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xparrotNew SGA = yaaaays!
Okay, what excites me most, is that judging by the first couple eps, this will be the season of TEAM! Everyone had stuff to do! (even if Teyla kinda mysteriously disappeared at the end...out walking the Teylet?) And they sat around tables and gathered around computers and worried about each other and whee~!
I think Mullie has proven himself the superior writer to Mallozzi - this was his ep, and while it was incredibly random (oh, SGA, never lose that precious 'the what now?' feel) and the pacing was all over the place (and lucky timing, what, with waking up Carson just as Keller succumbs to the parasite she's had for the last month), but it had more fun than not. I rather liked the scifi of the parasite using its host's mind (even if rather inefficiently, why didn't it realize Sheppard was a threat again?)
Kanaan is not forgotten! I am still holding out for house-husbandry...
Radek is back! And Marie is around (she can officially join the B-team supporting cast of awesome. Zelenka and Lorne host the tea party every Tuesday.)
Tentacle-rape for everyone! With bonus stabbing for John, because, you know, he didn't get enough of that last week. And John throws himself on the sword of possible death for his people - that's what he's there for, and I think Woolsey already knows, judging by the meaningful looks he was sending in John's direction. Did Elizabeth or Carter leave a note: "Need a volunteer for a dangerous duty? Your head of the military will always be happy to serve!"
Ronon got strangled, got a bruised larynx and can't speak? Why did that sound so familiar?
Liking Woolsey thus far, his tension with everyone as he learns what Atlantis is all about is entertaining. I am going to miss Sam SO DAMN MUCH but this is gonna be fun. At the end, you could so see it in John's eyes - "Rules? What are these 'rules' of which you speak?" Also, during the conference room scene, Teyla at one point got this look: "The last two commanders were women. You are the first head of Atlantis who I can grab by the balls and squeeze. And I will, if the necessity arises. *pleasant smile*"
The Rodney/Keller - I am very DONOTWANT and it's half irrational OTPing and half why the hell do they have to pair her off - oh yes because what other purpose does she have, with Beckett around (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cesperanza's premiere post clarified this point for me - why is Keller even on Atlantis? Okay, so she was a child prodigy, but now? In "Intruder" Carson's complaining that every applicant is more qualified than him, with physical skills as well as medical genius - and Carson's a brilliant geneticist who can somehow double as a chief surgeon, so to outshine him is pretty impressive. Keller doesn't have a scientific specialty that we know of (we know more of her personal backstory than most of the chars, but nothing of her professional resume); she tries hard and all, but she cannot possibly have much experience heading a department, she doesn't have the scarily confident competence of Frasier or Lam, and she's clever but has yet to pull off medical miracles...how the heck did she get this job? That she didn't even want? They couldn't find one other doctor in the SGC willing to take over...? Um. Where was I?)
Anyway, not on board with Rodney/Keller, especially the couple scenes they were forcing it (why was Rodney the only one to go talk to her in the isolation room?) but I can forgive it because a) John's jealousy is delightful (and why else would he be so weirded out by a girl liking Rodney? is it that shocking? is John that mean? I prefer him gay, thank you), b) I can't really blame Keller for crushing on Rodney, and c) I'm seeing the Teyla/Keller more anyway. What with having the tablet all ready for Rodney to go and break into her quarters. Speaking of which, the Teyla-Rodney-ness was lovely, the way she went to him first and then was relaying his ideas - more of that plzkthx! (And yet, for all John's "that wasn't the weirdest thing" his possessive protectiveness of Keller indicates she's in his circle, as she didn't seem to be last year - because he's thinking of her as Rodney's, Rodney's shot at happiness?)
McSheppiest line - "The fact that Sheppard's here makes all the difference, right?" - okay, he meant it prosaically, that the timeline is fundamentally different, but oh, Rodney, your faith! <3
In conclusion, most importantly: TEAM!
Okay, what excites me most, is that judging by the first couple eps, this will be the season of TEAM! Everyone had stuff to do! (even if Teyla kinda mysteriously disappeared at the end...out walking the Teylet?) And they sat around tables and gathered around computers and worried about each other and whee~!
I think Mullie has proven himself the superior writer to Mallozzi - this was his ep, and while it was incredibly random (oh, SGA, never lose that precious 'the what now?' feel) and the pacing was all over the place (and lucky timing, what, with waking up Carson just as Keller succumbs to the parasite she's had for the last month), but it had more fun than not. I rather liked the scifi of the parasite using its host's mind (even if rather inefficiently, why didn't it realize Sheppard was a threat again?)
Kanaan is not forgotten! I am still holding out for house-husbandry...
Radek is back! And Marie is around (she can officially join the B-team supporting cast of awesome. Zelenka and Lorne host the tea party every Tuesday.)
Tentacle-rape for everyone! With bonus stabbing for John, because, you know, he didn't get enough of that last week. And John throws himself on the sword of possible death for his people - that's what he's there for, and I think Woolsey already knows, judging by the meaningful looks he was sending in John's direction. Did Elizabeth or Carter leave a note: "Need a volunteer for a dangerous duty? Your head of the military will always be happy to serve!"
Ronon got strangled, got a bruised larynx and can't speak? Why did that sound so familiar?
Liking Woolsey thus far, his tension with everyone as he learns what Atlantis is all about is entertaining. I am going to miss Sam SO DAMN MUCH but this is gonna be fun. At the end, you could so see it in John's eyes - "Rules? What are these 'rules' of which you speak?" Also, during the conference room scene, Teyla at one point got this look: "The last two commanders were women. You are the first head of Atlantis who I can grab by the balls and squeeze. And I will, if the necessity arises. *pleasant smile*"
The Rodney/Keller - I am very DONOTWANT and it's half irrational OTPing and half why the hell do they have to pair her off - oh yes because what other purpose does she have, with Beckett around (
cesperanza's premiere post clarified this point for me - why is Keller even on Atlantis? Okay, so she was a child prodigy, but now? In "Intruder" Carson's complaining that every applicant is more qualified than him, with physical skills as well as medical genius - and Carson's a brilliant geneticist who can somehow double as a chief surgeon, so to outshine him is pretty impressive. Keller doesn't have a scientific specialty that we know of (we know more of her personal backstory than most of the chars, but nothing of her professional resume); she tries hard and all, but she cannot possibly have much experience heading a department, she doesn't have the scarily confident competence of Frasier or Lam, and she's clever but has yet to pull off medical miracles...how the heck did she get this job? That she didn't even want? They couldn't find one other doctor in the SGC willing to take over...? Um. Where was I?)Anyway, not on board with Rodney/Keller, especially the couple scenes they were forcing it (why was Rodney the only one to go talk to her in the isolation room?) but I can forgive it because a) John's jealousy is delightful (and why else would he be so weirded out by a girl liking Rodney? is it that shocking? is John that mean? I prefer him gay, thank you), b) I can't really blame Keller for crushing on Rodney, and c) I'm seeing the Teyla/Keller more anyway. What with having the tablet all ready for Rodney to go and break into her quarters. Speaking of which, the Teyla-Rodney-ness was lovely, the way she went to him first and then was relaying his ideas - more of that plzkthx! (And yet, for all John's "that wasn't the weirdest thing" his possessive protectiveness of Keller indicates she's in his circle, as she didn't seem to be last year - because he's thinking of her as Rodney's, Rodney's shot at happiness?)
McSheppiest line - "The fact that Sheppard's here makes all the difference, right?" - okay, he meant it prosaically, that the timeline is fundamentally different, but oh, Rodney, your faith! <3
In conclusion, most importantly: TEAM!
