Rewatch : Hide and Seek

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

 After receiving Dr. Beckett's revolutionary gene therapy, which aims to allow those born without the Ancient gene to interact with Ancient technology, McKay manages to activate a device that shields him from any and all physical harm. Despite his temporary invulnerability, McKay is forced to swallow his fear in order to help rid the city of a dark, formless entity which is feeding on the city's most vital energy.

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[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeeeeeeee.

Seeing Rodney so eager and willing to jump up onto the exam table so he can finally (F*I*N*A*L*L*Y) get HIS own gene is priceless. And, then, the range of expressions flitting over his face when he learns that - well - it's not FDA approved. But, as Carson assures him, it's approved in the Pegasus Galaxy!!!

Oh, Grodin (again). And it's the first time I've noticed how he and Weir are almost the same height (although I believe her fluffy hair gives her a couple of fake inches.

Oh, wow. I never noticed the huge THUMP Rodney's body made when hitting the floor.

And ... this will never, ever, in the history of history, get old:
Gleeful John: "I shot him." /changes expression to show that it wasn't all that much of a bad thing/ "In the leg."

Okay, I'm going back to watching.

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

Heh, you capture Rodney's feeling so well. He is so cute in that opening scene. And then Johns expressions, and how quickly (and hard) Grodin hit's Rodney.

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

I love John's glee at shoving Rodney off the platform, as well as when he recounts how he shot Rodney - 'it the leg.' Of course Rodney's glee about having the gene (the same as Sheppard) was extra cute, too.

One thing I remember thinking is being amused at how they cover the food and drink, but not peeing (that would be my biggest worry *g*).

Also, hee to the 10,000 year old dead plants.

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

::giggles::
Your comment gets my pissed-off icon.

Well, I think that anything can go out from behind the shield but cannot enter.

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

Maybe, but he couldn't unzip his pants or take himself out. Heh, I'll stop now.

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

Oooh. We get Sheppard-concerned-face look when he realizes that Rodney has a bit of a problem.

And how quickly does Rodney go from "In-vul-nerable" to "I'm a dead man"?

Oh ... opening credits. Hmmmmm. I forgot that the and David Hewlett as had a different background (the ZedPM and a much younger Hewlett).

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

I like his, 'Dead man talking,' bit. He is so cute.

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth: I wouldn't have thought you believed in ghosts.

Rodney: I never used to, then I learned about things called "Wraiths" that can suck the life out of you with their hands. What the hell is that?

I lol'd

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

Oh, you're a couple of minutes ahead of me. And the grimace he made as he moved his hand about.

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

Huh, at one point I thought you were ahead. Ah well, it's cool watching this, and knowing that somewhere out there you're watching too. I like this rewatch thing. It adds a whole new dimension to the show to have some interaction like this

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

I think it all depends on when we each stopped to type. But this is loads of fun and it's making me want to rewatch All. By. Myself when I can concentrate on so many little details, without stopping to chat. And I could also turn all of the lights off for greater contrast.

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

Heh, I do rewatch it. Again. After a few days, and seeing what other people say, I rewatched the Pilot so I could watch it while keeping in mind some of the cool things people pointed out or mentioned in their comments. I plan to do the same whenever tie permits to all the episodes. So, I guess I'm doing a double rewatch. *g*

Oooo, beautiful icon. I love the sunrise/set and the colors washing over the city.

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

Okay, both Elizabeth and John are giving Teyla the oh-so-jingoistic talk of "We know better than you, so we don't really need your help." Really embarrassing.

Oh, naive, unsuspecting Elizabeth: "The Ancients were smart enough to build fail-safes into their other technology...."

Oh, John, telling horror stories to the kids. OTOH, Jason and his hockey mask (what's hockey) can't compare to the Wraith.

It seems funny to be seeing Athosians all over the place in Atlantis.

Hee - the Hail Mary pass. And John should not be allowed to explain ANYTHING.

Role playing hijinks.
Jinto: "You get to be the Wraith. I get to be Major Sheppard." Uh-huh. Hero worship already.

Thank goodness Wex was smart enough to come back to Halling to report that Jinto was missing.

Oooh. I love seeing the lit-up empty corridors in Atlantis. They've already shown that a couple of times.

Okay, back to more watching.

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

It's like you're reading my mind. I was so uncomfortable during those moments between Teyla, John, and Elizabeth. Oi.

The ghost story was amazing, but kids that grew up with the Wraith as an ever present shadow - yeah, not so much.

John's explanations make me think of mine. I hate explaining anything (can't understand football, anyway), and to someone like Teyla that has absolutely no cultural references to help her out - that whole scene was so funny.

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

I get so caught up in watching, damn it. I forget to comment. I love Rodney's first real moment of heroism. The look on his face, his changing expression, how he doesn't say anything, Sheppard's panic...

And then, Sheppard's all, 'he must've passed out.' and Rodney, barely coherent says, 'thanks for saying the other thing.' And then finally Sheppard explains something right, 'That was a Hail Mary!'

[cjoelle.livejournal.com]

"Brave little toaster Rodney" is one of my (admittedly many) favorite Rodney ^_^.

The way he suddenly goes silent when he's really about to act with courage (even if he's scared to death) is so much in contrast to his usual persona, and yet it fits perfectly.

