*hums* I think this one...
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trinityofone...is mostly filler.
Allow me to elaborate:
1. Okay, so nothing, pretty much NOTHING could possible compare to 'Grace Under Pressure'--I think it would have actually had to be the "Sheppard and McKay declare their true feelings for each other, have exorbitant amounts of sex, then join the rest of the gang for a musical EXTRAVAGANZA wherein Zelenka has a solo in which he slides across the dance floor on his knees to run his hand up Elizabeth's thigh and glitter rains down from the ceiling and coats everyone's eyelashes and we freeze-frame on a long, slow kiss and possibly there are tap-dancing penguins" episode for it to even come close. *breath* And since it wasn't I'm glad it also wasn't actually all that good so I don't have to feel unfairly disgruntled toward it.
2. That said: blah blah blah whatever, this was totally just an excuse to refresh their supply of drones, wasn't it? Those drones are going to show up later and we're all supposed to go, "Ooh! Continuity! Those are the drones they got in 'The Tower'!" Except the episode served no other purpose at all, so no, no continuity kudos for you. *neener*
3. I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY LEFT MCKAY TRAPPED. I mean, obviously, he's fine, but could we please conclude things a little more thoroughly? One episode in three with a thorough conclusion--it isn't much. A semi-thorough conclusion. One shot of Shep giving Rodney a manly hand up out of the hole, okay? Seriously: that's all I ask.
4. Okay, I lied. I ask this: can we stop with Sheppard being just randomly slutty? You're giving the Shep!Whore fanon credence, and it's irritating. This incidence seemed especially gratuitous: I understood (and am actually still rather intrigued by) Chaya, and even the woman from the Village of the Bland in 'Epiphany' made some sort of sense--dude, that place looked so boring, I might have slept with her, just to break up the monotony. (Plus, that Chosen One stuff is always a good line.) But this chick? Obviously no sort of connection at all, and my God, such an airhead--the McKay in me is most bothered by that, I think. And slashy stuff aside, it just felt so out-of-character to me that Sheppard would just bang some random alien floozie: he works so hard to keep people at a distance, and I can't see him wanting to let anyone that close, even for casual sex. I'd much rather have him be "mysteriously drawn" to a billion more semi-Ascended women, 'cause that at least makes sense. But then maybe I'm just proving once and for all that I'm not a guy: is any sex good sex? Really? *spreads estrogen everywhere*
5. The title of this episode is cool. I went into it wishing that it would have something to do with the Tarot card meaning(s) of the Tower--it's the freakiest card in the deck, symbolizing false structures, false institutions and false beliefs coming crashing down: suddenly, violently, and all at once. [Watch me paraphrase.] And while there may have been some of that for the people of Not!Vancouver, none of that cool, violent disruption had any impact or significance for our people. There was no character development for any of them at all, and I think that's what bothers me most about this episode. It could have been about a team of any four (then five) people on an alien planet--that's how nonexistent the character development was. How disappointing, especially after last week--guh.
Still, it will all be (nearly) worth it if icons appear of either a) 'And then they made me their chief' Sheppard or b) Teyla in one of those omnipresent (well, in Berkeley) Che Guevara shirts. Or maybe just Teyla in a beret. That'd be cool.
Also, someone needs to write fic to explain why Sheppard is suddenly SUCH A HO. Psychoanalyze him, baby! I'd love a trip through his crazy-beautiful mind.
Allow me to elaborate:
1. Okay, so nothing, pretty much NOTHING could possible compare to 'Grace Under Pressure'--I think it would have actually had to be the "Sheppard and McKay declare their true feelings for each other, have exorbitant amounts of sex, then join the rest of the gang for a musical EXTRAVAGANZA wherein Zelenka has a solo in which he slides across the dance floor on his knees to run his hand up Elizabeth's thigh and glitter rains down from the ceiling and coats everyone's eyelashes and we freeze-frame on a long, slow kiss and possibly there are tap-dancing penguins" episode for it to even come close. *breath* And since it wasn't I'm glad it also wasn't actually all that good so I don't have to feel unfairly disgruntled toward it.
