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aelfgyfu_mead and I came up with will have to wait until next week to be put to the test. This did not come as a big surprise, as SciFi is a big spoiling spolier channel that spoils.
It's all right, though, I have faith that our theory will hold up, sound and true.
aelfgyfu_mead and I came up with will have to wait until next week to be put to the test. This did not come as a big surprise, as SciFi is a big spoiling spolier channel that spoils.It's all right, though, I have faith that our theory will hold up, sound and true.
Aside from that, a very solid episode IMO (despite that I had to wait two hours to see the second half because of certain people showing up unannounced and not realizing the holy importance that is me finishing my weekly quota of Stargate Atlantis.) Mi madre and I were sort of rolling our eyes during the scenes with Teyla's "visions". Thankfully the writers had enough respect for us to not have Kanaan's dream pendant appear in her hand after waking up. I would have so called shenanigans on that. (On a similar note, is his name spelled with one or two names? It's the whole Ronan/Ronon thing all over again!) Other than the dream sequences which just made me squirm uncomfortably (not sure why, to be honest), Teyla kicked some serious ass.
Let's see, do I still love Todd? Hrm, yes, yes I do. Put a check mark there.
Do I love still love Michael? Well, not sure on that one. He's got a big creep factor going on, moreso this episode than "Vengeance", partly because he's got the whole "Teyla, we're meant to beeeeeee together, here's some raw meat as a token of my love!" thing going on. What the hell do you call that ship anyway? Teyceal? Myla? Sounds like I'm choking on food either way. Oh well, portmanteau names annoy me anyway.
Did I drool over Michael? (Yes, it is a separate question). That was a unequivocal resounding YES. Damn Connor Trineer, maybe it was the eerie blue lighting, or the fact that half your face isn't covered in prosthetics, but to quote another episode of SGA:
"Wow! She's hot! I mean, seriously hot!"
"Rodney, you're drooling over a Wraith!"
"I know -- I disgust myself sometimes."
Sorry, /gratuitous "Aurora" references.
And then of course, there was the squee that was team bonding this episode. Ronon's proud grin that he "one-upped" McKay on the way to Township Bazaar cracked my mother up so much that she asked for him for Christmas. (Something I plan on totally getting her, because srsly, pewter statue or action figure.) Rodney's gift to Teyla was adorable, and I was surprised he did such a nice wrapping job on it. That, or he possibly got one of his lab monkeys to do it for him.
Oh, right, the big "surprise". Loved the expressions on everyone's faces (and Carson's casual "What took you so long?" indignation, followed by the look of "Um, why do you all look like you've seen a ghost? ...guys?")
Let's see, do I still love Todd? Hrm, yes, yes I do. Put a check mark there.
Do I love still love Michael? Well, not sure on that one. He's got a big creep factor going on, moreso this episode than "Vengeance", partly because he's got the whole "Teyla, we're meant to beeeeeee together, here's some raw meat as a token of my love!" thing going on. What the hell do you call that ship anyway? Teyceal? Myla? Sounds like I'm choking on food either way. Oh well, portmanteau names annoy me anyway.
Did I drool over Michael? (Yes, it is a separate question). That was a unequivocal resounding YES. Damn Connor Trineer, maybe it was the eerie blue lighting, or the fact that half your face isn't covered in prosthetics, but to quote another episode of SGA:
"Wow! She's hot! I mean, seriously hot!"
"Rodney, you're drooling over a Wraith!"
"I know -- I disgust myself sometimes."
Sorry, /gratuitous "Aurora" references.
And then of course, there was the squee that was team bonding this episode. Ronon's proud grin that he "one-upped" McKay on the way to Township Bazaar cracked my mother up so much that she asked for him for Christmas. (Something I plan on totally getting her, because srsly, pewter statue or action figure.) Rodney's gift to Teyla was adorable, and I was surprised he did such a nice wrapping job on it. That, or he possibly got one of his lab monkeys to do it for him.
Oh, right, the big "surprise". Loved the expressions on everyone's faces (and Carson's casual "What took you so long?" indignation, followed by the look of "Um, why do you all look like you've seen a ghost? ...guys?")
My final thought of the night isn't necessarily episode-related, just slightly ranty. Okay, I'm starting to get a little annoyed with the SciFi promos. I mean, it's one thing to throw episode spoilers at us like there's no tomorrow. It's another to just be stupid. I just about threw my remote at the TV the other week when they said that Ronon needed to "pass a Stargate exam".
Rly? Stargate Exam? Is it multiple choice, on scantron? Y/Y? Was the worry that he would forget a #2 pencil? Or did that IOA bastard make it fill-in-the-blank without providing a word bank? Because those suck so much more than the pure essay exams. Forget the Teal'c-Ronon Ultimate Smackdown or the whole invasion of Earth thing, Ronon better pass his midterm!
Next up is for this week's. Something something something "...or is it a replicator plot?" *Teyla gets scooped up by a dart* *Five seconds later the entire US is spoiled for the last five minutes of the episode*.
For the love of god, who is writing their copy? I mean, sure, someone who doesn't watch the show every week might not realize that the Replicators don't have darts, or you know, the fact that they've been wiped from existence (except for RepliWeir and her Leather Jacket of Deceit). But what about that poor viewer who didn't realize this, and got really excited about Teyla being trapped in that Replicator plot? Don't they feel lied to?
Of course, next week we worry that Carson is a Replicator. And despite there being some actual credence in that being a concern plot-wise, I've just been burned too many times to get excited. I mean, I was hoping Teyla and Oberoth were going to have a scathing conversation about how he abducted her people and turned them into mindless Replicator-human hybrids. Oh wait, we just did that.
