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SGA 2x19 Inferno
I have no excuse for watching an episode tonight instead of studying econometrics. Not even that it was necessarily more fun (I like econometrics, strangely enough. I just don't like studying.)
I chose Inferno because I hadn't seen it before and what little I knew of it (super-volcano, John flirting with a girl that has a crush on Rodney) seemed okay, so I gave it a try.
The whole episode seemed like an excuse to have John and Rodney exchange some funny lines and blow up a volcano. The lines were pretty funny, and the volcano is cool. But. That's not really enough for a good episode. The most interesting characters were the chancellor of Taranis and Caldwell, and they only had a few minutes each. (And Hermiod, of course. He steals every scene.)
It starts with John and Rodney bickering and Teyla and Ronon rolling their eyes in the background. Hello, one of my least favorite fic tropes! It doesn't get better, Teyla and Ronon disappear for the longest time and only magically appear again when someone has to deal with the natives. They have maybe five lines each? Ten?
Carson has to be called because of headwounds. Don't they have doctors on such a technologically advanced planet? And if the situation is too dire, why don't they call a whole medical team? But no, just Carson, and he steals Teyla's and Ronon's lines all the time. He doesn't even know why he's here himself.
Norina is not even a character, she's just there. No personality, nothing. Boring and annoying. I hope Chaya is more interesting, at least. And John and Rodney competing for her attention is just... none of them seem genuinely interested in her beyond the fact that she's hot and the other wants her. Ugh.
Though one of the (very few) parts I did like was John's conversation with Elizabeth. Heh. Another point for my Elizabeth headcanon. She would have been great here, if only they had given her better negotiating skills. Couldn't they ask an actual diplomat or something? That she's supposed to be an experienced negotiator is embarrassing. No wonder the Chancellor wasn't impressed.
What else... more John and Rodney bickering. In this ep I could see the McShep UST/sex if I tried very hard, but not the romance. John and Rodney as romantic couple in canon baffles me. And "maybe they had a bad day" as explanation for character behavior gets old. They did have some funny scenes, but not enough to make up for the rest.
I didn't like either John or Rodney much in this episode. John was too flippant, Rodney too - what's the term... extremely scared one minute, unconcerned the next, let himself be easily goaded - idk, I just didn't like it. It seemed like the writers wrote him so that the jokes would fit best.
Let's not talk about the Taranians, because there weren't any. Norina didn't exist, and the others were just there to be victims (or Idiot Natives.) Except the Chancellor, he was good. He actually had something close to a personality, if you squint.
And how many times did we get near-certain doom? It got a bit tiring. (Ronon echoing Teyla's words from before was cute, but the whole scene was a bit strange. There is hope, so we'll just sit here and not even put wet rags on our and the children's faces?)
Positive: I really liked the image of the gate dissolving in lava. Why haven't I seen that in vids before? Not even in "Open Secrets of the Pegasus Galaxy", even though I could imagine it in there perfectly. Somewhere. Great vid, btw. It's fun to rewatch vids now that I recognize more scenes.
Next one: probably Grace Under Pressure. It's supposed to be a good Rodney episode, right? I want one of those.
I chose Inferno because I hadn't seen it before and what little I knew of it (super-volcano, John flirting with a girl that has a crush on Rodney) seemed okay, so I gave it a try.
The whole episode seemed like an excuse to have John and Rodney exchange some funny lines and blow up a volcano. The lines were pretty funny, and the volcano is cool. But. That's not really enough for a good episode. The most interesting characters were the chancellor of Taranis and Caldwell, and they only had a few minutes each. (And Hermiod, of course. He steals every scene.)
It starts with John and Rodney bickering and Teyla and Ronon rolling their eyes in the background. Hello, one of my least favorite fic tropes! It doesn't get better, Teyla and Ronon disappear for the longest time and only magically appear again when someone has to deal with the natives. They have maybe five lines each? Ten?
Carson has to be called because of headwounds. Don't they have doctors on such a technologically advanced planet? And if the situation is too dire, why don't they call a whole medical team? But no, just Carson, and he steals Teyla's and Ronon's lines all the time. He doesn't even know why he's here himself.
Norina is not even a character, she's just there. No personality, nothing. Boring and annoying. I hope Chaya is more interesting, at least. And John and Rodney competing for her attention is just... none of them seem genuinely interested in her beyond the fact that she's hot and the other wants her. Ugh.
Though one of the (very few) parts I did like was John's conversation with Elizabeth. Heh. Another point for my Elizabeth headcanon. She would have been great here, if only they had given her better negotiating skills. Couldn't they ask an actual diplomat or something? That she's supposed to be an experienced negotiator is embarrassing. No wonder the Chancellor wasn't impressed.
What else... more John and Rodney bickering. In this ep I could see the McShep UST/sex if I tried very hard, but not the romance. John and Rodney as romantic couple in canon baffles me. And "maybe they had a bad day" as explanation for character behavior gets old. They did have some funny scenes, but not enough to make up for the rest.
I didn't like either John or Rodney much in this episode. John was too flippant, Rodney too - what's the term... extremely scared one minute, unconcerned the next, let himself be easily goaded - idk, I just didn't like it. It seemed like the writers wrote him so that the jokes would fit best.
Let's not talk about the Taranians, because there weren't any. Norina didn't exist, and the others were just there to be victims (or Idiot Natives.) Except the Chancellor, he was good. He actually had something close to a personality, if you squint.
And how many times did we get near-certain doom? It got a bit tiring. (Ronon echoing Teyla's words from before was cute, but the whole scene was a bit strange. There is hope, so we'll just sit here and not even put wet rags on our and the children's faces?)
Positive: I really liked the image of the gate dissolving in lava. Why haven't I seen that in vids before? Not even in "Open Secrets of the Pegasus Galaxy", even though I could imagine it in there perfectly. Somewhere. Great vid, btw. It's fun to rewatch vids now that I recognize more scenes.
Next one: probably Grace Under Pressure. It's supposed to be a good Rodney episode, right? I want one of those.