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20 April 2007 @ 11:29 pm
SG-1 10.12: Line in the Sand  
This is more of an insta-reaction than a thoughtful response

Watching the warriors massacre crouching villagers was particularly painful given the events of this week. I was surprised by the severity of the gut-punch that delivered. I mean, I know that nobody died and it was just flashes from off screen but I was quite the strength of my reaction was unexpected. I wish we'd seen this back when the Brits did rather than now. :(

Stupid premise -- how in the world did they think that the Ori wouldn't notice the missing village? So, assuming I can get past that idiocy, I think the episode was reasonably good. I was glad for once to see a grievously injured character actually suffer. I know that sounds weird but I'm tired of seeing the equivalent of the Monty Python Flesh Wound still fighting. It gave Amanda a cool part to play and it gave us a lot of really nice character beats between Sam and Cam.

I just hope Sam doesn't fall for Cam because he's Teal'c's man and I'd hate to see her lose the colonel again like she did Jack to Daniel. ;-)
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Mish: Sam -- Genius[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on April 21st, 2007 01:58 pm (UTC)
Yes, another shout-out to the S/J crowd but in my living room, I distinctly heard her password as "fizzing." ;-)

Her password on those files should be easy, no? Those were her letters to family and friends and she means for people to see them. In reality, those should be printed and in an envelope somewhere but I let it slide because the first person she named? Cassie. Shippers can claim it was the morphine and I can claim the Relationship of Doom is, well, over.

The sense of computers on this show is frighteningly bad. This worked back in the day when nobody had them but the audience today is far more familiar with them.

The idea that they can interface a Dell laptop into anything Ancient is, well, wait...do you think these guys write using Macs? Because those really are Plug and Play. Maybe they've never actually tried to get Windows to see its own, built-in CD Drive much less had to look for an updated driver?
[identity profile] juliabk.livejournal.com on April 21st, 2007 03:12 pm (UTC)
I like the audio on your tv better.

And yes, her letters should be in envelopes in the HR files or the General's files. As for the password, this is CARTER! She probably has two dozen passwords at LEAST and I bet everyone of them is randomly generated and memorized.
Mish: Team -- Old Style (anim)[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on April 21st, 2007 03:51 pm (UTC)
We had to pay extra for that audio but it has been worth it.

So true! It would be easier to believe these characters if the writers had a better understanding of characterization. *sigh* It frustrates me when they botch really obvious things.
[identity profile] juliabk.livejournal.com on April 21st, 2007 04:00 pm (UTC)
TELL me about it!

Just once I'd like to see a show like this have a person on staff who's ONLY job is to watch out for this sort of thing.

Oh, *and* have that individual be actually, y'know, *competent*.
Mish: Team -- Old Style (anim)[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on April 21st, 2007 05:44 pm (UTC)
I think that would be too much. How could a show survive if all the geeky fans were passed out from the shock and couldn't press their Nielson (sp?) box remote buttons?
[identity profile] juliabk.livejournal.com on April 21st, 2007 06:45 pm (UTC)
Man, I wish I had one of those boxes. ;-)
[identity profile] juliabk.livejournal.com on April 21st, 2007 03:15 pm (UTC)
And yeah, I think you've pegged it here... they probably *do* use Macs.

Maybe the writers are a little smarter than we've been giving them credit for. ;-)
Mish: Stargate -- Antarctic Gate[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on April 21st, 2007 03:54 pm (UTC)
I'm sorry -- I can't credit those guys with that much intelligence. I think it's more ignorance because Macs are the only ones so easy that even they can use them.
[identity profile] juliabk.livejournal.com on April 21st, 2007 04:00 pm (UTC)
Oh, be that way.

Be right.