CSI, Stargate, Atlantis

[emony]

Over the last few days, I have been mostly watching ...

CSI and I are still in that warm, fuzzy place o' love, so really it can do no wrong whatever happens. I can accept Catherine/Nick flirting, I can accept Greg/Sara (well, okay, accept is a very strong word..), I can accept fairly lame plots, because we are still madly in love, and while we're in the "I hurt when it hurts" stage, nothing it does can really be wrong on a permanent level. Nevertheless, I shall attempt some non-lust-addled thoughts about the programme, as I know y'all are hanging on my every word ;)

Greg in the field is tres cute, even when he does make the lamest jokes ever, but Chandra never really stood a chance, poor girl. I like Mia though, as long as they don't throw Greg at her in an attempt to make him look a bit more heterosexual. She's kinda quirky, and good at her job which helps. I did love Chandra's line about "they all want you. I'm not you." I've seen the same thing in some other show, I forget what show, but I thought it was nice that they acknowledged that yes, Greg is a funny little guy who dances around his office and does silly things sometimes, but he was also very good at his job, and everyone appreciated it. Anyway, yes, I like Mia. I hope she sticks around.

I didn't really notice Travis (who is, apparently, Sark from Alias), probably because I've never seen Alias in my life and therefore don't give a rat's behind about the actors from the show. He was just a guy, and if he comes back he comes back. Whatever. I'm sure it was nice for the Alias fans though :)

Sara's emotional trauma sort of passed me by, but I think I can probably work up some enthusiasm for it over the coming weeks, as long as it's not All About Grissom, because really, if I want to see an angst-ridden, thwarted love affair, I'll go watch Sunset Beach. I do like Sara, more than I used to now that I understand her a bit better, but the show should be bigger than any one character and all that. I like that she's being a bit friendlier, and she was very sweet to Greg about his first autopsy and when they were on the case together. As long as it doesn't turn into a horrendously painful love triangle, I'll be happy there.

I'm very worried about Catherine. She seems to be going a bit .. crazy. First there's dating Krycek (who really needs to haul ass to the gym, btw), who is a big whore, and then there's showing Lindsey the dead girl, which was probably not the right way to explain the dangers of the world to a vulnerable, angry 12-year-old, and then there's the "omg do I need plastic surgery?" and the rampant flirting. Now I liked the Catherine/Warrick moment (of course *g*), but that didn't feel overplayed or "look, look, Catherine has Issues!" which the whole cosmetic surgery thing in the next (fourth) ep did. Maybe I'm just bitter because Catherine/Nick doesn't do it for me, I don't know. Still, the main point remains, that I am worried about Catherine. I know, I'm meant to be worried about her, it's leading on to upcoming storylines, but still. Catherine is great, she shouldn't be all nuts.

Nick. Aah, Nick. Absent for far, far too much of the eps so far, and when he was there he was mostly floating around in the background of someone else's case. Even this week, with the plastic surgery, it was All About Catherine, and Nick was just there to check out the women, just in case we'd forgotten that he's heterosexual. You know. Because if they didn't remind us, we might just forget. Someone in a comment somewhere on LJ mentioned that they'd "Jesused him up", which I thought was pretty funny, but also kinda true. If Nick's going to go all right-wing Jesus freak on us, I might just decamp to .. I don't know, is there a CSI:Canada? Also, only one Nick/Greg scene so far in four episodes, and they were not at any time (that I recall) on camera together. If I went in for conspiracy theories, which I do .. well, anyway, it's not good. Stupid writers.

The plots - well, I'm fairly easily pleased with these things. People die, cases get solved, I'm fairly happy with it however it turns out. I would like more Nick, more Warrick, some Nick/Greg, more Warrick/Catherine, some Grissom/Sara if it keeps Sara away from Greg, and more Mia, Archie (<3), Hodges and Bobby. I am reasonably happy, but I could be far, far happier if I got at the very least items 1 and 2 from my list here. Uhuh.

Well .. it was .. okay. The plot kinda sucked and didn't really go anywhere, but there were some good character moments, and I giggled all the way through like the twelve-year-old fangirl I am over Daniel and his new Russian boyfriend. Until said boyfriend got frozen to death. Poor guy. Still, it's Stargate, they can always bring him back. General Jack is good, Sam was on form, except the silly "I'm not evil, despite all evidence to the contrary - I need to shut off the self-destruct!" "Okay then, if you say so." part, which made no logical sense, as did the "Sam can turn off the self-destruct from the computer console that got disconnected a few days previously" part, although that may be me not quite understanding how their systems work, so I'll let that one go. The Daniel/Jack "you shot me" thing was cute, and I already mentioned Daniel and his Russian boyfriend. Teal'c getting an apartment - well, it's a wonder he's only just getting one now. It's been seven years, fcol. Overall, yeah, passable. I didn't die of boredom. It wasn't hideous like Dive and Crumble, it didn't light up my world. Just a reasonable filler episode. Although fillers, this early in the season? Not a great sign.

