Sanctuary Hiatus Survival - Week One
Usually I'ma do this on Saturday, I think. Keep up with my routine so that when "Sanctuary" comes back in April, I'll be in fighting form.
It was so hard to choose what episode to do for the first one, but I decided I needed a Nikola fix more than anything else in the world, so that's what's happening. I'll probably watch "Kush" next week because it was a little heart-breaking to skip over it.
ANYWAY:
I would like to find a university where Helen Magnus guest lectures. I would even volunteer to be the student that shows her around, you know? These are the things I would do for Helen Magnus.
Oh, and look. There's Nikola Tesla. What a fine specimen of a man. Smirk firmly in place and everything.
Also, I've never really paid attention to her lecture before, but she's basically talking about abnormals that can lower their body temperature. What kind of crap abnormality is that? (Maybe it's on par with getting longevity while all your other friends become characters in famous Victorian literature)
Oh, dreams. What a fantastic note to receive. What perfect penmanship. Actually, I wish there was a Tesla font. I mean, I don't really do much with fonts, but...I would just download Tesla's font and have it on my computer. And maybe send notes to other "Sanctuary" fans. Who's to say?
"It's been over sixty years. Just plant one on me already. Even though I think it's a little creepy, I can't really fault him. No. Tesla can do no wrong. Also the boots Helen is wearing in this episode are out of control. Seriously.
"Nikola Tesla. You always did know how to get attention."
"And you're still boring as ever when you give a lecture."
LOOK AT HOW PETULANT SHE LOOKS. Love it.
"I assume you have a plan, other than kissing me?"
"Genius, remember?"
Ugh, remember when we got full credits and Helen was friends with Einstein and had bangs like Twiggy and a pair of Harry Potter glasses? And when her diploma looked super fake? Good times.
I feel like this is a part of the sanctuary we don't often see. I would hang out up there. I would hang out anywhere in that castle/building.
Remember when Will didn't look so unwashed? But still was kind of whiny? Good times in season one. (I feel like I'm mocking the show more than usual. But it's a loving kind of mocking.)
"Meetings are boring." GPOY indeed.
Hah, Will's trying to be the cool boss. "Blast some tunes in the main library." THERE IS MORE THAN ONE LIBRARY? GET ME IN THIS BUILDING. I can be the Sanctuary Librarian. The sanctuarian....or...some other name.
"Henry's in the lab. Squid's requested a meeting with Ashley. And I'm makin' things look nice." BEST. CHRISTOPHER HEYERDEHL. MAN.
NGH. BAMF. (Also remember when SyFy was spelled Sci Fi and everyone was happier? Season one memories)
"Well they're really pissed. What did you do?"
"Stole three witches from a crypt in Scotland."
"Stealing? You? I'm appalled....My god you look sick with a gun."
Perfect deranged scientist/vampire is perfect.
In some ways, I'm glad Nikola is no longer vampiric. His magneticness is much more amusing and less...weird looking.
Also, because Twilight has ruined vampires, all I can think of when he says he doesn't feed on humans are the damn Cullens. Why aren't his eyes amber and beautiful? Probably because the writers of "Sanctuary" did more research on vampires than Smeyers ever did.
What white teeth he has!
"This is fun, isn't it? Just like old times back in London? When was it - '42, '43?"
"I prefer not to think about it."
WHAT. WHAT WHAT WHAT? I never picked up on that. But were they tooling around London with guns during WWII? I mean, I picked up on the spy thing, but not the years. Perfect. He had his Nobel Speech planned out. (nighttones, he probably practices in the bathroom mirror after showers, holding a shampoo bottle until John bangs on the door)
"Dude, she's my mom. She's always in grave danger." And Ashley sums up Helen Magnus in nine words. Well-played.
"Did your mother not give you some sort of explanation as to who I was?"
"She told me you were someone from her days in London. Before she set up shop here."
LOOK AT THE SADNESS IN HIS FACE. Heyerdehl. You win. (And I need a faster way of writing his name. Why so many letters? Cheyer. C-dehl. I'll think about it.)
Ughhhhhhhhh, I want to read something about Tesla's fake funeral. That sounds fantastic.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? IT IS NIKOLA 'STACHE WATCH 2011!
