"Well, what's not to like?"
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stillaneSo, that up there? Pretty much describes my reaction to SGA 4x17. Minus, you know, the screaming, flailing, falling-down glee. It's like they went through a checklist of the coolest things known to man and tossed them in one at a time.
Sweaty battle of the titans? Check. Old friends? Check. Old sort-of-friends? Check. Bonding between large, manly forces of nature? Check. Moments of universe in peril? Check. John going commando, Rodney being kickass in the field, a woobie moment of doom? Check, check, and check.
The play-by-play version:
- We all knew it was coming. Nothing screams "Really Bad Idea" like building a highway bypass straight between the bad guys and the place you're trying to keep them away from. Oh, show. We love you when you're smart about being stupid.
- Teyla! We missed you! And you're homicidal. Heh. Also, the fact that John looks both furious and darkly amused is nice. He's protective, like you are of family, but well aware that she could snap the guy like a twig. Along with the horse he rode in on.
- Although, Teyla still thinking about not coming back is sad-making.
- Teal'c the inspirational speaker. Mwahaha. If the program ever gets declassified, you know he's in line for a place on the business conference and high school circuit. He'd rock. Can you picture his Don't Do Drugs approach?
- Sam and Teal'c don't hug when he comes through. That's just not natural. They're both very conscious of her place there, and I like that nod to change, even if it makes me wince a little. I also like watching them loosen up.
- Ronon meeting Teal'c took me back to the conversation with Elizabeth when he first joined them. He really does have an M.O. for dealing with authority figures he doesn't trust, doesn't he? I love that Teal'c is supposed to get flustered, and completely fails to, and that it's not entirely a maneuver in their developing pissing contest. The Pissy Silence and Glare Technique just doesn't work so well on the silently inquisitive type.
- Desert planet! Can we have more desert planets, please? I like them. They are visually arresting.
- Tater tots. *snort*
- Ronon, honey, you're smarter than that. I love how nobody in the cafeteria thinks about moving - lemmings don't last out here - they just call in reinforcements. I also love that Sheppard's answer to the problem is to let them whack it out of each other. Oh, John. God help us all if you ever do have kids.
- Chuck the bookie! Hee.
- The fighting. Jesus. That's kind of obscenely hot, isn't it?
- I love that no one in the room looks even vaguely ashamed when their commander walks in. Bummed when she stops it, yeah, but not embarrassed. And Chuck is making odds in the background the whole time. *dies* Also, international money! Nice work, props people!
- Sulky Ronon is hilarious. He's half a breath from "But Mooooooom!", and then there's the "I hate you." *cackles*
- Hug! They get there eventually. Original team still gives me a warm fuzzy, even after all this time.
- Kavanagh! Hi! You're a twerp, but we're attached to you. It's even better when we can watch Bill Lee lay the smack down on you. Also, like the hair.
- Anybody else get a prison cell feeling when Teal'c and Ronon get settled into their quarters? I wonder who gets to be nicknamed Tiny?
- I love that Lee and Kavanagh and Nameless Bearded Guy stand around out of genuine shock and dismay. Meanwhile, the alarms start going off and you can watch Teal'c and Ronon think, Here we go again, before they sigh and get to work.
- I like the parallel between the first time Teal'c and Rodney shared a storyline, with the whole disappearing-though-the-gate-to-the-unknown bit.
- For a second there in the Midway control room, it was like watching Wraith!John and Wraith!Rodney. ("Fix it." "But it's haaaard. I need to let you know that it's hard so that you don't get pissed when it doesn't happen right away." "Don't care. Fix it." "Oh, fine. Crankbait.")
- I have developed a serious thing for the night shots of the city this season. Preeeetty.
- Todd. Oooh. So he did screw them over. Ouch.
- Oh, poor Nameless Bearded Guy. We hardly knew you, but we knew you were toast from the second we saw the lineup of dinner options. Sorry.
- When I first saw the dinosaur egg grenade, I thought bomb. One of these days, I'm going to remember that the Wraith are really just out for a free lunch. I keep thinking in Goa'uld terms.
- Rodney going into the field as a military guy, and John just taking him along easy as breathing, is maybe one of my favorite devices ever. Yes. *glees*
- The patented McKay-Sheppard We Are So Fucked Look when they find out Todd sold them out is great.
- Teal'c checks on Walter, even though he knows everybody's just been knocked out. Aw.