Every time I write Atlantis, I think I've spelled it wrong. Anyway, yeah, it was okay. The wraiths are lame lame lame, and they scary chick was a violently unsubtle cross between Ra and Marilyn Manson that just did not work for me. Speaking of violent, it was, very. Even TMO commented, and she wasn't watching it. Violence, kids, it just ain't the answer. I'm still not fond of the J Lo chick, and I can't remember the dude's name, and I think they were laying it on a bit thick with the dude/Weir "tension", but I liked McKay and .. Robert Patrick, he was good, and .. that was sort of it really. It was okay. Didn't suck. Hopefully it'll get better.

So, that's my television for the last week. Other than that, I've applied for a few jobs, and I filled out the forms I had to do to apply for unemployment benefits. TMO is on half-term now but (thank the good lord) she's off on holiday from Tuesday to Friday, so I will be able to get by without matricide. I've been to the gym, and I was working with my aunt again yesterday, but I haven't had any time to Sim or to write fic or anything. I made a Warrick/Catherine icon, but it's a season 5 picture, so I will only be using it for comments with people I know will have seen s5 (I hope ..) so no one gets accidentally spoiled. I also got a Greg/Nick icon, but carolinecrane made that one and I just nicked it from her site because I am too damned lazy snowed under with .. stuff and .. uh .. things to make one of my own. Also hers are verh verh pretty.

That's it really. I'm sure I had more to say when I sat down to write this post, but now it's all faded into the mists of my brain, and I'm just thinking about eating chocolate and maybe feeding the cat. Oh well. Such is old age.

ETA: Oh yes, I remember. I got a postcard from aphedas the other day. "Oh," said TMO, upon arriving home and seeing the postcard in the kitchen. "A postcard." Yes, said I. It's for me. "Who's it for?" TMO asked, as if she hasn't heard me, on account of how she didn't hear me because she never bloody listens to me. "Who's that? Tim? Who's Tim?" Em, I corrected. It says Em. That's me. "Oh," TMO said. "Oh right." She continued to read the postcard. It's my postcard, I pointed out again. "Yes," she said, vaguely, finishing it and putting it back down.

Privacy? What privacy. Bloody good job there was nothing on there about teh gay pr0n or the RPS or anything. Although hopefully if there had been, I would've had the good sense to hide it before she got home. Hopefully.

Comments

[emony.livejournal.com]

Lol. You did it very well.

Well, you know those aliens and their crazy fashion sense. Maybe on his planet having your moustache above your mouth means you're gay, and he doesn't want anyone getting the wrong idea.

[niennah.livejournal.com]

I practise.

So we've ruled out all forms of Wraith slash. Thank goodness for that!

Though Marilyn Manson chick/Col. Sumner 4 evah.

[emony.livejournal.com]

I thought you must have, to achieve such perfection.

Oh, I don't know. Maybe some of those wraiths are just in denial. There can be long, detailed fics about how they come to terms with who they are, and finally shave off their moustaches and regrow them above the lip, out and proud! I'm getting tearful just thinking about it.

Poor old Colonel Sumner. He didn't stand a chance with MarySue boy (Shepard?) hanging around waiting to take on his command. I expect he was grateful though. He probably spent his last few minutes thinking "oh dear, merciful Jesus, please let me die before her dress falls down."

[niennah.livejournal.com]

Wow. Those long detailed fics will be very interesting and shocking and provocative, including much discussion of facial hair and social taboo. They will also be written by other people.

I know. And he could have been so good, if they let him loosen up a bit and didn't insist on RP playing the usual uptight roles he gets. Which I no longer understand, seeing as how now in my head he's somewhere near Jeff 'The Dude' Lebowski.

You're probably right about the praying thing, though. I know I was glad when she died before her dress fell down.

[emony.livejournal.com]

They will indeed be trailblazing pieces of socially-motivated fiction. And written by other people.

I was hoping that he'd stay alive and have a team of his own, like an SG2 type team that we hear about sometimes, but who aren't the focus of the show, and that his character would be developed more rather than just being a red-shirted plot device to get MarySue boy a command. Oh well. I'm sure he'll move on to bigger and better things than Atlantis.

