Kix is for Kids:
Another thing I noticed watching PD in a fairly marathon run is Kristen Chenowith's character Olive. She really gets treated like poo by Ned, which makes me mad. I get that she's sometimes overly agressive in her affections and Ned has a lot on his plate, but for the most part, he's very dismissive of her in a very very rude way, which ticks me off like whoa. Especially when we're given so much info on how she's being big about what she feels and Ned is just mean. Sure, when you have an overly agressive affectionate suitor (suitess?) you need to draw the line definitively with someone you don't reciprocate with, and maybe KC is just too cute, but my heart can't help but go out for her and be angry with Ned for being all "Not now/Close up the shop/Go away". And that anger includes Emerson, who is just as guilty as Ned, if not moreso.
Yes, I agree that Olive really gets short shrift, and really is awesome. I loved the way that Olive and Chuck eventually became friends, regardless of their feelings for Ned. A mighty yay for girly bonding in black leather catsuits, rather than having pouty catfights.
Still watching Season 4 of SGA, and I've reached the Teal'c (?sp?)-comes-to-Atlantis ep.
I'm finding it difficult to watch. Sam has just said "Hey, this is Teal'c, and you guys have so much in common!" or words to that effect, which has left me staring blankly at the screen.
Teal'c and Teyla? Have quite a lot in common. Philosophically, in terms of dispositions, and in terms of leadership roles.
Ronon
and Teal'c...well, okay, yes, both are professional soldiers who've dedicated their lives to fighting tooth and nail against galaxy-conquering ubermonsters. Um. But that description is true of many, if not most, characters in the Stargate universe.
Difficult not to hear that as "You're the token muscle-bound warriors-of-colour, kind of like Man Friday in Space! And, hey, Teyla and I have lots in common too! Because we're the token girls in our respective teams!"
Which is just very disappointing after watching
Trio.
The way that Ronon's reaction to the introduction is, unaccountably, all Clueless Caveman With No Social Skills is making me want to leave the room in embarrassment. Unless he's hearing Sam's Musclebound-Man-Friday schtick and feeling patronised, but in that case I'd expect him to be rude to
her.
I'm not sure I want to watch this episode.
Anyway, right - I finished Book One of
Avatar,
and it rocked mightily! Prince Zuko is the woobiest woobie who ever woobed! Curse those pesky writers, delivering drop kicks to my Lex Luthor buttons!
So, what kind of Bender (heh) would you want to be? I'm thinking fire, just because it looks so awesome, but actually water would probably be more fun. Or air. Water or air, I think, upon balance, despite the gut-reaction of "Oooh! Fire from my FINGERS!" Because it would just learn to burny death, or at least singed eyebrows. Or, hey, singed other things, if you got all flamey at an inconvenient moment! Now THAT would not be fun.
Water. Yeah.
(...I'm not going to ask if there's slash. Clearly people out there must be slashing Zuko MADLY.)
Awww - and how much do I love Zuko's uncle? LOTS! Bless him!
And I want to be one of the fandancing warrior ladies. They had excellent makeup, nice outfits and THEY KICK ASS WITH FANS OF DOOM!!!
Love that.
I've reached a place where I just have to look ahead and see where the Ronan-centered episodes are. I watch those for the yummy, try to contain my embarrassment at the atrocious writing, and skip all the other episodes. I'm making a Ronan tape so I can just keep some of those around and not bother with the rest.
I look back at some of the writing I've done in the past and think "Okay that's really not very good"... but compared with SGA's writing I'm Patricia McKillip.
My thoughts are: when are we going to get to the Derek and Cameron Chronicles?
Sarah and John just don't grab me.
Did she just psychically talk to Riley? or not psycically or talk without moving her mouth or something?
I had my head turned away the Where's John sounded weird, and then Riley cocked her head I thought maybe it was special terminator communication
Charlie just lost me. "I need to put pressure on the wound!"
Dude, you're an EMT, you live in bumpy vehicles. And apparently what you meant was not "put pressure on the wound" but "continue to uselessly hug my wife". Grrr!
I also wanted to slap Sarah. Um, future of mankind vs. old flames new flame? Oh, my heart bleeds.
I love the way Summer Glau moves.
The preview -- ?? the hell that's just...
Yeah Summer can really move in interesting ways.
