Stargate - Moebius (2)
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ravenOkaaay. Here we go, kids:
Oh, lovely. Clever, funny, cohesive and just a whole damn lot of fun. The time-travel continuity is fucked up as all get out, but I do not care at all.
Stuff in particular:
-The beginning, with Sam and Daniel doing their best to get on the mission. Who was it on my flist who said AU!Sam and AU!Daniel need to get married and send love letters in binary and cuneiform and have adorable geek-babies? So true.
-Kawalsky turns up, of course. How many times has he appeared since The Enemy Within? Is this the third time?
-Rodney McKay remains the best thing ever. The quick sequence where first Jack, then Daniel, then Hammond all quibble over "Gate Ship One" is priceless.
-The film reference. Jack wants to know if Daniel has the address to get back, and Daniel says, "Yeah." All cool, like he isn't lying through his teeth. Okay, so this time maybe he wasn't. But in the film he was, and the throwback is nice.
-The bit where the little bomb thingy falls at at Jack's feet, and he says, "Oh, shi-"
Especially funny for me because the subtitler had no such qualms. It was subtitled happily as "Oh, shit."
-The bit where Daniel is tortured Apophis seemed somewhat off to me. There were good bits - particularly Daniel's comment that he's an expert on the early settlers on Mesopotamia and actually, he's insane - but I couldn't put my finger on what exactly was funky with that sequence. It seemed wrong in pacing, somehow. Maybe because it all happens so quickly, with no apparent fallout, even when they have to leave Kowalsky behind.
-Daniel finally got Goa'ulded. I can't believe that's never happened to him in the entire run of the show, but here it is. I liked the glowing-eyes effect - hasn't it been ages since they've used it?
-Why did Sam immediately decide to go back 5000 years? Why not twenty-four hours? She didn't know Jack would agree to changing the past.
-Again, I loved the scenes in Ancient Egypt. The effect where the puddle jumper comes out the gate is so good. Although, those pillars - surely if they'd come out even at at slight angle they'd have gone straight into them?
-They get dragged into the tent to see the last survivor of the original SG-1. Of course, it had to be Daniel for purely logistic reasons. But as he lifts his hood, the music swells - and dies. He stares at them. "Why are you here?"
Well, it amused me.
-Why did neither Jack nor Sam comment on the difference in Daniel? They have never met this calm, collected, short-haired character before. What's more, his counterpart has just died in front of their eyes.
-"I killed you."
"Why?"
"You were a Goa'uld spy."
"Good reason."
I never get enough of the banter.
-Sam says, "I'm kinda attracted to... Daniel." Ah, don't I wish they'd left that there? No matter what she says later, there was definitely an attraction of some sort between them.
And Jack thought Daniel was gay! Hee!
-Daniel forgets to mention the ship has a cloak. Oh, he had to forget something. Come to think of it, he's been living here now for five years. Five years. That is an extraordinary length of time to be living in virtual limbo. Fic, please? Else I'll have to do it myself.
-When Daniel and Teal'c came over the hill, I couldn't help but wonder what on earth the two of them are going to do against the Jaffa. I mean, what can they do?
-Jack and Sam kiss in the puddle jumper. Didn't bug me as much as I expected. That's all I'm saying.
-Then off Teal'c's shout, the army come over the dunes. I loved that scene from the bottom of my little fannish heart. So perfect. Daniel and Teal'c, in their robes and armour, look entirely part of the rebellion. It's Jack and Sam away on their own who don't.
-And then comes the fucked-up continuity. Why stop here? This hasn't shown us the Stargate being buried or the timeline being fixed. I suppose the story could feasibly have taken up another three episodes if told thoroughly, but it seems a little rushed. Even one more scene would have done it - in fact, the point where they bury the gate would have served.
-Cut from there to the SGC - cute - and then to the fishing trip. This is, presumably, the same fishing trip at the end of Threads. So Threads didn't happen but this episode did? Or the other way round? It's the other way round. Yeah, I think. My brain doesn't like thinking about it.
-And don't get me started on the fish.
All told, I don't want there to be another season. This is such a good place to stop - no Goa'uld system lord in the ascendancy, free Jaffa, fish in Jack's pond, and the udjat back round Daniel's neck. Another season would have to start new story threads, and that doesn't seem right at this stage.
Oh, lovely. Clever, funny, cohesive and just a whole damn lot of fun. The time-travel continuity is fucked up as all get out, but I do not care at all.
