That Time of the Week Again
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annundrielApparently it's supposed to be 108 on Sunday. I plan on sitting in the living room with the air-conditioner and not moving. Because, ew, 108.
SG-1 - "Morpheus"
- I ♥ Robert Picardo. Seeing his name at the beginning of an episode makes me kind of happy.
- I love it when Daniel's so excited about research.
- Vala was adorable as Daniel's little helper during the briefing about Sir Gawain. She was wonderful the entire episode, so eager to contribute to the team. In the end I felt a little bad when Mitchell told her she wasn't part of SG-1 because she so wants to be. At the same time it was slightly amusing because I can see Mitchell being a little protective of his SG-1.
- MITCHELL: Isn't he one of the Knights Who Say Ni?
- I kind of missed some of the exposition (noise caused by air cooling units), so I don't have really anything to say about the Merlin/Arthur/Morgan le Fay plot. But I'm intrigued. Hopefully it won't suck or be lame. And anything that gives us a break from direct contact with the Ori every week is okay by me.
- From last week's preview I thought Reimer looked familiar, but it was Mom who figured out he was Malikai in "Window of Opportunity." I love when they re-use actors.
- I so called that Ackerman would be the first to go. As soon as he said that he could use a nap it was like, "Well, nice knowing you."
- Mitchell stayed up to watch Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo. I would say my opinion of him fell, but I watched part of the end of the very same movie today because I was so bored, so hot, and nothing else was on. I like to imagine that Mitchell got home late from the mountain but was too awake to sleep and could only choose between that or infomercials. Plus, he is a guy. And, okay, I'm going to hate myself for admitting this, but the first one had it's moments that were pretty funny. So, um, yeah, I'd probably watch TV with him like I watch TV with my brother.
- The parasites were gross. They reminded me of fleas. SG-1 can't get away from parasites in the head, can they?
- Liked Mitchell telling Teal'c to leave him. And then admitting later that he continued to tell Teal'c to leave him because he hadn't realized that he'd actually left him.
- Enjoyed the plot with Vala a lot. Loved Woolsey's part in it. And the psychiatrist was quite taken with her. Felt bad for her after the lie detector test. For Vala things aren't just black and white and yes and no answers don't seem to work for her. She's stuck on a planet that's not her own with people she doesn't really know that well and a daughter that wants to take over the universe. She's in a tough situation. I love that she's trying.
- She has no money so Daniel has to pay until she gets her share of the loot. Hee!
- Overall, I njoyed the episode. Unlike some episodes where the A and B plots aren't really balanced/matched well and one plot becomes boring/tedious, I found that I liked both parts equally. So yea.
SGA - "Misbegotten"
- Atlantis just makes me happy. I've pretty much come to the conclusion that they could do just about anything they want and as long as the characters I love are there I will just keep watching. Especially if David Hewlett and Joe Flanigan remain on the show forever and ever.
- I love that Teyla got to be in charge without Weir around.
- Mom pointed out that they've got the guy that's supposed to save lives standing by ready to destroy lives. Oh, Beckett.
- The stasis chambers are creepy, creepy things.
- Picardo! Yea. Since the first season of SGA there have been times when McKay reminds me slightly of the holographic doctor from Voyager (Especially that shot from "Childhood's End" that used to be in the credits, where McKay looks like he's taking his own pulse. Very Picardo/Doctor-esque to me.), so I'm pleased to see him here. Poor Woolsey and the Asgard.
WEIR: They have a great sense of humor.
WOOLSEY: They do?
WEIR: No.
And he sounded so hopeful. It's nice for him to get off-world and not almost be killed.
- The whole thing with the Wraith and Michael is just a super bad idea. I'm sort of having trouble grasping how Carson can be perfectly willing to knock Michael out and use the drug on him when he's a Wraith and then be so...adamant about taking care of the people that were Wraith. (Because he does feel responsible and is feeling a little off about what they're doing?) As soon as there's a change in how they look/who they are it's suddenly bad to treat them horribly. I think there are a lot of people with confused morality running around.
I mean, on the one hand, they had no choice because it's war and they're fighting to survive. But on the other hand, are their actions justifiable? And once the Wraith change, are they then responsible for caring for these people? They have created them.
I don't know.