- Rodney is clearly not happy that John's going off on his own. Man, I love our canon.
- Indeed. Heh. The idea that a trademark Teal'c-ism is really just something he hasn't noticed he does makes me giggle. I kind of picture him from here on out keeping a running tally of daily "indeed"s. Or asking Daniel to do it for him. Linguist, after all.
- Gun envy. *snort*
- Kavanaugh screwing them all over by virtue of thinking he's smarter than Rodney... They're reading the fic now, aren't they?
- Not that I'm complaining, because I like a good asshole antagonist as much as anybody, but how did Coolidge manage to wake up before everyone else?
- Oh. My. God. That venting bit. Just. Breathy Johnvoice. Rodney hating the plan beyond all belief. "John." The fact that that conversation is entirely between the two of them, weirdly private. John keeling over to the Music of Sadness. Rodney looking exactly like he did way back at the beginning when the world was ending with a jumper and a nuclear bomb. Lee noticing, and for the first time in the episode changing gears and going soft and professional. Have I mentioned I love our damn canon? Oh, boys.
- The fact that Rodney's last in line to get to the jumper brings me up short. Rodney's never last in line. He's either delaying to find John, or because he doesn't want to know John's not in that jumper.
- "What's taking him so long?"... Rodney was busy holding John against a wall and breathing, hands twined into fabric and hair to stop their shaking. Sheppard was busy letting him. I will believe that until proven otherwise.
- I love the ceiling drop and instant control of the situation. It's the little things.
- Anybody else having trouble getting a handle on Coolidge? I get him as a condescending jerk, I get him as a tightly-wound wuss, but how do we get from there to the willingness to bear Ronon's babies? Is he just worried Ronon will out him as a coward? Is he honestly just impressed, now that he's had time to calm down and think about the fact that he almost blew them all up rather than allowing the experts to shoot fish in their own concrete barrel? Huh.
- Proud papa Teal'c is adorable.
- Sleeping!Sheppard = aw. He's curled up like a little kid, which makes Ronon's wake up call totally appropriate. Ronon is a wet willy kind of guy.
- So, let me get this straight. (Heh.) John went to his room and locked the door so that the other kids wouldn't bother him and he could listen to his tunes in peace. However, Rodney could get in at any time. Ergo, Rodney was allowed in the clubhouse. Wonder how John got that tired...
In summary:
Show! This season, guys. This season is going to break me into little pieces of squee and I am going to love every minute of it. *happy sigh*
The play-by-play version:
- We all knew it was coming. Nothing screams "Really Bad Idea" like building a highway bypass straight between the bad guys and the place you're trying to keep them away from. Oh, show. We love you when you're smart about being stupid.
- Teyla! We missed you! And you're homicidal. Heh. Also, the fact that John looks both furious and darkly amused is nice. He's protective, like you are of family, but well aware that she could snap the guy like a twig. Along with the horse he rode in on.
- Although, Teyla still thinking about not coming back is sad-making.
- Teal'c the inspirational speaker. Mwahaha. If the program ever gets declassified, you know he's in line for a place on the business conference and high school circuit. He'd rock. Can you picture his Don't Do Drugs approach?
- Sam and Teal'c don't hug when he comes through. That's just not natural. They're both very conscious of her place there, and I like that nod to change, even if it makes me wince a little. I also like watching them loosen up.
- Ronon meeting Teal'c took me back to the conversation with Elizabeth when he first joined them. He really does have an M.O. for dealing with authority figures he doesn't trust, doesn't he? I love that Teal'c is supposed to get flustered, and completely fails to, and that it's not entirely a maneuver in their developing pissing contest. The Pissy Silence and Glare Technique just doesn't work so well on the silently inquisitive type.
- Desert planet! Can we have more desert planets, please? I like them. They are visually arresting.
- Tater tots. *snort*
- Ronon, honey, you're smarter than that. I love how nobody in the cafeteria thinks about moving - lemmings don't last out here - they just call in reinforcements. I also love that Sheppard's answer to the problem is to let them whack it out of each other. Oh, John. God help us all if you ever do have kids.
- Chuck the bookie! Hee.
- The fighting. Jesus. That's kind of obscenely hot, isn't it?
- I love that no one in the room looks even vaguely ashamed when their commander walks in. Bummed when she stops it, yeah, but not embarrassed. And Chuck is making odds in the background the whole time. *dies* Also, international money! Nice work, props people!
