Miller's Crossing
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sga_squeeOh! Oh! I don't even...*hyperventilates*
John John John John John John John John John John
Oh god, quick, someone come here and post coherency for me because ;;;fails;;;
John John John John John John John John John John
Oh god, quick, someone come here and post coherency for me because ;;;fails;;;
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Date: 2010-09-02 10:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-02 10:13 pm (UTC)I wasn't coherent any of those other times either *hangshead*
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Date: 2010-09-02 10:37 pm (UTC)Me too! The implications of what John did are just... squee!
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Date: 2010-09-02 10:19 pm (UTC)I actually just did a rewatch of this yesterday with a bunch of people. It never fails to get me. John. convinced. a. man. to. kill. himself. To save Rodney. I NEVER expected them to go there with his character, but I love that they did.
And the look on his face when he's talking to Rodney:
KILLS ME.
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Date: 2010-09-02 10:26 pm (UTC)And then the way he has it all planned with the pictures of Kaleb and Madison in his pocket. Everything was worded so carefully at every point to get Wallace to respond. *clutches heart*
Also I have much admiration for the above. This post took 4 times longer to write because I kept stopping to stare.
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Date: 2010-09-02 10:35 pm (UTC)haha, I love gifs. <3 I need to make more for Miller's Crossing. I think that's the only one I've done so far.
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Date: 2010-09-02 10:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-03 11:02 am (UTC)Yes, this! It's fascinating to watch and makes me even more curious about John's professional background. It's scary - not only that he's capable of it but that he's *good* at it.
I also love the last scene when Rodney talkt to him and John insists of only having presented the situation. Shows that he's not exactly comfortable with what he did and the only way he might be able to live with his own actions and keep his self-respect might be that he convinces himself that there's a small but important line between "presenting the situation", no matter how suggestive, with the final choice still being Wallace's, and actually physically forcing the guy to do it.
Watch John's face when he talks to Rodney while sitting on his bed. He's standing *this* close to an internal abyss.
You know, I love Rodney for actually finally getting that and not drilling deeper in this conversation, just letting things be as they are in the end and instead simply asking John if he wants to accompany him to the mess.
I'm pretty sure John doesn't have much of an appetite right now but he *clutches* on Rodney's suggestion to regain his balance, get back to normalcy.
Yes, I really, really love that episode. Thanks for bringing it up. :-)
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Date: 2010-09-03 11:23 am (UTC)Oh god, I have incoherency fail again!!!!
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Date: 2010-09-02 10:40 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-09-03 02:03 am (UTC)I love all these gifs too, because I can just sit back, grin and enjoy. :-)
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Date: 2010-09-03 05:36 am (UTC)THIS! His eyes...gah, unspoken universes in those expressions.
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Date: 2010-09-03 11:43 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-09-02 10:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-03 10:51 am (UTC)And then imagine *this* scene taking place between Sheppard and female McKay - playing out exactly as it is, not changing a thing.
I'm convinced not even the average audience, meaning not only the non-slashers but the non-fans, the casual watchers, would doubt for a moment that the female McKay is Sheppard's secret love of his life.
But as it is, it even works for everybody! John loves Rodney, no doubt about that - be it in the slashy, romantic way or be it in a brotherly, friendship way. I truly love this scene. :-)
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Date: 2010-09-02 10:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-02 10:54 pm (UTC)oh, thank you. I forgot my manners there for a minute, what with the staring and wiping drool and all...
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Date: 2010-09-02 11:02 pm (UTC)He is so hot in this picture...fanning self....uhhhhhh..
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Date: 2010-09-03 02:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-03 04:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-02 11:23 pm (UTC)Ahem. What's so squee-worthy about that?
;-P
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Date: 2010-09-02 11:37 pm (UTC)Some men say it with flowers and candy but John Sheppard says it with human sacrifice!
How can Rodney still be oblivious? Ohmyheart.
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Date: 2010-09-03 12:02 am (UTC)That's kinda creepy. Hee!
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Date: 2010-09-03 12:50 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-09-02 11:25 pm (UTC)Does this make no sense? Oh well. I was watching McKay and Mrs. Miller last night.
And here's a weird bit of trivia. The real name (or stage name) of the actor who plays Kaleb is Brendan Gall. The same name of the scientist who was drained almost to death in The Defiant One. Madison's name is really Madison.
I only noticed because I was watching on the computer so I could pause and read the credits.
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Date: 2010-09-02 11:29 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-09-02 11:42 pm (UTC)Do you know if they picked that name on purpose or is this just some mad coincidence?
I'm from a big family so the sibling rivalry hiding affection was no surprise to me.
What surprised me was how much I liked Kaleb in this.
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Date: 2010-09-03 12:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-03 12:27 am (UTC)And, yeah, it is sort of perverted that we love that Sheppard "presented" the facts to Wallace and Wallace volunteered to kill himself. I suppose it the underlying thing...Sheppard would do anything for Rodney and for his team. And we love anything Sheppard does...go figure.
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Date: 2010-09-03 12:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-03 01:06 am (UTC)So, then Martin's buddy, actor Brendan Gall came to audition for something else I think. They liked him for Jeannie's husband and he got the part.
I hadn't paid attention to see that Madison is really Madison. Neat!
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Date: 2010-09-03 08:38 pm (UTC)(And to comment on if JFlan is a good actor or not - I really don't care, I love him in SGA. That's quite enough ;-))
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Date: 2010-09-04 02:36 am (UTC)*squishes you*