Stuff in particular:
-The beginning, with Sam and Daniel doing their best to get on the mission. Who was it on my flist who said AU!Sam and AU!Daniel need to get married and send love letters in binary and cuneiform and have adorable geek-babies? So true.
-Kawalsky turns up, of course. How many times has he appeared since The Enemy Within? Is this the third time?
-Rodney McKay remains the best thing ever. The quick sequence where first Jack, then Daniel, then Hammond all quibble over "Gate Ship One" is priceless.
-The film reference. Jack wants to know if Daniel has the address to get back, and Daniel says, "Yeah." All cool, like he isn't lying through his teeth. Okay, so this time maybe he wasn't. But in the film he was, and the throwback is nice.
-The bit where the little bomb thingy falls at at Jack's feet, and he says, "Oh, shi-"
Especially funny for me because the subtitler had no such qualms. It was subtitled happily as "Oh, shit."
-The bit where Daniel is tortured Apophis seemed somewhat off to me. There were good bits - particularly Daniel's comment that he's an expert on the early settlers on Mesopotamia and actually, he's insane - but I couldn't put my finger on what exactly was funky with that sequence. It seemed wrong in pacing, somehow. Maybe because it all happens so quickly, with no apparent fallout, even when they have to leave Kowalsky behind.
-Daniel finally got Goa'ulded. I can't believe that's never happened to him in the entire run of the show, but here it is. I liked the glowing-eyes effect - hasn't it been ages since they've used it?
-Why did Sam immediately decide to go back 5000 years? Why not twenty-four hours? She didn't know Jack would agree to changing the past.
-Again, I loved the scenes in Ancient Egypt. The effect where the puddle jumper comes out the gate is so good. Although, those pillars - surely if they'd come out even at at slight angle they'd have gone straight into them?
-They get dragged into the tent to see the last survivor of the original SG-1. Of course, it had to be Daniel for purely logistic reasons. But as he lifts his hood, the music swells - and dies. He stares at them. "Why are you here?"
Well, it amused me.
-Why did neither Jack nor Sam comment on the difference in Daniel? They have never met this calm, collected, short-haired character before. What's more, his counterpart has just died in front of their eyes.
-"I killed you."
"Why?"
"You were a Goa'uld spy."
"Good reason."
I never get enough of the banter.
-Sam says, "I'm kinda attracted to... Daniel." Ah, don't I wish they'd left that there? No matter what she says later, there was definitely an attraction of some sort between them.
And Jack thought Daniel was gay! Hee!
-Daniel forgets to mention the ship has a cloak. Oh, he had to forget something. Come to think of it, he's been living here now for five years. Five years. That is an extraordinary length of time to be living in virtual limbo. Fic, please? Else I'll have to do it myself.
-When Daniel and Teal'c came over the hill, I couldn't help but wonder what on earth the two of them are going to do against the Jaffa. I mean, what can they do?
-Jack and Sam kiss in the puddle jumper. Didn't bug me as much as I expected. That's all I'm saying.
-Then off Teal'c's shout, the army come over the dunes. I loved that scene from the bottom of my little fannish heart. So perfect. Daniel and Teal'c, in their robes and armour, look entirely part of the rebellion. It's Jack and Sam away on their own who don't.
-And then comes the fucked-up continuity. Why stop here? This hasn't shown us the Stargate being buried or the timeline being fixed. I suppose the story could feasibly have taken up another three episodes if told thoroughly, but it seems a little rushed. Even one more scene would have done it - in fact, the point where they bury the gate would have served.
-Cut from there to the SGC - cute - and then to the fishing trip. This is, presumably, the same fishing trip at the end of Threads. So Threads didn't happen but this episode did? Or the other way round? It's the other way round. Yeah, I think. My brain doesn't like thinking about it.
-And don't get me started on the fish.
All told, I don't want there to be another season. This is such a good place to stop - no Goa'uld system lord in the ascendancy, free Jaffa, fish in Jack's pond, and the udjat back round Daniel's neck. Another season would have to start new story threads, and that doesn't seem right at this stage.
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on 2005-02-24 10:19 am (UTC)Please do not say things like this until I've finished my Remix fic. Which I think maybe I should talk to you about, actually.
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on 2005-02-25 08:48 am (UTC)no subject
on 2005-02-26 07:28 pm (UTC)