2. That said: blah blah blah whatever, this was totally just an excuse to refresh their supply of drones, wasn't it? Those drones are going to show up later and we're all supposed to go, "Ooh! Continuity! Those are the drones they got in 'The Tower'!" Except the episode served no other purpose at all, so no, no continuity kudos for you. *neener*
3. I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY LEFT MCKAY TRAPPED. I mean, obviously, he's fine, but could we please conclude things a little more thoroughly? One episode in three with a thorough conclusion--it isn't much. A semi-thorough conclusion. One shot of Shep giving Rodney a manly hand up out of the hole, okay? Seriously: that's all I ask.
4. Okay, I lied. I ask this: can we stop with Sheppard being just randomly slutty? You're giving the Shep!Whore fanon credence, and it's irritating. This incidence seemed especially gratuitous: I understood (and am actually still rather intrigued by) Chaya, and even the woman from the Village of the Bland in 'Epiphany' made some sort of sense--dude, that place looked so boring, I might have slept with her, just to break up the monotony. (Plus, that Chosen One stuff is always a good line.) But this chick? Obviously no sort of connection at all, and my God, such an airhead--the McKay in me is most bothered by that, I think. And slashy stuff aside, it just felt so out-of-character to me that Sheppard would just bang some random alien floozie: he works so hard to keep people at a distance, and I can't see him wanting to let anyone that close, even for casual sex. I'd much rather have him be "mysteriously drawn" to a billion more semi-Ascended women, 'cause that at least makes sense. But then maybe I'm just proving once and for all that I'm not a guy: is any sex good sex? Really? *spreads estrogen everywhere*
5. The title of this episode is cool. I went into it wishing that it would have something to do with the Tarot card meaning(s) of the Tower--it's the freakiest card in the deck, symbolizing false structures, false institutions and false beliefs coming crashing down: suddenly, violently, and all at once. [Watch me paraphrase.] And while there may have been some of that for the people of Not!Vancouver, none of that cool, violent disruption had any impact or significance for our people. There was no character development for any of them at all, and I think that's what bothers me most about this episode. It could have been about a team of any four (then five) people on an alien planet--that's how nonexistent the character development was. How disappointing, especially after last week--guh.
Still, it will all be (nearly) worth it if icons appear of either a) 'And then they made me their chief' Sheppard or b) Teyla in one of those omnipresent (well, in Berkeley) Che Guevara shirts. Or maybe just Teyla in a beret. That'd be cool.
Also, someone needs to write fic to explain why Sheppard is suddenly SUCH A HO. Psychoanalyze him, baby! I'd love a trip through his crazy-beautiful mind.
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Re: Sheppard and Mara
Date: 2005-12-21 02:21 pm (UTC)I try. ^___^
Now I can stop referring to Mara as "that dumb chick." *g*
See, I had to figure out her name because every time I tried to think of her as "that dumb chick," for a few seconds, I'd wonder "which one?" Plot-wise, she reminds me of Chaya, Teer, and Neera; appearance-wise, she reminds me of Sora. And I'm easily confused. :p
And I far prefer a little bit of drugged Aliens Made Them Do It (it's a classic!) over "Yeah, Sheppard was just ridiculously OOC."
Same here. And the aphrodisiac theory would also explain why Sheppard went to Otho the next morning and asked about Mara—I'm not a man, but I'd think anyone in an illicit affair with the alien princess would have the sense to keep it quiet. Unless Sheppard was suddenly feeling honorable the morning after.
‹sigh› It's probably too much to ask that TPTB actually had an aphrodisiac in mind, huh? Though I thought of that older woman pinching Sheppard in the ass as a distraction. Suppose she was Otho's aunt, sister, or (better yet) mother...
Let's leave it at that, shall we? :p