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superbadgirlI love this episode, right from the very beginning. The opening scene might not have the heart-pounding adrenaline that, say, The First Commandment had, and yet this one is far more enduring. And endearing. (And I don't mean the old film footage here. I mean Jack and Daniel.) I love Jack having to drag Daniel to the physical exams. I love the chit-chat. I love how Jack seems very aware of Daniel's obsessive nature and expresses a bit of concern about it. I love "Oh, please, the Pentagon's lost entire countries..." and I love Jack getting sucked right in.
Get used to the word 'love'.
Catherine's house - love it.
Catherine herself - love her.
Daniel knowing he's breaking all sorts of rules but throwing caution to the wind - love!
Jack riffling through the boxes while Daniel's off doing his part of the mission and covering for him with a very vague, "I haven't seen him in a while." - I do feel the love.
Hammond yelling at Daniel - yep, love that as well.
Love Teal'c's "When it is appropriate" regarding when he speaks.
Love, love, love when they finally go to Ernest's planet and he shows up naked as a jaybird. We hit rewind and rewatch moment #2 with Sam skirting very quickly out of Ernest's path. Hee hee!
I pretty much just love the whole episode. It wasn't rapidly paced. There weren't explosions. There was no running down corridors. There was lots of team, lots of new information, lots of insight.
"This is meaning of life stuff." It was both scary and exciting to see Daniel so absorbed, I think. Up until now, his goal was solely to find Sha'uri (yeah, spelling, sorry. I don't like Sha're) - he seemed distracted from SG-1's missions somewhat. And now he's distracted by
his own mission and for the first time, I think we see that he'd go through the 'gate whether or not that meant looking for Sha'uri.
"Sometimes what we have is of more value. It takes a great man to recongize that." Hmmm, this could do well to describe Jack right away, and then eventually Daniel. Poor Ernest, though; I don't think it took him long at all to figure that out for himself once trapped on the planet.
Jack manhandling Daniel, unwilling to let him stand there and get himself killed - loved it.
Jack realizing he can't really do anything and ultimately letting Daniel go - *sniffle* loved it.
Daniel finally letting Ernest's pleas sink in (prompted by Jack's insistence, heh), and walking away.
And hugs at the end. Siiiigh. Happiness is watching Torment of Tantalus.
Did they ever mention that book/universal language thing again? I can't remember, but they must.
I missed so much, but please rest assured, all of it is covered in love. ;)
This was another interesting opening - the dream/hallucination
sequence that kind of makes you go 'huh?' for a moment. I'll admit, I don't find Jaffa storylines that interesting for some reason. I don't know why, because Bloodlines, the first real example of such, is a very decent story and Teal'c (ala CJ) is *amazing* in it. Absolutely so.
I didn't remember that it was already in Bloodlines that they mentioned inciting and utilizing the Jaffa to major extent. I don't know why, as that seems a fairly good thing to try, despite Hammond's excellent snark as he refutes their ideas. I think he's just a tad
annoyed that they're trying to snow him about something.
Teal'c *should* have informed them about his family, he really should have. I think I can understand why he didn't, but Jack's right - there's now this doubt about him (if not from Jack, Hammond or anyone at the SGC, then from the Pentagon) that'll probably take a long time
to dissolve.
Once they get planetside - oh, the complete desolation Teal'c exhibits when they find his burned out home. Teal'c often gets a bum rap for being emotionless in fan fiction. It's simply never been true, and witnessing this scene shows that he feels things very deeply. His facial expressions aren't really as...expressionless as we're sometimes guilty of trying to demonstrate in fan fiction. The dude's got some major passion in him.
Speaking of major passion - Bra'tac! What an arrogant, self-assured bloke he is. Love him, though the insults issued toward Sam and Daniel were a bit ouchie. And then Jack follows up by giving them guard duty! Poor woobies were so underestimated here, I just wanted to hug them.
But, hah!, they quickly recover from the insults by, well, disregarding Jack's order and going to church. It's a darned good thing they did, too. They fulfilled the mission objective, when you know darn well Jack and Teal'c and Bra'tac were too busy to even think about it.
