Well, that was fast. I'm getting so many Hope flashbacks from Xena, and I hope (no pun intended) this won't be too similar. The rapidly-aging-child-of-destiny needs a new twist.
Oh, no kidding! How many times has this been done now? And has it ever actually been done well?
Probably not, it's a horrible idea no matter who's writing it.
*dies* The shot of that massive ship coming towards Sam, floating in space like she is, so small...that cracked me up. That was probably completely and utterly scientifically impossible, but it was still cool. Heh.
Yeah, I am so not going to touch all the ways in which Sam should have been flattened into a little gritty paste in that bit, but it was a neat concept.
I am vastly amused by the differences in our reactions to the SG:A premiere. I really like Sheppard, but I do agree he has no business being even nominally in charge of the Atlantis military. Of course, I also think that Elizabeth has no business being in charge of Atlantis, either, and the pair of them just make my head hurt with their utter idiocy.
Caldwell, otoh, totally rocks. Of course, it helps that I've been a huuuge fan of Mitch Pileggi from his X-Files days. He just does solid, quiet competence so well, and that's something that Atlantis needs desperately.
It saved them, but turning an entire ship of Wraith into humans (and blank ones at that) still creeps me out.
Yeah, no kidding, though I'm glad to see from the teaser for next week that Carson is finally showing signs of an actual conscience about the whole virus thing because, dammit, somebody needed to. It always appalled me how quickly the whole senior staff fell into line about using biological weapons, with no-one voicing even the slightest ethical objection. Hell, forget ethics, what about sheer practicality? Viruses mutate, it's in their job description, and this sucker's airborne to begin with. Someone should have at least had reservations about it, if only for their own personal safety.
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Date: 2006-07-15 05:07 pm (UTC)Oh, no kidding! How many times has this been done now? And has it ever actually been done well?
Probably not, it's a horrible idea no matter who's writing it.
*dies* The shot of that massive ship coming towards Sam, floating in space like she is, so small...that cracked me up. That was probably completely and utterly scientifically impossible, but it was still cool. Heh.
Yeah, I am so not going to touch all the ways in which Sam should have been flattened into a little gritty paste in that bit, but it was a neat concept.
I am vastly amused by the differences in our reactions to the SG:A premiere. I really like Sheppard, but I do agree he has no business being even nominally in charge of the Atlantis military. Of course, I also think that Elizabeth has no business being in charge of Atlantis, either, and the pair of them just make my head hurt with their utter idiocy.
Caldwell, otoh, totally rocks. Of course, it helps that I've been a huuuge fan of Mitch Pileggi from his X-Files days. He just does solid, quiet competence so well, and that's something that Atlantis needs desperately.
It saved them, but turning an entire ship of Wraith into humans (and blank ones at that) still creeps me out.
Yeah, no kidding, though I'm glad to see from the teaser for next week that Carson is finally showing signs of an actual conscience about the whole virus thing because, dammit, somebody needed to. It always appalled me how quickly the whole senior staff fell into line about using biological weapons, with no-one voicing even the slightest ethical objection. Hell, forget ethics, what about sheer practicality? Viruses mutate, it's in their job description, and this sucker's airborne to begin with. Someone should have at least had reservations about it, if only for their own personal safety.