Near the end is where I go off in rhapsodic ecstasy about how committed John and Rodney are to (saving) each other. I was just thrilled when Rodney volunteered to go into John's dream. And it was his quick thinking that led to the evil entity being defeated. I don't know how many times I replayed this bit, starting at 39:40 when we hear Rodney's voice - “I'm not dead!” - and hear the conclusively heroic feeling Joel Goldsmith composed with ONLY FOUR NOTES (A Bb C D) to accompany his confident stride down the steps to the gateroom floor, when it originally aired. ::loves eminently confident Rodney::
Once the electricity weakens the entity, then good John gets to build up some centrifugal force before tossing it through the active stargate. And then he's back to being dorky John with the flaily hands. “Me me” indeed!
It was a surprised to have them reveal the shared weird thought as to the absence of “hot girls”??? Uh ... guys, we think you're a bit clueless. Or a lot. When you're in each other's dreams and the worst nightmare would be to lose the other. No, no. No Freudian interpretation there at all (not like the vagina dentata of the huge whale). And, then, when they both resume consciousness, they provide a lovely mirror image, yearning to reach out to the other. So, was this another crumb tossed to the McSheppers by TPTB? Hmmm, I wonder. Especially as it did sound like a love theme at the moment they look at each other. Thanks again to Joel for some astute scoring in the episode. When the music was meant to be heard, it did have an impact.
Oh, before I forget, I loved the way the blue of the open gate cast reflections through all of the surfaces in the gateroom.
I just got some additional insight (like two seconds ago). When John refuses to get up and fight the entity, he's sacrificing himself – AGAIN – in the hope that the creature will be killed without his energy to keep it alive. Oh, John. Is it any wonder that fans love to try to get into his mind with the stories they write, especially considering that TPTB never found it necessary to give him a thorough backstory?
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Date: 2012-08-18 03:39 am (UTC)Once the electricity weakens the entity, then good John gets to build up some centrifugal force before tossing it through the active stargate. And then he's back to being dorky John with the flaily hands. “Me me” indeed!
It was a surprised to have them reveal the shared weird thought as to the absence of “hot girls”??? Uh ... guys, we think you're a bit clueless. Or a lot. When you're in each other's dreams and the worst nightmare would be to lose the other. No, no. No Freudian interpretation there at all (not like the vagina dentata of the huge whale). And, then, when they both resume consciousness, they provide a lovely mirror image, yearning to reach out to the other. So, was this another crumb tossed to the McSheppers by TPTB? Hmmm, I wonder. Especially as it did sound like a love theme at the moment they look at each other. Thanks again to Joel for some astute scoring in the episode. When the music was meant to be heard, it did have an impact.
Oh, before I forget, I loved the way the blue of the open gate cast reflections through all of the surfaces in the gateroom.
I just got some additional insight (like two seconds ago). When John refuses to get up and fight the entity, he's sacrificing himself – AGAIN – in the hope that the creature will be killed without his energy to keep it alive. Oh, John. Is it any wonder that fans love to try to get into his mind with the stories they write, especially considering that TPTB never found it necessary to give him a thorough backstory?