SGA 3.19: Vengeance
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trinityofoneEeeeeeeee. Yes! Now that is a team episode! THAT is a team! Everyone was so awesome in this. Weren't they awesome? Yesh.
Now, I saw this last night when I was totally burnt out, so I'm probably going to completely forget much of what I wanted to say, but in brief:
1. Ronon and Rodney training together! Or really, Rodney training at all! That was a piece of fanon that I wanted to be true, but didn't think actually was. And it is! (Okay, really I had fantasies of him training with Teyla, but this makes that more plausible, I think.) Man, with this and 'The Game, a.k.a. John and Rodney really do hang out together ALL THE TIME' they're really all about the wish fulfillment this season, aren't they?
Also, I love the fact that Rodney is a yellow belt. When I took karate (shut. up.) that's as far as I got, too! WE'RE LIKE SOUL-BONDED AND STUFF.
2. I liked the continuity from 'Inferno,' but I'm sad there was no mention of Norina, the lady Rodney had a crush on and John...pretended to have a crush on. (Cockblocker!) Especially after everyone was revealed to be dead, I would have liked to at least have a word for her. Too much to expect, I know...
3. "I really hate those things" is getting to be almost a catch phrase for John. He said it, what, twice in this episode? I do think that Joe's flat delivery is very amusing on that.
4. Alien! Oh, man. That cracked me up. Especially because when John said, "Well, some of them survived" you know he was thinking, "I am TOTALLY Ripley." I bet you John had a huge crush on her and attempted to use this as evidence of his heterosexuality. *pets John* I'm also surprised John and Rodney haven't already discussed the Alien movies at length. You know they're just the type to have arguments over whether Alien or Aliens is better. (Rodney: Alien. John: Aliens. Although I think that secretly, they each prefer the other.)
5. Dude, Ronon got to make a speech! And it was a good speech! Man, I love him more and more all the time. I think, like Rachel Luttrell, Jason Momoa is doing a lot with very little. (The "Actually, I was going to say blow it up, but your plan's better" line—So. Much. Love!)
6. Possibly my favorite moment was when Rodney tells Ronon to aim at the belly, and it's smart, good advice, and Ronon listens, and Ronon saves Rodney's life. Teamwork! Bliss.
7. I also loved the little bits of conversation Rodney and Teyla were allowed to have. First, Rodney agreed with her plan! (Possibly just because he was scared, but it was the best plan at that time, so.) And then they discussed morality! Teyla complimented him! She also got to be sarcastic, and Rodney recognized it (eventually)! I am FULL OF YAY.
8. I do wish Teyla's conversation with Michael had been a little more illuminating...or really, that they'd acknowledge that there was some sort of something there, that their relationship was very different from Michael's with John or Michael's with Carson or Michael's with whoever. However, I like that they're finally really acknowledging how fucked up the whole retrovirus thing was. And yet...I think they wussed out a little bit. At first, I thought Michael had actually turned Norina's people into those bug creatures, and that is genuinely terrifying to me. It's also closer to being equivalent to what the Lanteans did to Michael and the other Wraith. In comparison, Michael's plan of killing people and using their DNA to genetically modify Iratus bugs seems kind of tame.
9. The show down between John and Michael...dude, was John supposed to be the scarier one in that match up? Yikes. He seemed seriously imbalanced/psychotic/like a Replicant. And yet he's also the guy making the dorky Alien references. I LOVE that. I mean, it's kind of disturbing in that I don't think TPTB have any idea of the mixed messages they're sending, but for us, for giving us the opportunity to spin the text however we want, it's awesome.
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10. John's hot shirt of hotness returns! Yay!
11. I liked Teyla's black top. Her people look well!
12. Rodney continues to look hotter and hotter with each passing episode. How is that even possible? But just...the line of his jaw, his skin tone in this... Yow.
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13. I don't really have anything to say about the Elizabeth parts, except this: Torri, you seem like you'd be a lovely person to go shopping with, so please don't take this the wrong way. You are playing an American. Believe it or not, there is such a thing as an American accent—yes, even if you're not from the South! And when you say "sorry" in such an incredibly, distinctly Canadian way, you are not doing an American accent. You are doing a Canadian accent. And unless Elizabeth has been spending way more time with Rodney than we thought (Hmm. Is this evidence of a secret McKay/Weir affair?), there is no way that she would say "sorry" like that. I know it's a little thing. But, well...it's a little thing. One word. Please get it right.
14. Poor Chuck!Tech. He finally gets to deliver a good batch of lines, and it's all lies. Lies, I tell you!
But never mind all that. My real point remains: I love my team. And they were such a good team in this. I am filled with OT4 love. Only not in that way. (Although maybe I could be persuaded.)
