I loved Vegas! The style, the music, the setting, the shooting and the acting, especially Joe Flanigan. Finally a Shep centric episode. I agree with everything you said. I thought Vegas Rodney was pompous, arrogant and manipulative, not necessarily pejorative but rather he had more people skills and used them for his own means. The way he talked to John, leaked the information he wanted him to know to get him to cooperate, he manipulated him to get John to help. Love that John Sheppard is a hero in any universe. That he got a little help from Rodney here, reminding John of his true character.
I thought Vegas showed that John and Rodney needed each other for balance, like the yin and yang. Rodney needs John to soften him, to ground him while John needs Rodney to keep his rash actions in check and to watch out for him. Agree with your McShep assessment - they do need one another and naturally gravitate that way.
Was very bummed that TPTB didn't somehow work Ronon and Teyla in. Hey it was an AU - they could have been playing poker, doing anything. Would have been basically incognito if Jason and Rachel were in their natural hair rather than wigs. I guess that they weren't in it as team members because it was only through Sheppard that they came to Atlantis. John was the only one civil/nice to Teyla and the Athosians likewise it was John who invited Ronon to Atlantis. So without John Sheppard in Atlantis, neither Teyla nor Ronon would be there. Of course, that leads to a myriad of questions as to how Atlantis is even there without John - but that really wasn't the point of the AU.
Anyway, I loved Vegas. Wish they would have though outside of the box earlier - shows the potential that was there. Heck, I would watch this AU as a weekly show. Really hope that Joe Flanigan lands a cop show so we could see him weekly looking all rough and scruffy with the rumpled clothes. Nice!
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Date: 2009-01-05 02:57 am (UTC)I thought Vegas showed that John and Rodney needed each other for balance, like the yin and yang. Rodney needs John to soften him, to ground him while John needs Rodney to keep his rash actions in check and to watch out for him. Agree with your McShep assessment - they do need one another and naturally gravitate that way.
Was very bummed that TPTB didn't somehow work Ronon and Teyla in. Hey it was an AU - they could have been playing poker, doing anything. Would have been basically incognito if Jason and Rachel were in their natural hair rather than wigs. I guess that they weren't in it as team members because it was only through Sheppard that they came to Atlantis. John was the only one civil/nice to Teyla and the Athosians likewise it was John who invited Ronon to Atlantis. So without John Sheppard in Atlantis, neither Teyla nor Ronon would be there. Of course, that leads to a myriad of questions as to how Atlantis is even there without John - but that really wasn't the point of the AU.
Anyway, I loved Vegas. Wish they would have though outside of the box earlier - shows the potential that was there. Heck, I would watch this AU as a weekly show. Really hope that Joe Flanigan lands a cop show so we could see him weekly looking all rough and scruffy with the rumpled clothes. Nice!