OK, stargate technician guy with the chevrons (for the 7th chevron, I like to change it up a bit and say, 'locked'), and the that's pretty much my job, and the close iris open iris? Loved it. ETA: and then they even made it kind of sweet at the end with the whole "SG teams like to know we're there," bit. Awwww.

How much do I love seeing Adam Baldwin again? A lot. A very lot.

I adore the looks the other gate techs give him when he's finishing that spiel. Like, "oh, God, there goes Walter again."

Okay, that was one really good ep. Though I gotta say that near the end I was starting to feel pretty sorry for the documentarian.

My cable reception was stunningly crappy, though I did get the gist of the episode, and most of the snarks. Just no flow.

First off, that preview better be misleading, because, well, because I said so.

Adam Baldwin was great. Came over much more military without being bluff and stony. This was the first other SG team I thought that managed a personality.

I don't feel sorry for the documentary guy. At the best of times, what he's doing would be incredibly annoying. Security clearances need to mean something to someone.

So ... Pete? Poor guy, I wonder if he's getting any.

Really? Ya'll liked it? I thought it was completely disjointed and mostly filler. And the whole interview segment about Jack and Sam seemed entirely out of place as they have spent the last four or so episodes bringing some closure to that question.

I think Part 1 is stronger once you've seen Part 2. Put together, they're good enough for me to actually be honestly critical of them, which is pretty rare when it comes to Stargate.

But yeah, Part 1 is fun but pretty disjointed seen on its own. (Heroes was originally just one episode, so some of the stuff here almost certainly is filler.)

I get so annoyed with Stargate because it has so many things to offer and yet it is always slightly second rate. The characters are great. The concept is awesome. The possibilities are endless. I feel like it derailed somewhere in the third season and never lived up to its potential. There have been some really great episodes. My favorites are:

The one about relativity. The one where Jack's brain is taken over by the Ancient's device. The one with the little Cirque de Soleil people.

(for some reason my brain cannot access episode names at the moment.)

The one about relativity.

Hmm, "A Matter Of Time"? Is this the one where the Stargate is open to a black hole and the time in the base is slowed down relative to the rest of the earth? I adore this episode, for its wicked cool concept, for the pseudo-physics that sounds fairly plausible to my untrained ears, and the backstroy on Jack.

The one with the little Cirque de Soleil people.

It took me a while to realize that you must mean "Nox", the one with Principal Snyder as a peace loving alien. Circque de Soleil People. Hee!

On my part, I bring a different set of expectation to viewing Stargate than I do to the Jossverse shows. I know the characterizations are not as rich, and emotional continuity on the show can be shoddy (the plotty continuity, on the other hand, is excellent), but I enjoy it anyway. I like the comaraderie, the snark, and occasional episodes in which the show does seem to touch on some of the weightier themes of the genre, such as definition of humanity and predestination and so forth. Plus, most of the times, the characters are so lovable, I don't mind the wonky plotting and lame villains and the cheese. I mean, I mock it a lot, but it's always with affection, not vitriol. There's just something about the show--it's just so dang good-natured, I can't get too worked up about its flaws. It's the damnedest thing, because I'm usually pretty critical of most of what I watch.

SG is good for the plotty continuity, and they're willingness to allow for grayness in characters. We just got the episode where the Tok'ra found their queen, and then had to face the fact that they'd originally had no problem with her being used for medical experiments, and secondly that she was dying.

I just wrote up this really long post about what i do and don't like about Stargate and then - poof - my connection dropped. God is laughing.

The highlights:

• Not the Nox - but yes they too are Cirque de Soleil but I hadn't realized it. The other Chalky-White-Cirque de Soleil people.

There was more but I don't have the energy.