I liked Drey'auc, I thought she was fiesty. Not fiesty enough to reprimand Teal'c for calling her "woman", though. I was less fond of Ry'ac, but that's mostly because I don't like kids on shows all that much. I admit it was a little surprising to see how easily Teal'c decided it was better for his son to be enslaved by the Goa'uld by giving him the symbiote than it was for his son to be dead. I know that makes me seem cold, but up until then he was fighting tooth and nail to prevent it. Still, the actual words and actions - heartbreaking.
Okay, the scene by the tank. I used to think Daniel would really regret his actions - I even wrote a story in which he's feeling like crap for it. But now? I don't know that I buy the "we'd be no better than the Goa'uld" argument Sam give him, and I'm not convinced that
even in retrospect Daniel would exhibit remorse for busting open that tank and killing the larvae. Minutes later, he's casually asking if the thing in the thermos needs to be fed or what. Doesn't speak to him really thinking much about what he did.
I just don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. It certainly makes him interesting, in my opinion, and makes me realize he's not that different from Jack or Teal'c, who would have done the same thing.
Now, Bra'tac's reaction to Daniel and Sam returning with the symbiote - here's a guy who's been instrumental in teaching Teal'c about the false gods, apparently, and yet he's bothered that they stole from the monestary (or whatever). Why would that bug him?
All in all, a pretty good episode, and one that leaves me with questions. I like questions. ;)
Other blather:
During the winter, I shave my legs twice, maybe three times a week. It doesn't bother me. The hair growth doesn't seem so bad, and it's not like I'm showing leg anyway. So why, if I skip one measley day during the summer am I going bonkers about the itchy hairs on my legs?
It makes no sense.
I accomplished nothing today, really. Even the trip to Target for a white cardigan (saw it in MN with sister, but she got the last medium, darnit) was a bust. No white cardigan, no red cardigan or no yellow cardigan. It was going to be one of those three. And then as a consolation I tried to find at least one item to purchase to wear to work. Anh. Target is really sucking this year. I did get my girl products, so yay for that.
Get used to the word 'love'.
Catherine's house - love it.
Catherine herself - love her.
Daniel knowing he's breaking all sorts of rules but throwing caution to the wind - love!
Jack riffling through the boxes while Daniel's off doing his part of the mission and covering for him with a very vague, "I haven't seen him in a while." - I do feel the love.
Hammond yelling at Daniel - yep, love that as well.
Love Teal'c's "When it is appropriate" regarding when he speaks.
Love, love, love when they finally go to Ernest's planet and he shows up naked as a jaybird. We hit rewind and rewatch moment #2 with Sam skirting very quickly out of Ernest's path. Hee hee!
I pretty much just love the whole episode. It wasn't rapidly paced. There weren't explosions. There was no running down corridors. There was lots of team, lots of new information, lots of insight.
"This is meaning of life stuff." It was both scary and exciting to see Daniel so absorbed, I think. Up until now, his goal was solely to find Sha'uri (yeah, spelling, sorry. I don't like Sha're) - he seemed distracted from SG-1's missions somewhat. And now he's distracted by
his own mission and for the first time, I think we see that he'd go through the 'gate whether or not that meant looking for Sha'uri.
"Sometimes what we have is of more value. It takes a great man to recongize that." Hmmm, this could do well to describe Jack right away, and then eventually Daniel. Poor Ernest, though; I don't think it took him long at all to figure that out for himself once trapped on the planet.
Jack manhandling Daniel, unwilling to let him stand there and get himself killed - loved it.
Jack realizing he can't really do anything and ultimately letting Daniel go - *sniffle* loved it.
Daniel finally letting Ernest's pleas sink in (prompted by Jack's insistence, heh), and walking away.
And hugs at the end. Siiiigh. Happiness is watching Torment of Tantalus.
Did they ever mention that book/universal language thing again? I can't remember, but they must.
I missed so much, but please rest assured, all of it is covered in love. ;)
This was another interesting opening - the dream/hallucination
sequence that kind of makes you go 'huh?' for a moment. I'll admit, I don't find Jaffa storylines that interesting for some reason. I don't know why, because Bloodlines, the first real example of such, is a very decent story and Teal'c (ala CJ) is *amazing* in it. Absolutely so.
