Rewatch: Vengeance
After losing contact with the new Taranin (the people rescued by the Atlantis team when a super volcano threatened to destroy their planet) settlement, Sheppard's team leaves to investigate. Finding the town deserted, they move to investigate an extensive subterranean tunnel system. What they find there holds dark tidings for the entire Pegasus
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Anyway, it was cute to hear that Japanese influenced music just after we see Rodney in his white karate or judo-style outfit. Though, I think he'd be better protected if dressed like Puffy-Xander whenever he trained with Buffy in BtVS.
So ... those icky, spooky tunnels belong to an abandoned mental institution. How ... convenient. I got that from the production notes on GateWorld. Anyway, here's a fun (well, not for him) quote: "It was a fun episode to work on, but the actual location wasn't so hot. We shot in the hollowed out tunnels underneath an abandoned mental institution, which were dark, dank and had this 'stuff' on the walls. After a week, most people's eyes were red and I got sick, so as cool as the story looks, hopefully now audiences will know that there were sacrifices involved in making it look that way!"
(Actor Joe Flanigan, in an interview with Starburst magazine [#346, January 2007])
So, once again Mom (aka Elizabeth) wants to be safe and sends a backup team.
And, really, you can't take Ronon anywhere without a leash, because he wanders away and everybody worries, even though he is big and strong.
Ugh. Piles of dead people. And evidence of iratus bugs. Both not good.
BTW, though it usually needs no mention, Joel Goldsmith's music for this is sooooo creeeeeepy. ::shudders::
So, of course, I can't see anything in the dark when the creature attacks. Uh ... maybe it's better that way. After all, I'd like to sleep tonight.
Another gross-looking thing is the three-clawed end of the severed arm.
Aww. Poor redshirts Marines. They never stood a chance.
Just as brilliant music can be so effective when things are scary, so is silence, when our Team is getting ready to go through another door. Also "pod"; no ... "egg". Hee! Tomayto, tomahto time.
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