- Sulky Ronon is hilarious. He's half a breath from "But Mooooooom!", and then there's the "I hate you." *cackles*
- Hug! They get there eventually. Original team still gives me a warm fuzzy, even after all this time.
- Kavanagh! Hi! You're a twerp, but we're attached to you. It's even better when we can watch Bill Lee lay the smack down on you. Also, like the hair.
- Anybody else get a prison cell feeling when Teal'c and Ronon get settled into their quarters? I wonder who gets to be nicknamed Tiny?
- I love that Lee and Kavanagh and Nameless Bearded Guy stand around out of genuine shock and dismay. Meanwhile, the alarms start going off and you can watch Teal'c and Ronon think, Here we go again, before they sigh and get to work.
- I like the parallel between the first time Teal'c and Rodney shared a storyline, with the whole disappearing-though-the-gate-to-the-unknown bit.
- For a second there in the Midway control room, it was like watching Wraith!John and Wraith!Rodney. ("Fix it." "But it's haaaard. I need to let you know that it's hard so that you don't get pissed when it doesn't happen right away." "Don't care. Fix it." "Oh, fine. Crankbait.")
- I have developed a serious thing for the night shots of the city this season. Preeeetty.
- Todd. Oooh. So he did screw them over. Ouch.
- Oh, poor Nameless Bearded Guy. We hardly knew you, but we knew you were toast from the second we saw the lineup of dinner options. Sorry.
- When I first saw the dinosaur egg grenade, I thought bomb. One of these days, I'm going to remember that the Wraith are really just out for a free lunch. I keep thinking in Goa'uld terms.
- Rodney going into the field as a military guy, and John just taking him along easy as breathing, is maybe one of my favorite devices ever. Yes. *glees*
- The patented McKay-Sheppard We Are So Fucked Look when they find out Todd sold them out is great.
- Teal'c checks on Walter, even though he knows everybody's just been knocked out. Aw.
- Rodney is clearly not happy that John's going off on his own. Man, I love our canon.
- Indeed. Heh. The idea that a trademark Teal'c-ism is really just something he hasn't noticed he does makes me giggle. I kind of picture him from here on out keeping a running tally of daily "indeed"s. Or asking Daniel to do it for him. Linguist, after all.
- Gun envy. *snort*
- Kavanaugh screwing them all over by virtue of thinking he's smarter than Rodney... They're reading the fic now, aren't they?
- Not that I'm complaining, because I like a good asshole antagonist as much as anybody, but how did Coolidge manage to wake up before everyone else?
- Oh. My. God. That venting bit. Just. Breathy Johnvoice. Rodney hating the plan beyond all belief. "John." The fact that that conversation is entirely between the two of them, weirdly private. John keeling over to the Music of Sadness. Rodney looking exactly like he did way back at the beginning when the world was ending with a jumper and a nuclear bomb. Lee noticing, and for the first time in the episode changing gears and going soft and professional. Have I mentioned I love our damn canon? Oh, boys.
- The fact that Rodney's last in line to get to the jumper brings me up short. Rodney's never last in line. He's either delaying to find John, or because he doesn't want to know John's not in that jumper.
- "What's taking him so long?"... Rodney was busy holding John against a wall and breathing, hands twined into fabric and hair to stop their shaking. Sheppard was busy letting him. I will believe that until proven otherwise.
- I love the ceiling drop and instant control of the situation. It's the little things.
- Anybody else having trouble getting a handle on Coolidge? I get him as a condescending jerk, I get him as a tightly-wound wuss, but how do we get from there to the willingness to bear Ronon's babies? Is he just worried Ronon will out him as a coward? Is he honestly just impressed, now that he's had time to calm down and think about the fact that he almost blew them all up rather than allowing the experts to shoot fish in their own concrete barrel? Huh.
- Proud papa Teal'c is adorable.
- Sleeping!Sheppard = aw. He's curled up like a little kid, which makes Ronon's wake up call totally appropriate. Ronon is a wet willy kind of guy.
- So, let me get this straight. (Heh.) John went to his room and locked the door so that the other kids wouldn't bother him and he could listen to his tunes in peace. However, Rodney could get in at any time. Ergo, Rodney was allowed in the clubhouse. Wonder how John got that tired...
In summary:
Show! This season, guys. This season is going to break me into little pieces of squee and I am going to love every minute of it. *happy sigh*
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