SGA: Lifeline review.

[icarus]

So far, SGA has allayed most of my doubts about the new direction of the show. I'm still waiting to see how Carter integrates, but I like how she's not just plunked into Atlantis like a plug-and-play.

At first the cables hanging down in the jumper were annoying, but then I liked the touch of realism that, yes, a cobbled together tech solution would be in the way.

Joe was excellent in this episode. Not just in the emotional scenes with Elizabeth, but also in the jumper. Every time Elizabeth is mentioned -- the danger she represents, the danger she's in -- he looks somewhere between pissed off, scared, pissed, freaked, and pissed off. He carried the emotional undercurrent of "Adrift" into "Lifeline."

And he made Rodney be the one to pull the switch if need be. Nice bit of writing there. Subtle. Since Rodney ignored John's instructions and brought her back, he was the one who'd have to kill her. John's a bit vengeful.

The Elizabeth we saw in this episode was the one I've wanted to see from the beginning. She didn't underestimate Oberon for a minute. I normally don't like being tricked in an episode, but it played out very well.

Lastly, the splashdown.

Loved the complaints from the control room while John struggled to land a flying city.

Loved that the landing was iffy. (Like a leaf kissing the water, ha, Rodney.)

And loved that moment in the chair, where John just sat there ignoring the control room commentary, the play of emotions across his face evident: "Holy shit. I just landed a ship the size of a city."



Side note: Should I be able to hear the music from this kid's iPod across from me? Because if I can hear it, the noise is probably loud enough to fuse the atoms in his body into new compounds.

Comments

[bramble-rose.livejournal.com]

No you should't and it is perfectly socially acceptable for you to ask him to turn it down. Especially if it's loud enough for you to name the song he's listening to.

Loved Lifeline and Adrift, too :-) Am having fits because #2 son is a senior in band and I'm trying to catch his last marching season so I can't watch the shows live. *sigh*

[sarka.livejournal.com]

It is really quite ridiculously hard to not click on that cut...

*just watched 3-15*

[rike-tikki-tavi.livejournal.com]

Weren't the first two eps awesome. And from what I could glean from squeeage about Doppelganger, Carter actually seems to be integrating into Atlantis pretty well. *has her fingers crossed so hard, they almost fuse together*

And no, you shouldn't have to hear the music from that kid's iPod. That's one of the things I hate about all these new-fangled media cell phones. The newest fad over here is for teenaged kids to get on the train and then play some godawful rap or stuff for their friends like that punk with the ghetto blaster in Star Trek IV. The only difference being that their phones are a lot smaller and I can't do Spock's nifty neck pinch.

[fractalreality.livejournal.com]

It's highly likely most people would hear my iPod from across the other side of a train - I'm mostly deaf in one ear so I turn it all the way up to 11 to be able to hear it properly.

...unfortunately, I forgot to auto-equalise the sound so some albums? Blow my eardrums.

And this season so far rocks; Doppelganger is not to be missed!