Remember the two-face guy? Yeah. And then he was on SGA. I think I will forever imagine him with two faces, no matter what.
"Why would the Cabal see you as a threat?"
"I'm a vampire. Some people are threatened by that."
Ugh, love.
"I brought you here for two reasons. Because only you can help me finish what I'm working on and because I love you."
"Yes, so you keep - What?" (Amanda voice at the end there)
"I always have. More than that lunatic Druitt ever did."
That's pretty much the scene that turned me into an angsty 'shipper.
Okay, I will always enjoy Tesla, but I don't know how much I really love Season One. Except I will laugh forever at Will's vision enhancements. Anyway, in this rewatch, I just want to skip most of the episodes.
"You're the only scientist. Perhaps the only person I've admired."
"I still say he leeched off Edison and cheated off Marconi." SUCH ACCUSATIONS
Remember when they hadn't cast the rest of the Five so there are just random Brits saying lines in the background? And when John Druitt had ridiculous facial hair?
"You're a killer all right. You live for the thrill of the hunt. The exquisite rush of that moment of violence. You find it utterly intoxicating. I know the feeling very well."
That, right there. I think everyone who writes about John Druitt needs to work that into their canon.
However, anyone who thinks Nikola would hurt Helen intentionally is maybe mistaken. I think the writers didn't fully understand what the Five were at this time in the show, and they work it out later. Because the Five are like besties in S2 and S3, but right now, it seems like John hated everything about Nikola.
Also, Nikola's plan is so close to what Helen says in "Trail of Blood." He wants to make her his queen.
"At Oxford, no one liked you....because you were an obnoxious ass."
How far is that from what we saw in "For King and Country"? I'm glad they didn't go the "everyone hated Tesla" route, because I love the Tesla we have now (who had better become a regular cast member)
And yeah, I know there was the whole Will/Henry/Biggie storyline happening in this episode. Not so much something I cared about.
"He's my father, isn't he?"
"Yes. He is."
Nghhhhhhhhh, angsty mom/daughter.
There. It can end on that fading-to-black-screencap. To symbolize the darkness to come. Or something.
It was so hard to choose what episode to do for the first one, but I decided I needed a Nikola fix more than anything else in the world, so that's what's happening. I'll probably watch "Kush" next week because it was a little heart-breaking to skip over it.
ANYWAY:
I would like to find a university where Helen Magnus guest lectures. I would even volunteer to be the student that shows her around, you know? These are the things I would do for Helen Magnus.
Oh, and look. There's Nikola Tesla. What a fine specimen of a man. Smirk firmly in place and everything.
Also, I've never really paid attention to her lecture before, but she's basically talking about abnormals that can lower their body temperature. What kind of crap abnormality is that? (Maybe it's on par with getting longevity while all your other friends become characters in famous Victorian literature)
Oh, dreams. What a fantastic note to receive. What perfect penmanship. Actually, I wish there was a Tesla font. I mean, I don't really do much with fonts, but...I would just download Tesla's font and have it on my computer. And maybe send notes to other "Sanctuary" fans. Who's to say?
"It's been over sixty years. Just plant one on me already. Even though I think it's a little creepy, I can't really fault him. No. Tesla can do no wrong. Also the boots Helen is wearing in this episode are out of control. Seriously.
"Nikola Tesla. You always did know how to get attention."
"And you're still boring as ever when you give a lecture."
LOOK AT HOW PETULANT SHE LOOKS. Love it.
"I assume you have a plan, other than kissing me?"
"Genius, remember?"
Ugh, remember when we got full credits and Helen was friends with Einstein and had bangs like Twiggy and a pair of Harry Potter glasses? And when her diploma looked super fake? Good times.
I feel like this is a part of the sanctuary we don't often see. I would hang out up there. I would hang out anywhere in that castle/building.
Remember when Will didn't look so unwashed? But still was kind of whiny? Good times in season one. (I feel like I'm mocking the show more than usual. But it's a loving kind of mocking.)
"Meetings are boring." GPOY indeed.
