he weren't too embarrassed, he'd ask you for the hook himself! *g*

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And we got TEAM TIME! Remember season two? How we would have killed for FIVE SECONDS of the team eating breakfast together?

I may not have been willing to hallucinate cutting my own hand off, but it was close! I absolutely adore that we're getting these scenes. I've been trolling through past episodes for a team vid, and finding these types of scenes is much harder than I originally imagined!

The whole thing was all character stuff! Mallozzi does like writing the character stuff, which gives me hope for the movie.

This is a good point! I've been a little antsy about the movie, but if it manages to be character-based, I'll enjoy it. Especially if we get lots of team.

I think he meant the "Phantoms" planet, actually.

See... I haven't rewatched it yet, so you could be right *g* I think my mind just went to the alien mist episode since those hallucinations were more controlled. (And John did direct his in a rather disturbing fashion, just like in "Home".)