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.

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[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

::sighs::
I've only reached the 2:40 mark (opening credits) and I'm already entranced ... all over again.

Poor Rodney and his hope-filled attempts to be found a gene-carrier.

Elizabeth's nervous giggle.

Daniel's absent-minded scientist meandering.

And that delicately sparkling music dancing in the air before the opening credits. I've probably said it a bajillion times, but Joel Goldsmith's music is exquisite. In yet another window, I'm reading an interview he gave in 2006 where he says he wrote the opening theme to SGA after reading the script and before the pilot was shot. And, yet, we listen to the music and watch the spires rise majestically from the ocean and are awe-struck.

Okay, back to listening and watching.

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

I love that look on Rodney's face when he's reminded he doesn't have the gene, and he protests that it's just random and not proof of any superiority.

I'm so bad at noticing the music, so thank you for pointing it out. I plan on rewatching again sometime next week, this time keeping in mind things that people have said here, so I can appreciate them more.

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

Well, I am a trained musician so I immediately notice these things. And having a feature-film quality score makes an enormous difference. As it did here so magnificently.