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Were there any spy/action television cliches they didn't use in this episode?
1. When characters are in peril, there is always at least one inept person in the midst, who insists on asking pointless questions, thereby creating a comedic situation as the knowledgeable person makes fun of them, directly or indirectly.
2. Anything that's "obvious once you get there", inevitably isn't.
3. Time-wasting in the forms of: "Uh-oh!" "Oh no!" "Uhhhh..." "Well, as a matter of fact..." and other such 'line-fillers' that are not only unnecessary in an urgent situation, but rampantly mugging for the camera.
4. Turning your back on an enemy inevitably results in that enemy getting up and surprising you. This law runs both ways: bad guys who turn their back on the good guys get sprung, too.
5. The evil guys must monologue, thereby sealing their fate.
That said, I enjoyed the 'twist' at the end of the episode, the team-ness, and the looks Teyla and Elizabeth kept exchanging. Plus, John ends up with his face nearly in Ronon's crotch, Carson calls Teyla, 'dear', Ronon is much more strapping than any US Marine and Liz damn well knows it, and Elizabeth hugs Jack, who looks like he's thinking, "Uh, okay, what do I do now?"
Incidentally, I would like to point out that it's much more likely that Elizabeth would leave Atlantis in the hands of a trusted ally, than that Jack would leave Atlantis in the hands of people who've totally disobeyed his standing orders, even if they have saved his ass. And even if he would, Landry wouldn't - it would be an extremely bad example on a very wide scale.
However, the next PTB that writes Rodney declaring, "Oh Noes!" (or similar exclamation) with a pregnant pause after it, is so going to get a lump of coal in their stocking. Enough is enough. Let someone else mug for a change.
Not as bad as I feared it might be, but I'm growing cynical about this show.
1. When characters are in peril, there is always at least one inept person in the midst, who insists on asking pointless questions, thereby creating a comedic situation as the knowledgeable person makes fun of them, directly or indirectly.
2. Anything that's "obvious once you get there", inevitably isn't.
3. Time-wasting in the forms of: "Uh-oh!" "Oh no!" "Uhhhh..." "Well, as a matter of fact..." and other such 'line-fillers' that are not only unnecessary in an urgent situation, but rampantly mugging for the camera.
4. Turning your back on an enemy inevitably results in that enemy getting up and surprising you. This law runs both ways: bad guys who turn their back on the good guys get sprung, too.
5. The evil guys must monologue, thereby sealing their fate.
That said, I enjoyed the 'twist' at the end of the episode, the team-ness, and the looks Teyla and Elizabeth kept exchanging. Plus, John ends up with his face nearly in Ronon's crotch, Carson calls Teyla, 'dear', Ronon is much more strapping than any US Marine and Liz damn well knows it, and Elizabeth hugs Jack, who looks like he's thinking, "Uh, okay, what do I do now?"
Incidentally, I would like to point out that it's much more likely that Elizabeth would leave Atlantis in the hands of a trusted ally, than that Jack would leave Atlantis in the hands of people who've totally disobeyed his standing orders, even if they have saved his ass. And even if he would, Landry wouldn't - it would be an extremely bad example on a very wide scale.
However, the next PTB that writes Rodney declaring, "Oh Noes!" (or similar exclamation) with a pregnant pause after it, is so going to get a lump of coal in their stocking. Enough is enough. Let someone else mug for a change.
Not as bad as I feared it might be, but I'm growing cynical about this show.
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Thinking about it now, I'm not even sure SGA is sci-fi. To my thinking, sci-fi should address the intersection of humanity with technology and the social, societal, and psychological effects of the one on the other...like BSG does.
By that definition, SGA's really just fantasy in a technocratic setting.