- Sheppard being so very hardass kind of unnerved me a little bit. Probably because we don't get to see it quite this much usually. But I kept flashing back to the scene in "Michael" where Sheppard names him, and that scene has always made me uncomfortable. Seeing Sheppard's previously amusing naming from the POV of the one being named makes the experience a lot less entertaining and a lot more questionable.
Do the Wraith have names, though? That's what I want to know.
- And the two most important bald guys in Atlantis have to meet. Mom and I both spotted that Woolsey was eating an orange. Rodney would not approve of there being citrus on Atlantis. Did like that Caldwell wasn't going to betray Weir.
- I loved the scene in the debriefing room where Elizabeth is just happy to see them all and it gets a little awkward and Rodney saves it by deflecting the awkwardness by being his usual self complaining about being hungry. The look he and Elizabeth exchange was lovely. Especially Rodney's smile. (See! He's not completely socially retarded.) Probably my favorite part of the whole episode because it just made me happy. And then I can't remember exactly what was said (McKAY: Unless you count standing still as a maneuver. SHEPPARD: No.), but the stuff between McKay and Sheppard was nice, even though they weren't even looking at each other. And then Woolsey came in and Sheppard makes McKay take the floor. Oh, boys.
- Sheppard and Weir are nice together. Don't necessarily want romance there, but they're nice together.
- Carson, you never go hiking without a buddy.
- Michael is sneaky. Sneaky and devious and clever and so very not dead at the end of the episode. I hope. They wouldn't leave something like that unknown if it actually happened, would they?
- You know, they need to stop making it look like the main characters died. Because that's just not going to happen, especially not in the second episode of a season. Called the puddlejumper thing a mile away. Did like John's forgetfulness with the cloak though.
- I wanted Woolsey to stay longer. But how cool is it that they can just dial Earth? And how surreal would that be, going back to work and just nonchalantly saying, "Dial the 'gate" to get there?
- The episode made me happy. And uncomfortable for how they stand with their decisions. It has all been a bad idea from the start. Oh, I did like the tension near the end where Sheppard wants to blow up the camp on the planet, Beckett thinks it's wrong, and McKay follows orders. He looked reluctant to do it, but he did it without saying anything. I wonder how he feels about this?
Funny episode next week! With Richard Kind!
SG-1 - "Morpheus"
- I ♥ Robert Picardo. Seeing his name at the beginning of an episode makes me kind of happy.
- I love it when Daniel's so excited about research.
- Vala was adorable as Daniel's little helper during the briefing about Sir Gawain. She was wonderful the entire episode, so eager to contribute to the team. In the end I felt a little bad when Mitchell told her she wasn't part of SG-1 because she so wants to be. At the same time it was slightly amusing because I can see Mitchell being a little protective of his SG-1.
- MITCHELL: Isn't he one of the Knights Who Say Ni?
- I kind of missed some of the exposition (noise caused by air cooling units), so I don't have really anything to say about the Merlin/Arthur/Morgan le Fay plot. But I'm intrigued. Hopefully it won't suck or be lame. And anything that gives us a break from direct contact with the Ori every week is okay by me.
- From last week's preview I thought Reimer looked familiar, but it was Mom who figured out he was Malikai in "Window of Opportunity." I love when they re-use actors.
- I so called that Ackerman would be the first to go. As soon as he said that he could use a nap it was like, "Well, nice knowing you."
- Mitchell stayed up to watch Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo. I would say my opinion of him fell, but I watched part of the end of the very same movie today because I was so bored, so hot, and nothing else was on. I like to imagine that Mitchell got home late from the mountain but was too awake to sleep and could only choose between that or infomercials. Plus, he is a guy. And, okay, I'm going to hate myself for admitting this, but the first one had it's moments that were pretty funny. So, um, yeah, I'd probably watch TV with him like I watch TV with my brother.
- The parasites were gross. They reminded me of fleas. SG-1 can't get away from parasites in the head, can they?
- Liked Mitchell telling Teal'c to leave him. And then admitting later that he continued to tell Teal'c to leave him because he hadn't realized that he'd actually left him.
- Enjoyed the plot with Vala a lot. Loved Woolsey's part in it. And the psychiatrist was quite taken with her. Felt bad for her after the lie detector test. For Vala things aren't just black and white and yes and no answers don't seem to work for her. She's stuck on a planet that's not her own with people she doesn't really know that well and a daughter that wants to take over the universe. She's in a tough situation. I love that she's trying.