As were we all, I'm sure.

[niennah.livejournal.com]

Also, I'll note here, read by other people.

I was hoping he'd stay alive and they'd run out of sharp razors at Atlantis and the best he could do would be a short beard and he'd start dressing a little more casually and wearing his shirts a bit open. Obviously I should be producing this show.

I hope the Atlanteans left a bunch of toothbrushes and so on in the city for furture SG teams to use.

[emony.livejournal.com]

I'd be reading it. Classy stuff like that, how could I not?

You really, really should. That sounds quite marvellous. And it stands to reason also. I mean, supplies must be limited at the site, and it's not like there are any generals around so he could be a bit less formal. Yes. Perfectly in keeping with the reality of the situation.

Perhaps they brought their own toothbrushes from home. And deodorant. And soap. And food. And underpants.

[niennah.livejournal.com]

You will be able to summarise it for me then. :)

I would be a top class Atlantis producer. Plus I would get tons of North Face clothes for all the product placement I'm doing with everyone but Col. Sumner.

You realise I'll probably be the only writer ever of Col. Sumner fic.

The point about underpants is a really, really good one. Can they still throw things through the gate from the other side? And get telemetry and radio signals? Because the scientist guy could just tell them to throw through the Wraith a pile of pants.

[emony.livejournal.com]

I will do my best, but I don't know that I'll be able to do them justice.

You would. You would make Atlantis beautiful. Or at least full of products, and therefore rich.

That would be a shame, because Sumner needs fic. We clearly should be exploring the history and emotions of such a character, sadly, nay tragically cut down in his prime. There should be whole archives devoted to him. Perhaps you will just be the first, starting a new wave of Sumnerfic.

I don't think they can connect the gates at all, on account of their being so very far away, so I think they may well have to go without clean pants. Which, from now on, is going to be the only thing I can think about when I see Atlantis.

[niennah.livejournal.com]

Well, possibly not. They will be truly beautiful fics.

Rich, beautiful, what's the difference? And sci-fi has so little opportunity for product placement that North Face apparently jumped at the market. Everyone knows that sci fi watchers are usually also avid Arctic explorers, or at least spelunkers.

We also need AUs where Sumner survives and he and Shepherd come to learn that military regs don't mean so much when you're stuck off world and the only other options are two scientists and Weir. And a bunch of extras. And possibly a Wraith.

Huh. Me too. Which might make it a tiny bit more interesting. :)

[emony.livejournal.com]

I imagine Atlantis has even less possibility for product placement than Stargate. I mean, it's not like Shepherd can pop down the hall for a private moment with Weir at the ancient Atlantean Coke machine. Although it'd be wicked funny if he did.

Hahaha yes, we do. That was clearly the cause of their tension after all. It wasn't a military thing about obeying orders, it was sexual tension, and that's why Shepherd was so broken up at the end of the ep. Poor guy. Of course, Sumner might have chosen the Wraith. He was getting pretty cosy with the Marilyn Manson chick.

It might *g*

[niennah.livejournal.com]

Ha ha ha, Atlantean coke machine. Perhaps, like Gulf War troops, they brought coke with them. No underpants, lots of coke. Priorities.

Shepherd was destroyed at the end of the ep. And did you see his distaste when he had to touch heads with a girl??

Sumner was getting along well with the Marilyn Manson chick, that's true, but it was quite obvious that he knew Shepherd was watching and was just doing it to make him jealous.

I think it's Sheppard, but I really can't be bothered checking.

[emony.livejournal.com]

Well underpants aren't going to get them any product placement deals, unless they wander around in the locker room in nothing but underpants for 10 minutes per episode. Which might have its benefits.

Eww, he might get girl germs!! :P~~

That's a good point. All that eye contact, he was clearly saying, "hey baby, how do you feel about us 'seeing other people' now, huh? Huh!"

I think I shall just go back to calling him MarySue boy. That clearly indicates who I mean.

[niennah.livejournal.com]

I think, as executive producer, I am pro the underpants product placement. And I'll talk to RDA about introducing it in SG-1, too. I'm sure he'll leap at the chance.

Ick!

That's precisely what he was saying. So Sheppard killed the Marilyn Manson chick. It was overreaction, sure, but it got his point across.

Fair enough. I shall wander between spellings till I learn from the flist.

[emony.livejournal.com]

I thought you might be. Good luck on the RDA front. I expect you could fairly easily convince the others, and perhaps if you offered to put 5% of the profits into saving the rainforrests and suchlike RDA might go for it.

Sadly he also accidentally killed Sumner while aiming for the MM chick. Oops. But at least he made his point. No sharing!

