Rewatch : Rising

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

 
Yay!  Time to start.

Synopsis of the Pilot:  When SG-1 discovers what it believes to be the remnants of the Lost City of the Ancients, the originators of the Stargates, Stargate Command launches an investigation. A new team of explorers, headed by civilian Dr. Elizabeth Weir, travels to the distant Pegasus Galaxy, where it discovers an advanced but deserted city on the ocean floor, a group of nomadic humans and a deadly enemy that feeds on humans as an energy source.

Comments

[cjoelle.livejournal.com]

I actually started to watch being so dead certain I was going to hate the show (mostly because I had been very disappointed with quite a few spin-off at the time).

So I watched Rising... and they just made it impossible to hate! ^_^. I still get goosebump whenever the City rises from the ocean *shivers*.

Although, I don't get the bit between the two Ancients who are just standing and staring at each other in the very beginning.

The woman is the on they found in the ice in Antarctica in SG1 (can't remember which season, it had Jonas still). So basically she stayed on Earth while her partner left with the City to the Pegasus Galaxy. And they left because of that sickness they talked about in the SG1 episode. Well, that's how I understood it at least :p.

[rissabby.livejournal.com]

I've seen Rising two or three times but I never realized who that woman was. After you pointed her out I was able to recognize her. Thanks.

[cjoelle.livejournal.com]

The first time I watched it, I just thought : "hum, this lady looks familiar", and didn't go any further because other stuff were happening; but when I did a re-watch, I put the commentary on, and I think Martin Wood talks about that scene and explains who she is ^_^.

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

Since I'm watching on Netflix, I don't have the extras that come with the DVDs. It's too bad, as I usually love the trivia you can find out by watching the commentaries, bloopers, etc.

I feel so deprived *sobs*. Eventually, I'm sure I'll get them, but it won't be for a while. I'll at least wait until they are being offered through Blu-ray.

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean about spin-offs, they aren't usually as good. I was convinced I wasn't going to like it because I'd tried an episode of SG-1 and been disappointed (I'll need to give that one another chance). I decided to give SGA a chance because a few people on my flist were enamored with it.

Thanks for explaining the bit with the Ancients. I didn'trealize there was crossover before SGA even started. It's kind of cool that they used information from one show to start another - a nice piece of continuation.