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schneefink) wrote2011-08-20 12:01 am
schneefink) wrote2011-08-20 12:01 am
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SGA 2x15 The Tower
I watched The Tower instead of another episode because none of the other choices (38 Minutes, Grace Under Pressure) had Ronon & Teyla. In hindsight it was probably a mistake, the episode has only a few redeeming features. Notes will be out of order because I don't want to watch the whole episode again.
Very generic villagers, like always in Pegasus. Miles away from the tower and no Jumper, how did they get John and Carson there so fast, not to mention Rodney?
Also, team, you have no sense of diplomacy at all. In your defense, the villagers are apparently stupid, but come on. Your way of persuading the guy to help you get access to the Lord who terrorizes them with drones is "perhaps he will make an exception?" Seriously?
They let Rodney wander around on his own now? I very much liked his "minion". Rodney + minion = always hilarious, be it kids, Zelenka, or village guy. Wonderful exchanges.
Rodney is so lucky Teyla isn't offended every time he calls the locals "primitive". I liked him in this episode: exploring, ranting but not overly much so, and complaining to Teyla that nobody cares about him and then "Oh." The more early episodes I watch the more I like Rodney.
Whoever wrote this episode has a completely different picture of Sheppard than I do. I'm thinking about whether ignoring this episode for him or try to incorporate it somehow, currently tending towards the former. "Open-minded women", seriously? And infatuated with Mara - did the chamberlain put something in his drink? That's the only explanation I can find. (I quite like it, actually.) Next I need to watch an episode that has good Sheppard. (Grace Under Pressure?)
Not enough Ronon or Teyla. They were mostly standing there doing not much of anything. Then we had Ronon, defender of the poor maiden! Pity Teyla and Rodney's discussion what is worse, the Wraith or the current system, was not continued, it would have been interesting.
Loved the hand-holding scene at dinner.
The tower system made no sense, the people there were all stupid, enough said.
I remembered that the DVDs have audio commentaries! Unfortunately the commentary for this episode is done by Paul Mullie and Andy Mikita; I think it would have been more fun to have actors do it. (Joe Flanigan, for example...) I didn't listen to all of it, but they did admit that "it wasn't a very subtle episode." No kidding.
I can download episodes, but I have to give back the DVDs in a few days, so I'll try to watch a few more audio commentaries. Maybe. Or episodes first. Or maybe sleep...
Very generic villagers, like always in Pegasus. Miles away from the tower and no Jumper, how did they get John and Carson there so fast, not to mention Rodney?
Also, team, you have no sense of diplomacy at all. In your defense, the villagers are apparently stupid, but come on. Your way of persuading the guy to help you get access to the Lord who terrorizes them with drones is "perhaps he will make an exception?" Seriously?
They let Rodney wander around on his own now? I very much liked his "minion". Rodney + minion = always hilarious, be it kids, Zelenka, or village guy. Wonderful exchanges.
Rodney is so lucky Teyla isn't offended every time he calls the locals "primitive". I liked him in this episode: exploring, ranting but not overly much so, and complaining to Teyla that nobody cares about him and then "Oh." The more early episodes I watch the more I like Rodney.
Whoever wrote this episode has a completely different picture of Sheppard than I do. I'm thinking about whether ignoring this episode for him or try to incorporate it somehow, currently tending towards the former. "Open-minded women", seriously? And infatuated with Mara - did the chamberlain put something in his drink? That's the only explanation I can find. (I quite like it, actually.) Next I need to watch an episode that has good Sheppard. (Grace Under Pressure?)
Not enough Ronon or Teyla. They were mostly standing there doing not much of anything. Then we had Ronon, defender of the poor maiden! Pity Teyla and Rodney's discussion what is worse, the Wraith or the current system, was not continued, it would have been interesting.
Loved the hand-holding scene at dinner.
The tower system made no sense, the people there were all stupid, enough said.
I remembered that the DVDs have audio commentaries! Unfortunately the commentary for this episode is done by Paul Mullie and Andy Mikita; I think it would have been more fun to have actors do it. (Joe Flanigan, for example...) I didn't listen to all of it, but they did admit that "it wasn't a very subtle episode." No kidding.
I can download episodes, but I have to give back the DVDs in a few days, so I'll try to watch a few more audio commentaries. Maybe. Or episodes first. Or maybe sleep...