...is the slash in House intentional?

I mean - damn. This is very, very slashy indeed. VERY slashy. "Are we breaking up, now?" And, my God, that whole conversation about whether House can handle the fact that Wilson is seeing this girl - my GOODNESS. I am still taken aback by how texty this is. To the point that I'm now trying to wrap my head around how it could be anything other than slashy, and actively seeking out the het interpretation.

...and I've got to say, I'm quite enjoying the House/Brunette stuff. Er. Not enough to have really remembered what her name is, mind. But I rather like their relationship, the way it's developed so far.

eta ... so in this episode of House, we have the girl who played Anne/Lily in BtVS/AtS and the guy who played the old wizard in Carnivale. ...and, wow, they still manage to fit in Jealous!House bitching about Wilson talking to girls! Wow.

...so, anyone got any ideas where I could find episodes of Season 2 SGA to download?

I've just stumbled upon the LJ community stargate_eps. Quite handy, I like it better than Torrent.

Speaking of which, has anyone seen Wraithal Discrimination? It's a bonus feature on the S1 UK DVDs. Very funny. I like how everyone was saying they'd date a Wraith, but only DH felt like he had to qualify that by saying, "One of the females". Heh.

re: the latest eps, I thought they were ok, SGA was much more entertaining though, as it has been almost the entire season so far.

SG-1: It was cute at first, but even I started getting annoyed with Daniel for being so humorless self-righteous.

Vala's big!emotional!hairball - ehhh. I liked her better when she was cheerfully amoral, not all plucky-little-match girl.

Boring are the Bore-i. The very powerful villains who speak.. like.. this. zzzzz

Teal'c/CJ is so funny. I feel like he's just fulfilling some contractual obligation by appearing in as few scenes as possible. But I *still* laugh almost every time he says "indeed". I love how he makes it so full of expression and it sounds like he's being very wise, but really it's not that much content.

Overall, I still wonder where the show went. I barely recognize it now. But last year was kind of boring, so even though this season has been pretty random so far, I'd rather watch something new and amusing than familiar & boring. Of COURSE I still miss Jack. A lot. Not missing Sam as much tho, don't know why 'cause I do like her.

SGA - Nowhere near as fascinating as last week's ep, the actual plot and story of this one was mostly ho-hum - but it was totally worth watching for the shriek-with-laughter moments of pure slash, such as:

Rodney: "Some countries still do [execute prisoners]" Sheppard: (rolling eyes) "Do we have to get into *that* again?" - like they normally spend all day hanging out in bed at the coffeehouse debating the ethics of capital punishment

Also the bit right before that when Rodney said, "I prefer lethal injection. Although I do have a certain fondness for the electric chair," (glance at John) "call me romantic." And Shep smirked so hard I thought his face would fall off. I bet he'll make fun of Rodney for that - when they're getting all romantic on the blue "electric" chair back at Atlantis.

Ronan: "Is that an order - SIR?" Sheppard: "No, it's just something you shouldn't do. Unless you NEED it to be an order, then Yes, it is - okay?" (sexy glare of UST) Ronan: "Okay" (stoned surfer-boy stare of hot, smoldering resentment and UST)

Prison!Island!LeaderDude: "I know your type. You whine and complain about everything so much that when you finally achieve a miracle all your incredibly hard work really gets you a lot of credit." Rodney: "Well, that may be true sometimes but this time I really can't do it. You're asking me to achieve the impossible." Sheppard: "He'll fix it." Rodney: (something incredulous) Sheppard: "You really suck at lying." I loved the way he said that - as if he had other reasons to know so. (Fanfic writers, start your engines!)

When they cut to the scene with Shep et al. tied up by the prisoners I cackled so loudly I startled the cats and the bf - those restraints were absurd! There's no way that a) Ronan would ever let himself be taken alive, and b) those bonds would have held him for 2 seconds. They were the flimsiest-looking rawhide ropes EVER. Furthermore it was like the "team" were posed like dolls to best show off their hot little bodies. Not that I'm complaining about that, it was just really, really funny. I also loved the absurd leather cat-collars they wore as part of their "bondage" (pun very much intended). This whole episode was like one big gay in-joke!

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( continues...) I will admit that the prisoner leader dude was kind of ok. His role TOTALLY should have been played by Bruce Campbell though. He had some great lines that would have been delivered so much better by BC. Loved his psychological deconstruction of McKay. When he said the part about "you whine a lot about everything" the bf looked at me and started cracking up - because that's me in a nutshell too.

John's faith in Rodney was so, so cute. He definitely wants to get in Ronan's pants but McKay is still his secret boyfriend.