Hah, Will's trying to be the cool boss. "Blast some tunes in the main library." THERE IS MORE THAN ONE LIBRARY? GET ME IN THIS BUILDING. I can be the Sanctuary Librarian. The sanctuarian....or...some other name.
"Henry's in the lab. Squid's requested a meeting with Ashley. And I'm makin' things look nice." BEST. CHRISTOPHER HEYERDEHL. MAN.
NGH. BAMF. (Also remember when SyFy was spelled Sci Fi and everyone was happier? Season one memories)
"Well they're really pissed. What did you do?"
"Stole three witches from a crypt in Scotland."
"Stealing? You? I'm appalled....My god you look sick with a gun."
Perfect deranged scientist/vampire is perfect.
In some ways, I'm glad Nikola is no longer vampiric. His magneticness is much more amusing and less...weird looking.
Also, because Twilight has ruined vampires, all I can think of when he says he doesn't feed on humans are the damn Cullens. Why aren't his eyes amber and beautiful? Probably because the writers of "Sanctuary" did more research on vampires than Smeyers ever did.
What white teeth he has!
"This is fun, isn't it? Just like old times back in London? When was it - '42, '43?"
"I prefer not to think about it."
WHAT. WHAT WHAT WHAT? I never picked up on that. But were they tooling around London with guns during WWII? I mean, I picked up on the spy thing, but not the years. Perfect. He had his Nobel Speech planned out. (nighttones, he probably practices in the bathroom mirror after showers, holding a shampoo bottle until John bangs on the door)
"Dude, she's my mom. She's always in grave danger." And Ashley sums up Helen Magnus in nine words. Well-played.
"Did your mother not give you some sort of explanation as to who I was?"
"She told me you were someone from her days in London. Before she set up shop here."
LOOK AT THE SADNESS IN HIS FACE. Heyerdehl. You win. (And I need a faster way of writing his name. Why so many letters? Cheyer. C-dehl. I'll think about it.)
Ughhhhhhhhh, I want to read something about Tesla's fake funeral. That sounds fantastic.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? IT IS NIKOLA 'STACHE WATCH 2011!
Remember the two-face guy? Yeah. And then he was on SGA. I think I will forever imagine him with two faces, no matter what.
"Why would the Cabal see you as a threat?"
"I'm a vampire. Some people are threatened by that."
Ugh, love.
"I brought you here for two reasons. Because only you can help me finish what I'm working on and because I love you."
"Yes, so you keep - What?" (Amanda voice at the end there)
"I always have. More than that lunatic Druitt ever did."
That's pretty much the scene that turned me into an angsty 'shipper.
Okay, I will always enjoy Tesla, but I don't know how much I really love Season One. Except I will laugh forever at Will's vision enhancements. Anyway, in this rewatch, I just want to skip most of the episodes.
"You're the only scientist. Perhaps the only person I've admired."
"I still say he leeched off Edison and cheated off Marconi." SUCH ACCUSATIONS
Remember when they hadn't cast the rest of the Five so there are just random Brits saying lines in the background? And when John Druitt had ridiculous facial hair?
"You're a killer all right. You live for the thrill of the hunt. The exquisite rush of that moment of violence. You find it utterly intoxicating. I know the feeling very well."
That, right there. I think everyone who writes about John Druitt needs to work that into their canon.
However, anyone who thinks Nikola would hurt Helen intentionally is maybe mistaken. I think the writers didn't fully understand what the Five were at this time in the show, and they work it out later. Because the Five are like besties in S2 and S3, but right now, it seems like John hated everything about Nikola.
Also, Nikola's plan is so close to what Helen says in "Trail of Blood." He wants to make her his queen.
"At Oxford, no one liked you....because you were an obnoxious ass."
How far is that from what we saw in "For King and Country"? I'm glad they didn't go the "everyone hated Tesla" route, because I love the Tesla we have now (who had better become a regular cast member)
And yeah, I know there was the whole Will/Henry/Biggie storyline happening in this episode. Not so much something I cared about.
"He's my father, isn't he?"
"Yes. He is."
Nghhhhhhhhh, angsty mom/daughter.
There. It can end on that fading-to-black-screencap. To symbolize the darkness to come. Or something.