Season eight! I've got it in my hot little hands!

[icarus]

wildernessguru and I stayed up ridiculously late last night watching season eight. We are not being conservative or watching them slowly -- gorging is the watchword.

We were so disappointed with New Order (though I liked the Jack/Daniel interaction in the second part and the actor who plays Five is just brilliant) that WG was ready to write off the entire season. "Waste of money," he began to chant.

Threshold was gripping, well-paced. But then... Zero Hour. Augh. It was awesome. That episode alone was worth the entire season.

But other good episodes started piling up, Icon, Teal'c apartment, the hints of new trouble, new enemies cropping up (okay, "The Trust" was sillier than shit but it will depend on the acting and they have some good character actors). The writing has really improved. Jack is so terrific as a general (Zero Hour! Augh -- new favourite, cursive, you have to see this one).

I admit, I was expecting to see a slow slide into oblivion. But this is a good show. Different, but revitalized.

I think I'm actually going to watch season nine.

Oh, yes, yes, I miss my stumbling archeologist!Daniel, but Icon clearly shows why he no longer sees the military and moral goals as separate and distinct. Truth to tell, this isn't a sudden change. Daniel has been part of a military unit for seven years. He's just stopped fighting it.


ETA: *as the crickets chirp* Okay, I realize all the Stargate fans are done clapping over season eight and my Harry Potter friends couldn't possibly care less, but -- squee!

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[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

*nods vigorously*

You'd have to describe it at "science-ish" and those who really know the science guffaw. The fun of Stargate SG-1 was the unique anthropological/sociological spin they had, but the physics end I understand is particularly bad.

WG says that they really got their military hardware right on the other hand. I guess when SG-1 discovered the Air Force was watching (and loving) the show they made sure they didn't screw up that part. WG's thrilled at each new weapon and state-of-the-art toy, though he does catch the occasional mistake.

Icarus

[sarka.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I'll take that with a barrel of salt, then - I don't mind it, it's just that other folks around me tend to mind me pointing it out...

WG says that they really got their military hardware right on the other hand.

Yikes. You sure have an interesting partner. My brother can tell me all about the planes and the ships, but that's as far as his knowledge goes...

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, WG's into it all. He reads these military hardware manuals from Jane's that look like encyclopedias, only bigger.

Icarus