They really are!
I know some of this stuff and I don't know one SG-1 episode from another.
(See, I don't even know what the abbreviation of the show is. . . )
Inara: You don't have to die alone. Mal: Everybody dies alone.
'Out Of Gas'
Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
sumi - Apr 26, 2004 5:23:47 pm PDT #5486 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
DXMachina - Apr 26, 2004 5:31:54 pm PDT #5487 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I'd forgotten how cringingly bad some of the first season eps were.
§ ita § - Apr 26, 2004 5:35:39 pm PDT #5488 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
IJS. Does everyone not have a boxed set?
Still, he e-mailed me a link to an SG1 screensaver, so I forgive him.
But still -- relatively little food per animal and etc
Emancipation's already aired, hasn't it? What are you watching?
JenP - Apr 26, 2004 5:43:47 pm PDT #5489 of 10000
I'd forgotten how cringingly bad some of the first season eps were.
For some reason, I'm noticing how overwrought the music can get. It's really distracting and funny. I'm onto the Nox ep now (Snyder!), and things seem to be settling down, musically, more or less. (ETA: Erm, OK, not entirely. But it's getting better)
ION, as I was driving along today, listening to a Graham Parsons tribute album (ETA: I specify only because I hadn't been doing it before I popped in this particular CD), and I suddenly realized that I was vidding in my brain. It was high-larious. And then I couldn't stop doing it, which was even funnier and also kinda creepy. I tell you, though, there's some Angel/Lindsey on that thar CD. Hmmmm ...
Vonnie K - Apr 26, 2004 5:53:55 pm PDT #5490 of 10000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
S1 is ripe with the cheese, but I like it anyway. The wacky headgear on the Land of the Light people and Principle Snyder in drag crack me up instead of making me cringe. Not much can salvage "Emancipation" though. Well, OK, I liked the rancid yak butter exchange. The latter half of S1 is actually pretty damn good.
The only other episodes I found unwatchable in the entire run of the show came from S7--namely "Space Race" and "Avenger 2.0" (oy). I watched "The Other Guys" (the first ep with Felger) couple of days ago, and was actually surprised at its non-awfulness. No episode with Jack spitting out, "You ended your sentence with a preposition! You bastard!" while writhing on the ground could be that bad.
§ ita § - Apr 26, 2004 5:55:56 pm PDT #5491 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Do you think Jack's IQ was lower in S7 because RDA didn't have enough time available for them to write him both Jack-funny and Jack-smart? I thought they wrote him very clumsily in the first half of the season -- he was never bringing the anything.
Now the humour's back, and it's something, but it's not all of Jack.
JenP - Apr 26, 2004 6:06:18 pm PDT #5492 of 10000
Oh, yeah, I still love it. Cheese and all. There are actually some beautifully done interactions, too, I think. Hell, I just teared up at the Blue Crystal ep, and I'm not ashamed (I guess that's S1; I'm just assuming they're doing this in season order again). Emancipation? I actually liked Daniel's reaction to Sam in the blue dress-thing. The music, though. I'm glad they got a better handle on that.
ETA: And the "First commandment ..." "Thou shalt have no other god before me?" Jack/Sam exchange from the Apocalypse Now ep. Love. That. (Ha! The ep is called First Commandment. I need to learn titles)
§ ita § - Apr 26, 2004 6:10:48 pm PDT #5493 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I love the blue crystal ep (Cold Lazarus?).
JenP - Apr 26, 2004 6:28:49 pm PDT #5494 of 10000
Yes, that's it - Cold Lazarus. I am no good with most Stargate ep titles.
Vonnie K - Apr 26, 2004 6:31:58 pm PDT #5495 of 10000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Do you think Jack's IQ was lower in S7 because RDA didn't have enough time available for them to write him both Jack-funny and Jack-smart?
Yeah, that's a part of it, I think. I thought the S7 opening two parter where Daniel returned was particularly egregious in terms of Stupid!Jack. It almost turned me off the character, which is saying a lot given how much I love Jack. Plus, RDA has contributed to it to a degree--in interviews and clips, he had said that he deliberately made Jack sound dumber than he was, because... ehh, I forget why. Some stupid reason. I think that RDA is such a goof and a charismatic personality, he slacks off/coasts on his juice when not taken firmly in hand and written tightly. The first half of S7 with his erratic schedule probably allowed this to get out of hand.
I liked Jack in S7 A LOT better since the Evolution two-parter. I'm not sure what his schedule will be like in S8, which frankly worries me a bit. Much as I like everyone on the team, Jack, for me, is the glue that holds them together.
I love the blue crystal ep (Cold Lazarus?).
Yeap, the blue crystal ep is Cold Lazarus. Good episode. Still, if we're talking season 1, I like Tin Man and Solitudes better.