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Stargate Atlantis
WORF
The Burninator
in Zocalo v2.0
It's back, season 4 started a few days ago. I'm guessing since no one else has posted about it, those who did watch it were unimpressed?
Worf
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Still though I suppose its sci fi and will keep me less bored for 45mins once a week.
Everything seemed fairly twisty for the sake of being twisty, but it wasn't bad. It pulled pretty much every space opera twist at once.
Lets make a list:
Dead Batteries
Short Circuit in the Mainframe
Ticking Timer
"Brain Tumor"
Unavoidable Obstacle of Doom!
Last-minute critical damage
"Leap of Faith" (hyperdrive)
"Alternative Medicine" (see cylon baby juice)
and so much more!
Still enjoyed it. The cliffhanger resolutions in the Atlantis realm seem to be a bit of a let down, so I'll keep on watching as long as it stays entertaining. I've never been a fan of the soft reboot the producers put the show through. I felt that it finally started to get itself solidly planted in a story until the season finale worked to destroy any progress made. I was fairly satisfied with the show being neglected by the staff of SG-1. :p
Some of this coming season does appear to look like it may be good, but I'll miss Weir. She might have been a bit annoying to listen to, but her presence always felt a little more human than the military rule of Stargate Command. And it seems like Shepherd, due to conflicts stemming from the departure of Weir as a front runner, may have a reduction in screen time this season. I'm hoping not. I was also rather hoping to avoid any of the Carter/McKay stuff, but it seems like that is inevitable now.
Overall?
underwhelming, but still enjoyable.
One thing that did, not annoy me exactly but slightly irritate me was Jewel Staite actually. Not her as such, but I just didnt like the way the writers seemed to have written her character. It just seemed like she was totally lost for what to do or say half the time, and just overall a bit weak. It was her first real episode though, so hopefully it will improve with time and better writing. I may also be biased because I'm still half thinking of her character from Firefly, who was also not the quickest ;)
I liked how it was a bunch of little things that kept going wrong, instead of just the one big thing. Reminded me of ass-paralyzing disasters I've been through.
Worf
Which gimmick is that you're refering to Sanfam?
On a tangent Nathen Fillion is this season's "bad" neighbor on Desperate Housewives.
Jake
I do assume we will get a certain dosage of Carter/Rodney which will probably be amusing for 1 episode but I hope they don't drag it out. Actually I always wanted to see Felger and Rodney have a good scrap over Carter. That would have been funny. The 2 episodes with Felger in in SG1 were great. I especially loved the one where his assistant and Carter have a cat fight with him and O'Neill watching. Pure class!! :D Shame his character has been pushed aside.
The gimmick might be the airfix puddle jumper that clever Rodney was fiddling with ;)
It still bugs me though the way Ford was written into the doldrums. Then they brought Michael along and low and behold he too had the same treatment. So whats going to happen now in the s4 finale? Ford, Michael with his freakoid Wraiths and the other replicators all descend on Atlantis for a final show down? Wouldn't surprise me if they do that to be honest.
And Mac got it. Spoiler: I really don't like it when writers pull emotional strings just for the sake of doing so, especially when it just so happens to be Beckett, who never deserved it and had no reason to die. Worse, bringing the character back just insults the viewers by negating the emotion placed in his death. While I was unhappy about his firey loss, I was fine with him just staying dead as people normally do. Just say no to character necromancy. The wee turtles can take care of themselves!
But I do believe Tapping said in an interview we have a brief moment in which we find out her relationship status this season.
Now I'm curious about how the timelines all line up, and where Unending, First Strike/Adrift/Lifeline, and Ark Of Truth take place in relation to each other. When the last season ended, I joked that everyone on Atlantis was going to feel really stupid about going ahead with the nuclear strike because the PWARG wasn't finished when they found out they'd actually just gotten all of the Asgard knowledge (including how to make a giant replicator disruptor) on a silver platter. Now, if this three-parter takes place after "Ark Of Truth," it must be well after "Unending," so my observation of that dramatic irony is not valid.
And speaking of pissing everyone off, I heard that there was a cut scene in Unending which implied that she paired off with Teal'c while they were trapped on the ship.
Carter & Teal'c? Hmm, I suppose with the whole coupling thing in that episode she didn't have much choice ;) "Indeed" as Teal'c would say :p
The only other episodes I remember from last season are "The Game" and the one where Michael creates his Alien like minions.
Worf
Yeah. They used the mis-shaped stargate 3D model with only eight chevrons instead of nine and the back being the same as the front in the midseason finale. I noticed that this week, in the matte shot of the interior of Midway Station, you could still see the four giant space clamps holding the stargates in place. I couldn't tell if it was still the inaccurate model, though.