Yep. I did it.

[stagnation13]

My take on tonight's episode, "Human" (114):

1. Angst.
2. Angst.
3. Nice glasses, Rush. Really.
4. Why, he was a bastard before he ended up on Destiny.
5. Daniel!
6. Gloria, Rush's wife, is awesome. The character was well written and the actress did an excellent job.
6a. The violin music is just gorgeous.
7. Destiny is out of FTL. Planet! Ruins!
8. What...was Chloe trying to be funny? Seriously?
10. Daniel!
11. Rush, you are a hot mess. Plain and simple.
12. Wait, what about the Lucien Alliance finding the planet for the Icarus Base? Say what?
13. Ah, Daniel. The Douglas Adams reference is just...cute.
14. Angst.
15. Oh poor Chloe. Stuck in a spider's web.
16. Damn, she didn't get eaten.
17. Angsty-angst. The team is stuck in the maze, Lt. Boobs and her c4 couldn't blast them out.
18. Rush is out of the chair. 46? All those flashbacks and you came up with 46?
19. Destiny jumps to FTL, leaving the team in the maze. Eli is devastated, Chloe is dirty.
20. Rush has some figuring to do to come up with the code.

Comments

[ivorygates]

they lost more people this week? SWEET!

[stagnation13]

They sure did, but this time by accident, not by choice as in "Faith".

[ivorygates]

i see joe mallozzi's plan now! by the end of the season the ship's going to be deserted. that's probably what happened to the last crew.

[stagnation13]

We can only hope. A quick painless death? That would be nice.

Chloe could suffer some, though.

There was one bright spot: we made it thru an entire episode without a gratuitous Star Trek comment from Eli.

[ivorygates]

He's obviously been replaced by a robot.

Hey, you know what would be cool? And would work only in fic, I bet.

Have Destiny taken over by the Robot SG-1 from "Tin Man". Sam could rig the ship to provide them with broadcast power, and she and Daniel would have a ball!

[killing_rose]

Or Replicator Sam, though I vaguely recall her dying? (It's early and my brain's offline.)

It'd still make more sense than this farce.

[ivorygates]

oh yeah she's toast.

that's pretty meaningless in the Gate'verse, though...

[sid]

I am so very srsly worried that we will never see 4 of our main charaters ever again.

Yeah, right. *rolls eyes*

Hmm. Considering the way this ep was presented, I withhold judgment on whether Daniel actually recruited Russell Crowe Dr. Rush. Yeah, supposedly it's a memory of Rush's. *handwaves* Daniel's too smart to recruit this nutjob. TPTB have inserted Daniel into Rush's memories the same way they've caused Chloe to suddenly have a purpose (i.e. to have studied Daniel's work. *rolls eyes again*)

[ivorygates]

The only way Chloe would extensively study Daniel's work would be if he'd written twelve volumes on how to get shitfaced anywhere in three galaxies.

[sid]

While whining.

[ivorygates]

A-men.

[stagnation13]

I swear if she was still on Earth she would be one of those chicks who has a RoxyGirl sticker on her back window.

Anyway...

I think she's a shameless, manipulative hussy and she needs to be spaced.

[ivorygates]

i hate her and i don't care if the Mean Girls of Blogland say I'm a gender-traitor for doing so. she's a cunt.

[stagnation13]

Screw 'em. She's a disgrace.

[ivorygates]

words cannot adequately convey.

i do find it disturbing that even shanks' return couldn't drag up the ratings for this ep. i suspect viewers of growning jaded and cynical. and tptb of growing illogical: if sg:whoopiecushion is supposed to be all that and a bag of chips because it's nothing like the REAL GATES, why would bringing in Dr. Daniel Jackson of Stargate Command matter to its viewership?

[stagnation13]

Believe me,10 minutes of Mr. Shanks does not replace the bad taste Chloe leaves in your mouth.

[sid]

*mind... goes... places...*

[sid]

*wants a bag of chips*

[stagnation13]

I seriously do not think she is actually studying Daniel's work, she was just doing what she could to go on the mission.

And out of all people why was Rush imagining Daniel? To give Rush some sort of sympathy the same way TPTB are trying to make their golden girl look less pathetic and whiny? I think the whole Chloe character backfired, and now the scramble begins to make her useful. Sadly, the fact that she's a useless bitch and has been for so long isn't easily erased from the memory banks, yanno.

[ivorygates]

I seriously do not think she is actually studying Daniel's work, she was just doing what she could to go on the mission.

right. because she's all brave like that.

the fact everyone let her get away with it makes me want to build a time machine and go back and machinegun all the cheerleaders at my high school.

And out of all people why was Rush imagining Daniel? To give Rush some sort of sympathy the same way TPTB are trying to make their golden girl look less pathetic and whiny?

That and to spike the ratings, which are sliding down the greased intestine to Hell.

Of course, you could say that the Ascended aren't bound by time, so Daniel was really there visiting Rush while he was Ascended. Or you could stick your fingers in your ears and hum really really loud.

I think the whole Chloe character backfired, and now the scramble begins to make her useful. Sadly, the fact that she's a useless bitch and has been for so long isn't easily erased from the memory banks, yanno.

:::laughs hysterically:::

surely you don't think TPTB give a dead rat's ass about continuity or character development? They have the collective memory of an easily-distracted fruitfly and utter contempt for their audience.

[stagnation13]

*sigh*

Right.

They aren't done injecting SG-1 folks into this miasma...there's still an epi or two.

Chloe is not brave. She's getting bored. I know TPTB don't give a shit about character development, but her trying to be funny and Young with that lecherous smirk...made me want to throw up AND shower.

[happydog57]

I so, so, sincerely hope you’re right about Chloe not studying Daniel’s work. (How much would they/could they actually have with them anyway and could a complete beginner in the field understand any of it?). Her little info-dump later made me fear that they were actually serious and eventually we’ll be told that she’s a genius and has absorbed all of Daniel’s work. I so hope not, I don’t think I could bear that.

Is anyone else getting annoyed at the way they *have* to explain *every* movie/sci-fi reference? It pegged my annoyance meter this week when Rush, knowing he was imagining Daniel, essentially explained the 42 reference to himself. LOL. Makes me feel spoon-fed.

[stagnation13]

Is anyone else getting annoyed at the way they *have* to explain *every* movie/sci-fi reference? It pegged my annoyance meter this week when Rush, knowing he was imagining Daniel, essentially explained the 42 reference to himself. LOL. Makes me feel spoon-fed.

Oh God, I know! Eli's gratuitous Star Trek references aside, I was waiting for SOMEONE to bust out with a Douglas Adams...

If that little hooker is reading up on the works of Dr. Daniel Jackson...she's not. She's just being manipulative. Daddy's dead, so she's got to work on Young next. Hence his lecherous grin after she conned him to go on the Big Spider Mission.

[happydog57]

It would have been perfect had Daniel said, “Not 42?” and absolutely nothing else. But then how would we know Just How Clever TPTB are without explanations? ::head desk::

…reading up on the works of Dr. Daniel Jackson…she’s not. ::clings to this::

[ivorygates]

now i want the sgu prequel fic where chloe trails daniel all over homeworld/the sgc trying to get into his pants...

[sid]

...but fails miserably because Jack's already in 'em.

[ivorygates]

got it a :)

[stagnation13]

TOTALLY.

For a moment Chloe thinks its hot, but Jack gives her a death glare and she realizes there maybe something to husky geeks in sweatshirts...