Hell, yes. I'll take a side order of rage, thank you. With sprinkles on top. Because: Exactly! Rodney could as well have brought his kindergarten teacher with him, for all the chastising and the stern looks. Unconditional love? Where?
For what it's worth, I never hated Keller. I could have really liked her as a character if they hadn't forced this relationship in a way that made her look-- I don't even know how they made her look! This is the first time that inconsistencies in a character strike me this hard. Maybe every writer had a different idea who she was supposed to be? Maybe the only thing they could ever agree upon was that they needed to get Jennifer together with Rodney? And what's worst, they don't have any chemistry. I don't see it. AT ALL. Okay, as a serious McShep kind of person I might be considered a little biased, but I'm usually able to separate between canon and fanon, between what could possibly turn up on screen one day and what's entirely wishful thinking. And then I can go on and enjoy the canon, and think up the rest for myself.
But this episode was just *wrong* on so many levels. Not only the McKeller, which screamed out the loudest. It's a shame, because seeing Rodney with his old colleagues/rivals, showing how his disconnection from the academic society is perceived by them, showing how Rodney copes with the fact that, while people may remember that he used to be brilliant, they haven't seen proof of it for quite a while -- that could have been really interesting, if they had dealt with it in a remotely sensible way. Thinking about it, the entire 'Well, the general idea was good, but then they got on with the plot...' thing happened *a lot* this season.
And Keller. Can you spell 'overdoing it'? The kindergarten teacher act was bad enough (poor Rodney), and then she *goes to make a phone call* as if she's just offered to disarm a nuclear bomb. Blindfolded. With one hand tied behind her back. Seriously, what?! Worse than that: Rodney plays along. Actually, he starts it by wishing her good luck. So, it's not only her overdoing it here. Oh wow, I really *hate* this episode. It's worse than Whispers. Huh. I wouldn't have thought that could be possible.
Okay, I've ranted for long enough now, and it's entirely possible that I might have steered a little off topic, and I probably should have got going on my own LJ instead. But well, since you got me started, you'll just have to endure. *g* Now I'm off to do the only thing that's going to cure me from this ep: AU it as McShep.
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Date: 2008-11-25 05:58 pm (UTC)For what it's worth, I never hated Keller. I could have really liked her as a character if they hadn't forced this relationship in a way that made her look-- I don't even know how they made her look! This is the first time that inconsistencies in a character strike me this hard. Maybe every writer had a different idea who she was supposed to be? Maybe the only thing they could ever agree upon was that they needed to get Jennifer together with Rodney?
And what's worst, they don't have any chemistry. I don't see it. AT ALL. Okay, as a serious McShep kind of person I might be considered a little biased, but I'm usually able to separate between canon and fanon, between what could possibly turn up on screen one day and what's entirely wishful thinking. And then I can go on and enjoy the canon, and think up the rest for myself.
But this episode was just *wrong* on so many levels. Not only the McKeller, which screamed out the loudest. It's a shame, because seeing Rodney with his old colleagues/rivals, showing how his disconnection from the academic society is perceived by them, showing how Rodney copes with the fact that, while people may remember that he used to be brilliant, they haven't seen proof of it for quite a while -- that could have been really interesting, if they had dealt with it in a remotely sensible way.
Thinking about it, the entire 'Well, the general idea was good, but then they got on with the plot...' thing happened *a lot* this season.
And Keller. Can you spell 'overdoing it'? The kindergarten teacher act was bad enough (poor Rodney), and then she *goes to make a phone call* as if she's just offered to disarm a nuclear bomb. Blindfolded. With one hand tied behind her back. Seriously, what?! Worse than that: Rodney plays along. Actually, he starts it by wishing her good luck. So, it's not only her overdoing it here.
Oh wow, I really *hate* this episode. It's worse than Whispers. Huh. I wouldn't have thought that could be possible.
Okay, I've ranted for long enough now, and it's entirely possible that I might have steered a little off topic, and I probably should have got going on my own LJ instead. But well, since you got me started, you'll just have to endure. *g*
Now I'm off to do the only thing that's going to cure me from this ep: AU it as McShep.