Stargate 8x12
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corilannamThoughts a little late on this one, because I passed out last night before the opening credits on Atlantis.
So last week I didn't post anything about Gemini, mostly because I couldn't get up the gumption to say much more than "Sam stupid. Jack stupid. Teal'c's Biceps pretty."
I was a little worried about Prometheus Unbound after I saw a bunch of initial hating of it from parts of my flist, but then I watched it, and OMG how could I not love this episode? It was like the anti-Gemini, and I really appreciate getting a bit of an antidote after sitting through that piece of... well, yeah.
But here! Not a single shot of Sam Carter! And unfortunately, also not a single shot of Teal'c's Biceps, which is shame because I think they only need one more episode before they get their own SAG card.
So no Sam and no Teal'c leaves us with... Jack and Daniel! Ohh, that first scene was a balm to my soul for all the hurts season 8 has inflicted on me. We had to rewind it at least 4 or 5 times before we could even go on with the rest of the episode. Classic, classic Jack/Daniel -- in fine bickering form, just arguing for the sake of arguing because they both know that neither of them is going to budge an inch. Dare I say... foreplay?
And then Hammond! A big squee for General Hammond! I was thinking during Gemini that a big part of the problem was that Jack seemed like he was still waiting for Hammond to come back and make all the hard general-ly decisions for him. And this sort of confirmed that, but it was so cute that I didn't mind. Poor Jack. Hammond showed up for five minutes and took away Daniel, Walter, and the comfy chair.
And I just love that Hammond pretty much wants to go on his own galactic road trip before retiring. After 8 years of watching Jack have all the fun, who can blame him?
Homeworld Security. Oy. Hiccup Lady -- okay, sometimes funny, but mostly oy. "Damn it to hell!"
I love that Hammond sends Daniel, of all people, to confront the intruder. But it turned out to be a good choice, because check out those hair-trigger diving reflexes! Nobody can get the hell out of the way like Daniel.
A corollary to that is his "oh shit not again" expression the instant before the zat blast hits him.
"It's kinda kill first and... no, that's generally just about it. Just the killing." That's our Daniel, snark in the face of certain death. For all their differences, he and Jack really do share a certain basic life philosophy.
"But you are very attractive." "You're not my type, and I'm more than a little disturbed that I might be yours." Somewhere between those two lines, I think I might have fallen off my chair laughing.
And hey look! It's Claudia Black! And looking exceptionally hot in the tight black thing, even if Daniel doesn't really seem interested (his expression is really more like vague alarm while she's trying to seduce him). This could mean that a) he's finally learned his lesson about dangerous alien babes who want his fine bod, or that b) he doesn't want Jack any more pissed at him when he gets home than he's already going to be, or that c) she's already been snaked and survived it, so she no longer qualifies as a potential Daniel Jackson romantic partner.
Action hero!Hammond! Yay! Who's your granddaddy? (Sorry.)
The catfight (because really, what else can I call it?) left me in stitches. CB and MS have great comedic chemistry. My favorite moment was when Daniel comes crawling around the console, sees her, then turns around to crawl the other way.
"I kept my eyes closed the whole time." "Sure you did." And then the head squishing! Whereupon I again nearly fell out of my chair.
I really like Vala's backstory (assuming any of it is true). It's always cool to see the broader galactic political workings of the Goa'uld and Tok'ra.
"Name's Olo. Hans Olo." Well, of course it is. But Daniel, Daniel, Daniel, *why* didn't you grab the naqada? Don't you know what a great reconciliation present that would have made for your boyfriend when you get back to Earth? Hans Olo would have taken the naqada.
"Daniel, whatever happens, I just want you to know -- *zat*" Good boy! Don't even let her get started with the platitudes.
So overall, I really just loved this episode. Sure, it was silly and slapsticky, but it was exactly what I needed to get my SG love fired up again. Wheee!
And next week, Maybourne! Finally!
And now I have to go watch Atlantis, which I understand has been converting people to the McShep left and right all over the place. I think I'm a little scared.
So last week I didn't post anything about Gemini, mostly because I couldn't get up the gumption to say much more than "Sam stupid. Jack stupid. Teal'c's Biceps pretty."