ETA: And how could I forget? Rodney's line about not knowing how the Wraith breed! John's "eww" reaction! I take this to be CONCRETE PROOF that everything I posed in 'Missionary Position' was 100% CORRECT! *nodnodnod*
Now, I saw this last night when I was totally burnt out, so I'm probably going to completely forget much of what I wanted to say, but in brief:
1. Ronon and Rodney training together! Or really, Rodney training at all! That was a piece of fanon that I wanted to be true, but didn't think actually was. And it is! (Okay, really I had fantasies of him training with Teyla, but this makes that more plausible, I think.) Man, with this and 'The Game, a.k.a. John and Rodney really do hang out together ALL THE TIME' they're really all about the wish fulfillment this season, aren't they?
Also, I love the fact that Rodney is a yellow belt. When I took karate (shut. up.) that's as far as I got, too! WE'RE LIKE SOUL-BONDED AND STUFF.
2. I liked the continuity from 'Inferno,' but I'm sad there was no mention of Norina, the lady Rodney had a crush on and John...pretended to have a crush on. (Cockblocker!) Especially after everyone was revealed to be dead, I would have liked to at least have a word for her. Too much to expect, I know...
3. "I really hate those things" is getting to be almost a catch phrase for John. He said it, what, twice in this episode? I do think that Joe's flat delivery is very amusing on that.
4. Alien! Oh, man. That cracked me up. Especially because when John said, "Well, some of them survived" you know he was thinking, "I am TOTALLY Ripley." I bet you John had a huge crush on her and attempted to use this as evidence of his heterosexuality. *pets John* I'm also surprised John and Rodney haven't already discussed the Alien movies at length. You know they're just the type to have arguments over whether Alien or Aliens is better. (Rodney: Alien. John: Aliens. Although I think that secretly, they each prefer the other.)
5. Dude, Ronon got to make a speech! And it was a good speech! Man, I love him more and more all the time. I think, like Rachel Luttrell, Jason Momoa is doing a lot with very little. (The "Actually, I was going to say blow it up, but your plan's better" line—So. Much. Love!)
6. Possibly my favorite moment was when Rodney tells Ronon to aim at the belly, and it's smart, good advice, and Ronon listens, and Ronon saves Rodney's life. Teamwork! Bliss.
7. I also loved the little bits of conversation Rodney and Teyla were allowed to have. First, Rodney agreed with her plan! (Possibly just because he was scared, but it was the best plan at that time, so.) And then they discussed morality! Teyla complimented him! She also got to be sarcastic, and Rodney recognized it (eventually)! I am FULL OF YAY.
8. I do wish Teyla's conversation with Michael had been a little more illuminating...or really, that they'd acknowledge that there was some sort of something there, that their relationship was very different from Michael's with John or Michael's with Carson or Michael's with whoever. However, I like that they're finally really acknowledging how fucked up the whole retrovirus thing was. And yet...I think they wussed out a little bit. At first, I thought Michael had actually turned Norina's people into those bug creatures, and that is genuinely terrifying to me. It's also closer to being equivalent to what the Lanteans did to Michael and the other Wraith. In comparison, Michael's plan of killing people and using their DNA to genetically modify Iratus bugs seems kind of tame.
9. The show down between John and Michael...dude, was John supposed to be the scarier one in that match up? Yikes. He seemed seriously imbalanced/psychotic/like a Replicant. And yet he's also the guy making the dorky Alien references. I LOVE that. I mean, it's kind of disturbing in that I don't think TPTB have any idea of the mixed messages they're sending, but for us, for giving us the opportunity to spin the text however we want, it's awesome.
[shallow]
10. John's hot shirt of hotness returns! Yay!
11. I liked Teyla's black top. Her people look well!
12. Rodney continues to look hotter and hotter with each passing episode. How is that even possible? But just...the line of his jaw, his skin tone in this... Yow.
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13. I don't really have anything to say about the Elizabeth parts, except this: Torri, you seem like you'd be a lovely person to go shopping with, so please don't take this the wrong way. You are playing an American. Believe it or not, there is such a thing as an American accent—yes, even if you're not from the South! And when you say "sorry" in such an incredibly, distinctly Canadian way, you are not doing an American accent. You are doing a Canadian accent. And unless Elizabeth has been spending way more time with Rodney than we thought (Hmm. Is this evidence of a secret McKay/Weir affair?), there is no way that she would say "sorry" like that. I know it's a little thing. But, well...it's a little thing. One word. Please get it right.
14. Poor Chuck!Tech. He finally gets to deliver a good batch of lines, and it's all lies. Lies, I tell you!
But never mind all that. My real point remains: I love my team. And they were such a good team in this. I am filled with OT4 love. Only not in that way. (Although maybe I could be persuaded.)
ETA: And how could I forget? Rodney's line about not knowing how the Wraith breed! John's "eww" reaction! I take this to be CONCRETE PROOF that everything I posed in 'Missionary Position' was 100% CORRECT! *nodnodnod*
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Date: 2007-01-31 11:30 pm (UTC)Everybody now: "I GUESS THAT'S WHAT FANFIC IS FOR!"
You should really see the first two Alien movies. They're both awesome, in different ways. (The ones after that suck though.)