Rewatch : Rising

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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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Oooooh.
Mosquito-whining darts.
The first culling beam.
The eerie ghostly manifestations.
The grotesque crawling severed Wraith arm.

Mmmmmm. Competent bossy Rodney.

And then the city rises.

Ohhh, mathy geeky boyz. 'Cuz 720 permutations.

Hello, Frank Lloyd Wright balcony (after those lovely windows revealed by the receding waters).

::giggles::
John: "Flight, this is ... puddlejumper."

Eeeeeeeee. John looking around furtively for that hoped-for turkey sandwich. Nah, sorry, John. Only in Trek.

Sumner's stick-up-the-ass character got some redeeming features, first on Athos when he does realize that John has the gift of the shmooze; and, then, with the far more expected stoicism when being tortured to reveal Earth's location.

Ummmmm, why do Wraith Queens have that blood-red hair? And boobs? And wear - like - evening gowns? PTB, WHAT were you thinking (or more likely NOT).

And does anybody else find it weird that the woken-up Wraith could get to darts so quickly, unless there were more around the ship already awake. And I find it odd that a P-90 can bring a dart down.

Yay for Captain John with the welcome to Atlantis speech.

Then up comes Rodney with the munchies and Carson's wonderful "how much more out can you get" line that can be so subversively interpreted with slash-coloured goggles.

Finally, yes, people, we're going to have five years of trouble.

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Okay, my butt officially hurts and I'm hungry. Until next week's episode, ciao for now. And ::sighs:: they were SO young back then.

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

I loved the whole conversation around the name of the Puddlejumper. The name is a good one. I felt so bad for Ford though, getting his choice mocked and being told he can't name anything. In fact, if I remember correctly, the naming thing was a schtick during a few episodes.

Hah, I thought of Trek too when he asked for a turkey sandwich.

Sumner didn't wind up being too bad, and I admired John's courage in shooting him like that. I like how that comes back later in the show, with an old friend of the Colonel's showing up...but, I'm getting ahead of myself.

I'm sorry your ass hurt. I'd forgotten that this was a two-part episode, but I'm kind of glad I did. I'd have hated to divide it into two weeks. Having to stop half way through would have been so hard.