I was a little worried about Prometheus Unbound after I saw a bunch of initial hating of it from parts of my flist, but then I watched it, and OMG how could I not love this episode? It was like the anti-Gemini, and I really appreciate getting a bit of an antidote after sitting through that piece of... well, yeah.
But here! Not a single shot of Sam Carter! And unfortunately, also not a single shot of Teal'c's Biceps, which is shame because I think they only need one more episode before they get their own SAG card.
So no Sam and no Teal'c leaves us with... Jack and Daniel! Ohh, that first scene was a balm to my soul for all the hurts season 8 has inflicted on me. We had to rewind it at least 4 or 5 times before we could even go on with the rest of the episode. Classic, classic Jack/Daniel -- in fine bickering form, just arguing for the sake of arguing because they both know that neither of them is going to budge an inch. Dare I say... foreplay?
And then Hammond! A big squee for General Hammond! I was thinking during Gemini that a big part of the problem was that Jack seemed like he was still waiting for Hammond to come back and make all the hard general-ly decisions for him. And this sort of confirmed that, but it was so cute that I didn't mind. Poor Jack. Hammond showed up for five minutes and took away Daniel, Walter, and the comfy chair.
And I just love that Hammond pretty much wants to go on his own galactic road trip before retiring. After 8 years of watching Jack have all the fun, who can blame him?
Homeworld Security. Oy. Hiccup Lady -- okay, sometimes funny, but mostly oy. "Damn it to hell!"
I love that Hammond sends Daniel, of all people, to confront the intruder. But it turned out to be a good choice, because check out those hair-trigger diving reflexes! Nobody can get the hell out of the way like Daniel.
A corollary to that is his "oh shit not again" expression the instant before the zat blast hits him.
"It's kinda kill first and... no, that's generally just about it. Just the killing." That's our Daniel, snark in the face of certain death. For all their differences, he and Jack really do share a certain basic life philosophy.
"But you are very attractive." "You're not my type, and I'm more than a little disturbed that I might be yours." Somewhere between those two lines, I think I might have fallen off my chair laughing.
And hey look! It's Claudia Black! And looking exceptionally hot in the tight black thing, even if Daniel doesn't really seem interested (his expression is really more like vague alarm while she's trying to seduce him). This could mean that a) he's finally learned his lesson about dangerous alien babes who want his fine bod, or that b) he doesn't want Jack any more pissed at him when he gets home than he's already going to be, or that c) she's already been snaked and survived it, so she no longer qualifies as a potential Daniel Jackson romantic partner.
Action hero!Hammond! Yay! Who's your granddaddy? (Sorry.)
The catfight (because really, what else can I call it?) left me in stitches. CB and MS have great comedic chemistry. My favorite moment was when Daniel comes crawling around the console, sees her, then turns around to crawl the other way.
"I kept my eyes closed the whole time." "Sure you did." And then the head squishing! Whereupon I again nearly fell out of my chair.
I really like Vala's backstory (assuming any of it is true). It's always cool to see the broader galactic political workings of the Goa'uld and Tok'ra.
"Name's Olo. Hans Olo." Well, of course it is. But Daniel, Daniel, Daniel, *why* didn't you grab the naqada? Don't you know what a great reconciliation present that would have made for your boyfriend when you get back to Earth? Hans Olo would have taken the naqada.
"Daniel, whatever happens, I just want you to know -- *zat*" Good boy! Don't even let her get started with the platitudes.
So overall, I really just loved this episode. Sure, it was silly and slapsticky, but it was exactly what I needed to get my SG love fired up again. Wheee!
And next week, Maybourne! Finally!
And now I have to go watch Atlantis, which I understand has been converting people to the McShep left and right all over the place. I think I'm a little scared.
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Date: 2005-01-30 04:56 pm (UTC)however - i'm so sick of all things relationship and love life on this show i don't want any of it. especially not for daniel. (unless hell were to freeze and jack and daniel were to shag like bunnies. then i guess i could deal with it. *bg* what? i'm baised! *g*) i want stargate, not as the gate turns! ;)
and han/luke is just... i dunno, doesn't do much for me seeing as how they yell "brotherly" to me instead. but i'll appreciate the slashiness of it that others see to apply it to jack and daniel. *g*