SGA 5x09: Tracker
Sep. 21st, 2008 01:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xparrotThe squee:
Rodney in black! And thigh holsters and other strapped things and mmmm! He's been looking gorgeous this season, no? And he's gotten much better at shooting Wraith these days. Even when hopping on one foot! Also fixing the device in about two minutes while walking through the woods - work those mad brains, Rodney!
Ronon of course was ho~t, kicking ass and taking Runner names (and possibly phone numbers - dude, Ronon/Runner-2 was the most chemistry I saw in this ep) and catching swords and doing stabbity things! And tracking! And not smacking Rodney when he wouldn't shut up, which, really now, does show considerable patience.
Rodney & Ronon running around together! And saving each other a bit, even if they didn't make a big deal about it! And lying on forest floors side by side!
John being OBVIOUSLY OUTRAGEOUSLY jealous of Rodney doing off-world volunteering ontheir his day off. They had a playdate and everything! And he goes off all pouting, too.
The not:
I don't dislike Keller, honestly. I quibble with how she's been written, but I still think Jewel Staite is adorable, even if her voice hits occasionally unpleasant pitches. And I was very glad to hear she's been practicing with Ronon, and has learned a bit since "Missing" (not surprised she's better than Rodney - she's younger and more fit, and besides has more motivation - training with Ronon? With the arms and the brilliant grin and all? Not something to pass up!)
I don't dislike her. But I'm just not that interested in her either; she's not quirky or funny or brilliant or ambitious enough to appeal to me, and I still don't understand what the heck she's doing on Atlantis to begin with. So I'm disappointed this ep didn't have 50% less Keller with Runner-2 & Little Orphan Annie, and 50% more of the Rodney & Ronon show, which I've been waiting for for long seasons. Some token Teyla wouldn't have hurt either - where's my team? She could've had a cameo with John. Or mention that she was also helping train Keller, at least.
On relationships:
I still don't like or want romance in my show. Fortunately I didn't really see much of that - so far Rodney/Keller is playing out like Rodney/Katie Brown, not a viable relationship; Rodney's trying to impress her, he's got "intentions", but he doesn't really know her. She's the girl he had a future with in one timeline (according to John - until proven otherwise, I'm assuming John told him about their hook-up in "The Last Man") and Rodney is so convinced that he's a failure at relationships that he clings to any possibility of one. It's kind of sad that he believes he doesn't have a chance unless he makes himself a "kinder, gentler Rodney McKay" and memorizes medical trivia--he courts like a high schooler, and maybe it's supposed to be cute or funny or whatever, but it makes me feel sorry for him, that he doesn't believe he's worthy of love the way he is. Especially when he clearly thinks he's going to lose to Ronon anyway. But I don't want him to 'win', not like this, not by being pathetic. I don't want Keller to go out with him because she feels sorry for the needy man who confessed his love when brain damaged.
...I miss Rodney/Sam. Rodney was a lot of things with Carter, many of them bad, but 'pathetically needy' wasn't one of them.
Ronon's final grin, though? That was totally, "Okay, you really need to get laid, obviously, so I'm gonna go kick Sheppard's ass until he gets on that, while I go sweep Jennifer off her feet."
--Yeah, I'm still on the Ronon/Keller train. Even if Keller doesn't do much for me, it will give us more Ronon - never a bad thing - and it will show us a different side of Ronon - even better! So I'm pleased they didn't rule that out by any means.
And meanwhile, Jennifer herself - when she was talking about that mean guy who's really not, who was she talking about, anyway?
The best part of the ep - the previews for next week, which someone kindly included on this rip. Allow me to be the first to say W00T!!!
Rodney in black! And thigh holsters and other strapped things and mmmm! He's been looking gorgeous this season, no? And he's gotten much better at shooting Wraith these days. Even when hopping on one foot! Also fixing the device in about two minutes while walking through the woods - work those mad brains, Rodney!
Ronon of course was ho~t, kicking ass and taking Runner names (and possibly phone numbers - dude, Ronon/Runner-2 was the most chemistry I saw in this ep) and catching swords and doing stabbity things! And tracking! And not smacking Rodney when he wouldn't shut up, which, really now, does show considerable patience.
Rodney & Ronon running around together! And saving each other a bit, even if they didn't make a big deal about it! And lying on forest floors side by side!
John being OBVIOUSLY OUTRAGEOUSLY jealous of Rodney doing off-world volunteering on
The not:
I don't dislike Keller, honestly. I quibble with how she's been written, but I still think Jewel Staite is adorable, even if her voice hits occasionally unpleasant pitches. And I was very glad to hear she's been practicing with Ronon, and has learned a bit since "Missing" (not surprised she's better than Rodney - she's younger and more fit, and besides has more motivation - training with Ronon? With the arms and the brilliant grin and all? Not something to pass up!)
I don't dislike her. But I'm just not that interested in her either; she's not quirky or funny or brilliant or ambitious enough to appeal to me, and I still don't understand what the heck she's doing on Atlantis to begin with. So I'm disappointed this ep didn't have 50% less Keller with Runner-2 & Little Orphan Annie, and 50% more of the Rodney & Ronon show, which I've been waiting for for long seasons. Some token Teyla wouldn't have hurt either - where's my team? She could've had a cameo with John. Or mention that she was also helping train Keller, at least.
On relationships:
I still don't like or want romance in my show. Fortunately I didn't really see much of that - so far Rodney/Keller is playing out like Rodney/Katie Brown, not a viable relationship; Rodney's trying to impress her, he's got "intentions", but he doesn't really know her. She's the girl he had a future with in one timeline (according to John - until proven otherwise, I'm assuming John told him about their hook-up in "The Last Man") and Rodney is so convinced that he's a failure at relationships that he clings to any possibility of one. It's kind of sad that he believes he doesn't have a chance unless he makes himself a "kinder, gentler Rodney McKay" and memorizes medical trivia--he courts like a high schooler, and maybe it's supposed to be cute or funny or whatever, but it makes me feel sorry for him, that he doesn't believe he's worthy of love the way he is. Especially when he clearly thinks he's going to lose to Ronon anyway. But I don't want him to 'win', not like this, not by being pathetic. I don't want Keller to go out with him because she feels sorry for the needy man who confessed his love when brain damaged.
...I miss Rodney/Sam. Rodney was a lot of things with Carter, many of them bad, but 'pathetically needy' wasn't one of them.
Ronon's final grin, though? That was totally, "Okay, you really need to get laid, obviously, so I'm gonna go kick Sheppard's ass until he gets on that, while I go sweep Jennifer off her feet."
--Yeah, I'm still on the Ronon/Keller train. Even if Keller doesn't do much for me, it will give us more Ronon - never a bad thing - and it will show us a different side of Ronon - even better! So I'm pleased they didn't rule that out by any means.
And meanwhile, Jennifer herself - when she was talking about that mean guy who's really not, who was she talking about, anyway?
The best part of the ep - the previews for next week, which someone kindly included on this rip. Allow me to be the first to say W00T!!!