Finally, the best part of all: the classic sandwiches exchanges. Loved it! How McKay threw in the part about the sandwiches like it was supposed to be so casual and off the cuff, yet we all know how much both of them truly, madly, deeply love sandwiches, and Shep's all "Hells yeah I want a sandwich - you, me and Ronan" and McKay's all "if I must, but you know I really like my men skinny and snarkalicious with pointy ears like a wee sarcastic elf".

Did not care for UnctuousMrOfficialGuy, although new speakingBoyWraith was mildly interesting. Liked how his beard-hairs were twitching like antennae when he talked. Weir and Teyla were more or less extraneous this week. Eh, c'est la vie. I'm enjoying the menfolk even more than usual so I don't mind so much.

Ronan: HOT. And So. Totally. Anti-Teal'c. He dresses, talks and acts like a grungy and slightly rebellious American teenager, I love it! I forgot another great moment: Ronan eating the prisoner's food and Rodney being all "ew" and the Goldilocks joke. But then he's tempted by the "porridge" after all. Classic Rodney. But anyhoo, love Ronan's hair, he's like a great big pretty lion boy. And am intrigued by how he seems to *crave* military-style discipline from Shep. They are SO having BSDM sex in the very near future. Of course, I wasn't one of those people who hated him before he came on, because I never liked Ford that much anyway. Heresy, I know.

Still not watching BSG, so no comments there.

Well, damn. I'm sold. That sounds FABulous. ...While trying to, ah, get ahold of episodes of Season 2, I wandered over to read the Stargate Blog.

Well there’s no fact checker, but all of us here at Stargate do believe we’re breaking new ground this week on Stargate Atlantis. In an effort to compete with Will & Grace, this week’s Atlantis episode, entitled “Duet” offers…

Wait for it!

Two men kissing. In space. Well, in the Pegasus Galaxy at least.

Now, some of the more die-hard fans may know that there’s long and storied history of male-to-male face-touching in Stargate SG-1, although it’s never gone as far as kissing. And there’s a simple reason for that: it’s gross. Just kidding. It’s not gross. It’s just not that commonplace on North American television. And considering the hub-bub it’s likely to cause, one wonders if it’s necessary.

Well, guess what? The writers weren’t sure either. Martin Gero – whiz-kid, writing machine, comic genius and confident heterosexual that he is – wrote the script, and the kiss was in the first draft from day one. But I can tell you that in a later draft, the kiss was notoriously missing. It took some lobbying and some discussion to get that kiss back in there. And guess what? It was the right decision, because it works. It’s a part of the story. It’s funny. It’s brave. And David Hewlett makes it work.

So I checked with Guinness World Records, thinking that the first male-to-male sci-fi screen kiss might be a record, but according to Guiness, “firsts” may or may not be recognized as records. For example, “First woman to reach the North Pole” is a record, but “First British woman to reach the North Pole” isn’t. So I assume the first time two guys locked lips on TV was a record, but my guess is that the folks at Guiness probably won’t differentiate between Sci-fi and other genres, the bastards. I’ll have to check with Martin to see if he wants me to pursue the application…

And what I'm wondering is - IS this the first boy/boy snog on US SciFi TV? Surely Farscape must have gone there? Or on of the Treks? Or, well, somebody?

...anyone?

...Bueller?

One of the Treks? Ha. (No.) Female/female, yes. Riker/androgyne (played by woman), yes.

Farscape had that scene with the finger-licking.

Huh.

Well, jolly good work, SGA. Carry on.

eta

Quantum Leap? Surely?

Quantum Leap? Surely?

Not that I remember. I'd love to be corrected.

Huh.

'kay.

....there really should be more places where the sub text gets to dom for a bit.

eta Watching Duet now.

...Hewlett is basing this on Jack Lemmon in Some Like it Hot, yes?

...Mother of GOD, tell me that this show inspired femmeslash. Please. Because between the Girls' Poker nights and that fabulously Gone With The Winds girl/girl kiss...

Also? Ronan (?sp?), with his man-of-few-words smouldery schtick? Every BIT as much fun as I'd hoped. Heh. It's good that they're not trying to make him do complicated acting stuff.

eta Watching the start of The Condemned. ...Teyla really is QUITE the lucky girl, isn't she? With wall-to-wall hotness on her team. (Sorry, Ford! Wherever you are.) I trust there must be fic?

GUFFAWS.

Okay, enjoying the totally pointless collars and sexy bondage goings on, but NOBODY warned me about Rodney's "What am I, McGyver?" quip.

I think my head just exploded with the meta.

I've compared Hewlett with Jack Lemmon before -- I find a lot of their acting schticks (and strengths) comparable. (Which would make Flanigan Matthau? Hmmmm.....)

Okay, enjoying the totally pointless collars and sexy bondage goings on, but NOBODY warned me about Rodney's "What am I, McGyver?" quip.

Oh, I'd forgotten that one! Totally cracked me up!

I think I forgot it in all the WTF of BSG.