Running commentary on Atlantis [kalpurna]

1. AAAHHH Rodney with an ARROW in his ASS! "That did NOT JUST HAPPEN!" And the touching. <3333

2. How much do I love John waking up, staring at Ronon's leather-covered ass, and going, "Well, I guess things could be worse!" *g*

3. Rodney drugged up asking for John.

4. Firefly-esque camera action!

5. Ewwww, that's not the Legolas!Wraith we know and love!

6. Um, somebody call Heightmeyer? Ronun is going to have issues after this. Also, spiffy goggles, Mr. Wraith, sir!

7. WHOA! Trippy fight scene! Someone broke out all the stops in iMovie on this one.

8. "Longer than I care to admit." JOHN ♥

9. Okay, it is becoming harder and harder to buy that Ronon really eats with his fingers. Because that? Is a real, live (well, dead) city.

10. Leather Jacket of Hotness! And John standing up for Ronon! And Caldwell standing up for himself! BALLSY. ALL OF THEM.

11. Oh Ronon. Oh, the H/C. Oh, the slow-mo walk of hotness.

12. This is actually a pretty fucking awesome episode! I love this backstory. And the costuming on Ronon. (Tweed!) And the portrait of a civilized city about to fall before the Wraith. and the explosions.

13. Hey, maybe the Sci-Fi channel is actually starting to get some sense of its audience! Why else would they be showing laundry detergent commercials – i.e., targeted at adult women? And technology/chocolate porn! CLEARLY targeting female geeks.

14. Oh, John, talking about his... "feelings"! AHAHA that whole exchange with Teyla = GOLD. Both comedy and otherwise. OH THIS EPISODE = ♥

15. RODNEY BOXERS.

16. An unspoken bond.

17. "You're welcome!" Srsly, I think the writers have finally started writing for JOHN, not just some prototypical action hero they don't know what to do with. This, the Catwoman exchange last week, the sitting on the floor with Rodney...

18. "Yeah, I got six, Teyla got..." "I got eight." "I got nine, Teyla got eight." I think the thing that makes me love this bit is that he's so clearly lying badly, that it doesn't even seem like he's trying to make light of Teyla's abilities. It's such a Xander-line. He's, canonically, NOT as manly as Teyla, and he's pretty much OK with that, except for self-deprecating humor. THIS is a show that airs post-Buffy, not that misogynistic crap last week. <333333

19. I love that John's the one who's all, wouldn't it be more PRACTICAL if we killed him? And Teyla's all WARRIOR HONOR.

20. RONON HUG.

In conclusion: I love my shiny shiny show. OH, DO I LOVE IT.

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SO MUCH LOVE!

I am ... my heart is exploding right now. I was actually knitting through all of SG1 and the first like ... four seconds of SGA, but I was so excited and immediately all -- flaily -- I had to put it down.

Pretty much everything from "Oh no that did NOT just happen" - on.

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IT WAS SO GOOD! I... *flail*

This is, like, the textbook definition of the word squee. FANTASTIC.

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Yes hi *waves* I have to comment because I LOVED this episode (and the whole show and I have no one else who will share the joy with me *weeps*). :D

1. Haha, yes! I laughed so hard. It figures that Rodney would be the one shot in the ass.

5. Yes, I was slightly horrified. What the heck was up with that guy? NOT PRETTY.

6. Wraith!goggles are kind of cute.

12. Flashbacks were so very awesome. And we finally got Ronon backstory (and yes, explosions).

15. YELLOW! And see, I thought those were briefs. :D

I think this episode made me really like Ronon, whereas before I felt kind of 'meh' about him.

Honey, we are having a CHAT (http://svmadelyn.livejournal.com/380809.html) in half an hour, during the repeat! You can come squee ALL YOU WANT!

