SGA 3x05 Progeny
Oct. 9th, 2011 05:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
schneefinkI'm procrastinating on homework. And housework. Everything, really.
Ronon is a show-off. Now I know where the blaster-twirling in My Home and Native Land comes from.
Elizabeth just spontaneously goes with them on the mission to an unknown planet with an unknown advanced society. Nobody knew before, nobody saw her in the locker room, nobody plans anything for who is in control of the city in her absence, and nobody cares. *facepalm*
We saw that side of her in "Condemned", too: Elizabeth likes to have adventures. And later, when she emphasizes "leader to leader": Elizabeth likes to be a leader. Or she wants to think of herself as a leader, because actually, she's more of a negotiator. We'll see more of that later.
"Fortunately, I'm very good with complexity." "And scope." Heh.
So I can understand that they are annoyed that these Ancients don't fight the Wraith (for all they know! or maybe they have reasons!) and that they're interested in their history with the Ancients, but please. This is your idea of first contact negotiation? Even Elizabeth?
Headcanon: Teyla held back because Elizabeth was there. I bet the writers just forgot.
I don't like Niam. He's boring and unsympathetic and a bit creepy. They should have got a better actor.
"You said earlier that your brothers' greatest weakness was their arrogance. May I suggest it runs in the family."
Oh, Elizabeth. A good line, but not a very good negotiation.
"How much lower would you like 'em?" Apparently it's the episode of lines, but everything else rushed. I'm still not really interested at this point, but I should be. Ronon gesturing for Rodney to stand back and eating himself, heh.
"You left us no choice", really? I wonder where the hallucination starts.
John, I appreciate the good view, but you really should get to the chair and start ordering the evacuation before you take a look out of the window. Radek explaining the self destruct only makes sense considering it's a hallucination, and that John imagines Rodney would offer to flip a coin is kind of sweet.
Other people watch vids and think "that's from this episode!" I watch the episode and think "oh, that's that one great scene in this vid!" Heh. For this episode it was (among others) Welcome to the Black Parade, wonderful vid.
I have found my headcanon for Teyla's nightmare, but not Rodney or Elizabeth yet. I'm not even sure if I've read a version for Elizabeth... Hm. Will have to look. But really, "intimate" - dear writers, what were we supposed to think?
Niam and his two loyal minions at his side, who are both female, a head shorter than him, almost identically-looking, faithfully repeat what he says - was this really necessary? *sigh*
John and Rodney, awww.
Arrogant cruel Ancients (and creepy Niam.) This section was well done (okay, except that "the most effective form they knew of" is old, overweight Oberoth. Hah.)
Niam must know what they got from mindprobing Elizabeth, and he still has a crush on her. Sweet.
I'm just going to assume that John's strange behavior is because he's still rattled from being mindprobed.
Teyla as the voice of conscience, what a surprise. Sure, Niam, but what about his friends? Family? That he has known for thousands of years? And he's willing to give it up for these people he doesn't know, just because he's not 100% sure his plan will work? Giant crush.
At least they stole a Jumper.
Ronon, you could maybe have stunned Niam? You know, the guy who helped you escape, thereby dooming his friends and family? (That the others can arbitrarily re-set Niam doesn't make any sense, but whatever.)
"There is nothing more annoying than people who won't admit their own mistakes." Zelenka, heh!
All in all, this was mediocre. I can't say exactly why I didn't like it better.
I wanted to do 3x6, too, but this is long enough. Maybe later, and now I could try doing some actual homework.
Ronon is a show-off. Now I know where the blaster-twirling in My Home and Native Land comes from.
Elizabeth just spontaneously goes with them on the mission to an unknown planet with an unknown advanced society. Nobody knew before, nobody saw her in the locker room, nobody plans anything for who is in control of the city in her absence, and nobody cares. *facepalm*
We saw that side of her in "Condemned", too: Elizabeth likes to have adventures. And later, when she emphasizes "leader to leader": Elizabeth likes to be a leader. Or she wants to think of herself as a leader, because actually, she's more of a negotiator. We'll see more of that later.
"Fortunately, I'm very good with complexity." "And scope." Heh.
So I can understand that they are annoyed that these Ancients don't fight the Wraith (for all they know! or maybe they have reasons!) and that they're interested in their history with the Ancients, but please. This is your idea of first contact negotiation? Even Elizabeth?
Headcanon: Teyla held back because Elizabeth was there. I bet the writers just forgot.
I don't like Niam. He's boring and unsympathetic and a bit creepy. They should have got a better actor.
"You said earlier that your brothers' greatest weakness was their arrogance. May I suggest it runs in the family."
Oh, Elizabeth. A good line, but not a very good negotiation.
"How much lower would you like 'em?" Apparently it's the episode of lines, but everything else rushed. I'm still not really interested at this point, but I should be. Ronon gesturing for Rodney to stand back and eating himself, heh.
"You left us no choice", really? I wonder where the hallucination starts.
John, I appreciate the good view, but you really should get to the chair and start ordering the evacuation before you take a look out of the window. Radek explaining the self destruct only makes sense considering it's a hallucination, and that John imagines Rodney would offer to flip a coin is kind of sweet.
Other people watch vids and think "that's from this episode!" I watch the episode and think "oh, that's that one great scene in this vid!" Heh. For this episode it was (among others) Welcome to the Black Parade, wonderful vid.
I have found my headcanon for Teyla's nightmare, but not Rodney or Elizabeth yet. I'm not even sure if I've read a version for Elizabeth... Hm. Will have to look. But really, "intimate" - dear writers, what were we supposed to think?
Niam and his two loyal minions at his side, who are both female, a head shorter than him, almost identically-looking, faithfully repeat what he says - was this really necessary? *sigh*
John and Rodney, awww.
Arrogant cruel Ancients (and creepy Niam.) This section was well done (okay, except that "the most effective form they knew of" is old, overweight Oberoth. Hah.)
Niam must know what they got from mindprobing Elizabeth, and he still has a crush on her. Sweet.
I'm just going to assume that John's strange behavior is because he's still rattled from being mindprobed.
Teyla as the voice of conscience, what a surprise. Sure, Niam, but what about his friends? Family? That he has known for thousands of years? And he's willing to give it up for these people he doesn't know, just because he's not 100% sure his plan will work? Giant crush.
At least they stole a Jumper.
Ronon, you could maybe have stunned Niam? You know, the guy who helped you escape, thereby dooming his friends and family? (That the others can arbitrarily re-set Niam doesn't make any sense, but whatever.)
"There is nothing more annoying than people who won't admit their own mistakes." Zelenka, heh!
All in all, this was mediocre. I can't say exactly why I didn't like it better.
I wanted to do 3x6, too, but this is long enough. Maybe later, and now I could try doing some actual homework.
