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lierdumoa: You have to watch SG-1 and SG:A tonight!fashes: Why are we watching SG-1?lierdumoa: Because it's in Atlantis.fashes: Oh right, they're doing a thing.SG-1: The Pegasus Project
Didn't we read this fic?
Okay my impressions.
First off? I must splain why SG-1 is lame. They spend four times as long on the exposition, it's also four times as boring, and by the end of it, the pseudoscience still makes absolutely no sense. I only knew what the hell Mitchell was talking about with the slingshot thing because I just happened to remember it being properly explained in the movie Armageddon. Then there was something about jumping and an unstable vortex and a magical giant portkey whateEVER. I mean, it might make sense if I watched it again carefully.
But.
Most boring exposition ever. KEEEEEEEEL ME.
On the other hand, the lemon thing was fucking hilarious.
Rodney should just talk over people ALL THE TIME.
And Vala ROXXORS. I basically marathoned all the Vala episodes this weekend. I was going to marathon the additional Mitchell only episodes as well, but I soon realized that Vala is the only thing that makes Sam Carter bearable to me, if only by virtue of stealing screentime away from her, and while Colonel Mitchell is all well and good and his ass is perfection, he can't foil Daniel the way Jack could, the way Vala can. Daniel needs a foil. Otherwise he says horrible preachy speeches that you can't remember five seconds after they've happened because you've already blocked them out and that's just about it. A foil is *key.* Jack was the shiniest foil. Vala makes an acceptable foil substitute.
Also? Claudia Black PWNS.
She had an EVIL ALIEN BABY and named it after her EVIL STEPMOTHER.
Fine, give her mystical babies. She can handle them.
SGA: Irresistable
Oh God, my OTP is back. Slipping off for long hours on private missions to find stargates. Bantering together about classic geek tv whilst solving important work problems. Drugging each other. So in love.
And the beginning exposition really put the terrible SG-1 exposition into stark relief. It immediately made sense. Rodney made cute little hand motions and despite the fact that it was glaringly obvious, it was still adorable. And you know Ronon only asked him to explain it so he could watch Rodney make the cute little hand motions.
<3
And then....
Then....
Then there was CRACK.
It was like all the writers got really, rolling drunk and were like, "Heeeeeeyyyyyy guyyyyyyys. We've got this totally awesome idea. It's got that annoying guy. You know. The annoying one! It'll be awesome. Just like Batman. AWESOME!"
"How do you get your hair to do that?"
SILENCE.
Ronon stops eating, his hand suspended in midair.
And all of my actors were there. Torri Higginson playing Dr. Weir playing Torri Higginson. With the fluttering hands and the mixy little smiles. Minxi H0rri TorriTM.
fashes and I are totally calling her that now. And Jason Momoa. He was just, like, jolly. And Rachel Luttrell was all happy and Paul McGillion did the BEST FAKE CRYING EVER OH MY GOD I DIED. David Nykl gibbering in Czech.And of course the Hewlett. "Fly Lucius, flyyyyy."
RPS. REAL. PERSON. SHOW.
All of them gathering around the fugliest candle in creation, smiling like Stepford wives. Noxious Unctious Lucius (dude, I only just realized that they totally made a rhyme) softly threatening to rape and rape and rape John while John paces around Steve's old room. Rodney being adorable and Rodney-like. And lest I forget—"So he just came down, Ronon held me against the wall, and Lucius and I had a nice long talk." HELD HIM AGAINST THE WALL.
I see this is going to be the season of the Rodney/Ronon.
Not my OTP but, well, notice I'm not complaining.
"Longing for his touch." Oh, John. You are my favorite. Aside from Torri.
My show is just, like, porn all the time. Happy, happy, cracky,
Torri's breasts continue to be magnificent. I think I'm going to be saying that at least once every episode review for the forseeable future.
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You had me at "SG-1 is lame." Cause it is.
BUT VALA ROCKS! I am making an icon of her as we speak. & :-) Already asked around if perhaps she and Sam interact, and...hey, did you read my review plus comments?
*snicker*
It was great fun. And very McShep-y.
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::clutches show to her ample bosom::
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Cutest thing ever? Ronon shrugging at Teyla after Elizabeth scolds him for TMI-ing what he would do to Lucius. *huggles Ronon* He can talk about killing and maiming, but he's still just a big cutesy bear.
I swear I was crying with laughter by the "Fly Lucius, flyyyyy." part.
My only complaint is that John needs to speak more clearly! I had to rewatch the last bit five times and even after that I only got the whole "clean up your room" line by reading the transcript on my f-list. Jeez.
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;-)
I...heard John fine? But then, I'm kind of used to being able to understand people really quickly and easily.
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Yes, the exposition sucks; in this case, though, I think the whole slingshot thing was a deliberate Farscape reference. I only ever really watched the pilot of that show, but Ben Browder's character there had this whole thing going on with his theory about using Earth's gravity to slingshot off at high speed.
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:P
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YES.
And did you see the tiny incident at the begininng (post-credits) of SG-1 where Vala swipes a thingy from Zelenka's worktable & he chases her down and snatches it back? It takes about 1.4 seconds but is the cutest thing EVER.
Well, EVER after Ronon's Shrug o'TMI.
::GLEE::
Y'know, there's a ton of bitterness fermenting in fandom out there. I think I'll hide out with you guys, if you don't mind.
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::WOE::
I learned back in early season 2 to pretty much never read episode reviews unless they came from trusted sources. Namely
I find it makes me want to kill people a lot less.
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Huh -- it should be, because it's in the background of some dialog. I think it's when they drag Vala away from the balcony where she's ogling Atlantis, then inside, as Daniel and Elizabeth are chatting while they walk, it's behind them. Totally woulda missed it myself, except my brain went "Hey, there's Zippy! Where'd he come from?" and I had to rewind. Take another peek? It's super cute.
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