I'm assuming, as aired, his back was in no danger?
Did he have socks, perhaps? Boxers?
Numfar! Do the dance of joy.
Elder ,'Power Play'
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§ ita § - Mar 16, 2004 6:27:52 pm PST #4413 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Consuela - Mar 16, 2004 6:32:42 pm PST #4414 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I believe he was barefoot. But I've tried to purge the memory of that episode from my mind.
His back was in no immediate danger, and besides, if he'd managed to get the key, he'd be out of there. Not to mention, many more nerve endings in the hands, and hands are pretty useful. It was moronic.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 16, 2004 6:37:36 pm PST #4415 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Huh. That may be more deeply stupid than the Sunnydale police. Wow. I missed that it was like that when I read that particular synopsis.
Consuela - Mar 16, 2004 6:56:01 pm PST #4416 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Well, IIRC, that particular episode was written by the same guy who wrote A Prefect Murder and WSS #3, both of which were problematic (and probably seriously doctored by others just to make them filmable, but I'm guessing here). They were desperately short on writers.
§ ita § - Mar 16, 2004 7:03:17 pm PST #4417 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I need to take a moment to say that not only do I love how Teal'c neither flinches nor moves quickly out of the way, but in Upgrades where the mountain starts blowing up, and everyone, including the evil Jaffa, falls down?
Not our boy.
DCJensen - Mar 16, 2004 9:05:16 pm PST #4418 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
Teal'c also managed to stay up when the deceleration from hyperspace occured the first time they showed it.
Thomash - Mar 17, 2004 2:42:40 am PST #4419 of 10000
I have a plan.
Teal'c has principal character powers.
Theodosia - Mar 17, 2004 2:59:51 am PST #4420 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Teal'c is da Man.
UTTAD - Mar 17, 2004 3:34:07 am PST #4421 of 10000
Strawberry disappointment.
Teal'c is da Man.
Indeed.
sumi - Mar 17, 2004 4:34:14 am PST #4422 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Okay, I did watch Century City and it wasn't as terrible as I thought it would be (I watched it because there were quite a few actors that I liked in the cast.)
Maybe the genetically engineered son that turns out to be gay story is later -- because it definitely wasn't in the pilot.
(There was a guy who was suing the government for the return of a vial that was taken from him by customs -- turned out he had cloned his son for medical reasons. . . but there were further twists -- that was the main story. And one of David Paymer played the father.)