That seems reasonable. I'm sure someone will know.

[niennah.livejournal.com]

Rainforests and hockey and give him one more day at home with his family for every 10 mins spent in underwear in the locker room. With Daniel. For no particular reason.

Shhh! Not in the AU!! He was near death, but Sheppard brought him back to Atlantis where magic Ancient technology brought him back. Yay! Then there was a party. With all the coke.

Precisely.

[emony.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly. I'm sure he won't ask too many questions once you mention all the time off he's going to get.

Yes, yes, of course. Silly me. All that Ancient Atlantean technology, of course they saved Sumner. Stands to reason. And if they didn't save him, he couldn't drink the Coke and then the product placement would be screwed. I may actually have to do a bit of searching to see if anyone has written any Sumner fic now, because I am all curious.

[niennah.livejournal.com]

We are very devious. He'll never see it coming. Oh, happy times for Jack and Daniel!

I'm sure the Atlanteans had ways of dealing with Marilyn Manson type chicks. I'm sure they cam across them all the time.

If you find any, link me. *g*

[emony.livejournal.com]

It'll be just like the good old days of seasons 2 and 3, only with more semi-nudity! Perfect.

Perhaps I was just paying too much attention to the plot, but I seem to recall that the Marilyn Manson chicks were the reason why the ancient civilisation went boom in the first place, so chances are they weren't that good at dealing with them. Although, of course, in the AU they do have a way.

Will do *g*

[niennah.livejournal.com]

Semi-nudity rules. It's season 8. It's time they resorted to such gimmicks, if last week's ep was any indication.

Remind me never to play the AU Atlantis game with you again. You just have to remember all the little 'plot' points, don't you? Anyway, I decided that they had this one thing that you could use once and Sheppard, being a maverick and also being so deeply in lust with Col. Sumner, used it against Weir's orders and then Weir realises it was a good idea after all and then they have a party.

Good. *g*

[emony.livejournal.com]

Good point. Perhaps we should start a "more semi-nudity and product placement" petition.

Hah, you know me and my AU plot points ;) That sounds entirely reasonable though. And since MarySue boy/Sumner is *clearly* the only OTP of Atlantis, I think all possible stops should be pulled out to make sure that it gets its perfect, wonderful AU of love. And a party. And Weir can get drunk on bad Coke which has not yet turned into formaldehyde and dance on the table, and McKay will sing karaoke, from that Ancient Karaoke machine that the Atlanteans left behind. Good times.

[niennah.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine why people wouldn't sign it.

I do. Yes, I do. And usually am grateful. ;):P

At the moment I am very much enjoying the image of Weir getting drunk on bad Coke and dancing on the table (in her North Face outfit) and McKay using the Ancient (Sony, Atlantis Division) karaoke machine. And people give Sumner presents of, oh, shirts that don't button up properly and loose BDUs (I don't know what they are but they are in fic and I think it basically means 'uniforms to hang around in') and a pair of glasses and possibly a hat. (And if you make a wallpaper of him and use it at work people will think it's The Edge so don't do that.)

Really good party.

[emony.livejournal.com]

Me neither, and I can't imagine why TPTB wouldn't accept its recommendations.

Heheh *g* Yes, sometimes I am good, but sometimes I am a pain in the behind. Mwhahahah!

I think BDUs are Basic Dress Uniform or Battle Dress Uniform or something like that. I could look it up, but it's not hugely important to me, so I won't. Not right now, anyway.

The party sounds marvellous. As does the wallpaper. People at work are clearly uneducated in the ways of Colonel Sumner. One Atlantis: the product placement years! takes a hold, they will see the truth.

[niennah.livejournal.com]

They would be daft not to.

Mostly you are helpful and ask me questions like 'But what's Willow doing?' and I say 'I don't know. This is in New Mexico.' And then you sort out what Willow is doing so you can write Buffy/Jonathan AUs. Yay! ;)

Oh, I see. I could not think what it might be. Apart from... Blue Daytime Uniform? ha ha ha.

People at work haven't a clue. I told them No! Not The Edge, fcol! It's got Robert Patrick written on it and everything! Then they repented. They'll all know some day, mua ha ha.

[emony.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, that's a good point. They would be daft not to, therefore they won't, because all the evidence proves that they're clearly daft. Damn.

Aw, well, I will do anything to further the cause of Buffy/Jonathan ;)

It's something like that. There are words involved, and they start with the initials B D and U. It's a bit like Seasame Street.

Hahah! One day, one day they will ALL know! *cough* Or something.