Can't wait to see what those crazy Replicators have cooked up for "Last Man" though. I can see it now. "Next week on Stargate Atlantis <insert the whole plot summary here>. Will Atlantis survive, or will it be destroyed by Replicators? Duhn duhn duhhhh!" All right, I'll stop now.
Rly? Stargate Exam? Is it multiple choice, on scantron? Y/Y? Was the worry that he would forget a #2 pencil? Or did that IOA bastard make it fill-in-the-blank without providing a word bank? Because those suck so much more than the pure essay exams. Forget the Teal'c-Ronon Ultimate Smackdown or the whole invasion of Earth thing, Ronon better pass his midterm!
Next up is for this week's. Something something something "...or is it a replicator plot?" *Teyla gets scooped up by a dart* *Five seconds later the entire US is spoiled for the last five minutes of the episode*.
For the love of god, who is writing their copy? I mean, sure, someone who doesn't watch the show every week might not realize that the Replicators don't have darts, or you know, the fact that they've been wiped from existence (except for RepliWeir and her Leather Jacket of Deceit). But what about that poor viewer who didn't realize this, and got really excited about Teyla being trapped in that Replicator plot? Don't they feel lied to?
Of course, next week we worry that Carson is a Replicator. And despite there being some actual credence in that being a concern plot-wise, I've just been burned too many times to get excited. I mean, I was hoping Teyla and Oberoth were going to have a scathing conversation about how he abducted her people and turned them into mindless Replicator-human hybrids. Oh wait, we just did that.
Can't wait to see what those crazy Replicators have cooked up for "Last Man" though. I can see it now. "Next week on Stargate Atlantis <insert the whole plot summary here>. Will Atlantis survive, or will it be destroyed by Replicators? Duhn duhn duhhhh!" All right, I'll stop now.
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Wrote a bigger review then I thought tonight, but am clueless how they're going to explain things. I'll add that Joe M writes very bad screenplays but this time he did a nice seamless job with all the plot points that needed to come together.
The vision thing yeah I agree, kind was a little silly, but oh well.
Teyla's visions has been a big part of her Wraith DNA thing for better or for worse. Though they did explain why she hooked up with her current man because of their 'gift' that was a nice tidbit.
Teyla kicked ass, team Sheppard dealt with Todd, Carson's been waiting a long time!
It was a fun.
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Vision thing, well... at least they tied it together with Michael at the end. Which is kind of amusing, because Michael's planting this fruity romantic type visions (well, except for the first). I also like that Kanaan had the gift. She mentioned in the pilot that some other people did, hers was just the strongest.
I agree, it was a fun episode. Can't wait for next week's.
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Yes! The promo people are clueless! The absolute worst was one for an SG-1 episode. I won't bore you with details.
I really, really enjoyed last night (I think being prepared to hate it utterly helped), but I feel cheated for not getting more Carson. I'll tell Mallozzi so when I mosey on over to his blog. His is a way lower priority than my friends' blogs.
Next week: our theory vindicated!
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Please do! I like ranting about misleading promos. They realy peeve me, because they're not that hard to do without either being misleading or giving away the whole story.
I felt kind of cheated too (after I got over the two hour hiatus between halves of the program), especially when I realized that this "counted" towards our Carson appearance. Geez. Way to mislead, JM.
Next week: our theory vindicated!
Unless he made those rewrites, just to spite us!
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Knowing the solution to the puzzle from the preview turned a very weak episode into a terrible one, at least for me and BH.
You may have seen that I did leave a little comment about Mallozzi's saying Carson would be in both episodes: technically correct, but misleading and disappointing. He didn't pick me for Mailbag. Gee, wonder why?
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They really should fire whoever does the promos for SGA. I mean, they so killed the one for Tao that despite being one of the awesomemest episodes ever, the rating were near nill.
You so had to see the whole Michael going psycho coming, I mean, heaven forbid Sci-Fi do something original like, oh I don't know, maybe making Michael actually sane just wanting to kill lots of people and rule the universs.
Oh well, saw that one coming so I'm not so surprised. Love Todd, who can not love Todd.
Rodney is always so cute. First in Trio and now this. Cute, cute, cute. What can I say, I can't get enough of McKay.
Love Teyla, love Ronon and really I'm just a whole mount of lovles right now. I think I'll give myself a big huge hug. Huggles!
I have so many spoilers for next week, but I'm holding myself together, yes I am. *goes to corner, stars rocking back and forward laughing evilly, mumbling spoilers by the thousands and banging head on wall* Okay, I'm okay now, *goes back to corner resumes rocking back and forward laughing evilly, mumbling spoilers by the thousands and banging head on wall* Okay, I'm really okay now, *goes back to corner resumes rocking back and forward laughing evilly, mumbling spoilers by the thousands and banging head on wall* Okay, I'm good!
So can't wait to see if my theories hold up. And Carson better not be some clone, or replicator . . . that would really frizzle my frizzis. Hehe!
BTW, where is the story, I demand story, now! *stomps foot on floor* Where's story, must see story now!
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Funny you should say that ;)
As for the psycho Michael... I don't know, I'm not sure if he's completely psycho and thinks he and Teyla are MFEO, or if he's perhaps messing with her mind, for whatever reason. Possibly having to do with her baby.
I'm pretty sure Carson's not a Replicator, but the whole clone thing... not sure. I want it to be the real Carson, that way we get back OUR Carson. But if he's the real one and one was switched out (at some point) with a clone, does that mean that for part of Season 3 we didn't actually have our Carson, just a poser? Agh, Catch-22!