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SGA 3x19: Vengeance
I'm feeling my SGA-love again. Also, I've quit locking my episode reactions, and went back & unlocked the most recent ones. Because really, why?
I haven't read any episode reactions for this one yet, and for this one I just might not, because I'm sure that a lot of people aren't going to be able to get past the Carson issue. And yeah, it *is* a strange decision that they're dealing with Carson by simply not mentioning him. It was very nearly blatant in this episode; there were times when they practically had to write the dialogue around that. Again it makes me wonder if there might be behind-the-scenes factors at work here.
But you know what? I'm not going to let it bother me. Deliberate decision. I can see now how they're going to deal with the Carson issue, and like next season's (and this past season's) casting spoilers, I could either stress about it, or just relax and enjoy the squee-factor of my show.
I choose to relax and enjoy.
Because this ... THIS is why I watch this show. Episodes like this one. Excitement and monsters and genuine danger; bickering and banter and "straight out of fanfic" scenes like Ronon trying to teach Rodney to swordfight. (Heeeeee!) Team-ness and pairing the characters up in various combinations and everybody getting to be brave and competent in their own way. (And speaking of competence, or lack thereof, I see that Rodney continues to suck at bandaging his own injuries, judging from the bandage on his face at the end. And notice he didn't complain once about being genuinely hurt? Aww, Rodney.)
Ronon was AWESOME in this one, from the scene in the beginning with Rodney, to actually getting to use his sword (squee!), to the way he stuck to his guns with Sheppard and actually stood up for himself as a person with opinions and not just the big guy who shoots stuff. And he called Sheppard John! Again!
Remember what I said earlier about feeling the lack of danger in some episodes this season? THIS is what I think they should have had all along: the sense of genuine darkness, with the massacre of the townspeople (and nice reference back to the earlier episode, too!) and the acknowledgment of the Atlanteans' role in it. The scene with the bug skittering up Teyla gave me genuine chills -- and I'm not even a person with bug issues! All the running around in the catacombs was exciting and scary. Oh, sure, it was a total Aliens ripoff (and even acknowledged as such) but it was fun as hell. Frankly I could care less if there's any sort of socially redeeming value to episodes like this one. They're shooting monsters in the dark! In tunnels! And bickering while they do it! It's pure B-movie unadulterated glee!
Considering how similar this episode was to last week's, I do think that an awful lot of my dissatisfaction with the show last week was just being unhappy with the show in general and needing reassurance. And I think I'm basically past that. I don't really watch this show to be mentally challenged; I watch it to see pretty boys (and girls) blowing stuff up and making me laugh. Continuity and believability are but minor considerations.
They did basically use one of my fanfic ideas, though. AGAIN. Tazmy and Kodiak will know which one I mean, because they've been beta-ing it. However, I think the canonical stuff about Iratus bugs and human DNA in this episode actually works reasonably well with what I was going to do anyway.
And one more episode left in the season -- yikes!
I haven't read any episode reactions for this one yet, and for this one I just might not, because I'm sure that a lot of people aren't going to be able to get past the Carson issue. And yeah, it *is* a strange decision that they're dealing with Carson by simply not mentioning him. It was very nearly blatant in this episode; there were times when they practically had to write the dialogue around that. Again it makes me wonder if there might be behind-the-scenes factors at work here.
But you know what? I'm not going to let it bother me. Deliberate decision. I can see now how they're going to deal with the Carson issue, and like next season's (and this past season's) casting spoilers, I could either stress about it, or just relax and enjoy the squee-factor of my show.
I choose to relax and enjoy.
Because this ... THIS is why I watch this show. Episodes like this one. Excitement and monsters and genuine danger; bickering and banter and "straight out of fanfic" scenes like Ronon trying to teach Rodney to swordfight. (Heeeeee!) Team-ness and pairing the characters up in various combinations and everybody getting to be brave and competent in their own way. (And speaking of competence, or lack thereof, I see that Rodney continues to suck at bandaging his own injuries, judging from the bandage on his face at the end. And notice he didn't complain once about being genuinely hurt? Aww, Rodney.)
Ronon was AWESOME in this one, from the scene in the beginning with Rodney, to actually getting to use his sword (squee!), to the way he stuck to his guns with Sheppard and actually stood up for himself as a person with opinions and not just the big guy who shoots stuff. And he called Sheppard John! Again!
Remember what I said earlier about feeling the lack of danger in some episodes this season? THIS is what I think they should have had all along: the sense of genuine darkness, with the massacre of the townspeople (and nice reference back to the earlier episode, too!) and the acknowledgment of the Atlanteans' role in it. The scene with the bug skittering up Teyla gave me genuine chills -- and I'm not even a person with bug issues! All the running around in the catacombs was exciting and scary. Oh, sure, it was a total Aliens ripoff (and even acknowledged as such) but it was fun as hell. Frankly I could care less if there's any sort of socially redeeming value to episodes like this one. They're shooting monsters in the dark! In tunnels! And bickering while they do it! It's pure B-movie unadulterated glee!
Considering how similar this episode was to last week's, I do think that an awful lot of my dissatisfaction with the show last week was just being unhappy with the show in general and needing reassurance. And I think I'm basically past that. I don't really watch this show to be mentally challenged; I watch it to see pretty boys (and girls) blowing stuff up and making me laugh. Continuity and believability are but minor considerations.
They did basically use one of my fanfic ideas, though. AGAIN. Tazmy and Kodiak will know which one I mean, because they've been beta-ing it. However, I think the canonical stuff about Iratus bugs and human DNA in this episode actually works reasonably well with what I was going to do anyway.
And one more episode left in the season -- yikes!
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And now that I've thought about it, as you say, I think it might actually make certain plot points in that story work *better*. I just need to figure out whether I want to set it before or after Vengeance, because that would affect how certain parts are written.