I love this show so. so. much. I think this might be my favourite episode, and it's definitely in the top three. I just. SO many things. (most of which you also mentioned, hee, and yay). it's like... I swear to god, they're trying to go more in the direction of fanfic. and sometimes it doesn't work and sometimes it half works but not quite and then this week? oh, it WORKED. ♥

I just. god. head going splodey all OVER the place.

It was FABULOUS. And omg hi, SGA, you've been holding out on us! Seriously, if they had like, a CHECKLIST this could not have been more fanservice. Just... Rodney talking about his ass? CHECK. John talking about his FEELINGS? CHECK. More backstory? CHECK. Teyla being a motherfucking badass? CHECKITY CHECK.

INFINITE LOVE.

EXACTLY. Omg. Yes. And the boxers which I also maintain were lemon slices and will do so in spite of any evidence to the contrary that there may be too and just... ee. Yes. They seriously gave us the gold on this one. And I remain amused that this is, like, three weeks in a row where someone mentions John's hair. HEE.

(Except Kavan Smith with short hair is confusing and weird.)

But, god, yes. So much love. I think I may have to watch it again this afternoon. God bless the intarwebs.

They are SO lemon slices. I thought they were happy faces at first, but then I saw screencaps, and... YES. LEMON SLICES. <333333

(I thought that WASN'T Kavan Smith! I should go watch again. Clearly.)

OH INTERNETS. ♥ Many are the gifts thou hast given me.

So are. So, so are. Because yellow kiwi fruit is so unusual that I can't even begin to think that anyone would put them on boxer shorts (rather than green) and they just plain LOOK more like lemons. (Although, there could have been a hideous laundry accident. HEE.)

(See, I am SO CONFUSED. Because at first I was all "omgwtf?! Where's Lorne? what the FUCK?" except then I looked on imdb and it claims he's still in that episode and I got more confused, because, honestly? I would believe IMDB over my ability to recognise people with vastly different haircuts etc (though the voice sounded wrong and I should've believed my initial impulse) but then I looked around online and other people were all "where's Lorne??" as well and so I have concluded that imdb are on crack. Unless he had, like, serious facial padding or something as well as a haircut. Which I doubt. Um, in conclusion: don't listen to me, dude.)

OH YES INDEED. I am currently halfway through the pilot of SG-1 which I'd never seen before (yay internets!) and am geeking out so very, very much.

Stayed up so very late to download and watch the episode, and omg so glad I did. That? Was fan-bloody-tastic! I can only point at all of the stuff you listed, wibble a little, and nod. I wanted to go through and talk about all the stuff I loved over in my LJ but then I realized that it'd probably be easier to find and paste a transcript of the whole thing.

*twirls and flails, which is a dangerous combination*

AAAHHHHHHH IT WAS SO GOOD. I'm so glad I kept a running commentary going, because now when I try to think back on what, SPECIFICALLY, I loved, it is like a big incoherent blob. A blob of JOY.

*joins you in flirling*

18. "Yeah, I got six, Teyla got..." "I got eight." "I got nine, Teyla got eight." I think the thing that makes me love this bit is that he's so clearly lying badly, that it doesn't even seem like he's trying to make light of Teyla's abilities. It's such a Xander-line. He's, canonically, NOT as manly as Teyla, and he's pretty much OK with that, except for self-deprecating humor. THIS is a show that airs post-Buffy, not that misogynistic crap last week. <333333

YES!!!! I thought my world had ended after Buffy. And then SGA came along... *sobs happily*

The thing is, USUALLY I wouldn't hold SGA up as an example of Buffy-level awesomeness. It's been known to underuse its women. But this episode? Totally. ♥

Also! I totally meant to comment in the first place - I love that I'm not the only one who totally sees a lot of Xanderisms in John. It's been driving me slightly bonkers because he's just... he just so is. I mean, "operation this will most likely end badly"?! LOVE.

And, oh, of all the times to no longer have my Xander icon with "you slash me with your words!" (because yes, boys, we really, really do. hee.)

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