Stargate Friday & Stuff

[shutthef_up]

I'll start with my thoughts on the Gates before moving on to muttering to myself :)

I want to thank everyone for not spoiling me for this ep! Yay! I knew nothing about who was going to be in it, so it was a treat to watch it unfold.

Comments

[amykay73]

The politicalness of SG-1 turned me off too. I thought the idea was pretty cool, but I found myself getting bored with the "President Landry is ruining things and Sam knows how to fix it" continuing story. However, I did think the ending made up for the lackluster episode. Sam and Vala were cute, and so was the idea of all of them taking shifts to talk to the empty room.

I liked the first episode with Richard Kind, but I was getting bored with this ep. I must have been really distracted by the solitaire games I was playing on my laptop because I never noticed the breasts of doom :)

[shutthef_up]

I don't know... I can usually handwave the 'busty extras' thing. Maybe it was the gin and Squirt I'd had, but those damn things practically jumped out at me.

At the beginning of the show, I was sort of, 'whatever' about it, but then they brought them back. And I'm sure the actress had decent lines but I was distracted by the outfit. Honestly, she really wasn't that big busted, but that outfit was really awful.

Anyway, it's amusing in some ways. And I tried to blow off the political stuff in SG-1. Oh! I was also really pleased to see George back. Yay!

I sort of think they were trying to do a BSG sort of thing with Landry. A "He's not *really* bad, but he's had some hard choices to make and bad advisors" kind of thing. But there really wasn't enough time to build that kind of depth into a single ep. Because I didn't actually hate Landry as much as feel he was really misguided.

Overall, it was a good ep, though. Not their strongest, to be sure, but passable. I'm really looking forward to the next one!

[amykay73]

A "He's not *really* bad, but he's had some hard choices to make and bad advisors" kind of thing.

At first I was thinking that they were making Landry out to be the asshole, but thanks to George (and I second the yay! of seeing him back) I realized that they were going more for your interpretation. I did find that interesting for a while, but by the end of the ep I had an, "Okay, I get it!" sort of mentality.

I've been rather 'meh' about SG-1 the last few eps. Through no fault of their own - there really hasn't been anything wrong with the eps so far. I think either I'm doing the "The series is ending so it's time to distance myself' mentality, or I'm in the Sci-Fi channel in general slump I go through from time to time. But I still enjoy reading my flist's reactions to the show.

[shutthef_up]

I did find that interesting for a while, but by the end of the ep I had an, "Okay, I get it!" sort of mentality.

Yeah, TPTB have always tended to be a little heavy-handed with this stuff. It's like they're trying to reach even the most thick-headed of viewers. Bah!

I guess I'm a little the opposite. I'm anxiously looking forward to each ep and more paranoid about being spoiled than ever before.

Also, I was completely blown away by The Dresden Files, which I suspect will take the place of SG-1 in my heart. No, not Atlantis, sad to say. I'll probably always watch it, along with anything else the franchise chooses to put out, but I just don't feel the same way about Atlantis.

I've now read all The Dresden Files books (9 in all). I think it's the whole Urban Fantasy thing that engages me. Which was a big part of SG-1, too. It took place in the here and now - not in some distant galaxy or on a spaceship. I like that, too, but it's not quite as engaging for me.

[fhartman]

I really thought that Sam rocked the house in this one. It made me very happy, because over the last few seasons I haven't been so please with the way she's been portrayed. This, and last week, I could really get behind. Is it wrong that I love when she kicks the crap out of people? Hee

[shutthef_up]

It made me very happy, because over the last few seasons I haven't been so pleased with the way she's been portrayed.

I can understand that. I'm not the huge Sam fan that you and surrealphantast are, but I can certainly see where you have reason to complain. She and I both feel that her character's been given new life in these eps in the second half of S10. She's *very* kick ass and not apologizing for it, which I adore. It feels like she's dealt with her own demons and is much more actualized because of it. Because yes, the Sam of the last couple of eps really rocks! Yay! Here's to more of the same!

I don't really watch SGA, so I have no idea if this was IC for him or not, but given the McKay that I'm familiar with from SG-1, this just made me giggle.I honestly have no idea how to answer this, other than to say that I adore the McKay from SG1-verse and am not so wild about the Atlantis-verse Rodney. It sometimes feels to me like TPTB are pushing the character too hard because of his huge popularity in the Atlantis-verse. I dunno. I just know that

[fhartman]

Just so you know, I've been frantically trying to find my "inner Cam" voice all day, because a ficlet from you is a gift much to be coveted! He's proving elusive, though, the bugger...but I'm not giving up. Never written Cam, so it's an interesting challenge.

Do I get to pick my ficlet subject? 'Cos I have *ideas*......

[shutthef_up]

Heh, yes, my dear, you get to choose your own prompt!

Hmm. Jack/Daniel/Vala? Okay... gotta get my brain workin' on that one ;)

[lmichelle599]

Actually, it's The Road Not Taken, but I knew what you meant. ;)

I'm slowly becoming a Sam/Cam shipper.

Bonus points for the Quantum Leap reference. *g*