Boxed Set, Vol. II: "It's a Cookbook...A Cookbook!!"
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
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The redshirts were screaming, and probably covered with bugs. Doesn't make it any more right, though: that really pissed me off.
And it was, frankly, in flat contrast to SG-1 where Daniel made a point of saying, "we don't leave our people behind." Lorne clearly wasn't trained in the Jack O'Neill school of field tactics. You blow shit up BEFORE they grab your people.
Also? If he blew the shit out of that cave, how come there was anything left to grab when Shep went back?
Still haven't watched BSG.
How strong is SG-1 on continuity? Is Cameron going to be a competent hand-to-hand fighter from here on, or will it all be forgotten?
Because yes, I am hoping for Cameron practicing with Teal'c.
Is Cameron going to be a competent hand-to-hand fighter from here on, or will it all be forgotten?
Continuity in plot is generally respected. However continuity in character is a little vaguer. There was an episode back in season 4 during which Jack and Teal'c learned Latin/Ancient. And yet, they've never mentioned it again.
On the other hand, Ben's clearly been working out like a mofo, so it's possible they'll carry it through just because he's going to insist on it.
I also suspect he stuck that Bones comment in: it's precisely the sort of thing he'd suggest. Of course, that means Cam's a geek, but I'm not all that surprised. An SG-1 fanboy was likely to be a geek, even with all the muscles.
Oh, and Mesa's posted some very pretty promo shots, unspoilery:
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As referrential as the show is, they needed someone to pick that up (it was largely part of Jack's job), and I don't think Daniel's enough pop-culture to do it. I'd really miss that element if it went away, and I think Ben's up for it. (Of course, on this show' you'd think sci-fi background would be basic survival skills, but you'd think a geek would have figured out who the next of kin was. Maybe he hasn't fully realized that his life now conforms to those tropes.)
I was also jazzed at the "Wait, that's BB doing his own fighting/stunt work? Dude!" aspect of last night's ep.
I also suspect he stuck that Bones comment in: it's precisely the sort of thing he'd suggest. Of course, that means Cam's a geek, but I'm not all that surprised. An SG-1 fanboy was likely to be a geek, even with all the muscles.
I was thinking that it was exactly the sort of thing John Crichton would say.
So, ah.
SGA OT4. Hot like a hot thing, with some damned funny banter in the front end. And the back end. Actually, all the way through.
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Bwah.
Also? Ben Browder is a fuzzy fuzzy man.
Yes, bless him. I don't understand how Francesca Bueller resists the lure of hanging around the set to jump him any time the cameras aren't rolling.
Does anybody feel like explaining the whole Jaffa/symbiote thing to me?
And why are humans Taurii?
Does anybody feel like explaining the whole Jaffa/symbiote thing to me?
I can try, and then Katie can correct me.
Jaffa have pouches. Pouches hold symbiotes, which are baby Goa'uld. Once the symbiotes mature, they're ready to be implanted in a human host. The symbiotes give the Jaffa long life, strength, and other stuff. The need for symbiotes is part of what tied the Jaffa to the Goa'uld.
There is a replacement drug for symbiotes called tretonin. Teal'c has been on it since season 6, when he lost his symbiote. Apparently (did not watch season 8) many other Jaffa are on it, since Goa'uld were defeated and are no longer symbiote suppliers.
