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[ebonlock]

I finished up Dexter s. 2 yesterday and the end left me a little cold. They'd pushed Dex way out onto a ledge and instead of making him either jump or fly, they kind of cheated him back off it again. Usually the writers are better than that, so I was disappointed.

After that, and a lazy day wherein I picked up another sister's birthday gifts (being born into a family with birthdays all within a two month span of time right after Xmas is its own unique form of hell sometimes), ran a few other errands, and then curled up and did a lot of nothing except enjoying the rain from my nice dry, cozy couch. Did bake some "No Pudge" brownies, which turned out surprisingly well and made my entire apartment smell like chocolatey goodness. Then cyranocyrano popped by for our usual SG-1 night.

I apologized profusely before showing him "The Broca Divide", if you've seen it you know why. Aelf contends it's the worst ep of season 1, though I'm still an "Emancipation" hata' myself, at least TBD contains the one and only scifi plot point based on seasonal allergies, to the best of my knowledge. As an allergy sufferer myself I kind of enjoy that. We made it through 3 eps before calling it a night, and I commented to C- that re-watching the older eps is fun because I get to see again why all the rules and procedures most of us take for granted in the SG universe now came about in the first place. It's like SG-1 was an extended Alpha test and SGA has become the Beta test.

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[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Another thing that bothered me: that a modern soldier, in a knife fight, would be able to defeat a top fighter from a culture that solves its disputes by knife skill.

I can let that go in that a) he seriously underestimated Sam and b) she's been taught some moves that his culture hasn't even invented yet. Still it was a sad and tired plot that tends to make most women viewers groan and hide their faces in shame. I'm just glad they got all of this nonsense out of their systems in the first season.

[mister-sunshine.livejournal.com]

I can get behind you on (a), but knife fighting is not new--techniques from hundreds of years ago are still used today. New moves are designed when there are developments and/or conditions in warfare that make the old ones obsolete. In an environment that lacks those developments and conditions, however, the new moves can actually be a detriment.

The root of my objection is that they depicted a culture as stupid in almost every way.

Since it's from the 1st season, I can -almost- forgive them--maybe they were going to emphasize Sam's melee prowess in future episodes. But I think this is the only episode in the entire series where she demonstrates any.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

The root of my objection is that they depicted a culture as stupid in almost every way.

Um, do we get to count the villain cultures as well? If so I think the Wraith are leaps and bounds more stupid (and improbable!) than even these pseudo Huns could ever be. But they were painfully stupid, no question.

Since it's from the 1st season, I can -almost- forgive them--maybe they were going to emphasize Sam's melee prowess in future episodes. But I think this is the only episode in the entire series where she demonstrates any.

I recall her kicking ass in hand to hand a few times but I can't honestly recall her ever picking up a knife again to do so with.

[mister-sunshine.livejournal.com]

Um, do we get to count the villain cultures as well? If so I think the Wraith are leaps and bounds more stupid (and improbable!) than even these pseudo Huns could ever be.

Oh, totally. They're not scary, not interesting... just annoying. They're basically a giant flea infestation. They could be interesting...but...oh well. It sounds like it's not improving, so I guess there's no rush for me to finish watching S.3. :)

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Oh, totally. They're not scary, not interesting... just annoying. They're basically a giant flea infestation. They could be interesting...but...oh well. It sounds like it's not improving, so I guess there's no rush for me to finish watching S.3. :)

There's actually some damn fine episodes in S3 but my general suggestion would be to skip anything that features the Wraith in any meaningful way. Especially the episode "Submersion" which just made me want to weep from the dumb.