I think the best part of the squee has been the Farscape people saying "crap, does this mean I have to watch Stargate now?"

It's very cute. I'm tempted to write up a Stargate For Farscape Fans primer, except I wouldn't feel right posting it until BB's casting shows up onscreen, so that won't be until... God, June sometime, depending on when the promos air. Hmm.

Never mind, ita, I was on crack.

All I wanted to say was that I didn't think we should be whitefonting because it was so big, and then tried to justify my calling it a spoiler by grasping for the casting spoiler definition, Without going to the FAQ and double-checking what one was.

Mea Culpa. I beg forgiveness for my pomposity.

Sigh.

OK, finally watched Fragile Balance. The kid did a good Jack. Some of it was eerily dead-on. I mean, he was doing (they had him doing) Jack being "on" the whole time, which he isn't always. So I found that a little distracting at points. But, then again, the character was in a situation that lent itself to exaggerated fits of behavior. So. And it actually did mellow a bit when they were on the ship, and I enjoyed RDA and the kid interacting.

But the kid was damn good, in any case.

I thought the team did a sweet job with the how-to-deal with a kid who is actually an adult and our superior/boss (or, cheeky subordinate, in Gen. Hammond's case), but, we can't help it, we're pretty amused aspect of things.

I, too, find it weird to have a mini-Jack roaming in the wilds. Wonder if they'll bring him back ever?

The kid did a good Jack.

Michael Welch, who played mini-Jack, is reputedly a very good mimic. I remember reading an interview where he said he just watched a few hours of SG to catch RDA's mannerisms, then boom, he nailed it, easy as pie. I liked him a lot as mini-Jack, and now, I kind of love him, after 2 years of watching him grow and turn in fabulous performances in Joan of Arcadia. The kid is a wonderful actor, equally adept at heavy drama as he is at comedy.

The projected Jack-lite season sounds like it would be an ideal time to bring mini-Jack back, but I guess it'll depend on Welch's availability. It'll be funny to see him back in the role, because he grew, like, a foot taller in the last two years.

and now, I kind of love him, after 2 years of watching him grow and turn in fabulous performances in Joan of Arcadia

Ahhhh, good for him with the having of a successful series. I haven't yet watched JoA, but I'm glad to hear that. Michael Welch. I like. But, yeah, availability would be a thing, I guess. Ah, well.

It'll be funny to see him back in the role, because he grew, like, a foot taller in the last two years.

That would be very entertaining.

Yeap, except, you know, competent.

Was Barrett incompetent? I misremember. I like the idea of him being at odds with the oh-so-insular SG-1/General Jack clique. And then some reluctant respect building. But with lots of snark.

I kind of like snark. It's a thing.

Was Barrett incompetent?

Not so much in that earlier episode with Sam, the title of which I forget, but in that episode MS wrote and AT directed? With the girl-Goa'uld in the cage and the evil scientist and stuff? He was pathetic. Like, the worst interrogator, ever. I was all, "If I had a cat, my cat would be a better interrogator than Agent McTwirlypants over there." Maybe it wasn't his fault, because that episode sucked in general (no offense to MS or AT, but kids, don't quit your day job.)

I like the *idea* of a character like that though, except a little darker. Barrett gave good snark and had some sparkage with Sam, but he was kind of a lightweight.

With the girl-Goa'uld in the cage and the evil scientist and stuff?

I think I'd purged my memory of that episode, it was so bad. S7? right? oy.

aren't we kind of forgetting one thing? AT is pregnant. she may not be available to be in command. hence Browder. food for thought.

I like SG1, but i haven't seen a full episode all season. not because i didn't want to, but because i never remember when it is on.

here's hoping we get a meta response to the Shanks/Browder history.

I think the best part of the squee has been the Farscape people saying "crap, does this mean I have to watch Stargate now?"

::snerk:: That would be me.

It's very cute. I'm tempted to write up a Stargate For Farscape Fans primer

And that, too, would be me, appreciating the hell out of it.