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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[identity profile] juliabk.livejournal.com on April 21st, 2007 04:06 pm (UTC)
Um... did y'all happen to catch the idiocy in the previews? It's also in the ads currently running for next week.

"AMANDA lost in another universe", or words to that effect. Not Carter, not Sam, not even Samantha. No, Amanda!

Give me strength.
Mish: Sam -- Genius[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on April 21st, 2007 05:45 pm (UTC)
*blink* They said that?

I don't think they pay poor Amanda NEARLY enough to do that job!
[identity profile] juliabk.livejournal.com on April 21st, 2007 06:47 pm (UTC)
As someone else said, apparently TPTB can't tell the difference between the character and the actor any more.

And they complain about FANS not having a solid grasp on reality.
Mish: Sam -- Fire the Worthless Bastards![identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on April 21st, 2007 07:57 pm (UTC)
Loathe as I am to give the writers any credit, if they referred to her as Amanda in a preview, that's a SciFi screw up.
[identity profile] juliabk.livejournal.com on April 21st, 2007 09:22 pm (UTC)
Which seems even weirder to me. Carter consistently rates fairly low in terms of being a fan favorite. I really don't give Atlantis much hope for a fifth season if they're betting the franchise on her.
[identity profile] selmak.livejournal.com on April 22nd, 2007 01:44 am (UTC)
>>Um... did y'all happen to catch the idiocy in the previews? It's also in the ads currently running for next week.

"AMANDA lost in another universe", or words to that effect. Not Carter, not Sam, not even Samantha. No, Amanda!

Give me strength.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! My sister and I were screaming, "Did they just call her AMANDA?!?!?!?!?!" :) So it's nice to know that we weren't losing our little minds. :D
[identity profile] juliabk.livejournal.com on April 22nd, 2007 08:53 am (UTC)
What'll be really interesting to see are the ads for The Shroud. Wanna bet no actor's called by name?