- She has no money so Daniel has to pay until she gets her share of the loot. Hee!
- Overall, I njoyed the episode. Unlike some episodes where the A and B plots aren't really balanced/matched well and one plot becomes boring/tedious, I found that I liked both parts equally. So yea.
SGA - "Misbegotten"
- Atlantis just makes me happy. I've pretty much come to the conclusion that they could do just about anything they want and as long as the characters I love are there I will just keep watching. Especially if David Hewlett and Joe Flanigan remain on the show forever and ever.
- I love that Teyla got to be in charge without Weir around.
- Mom pointed out that they've got the guy that's supposed to save lives standing by ready to destroy lives. Oh, Beckett.
- The stasis chambers are creepy, creepy things.
- Picardo! Yea. Since the first season of SGA there have been times when McKay reminds me slightly of the holographic doctor from Voyager (Especially that shot from "Childhood's End" that used to be in the credits, where McKay looks like he's taking his own pulse. Very Picardo/Doctor-esque to me.), so I'm pleased to see him here. Poor Woolsey and the Asgard.
WEIR: They have a great sense of humor.
WOOLSEY: They do?
WEIR: No.
And he sounded so hopeful. It's nice for him to get off-world and not almost be killed.
- The whole thing with the Wraith and Michael is just a super bad idea. I'm sort of having trouble grasping how Carson can be perfectly willing to knock Michael out and use the drug on him when he's a Wraith and then be so...adamant about taking care of the people that were Wraith. (Because he does feel responsible and is feeling a little off about what they're doing?) As soon as there's a change in how they look/who they are it's suddenly bad to treat them horribly. I think there are a lot of people with confused morality running around.
I mean, on the one hand, they had no choice because it's war and they're fighting to survive. But on the other hand, are their actions justifiable? And once the Wraith change, are they then responsible for caring for these people? They have created them.
I don't know.
- Sheppard being so very hardass kind of unnerved me a little bit. Probably because we don't get to see it quite this much usually. But I kept flashing back to the scene in "Michael" where Sheppard names him, and that scene has always made me uncomfortable. Seeing Sheppard's previously amusing naming from the POV of the one being named makes the experience a lot less entertaining and a lot more questionable.
Do the Wraith have names, though? That's what I want to know.
- And the two most important bald guys in Atlantis have to meet. Mom and I both spotted that Woolsey was eating an orange. Rodney would not approve of there being citrus on Atlantis. Did like that Caldwell wasn't going to betray Weir.
- I loved the scene in the debriefing room where Elizabeth is just happy to see them all and it gets a little awkward and Rodney saves it by deflecting the awkwardness by being his usual self complaining about being hungry. The look he and Elizabeth exchange was lovely. Especially Rodney's smile. (See! He's not completely socially retarded.) Probably my favorite part of the whole episode because it just made me happy. And then I can't remember exactly what was said (McKAY: Unless you count standing still as a maneuver. SHEPPARD: No.), but the stuff between McKay and Sheppard was nice, even though they weren't even looking at each other. And then Woolsey came in and Sheppard makes McKay take the floor. Oh, boys.
- Sheppard and Weir are nice together. Don't necessarily want romance there, but they're nice together.
- Carson, you never go hiking without a buddy.
- Michael is sneaky. Sneaky and devious and clever and so very not dead at the end of the episode. I hope. They wouldn't leave something like that unknown if it actually happened, would they?
- You know, they need to stop making it look like the main characters died. Because that's just not going to happen, especially not in the second episode of a season. Called the puddlejumper thing a mile away. Did like John's forgetfulness with the cloak though.
- I wanted Woolsey to stay longer. But how cool is it that they can just dial Earth? And how surreal would that be, going back to work and just nonchalantly saying, "Dial the 'gate" to get there?
- The episode made me happy. And uncomfortable for how they stand with their decisions. It has all been a bad idea from the start. Oh, I did like the tension near the end where Sheppard wants to blow up the camp on the planet, Beckett thinks it's wrong, and McKay follows orders. He looked reluctant to do it, but he did it without saying anything. I wonder how he feels about this?
Funny episode next week! With Richard Kind!
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Date: 2006-07-22 03:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-07-22 05:43 pm (UTC)Now, you should come over some time and let me force other sci-fi things on you. Being forced to watch stuff is free, you know. Except for the gas. :(