SGA - The Tower

[amalthia]

Loved this episode...more behind the cut This is so odd, this is the first episode I really felt like squeeing to. I had so many OMG moments. :) it was wonderful, it was like fan fiction actually but in a good way.

Um favorite moments....I think when the blonde drops her clothes and John's all over her until he hears ruler....Rodney in the city trying to save the day. I even liked the guards with the whips and the cowering townspeople! Okay not sure what that says about me, but I kept thinking this episode has so many elements of various SGA fan fics I've read.

Um it was a lot of fun to watch. Last week I really loved Grace Under Pressure however except for the Sea MONSTER I didn't really feel any squeeing. this one was a lot of fun for some reason. I just want to know what the writers were smoking when they wrote it. Or what romance novels they've been reading.

Comments

[mcalex22.livejournal.com]

Wow, you're the first person who's given it a positive review!

I read a couple of feedback and they all say it sucked which didn't make me happy. I normally like all the episodes but I'm not a very discerning viewer... I did read about that scene though - and I could just picutre in my mind a million anti-Kirk supporters sharpening their knives.

I'm probably one of the few who doesn't really notice Sheppard and his Kirkness... he cracks me up half the time.

Thanks for the headsup - I don't know when I'll get the file but the torrent's a bit dead at the moment :D

[amalthia]

I just think this proves that my taste in TV and movies never quite meshes with everyone else's. :) I mean I really didn't get teh squeeing for a lot of the earlier episodes this year or the for that matter almost all of them for season 2 but this was one where I actually found it highly amusing. Don't get me wrong, I know the extras aren't going to win awards based on their acting skills but it doesn't take away that it was still fun to watch. Oh and the story did have a lot of cliches too but I still loved it.

[mcalex22.livejournal.com]

Well, I finally gotten around to seeing it. Hmm, not the best episode around but good for laughs... I'm probably one of the few who doesn't mind the Kirk thing!

Still the wardrobe and lines had me cracking up. But I was too busy staring at the black tees... and those sunnies John was wearing. They are so 80s!

You're right though - it is very reminiscent of fan fics! John really really cracks me up - I laughed my head off when he was with the blond girl because it was just so cheesy! And I just knew he would go back to get her.

As for Rodney, he just impresses me more than ever. Claustrophobic that he is, he still jumped into a tunnel and his whining is definitely getting less. And I loved the way Teyla tells him off... she's fantastic! And of course no complains about Rodney in his tee...

Ronon too - his fight sequences are cute. But why won't he hold Rodney's hand? That was cute.

I was going to ask if you mind if I added you to my f-list?

Also finally got that xilisoft thingy working but it was be the way the DVD is encoded because it's ripped every damn thing on it and still can't locate the audio commentaries. Yet, when I play the disc, I can hear them!

Have to think about this for a while though.

Ta,
Alex

[amalthia]

you're more than welcome to add me to your friends list. :)

On the Audio DVD ripper there should be two audio tracks. the commentaries are on the second track (almost positive) It's been months since I've ripped all the commentaries off the SG-1 DVDS. Under the index on the main page their's an audio drop down menu, that should be where you can select the commentary track.

As for the Tower. Loved that episode for all the reasons you just listed too. :) I really got a kick out of that bedroom scene. I know some people may not have liked it but it was that moment where I was like of course he doesn't see this stuff coming! He's GAY!!!! Or the dinner table conversation where he gets pinched? :) his expression....Really after this episode I'd have to say anything can go in fan fics. The costumes...not sure where they got them...

Now what worries me is where they trying to make this episode serious? or purposely went for the cheese?

[mcalex22.livejournal.com]

My sentiments exactly! If they were trying to make it serious, then dear Lord... it didn't work coz I was too busy laughing.

Yes I agree there are probably quite a number of people unhappy with the whole Kirk routine. I've read quite a number of people expressing dissatisfaction with the Sheppard and girl routine and many feel this just undervalues his character and Joe's acting skills. This is why I have avoided reading the reviews in Gateworld.

The only thing I would ask for : is give the girls a chance - maybe Teyla and/or Elizabeth should also get the opportunity to meet a nice, intelligent and good-looking alien man... I know that Torri said she wouldn't mind someone for her character only because Weir can't "liaise" with a subordinate.

But I reckon that perhaps the next couple of episodes will deal with more "serious" matters (except maybe the Long Kiss Goodbye - which David has said that he really enjoyed filming and that he thought it was funny but then that's David being well, David!).

From your description of the software, it sounds like the Region 1 DVDs may be set up differently. I'll look at it again tonight - but what you described doesn't sound right to me! At least it's not what I'm seeing on my screen.

Thanks for the help :D

[amalthia]

I'll make some screen captures and email them to you. I'm pretty sure my dvds were region 1....

about sga...I think it'll be nice to see some episodes from the women's pov. I love Sheppard and McKay but the story is almost always told from their pov and I really think elizabeth or teyla could have a potential love interest too. :)

I think I'd like the Kirk thing if it was John and Elizabeth instead of random pretty woman of the week. At least he has history with elizabeth or hell even Teyla. :)

[martoufmarty.livejournal.com]

It seemed kind of like they walked into a Shakespeare production on crack :P

The episode was silly. And alot of it predictable. But it was fun. I really enjoyed it.

I am sad that there was no Zelenka though :(

[amalthia]

yeah I was kind of sad about the no Lorne. but overall fun episode. :)

[ladyamarra.livejournal.com]

Mckay was just droolworthy *snicker* with his trustworthy guide and all, just really good. But, well, you are so right, I had to think of a Stargate Atlantis/Lord of the rings crossover I read back in the day and, well, I think the guys who wrote this really read the same story, because it was so obviously done like some of the Fanfictions on crack out there.

You are right with what you say about John, it's just adorable, but really, really too much into his role as Pegasus version of Captain Kirk. Lt. Colonel Kirk i mean. Which annoyed me a bit, because they really don't need to play with that cliche so much, or at least give the others some action too. Anyway, Carson was adorable "I should really stop doing housecalls" or something smoothed out the whole Shakespearian (is that right? is that even a word?) crap, anyway, and simply from the position of the art student; decorating Atlantis like a french whorehouse out of the 16century really, really was no whise thing to do. *jeez*

Do I rant too much? Well, yes I do. But at least we have Mckay and Ronon to smooth other things.

[amalthia]

You don't rant that much. :) Yeah I loved the crappy costumes and the bad acting. Which I know is a kind of odd thing to like but I don't think the episode would have worked otherwise. OH and Rodney's guide. I loved that guy. His questions and comments were just so funny, or maybe it was Rodney's reaction.

I think it'll be nice if we see an episode from Teyla's pov and have all the hot alien guys hit on her or something. or even Ronon. or Rodney...it does seem rather unfair that all the hot women in the galaxy drool over Sheppard.

I also loved Carson in this episode. :)