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'The Killer In Me'
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.
Mickie - Dec 22, 2004 4:46:27 am PST #9068 of 10000
Who, Me?
sumi - Dec 22, 2004 4:49:39 am PST #9069 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Wow!
§ ita § - Dec 22, 2004 5:18:17 am PST #9070 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just watched Prometheus Unbound. I was liking Aquarium better by episode 12. Two things I can't erase from my mind -- the idea that SG1 wouldn't have had the Prometheus nicked from under them, and WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT FIGHT SCENE? Okay, it was no jazz hands, but it was pretty damned stupid.
Katie M - Dec 22, 2004 5:28:33 am PST #9071 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
I think it was supposed to be stupid, though. You know, the Stargate equivalent of Xander and Harmony's chickfight.
Basically, this was Stargate Does Farce. You've just gotta relax and go with it--okay, fine, she can take down the entire crew but not Daniel; okay, fine, the head of SG-3 is squeamish about mouth-to-mouth on a boy; okay, fine, Walter is, like, a systems expert on the Prometheus. Etc.
I laughed my head off. Plus, Daniel will get to lord it over the rest of the team about how he didn't fall for the cute babe in distress.
Consuela - Dec 22, 2004 5:33:52 am PST #9072 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I won't have time to watch Prometheus Unbound until tonight. But I did watch Gemini, and I have only this to say: "Bastards! You killed Carter's Brain!" In other words, that was so incredibly stupid, I cannot fathom it. And the ending! Boo hoo, I screwed up because I taught Fifth about betrayal. No, you moron, you screwed up because you WERE STUPID. *goes for a stick to beat Carter with* Good god, the President should be seriously questioning Jack's capabilities at this point, and he would be right to do so. They just took a pretty good situation and made it much much MUCH worse. Not to mention screwing over all the other people in this galaxy who didn't have access to the disruptor weapon to begin with...
§ ita § - Dec 22, 2004 5:38:35 am PST #9073 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I felt PU was Stargate does Lame. Farce, for me, needs to be broader. Or funny. Funny definitely helps. This struck me as a series of ineptitudes.
As for Gemini, I think that Carter was SO dumb that her dumbness washed over everyone else. They were blank in the face of its massive size. Teal'c kinda tried, but lamed out. Jack yelled some things from very far away, but might as well have been pissing in the wind. Which makes neither of them good at their job, but if I were giving awards, they wouldn't place simply because Carter tied herself twice for first.
JenP - Dec 22, 2004 5:56:38 am PST #9074 of 10000
Oh, well then:
Gemini:
Yeah, OK, the characters were all dumb doing dumb things, except Daniel, who wasn't around. Putting aside, you know, plot and all, I did think Amanda Tapping as actress did a stellar job making Replicator!Sam a totally different character from regular Sam, though. And, frankly, the smart one. But, I mean, the whole premise... yeah, let's trust the replicator because she looks like me, let her dig her replicator fingers into my brain and then into the schematics for the only weapon we have to defend ourselves, blah-bity-blah. Dumb.
Prometheus Unbound, can't watch until tonight.
Katie M - Dec 22, 2004 6:08:43 am PST #9075 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
PU: Come on. He squished her head on the monitor. How can you not give in to that?
Man, you're a stronger woman than I.
Vonnie K - Dec 22, 2004 6:21:20 am PST #9076 of 10000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Gemini: You know, twinning/doppleganger is really treasure mine for psychological head-fucking. They could have totally found a way for the Repli-Carter to achieve her goal while making the story interesting. Like, Repli-Carter has Carter's memories, right? Why not land on earth sneakily, kidnap Carter and have Repli-Carter in her place, subtly manipulating her loved ones and messing with their heads until she got her way? Or like Katie said, have her interact with Daniel, who's known for seeking humanity in the alien, and have him clash with Carter, who herself is conflicted but knows what must be done? And WTF is with Jack 'humoring' Real-Carter in her misguided ways with Teal'c as the fucking watchdog? If you have that much reservation, pull the goddamned plug in the operation and have the courage to do it to Carter's face, BRIGADIER GENERAL.
I'm also afraid that they would use this to demote Carter and have Browder's character, who has the same rank, command the unit above her. Which would piss me off but I wouldn't be able to fault them for it because of how colossally stupid Carter was in this episode. Grrrr.
Katie M - Dec 22, 2004 6:23:16 am PST #9077 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
RE Gemini: Well, I don't see why Sam should have to be the only one who ever pays promotion-wise for being a moron. I don't think the show wants us to be quite as hard on her as we're being (though she totally deserves it, and at least she said so at the end).