Kudos to David Hewlett on this (and so much more!), brilliant acting (as usual :p).

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

It's creepy (and also anthropomorphic) to see the scene all weird and wobbly through the energy creature's senses.

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

I don't enjoy the supercilious attitude of Elizabeth and some of the others to the Athosians. Other than that, I really like this attitude. There are so many awesome lines (Well, I only know one thing for sure, and that is that flying darkness that eats energy can only be very, very bad.), great humor, and the snark level is epic.

Oooh, that's what I should poll for - levels of snark. Anyone who reads this - what do you think of adding a snark poll for each episode?

Something like: This episode was:

epically snarky

snaky enough to get a couple of laughs from me

meh

snark free

[rissabby.livejournal.com]

Polls are fun. I'd answer a snark one.

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

And, once again, we see the corridors, this time distorted by the energy creature.

Though, what bad timing for Halling's prayers to the Ancestors to be answered with lights going off and Rodney fainting. Oops!

And, then, seeing the look between Peter and John, aka "Just WHAT is this shit?"

Okay, they've just stepped into the ... closet.
John: "It's definitely not a closet." Ya think?

Rodney: "It must be a transporter."
John, peeved: "We can name it later."

Rodney: "I need to know everything you touched."
Jinto's face: Oops, I've been busted.

Oh, wow. Look at the makeshift infirmary before they made it into a real boy set.

It's fascinating to go back in time because hearing Rodney talk about the Ancients and Ascension seems so odd - but they didn't know this until he mentioned it. And there's John making his adorkable faces.

Oh, hai, John. It's time to sacrifice yourself: "I'll do it."

And, then, Rodney's shield falls off when Elizabeth suggests HE could operate the mouse-trap!

Whoa. The disdain in Elizabeth's voice: "I had a feeling."

I love Halling as a father. And I'm wondering why they didn't make him Teyla's baby-daddy when Rachel became pregnant and they had to fit that into the story line. There seems to be much more of a natural affection between them.

Okay, on to the scary conclusion.

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

Rodney munching away, catching up, trying to assuage his "manly hunger".

And ... "Size doesn't matter."
SNORFLE

Yay, yay, yay. Teyla is VERY smart, staring at the Stargate and reaching some very good conclusions.

MEGA YAY, YAY, YAY when Rodney removes the shield from his jacket and we hear the heroic swelling of the music.

Oh, Rodney's woobie-face. Look what I'm willing to do for others.

I love seeing the weird SFX of stuff floating around Rodney when he's inside the energy creature.

And it's gratifying to see how quickly Elizabeth changes her tune because he did save the day, the expedition and Atlantis. Also, Elizabeth did thank Teyla.

Yay for cranky Rodney when the medical personnel finally show up. What was keeping them? They couldn't run?!?!?

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

Okay, I have to go beddy-byes. I have a church conference in the morning, which means being on the ball.

I hope others rewatch during the night and add their observations.

Nighty-night.
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[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

... and one last thought.

I just posted this is my personal journal, and wanted to share:

I love these early episodes, especially the excellent acting jobs to establish character traits.

[rissabby.livejournal.com]

Got called away to kid-sit so I'm re-watching before bed.

Remember towards the end of 'Sunday' - some folks were confused when Rodney was referred to as Carson's best friend. I can see how they're setting it up here, and in the party scene of 'Rising' - I can't remember if we keep seeing it this season. They are so cute.

And Sheppard is so cute.
Jinto is adorable.

Elizabeth annoyed me though, I didn't like her talking behind Rodney's back. (Even though it appears that she's right.)

The first time around I was irritated at the Big-Black-Cloud-Monster. I thought it was cliche and hilariously low-budget. Now, I kind of like that it's more-or-less only a plot device to have some threat and danger. It lets us concentrate on getting to know the characters. Also, there are so many extras - maybe they had to scrimp on the FX part of the budget this epi.

[rissabby.livejournal.com]

Hospital scene with Ford - I really liked Ford and was sorry to see him go in Season 2. He's sweet and wants to make sure the other soldier feels okay.

What did they do to Rodney's hair? Worst bangs ever.

Elizabeth! She was snide to my dear Rodney. Grrr.

Teyla is empathic; thinks outside the box, is awesome.

Rodney gets hero music!

Scientist Rodney takes time to look around inside energy cloud being.

Yay! Everybody loves Rodney.

[margec01.livejournal.com]

This is the episode where I realized that good writers and a good actor CAN take a questionable character and turn him around. Or rather that we got a chance to see behind the insecurities of Rodney McKay to see the man who had always been there. He's still full of bluster and doom and gloom scenarios, but when no one else could save Atlantis he stepped up to the plate. Now I love John, and of course he is courageous and wonderful, but Rodney is shown more like we hope WE could be--scared as hell, but coming through if we must.

The humor in this is so great as well. I've watched the balcony-tossing scenes and, "In-vul-ner-a-ble!" over and over again. The look of boyish pleasure on their faces is so fun--especially John. I'm not sure we ever see John this unashamedly gleeful and happy again.

I have to agree that I didn't care much for Weir's dealings with either Teyla or Rodney's insecurities. I think the writers were trying to show the contrast between earlier feelings and the trust and respect that came later, but they were very heavy-handed about it, as they often were.