It isn't as if Vala's seductress act is working well on the guys, either.
Yes. Men like sports. Men watch the action movie, they eat of the beef, and enjoy to look at the bosoms. A thousand years of avenging our wrongs and that's all you've learned?
Xander ,'End of Days'
Boxed Set, Vol. II: "It's a Cookbook...A Cookbook!!"
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Betsy HP - Aug 10, 2005 12:33:21 pm PDT #3065 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
DCJensen - Aug 10, 2005 12:38:17 pm PDT #3066 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
She seems to enjoy trying, tho.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 10, 2005 12:43:44 pm PDT #3067 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
There's a corrollary for guys with the "good old boy" type who golfs and martini lunches his way to business success, but I don't think it's nearly as widespread a thing.
I did hear DJs talking yesterday about a study that found women who wear revealing clothing and give neck massages at work are far less likely to be promoted than those who rely on their work record. There may be a lower glass ceiling for the office flirt based on the lack of respect such behavior from both genders, even if one finds the attention appealing in a personal sense.
Betsy HP - Aug 10, 2005 12:45:57 pm PDT #3068 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I read an essay that said the odd/unique thing about Marilyn Monroe was not that she was a sexpot, but that she was a sexpot women didn't resent. It's tricky playing the ditzy blonde without making other women hate you. Goldie Hawn and Drew Barrymore seem to have pulled it off successfully.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 10, 2005 12:49:05 pm PDT #3069 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
It isn't as if Vala's seductress act is working well on the guys, either.
It's not working to the extent that she would like, but tell me with a straight face that Cameron or Gen. Baker Boy would have tolerated for a lengthy period the presence of a male alien that caused that much trouble and kept popping back up to flirt with Sam or Lexa's character amid the troublemaking.
Betsy HP - Aug 10, 2005 12:50:50 pm PDT #3070 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
How early did she put the bracelets on? I think that's the only pretext keeping her there.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 10, 2005 12:55:19 pm PDT #3071 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
You have a point there, although I still don't think they would have extended nearly the freedom of movement or action to a guy as they did to Vala. On their missions to Glastonbury and in the latest ep, they were pretty much already treating her like one of the team, albeit a team member that annoyed everyone.
Consuela - Aug 10, 2005 1:42:34 pm PDT #3072 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
She put the bracelets on very early indeed.
And yes, even Daniel appears to have forgotten that she broke out of the brig on the Daedalus and incapacitated an entire security team -- without a weapon -- before making her escape. She's far from helpless, physically, despite the Xander-Harmony slapfight with Daniel.
Betsy HP - Aug 10, 2005 1:48:24 pm PDT #3073 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Leaving aside the meta of everybody-loves-Claudia, why did she come there? What was her goal in seeking out SG-1?
Katie M - Aug 10, 2005 1:53:02 pm PDT #3074 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
The character? Money, supposedly; she wanted to force Daniel to help her find this treasure (the thing they went hunting for in Glastonbury).