I didn't remember that it was already in Bloodlines that they mentioned inciting and utilizing the Jaffa to major extent. I don't know why, as that seems a fairly good thing to try, despite Hammond's excellent snark as he refutes their ideas. I think he's just a tad
annoyed that they're trying to snow him about something.
Teal'c *should* have informed them about his family, he really should have. I think I can understand why he didn't, but Jack's right - there's now this doubt about him (if not from Jack, Hammond or anyone at the SGC, then from the Pentagon) that'll probably take a long time
to dissolve.
Once they get planetside - oh, the complete desolation Teal'c exhibits when they find his burned out home. Teal'c often gets a bum rap for being emotionless in fan fiction. It's simply never been true, and witnessing this scene shows that he feels things very deeply. His facial expressions aren't really as...expressionless as we're sometimes guilty of trying to demonstrate in fan fiction. The dude's got some major passion in him.
Speaking of major passion - Bra'tac! What an arrogant, self-assured bloke he is. Love him, though the insults issued toward Sam and Daniel were a bit ouchie. And then Jack follows up by giving them guard duty! Poor woobies were so underestimated here, I just wanted to hug them.
But, hah!, they quickly recover from the insults by, well, disregarding Jack's order and going to church. It's a darned good thing they did, too. They fulfilled the mission objective, when you know darn well Jack and Teal'c and Bra'tac were too busy to even think about it.
I liked Drey'auc, I thought she was fiesty. Not fiesty enough to reprimand Teal'c for calling her "woman", though. I was less fond of Ry'ac, but that's mostly because I don't like kids on shows all that much. I admit it was a little surprising to see how easily Teal'c decided it was better for his son to be enslaved by the Goa'uld by giving him the symbiote than it was for his son to be dead. I know that makes me seem cold, but up until then he was fighting tooth and nail to prevent it. Still, the actual words and actions - heartbreaking.
Okay, the scene by the tank. I used to think Daniel would really regret his actions - I even wrote a story in which he's feeling like crap for it. But now? I don't know that I buy the "we'd be no better than the Goa'uld" argument Sam give him, and I'm not convinced that
even in retrospect Daniel would exhibit remorse for busting open that tank and killing the larvae. Minutes later, he's casually asking if the thing in the thermos needs to be fed or what. Doesn't speak to him really thinking much about what he did.
I just don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. It certainly makes him interesting, in my opinion, and makes me realize he's not that different from Jack or Teal'c, who would have done the same thing.
Now, Bra'tac's reaction to Daniel and Sam returning with the symbiote - here's a guy who's been instrumental in teaching Teal'c about the false gods, apparently, and yet he's bothered that they stole from the monestary (or whatever). Why would that bug him?
All in all, a pretty good episode, and one that leaves me with questions. I like questions. ;)
Other blather:
During the winter, I shave my legs twice, maybe three times a week. It doesn't bother me. The hair growth doesn't seem so bad, and it's not like I'm showing leg anyway. So why, if I skip one measley day during the summer am I going bonkers about the itchy hairs on my legs?
It makes no sense.
I accomplished nothing today, really. Even the trip to Target for a white cardigan (saw it in MN with sister, but she got the last medium, darnit) was a bust. No white cardigan, no red cardigan or no yellow cardigan. It was going to be one of those three. And then as a consolation I tried to find at least one item to purchase to wear to work. Anh. Target is really sucking this year. I did get my girl products, so yay for that.
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Date: 2006-05-21 11:02 pm (UTC)Sorry, that's the only thing in your post I'm awake enough to respond to. If I win the lottery, my first stop is a laser hair removal dude.
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Date: 2006-05-22 06:45 pm (UTC)My dermatologist wants me to get laser hair removal on my face, because the hair really irritates the skin. I had a friend with very similar hair, also irritating her skin condition, and 5 laser sessions removed about 70% of her hair. My dermatologist assures me she knows a guy who can get rid of it in 3-5 sessions, and says you should never laser the same area more than 5 times, anyway. She used to do laser hair removal, so I'm trusting she knows what she's talking about. So far, her other suggestions have been good.
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Date: 2006-05-22 11:27 am (UTC)