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Atlantis 106: Childhood's End
Atlantis 106: Childhood's End (spoilers)
Now that's the way to have small children in an episode! Let them act like kids, not precocious little moppets who have a degree in mechanical engineering and dispense sage relationship advice while helping the hero learn A Very Important Lesson. I am, of course, referring to the littlest rascals in this episode, not the Lost Boys gone terribly wrong.
Yay obnoxious little runts!
And yay Rodney! It's also so refreshing to have a character that isn't afraid to be unlikeable (if you count dislike of or discomfort around children as unlikeable - I don't). I love Rodney for the same reasons that I often end up rooting for the villain in the movies: he's just so much more fun to watch.
I was actually glad that Teyla was along for the ride this week. She seemed to be the only one with a clue after the jumper crash. She was calm, cool, collected and knew exactly what to do at a time when Sheppard didn't appear to be too on the ball (too cute to think, perhaps). I could believe that she was a leader in her own right.
Ford? So adorable. That character has really come to life in a very short time. He and McKay had very different interactions with the rugrats, but they were both very natural and believable.
And dear, sweet Sheppard. He seemed a little gobsmacked by this one. That's ok, it's a good look on him. I like how, even though you believed that he was horrified by the suicide pact thingy, he remained low key and tried a mellower approach instead of a Kirkian or Picardish orgy of bombast. My first instinct would be to shriek "What the f***? Are you insane?!!!" and then to run around flapping my hands uselessly and tripping over things as I tried to convince the kids of the error of their ways in an incoherent speech riddled with mixed metaphors and split infinitives (and a run-on sentence or two). It's just my way. The well-medicated Sheppard approach seems to works better.
Oh, and Shep? Shave wouldya? The stubble looks sexy and all, but I hate razor burn.
This episode dragged in places (and poor, dead Elliott looked a little cross-eyed), but had enough good bits to leave me with a very positive impression. Great teamwork, too!
Now that's the way to have small children in an episode! Let them act like kids, not precocious little moppets who have a degree in mechanical engineering and dispense sage relationship advice while helping the hero learn A Very Important Lesson. I am, of course, referring to the littlest rascals in this episode, not the Lost Boys gone terribly wrong.
Yay obnoxious little runts!
And yay Rodney! It's also so refreshing to have a character that isn't afraid to be unlikeable (if you count dislike of or discomfort around children as unlikeable - I don't). I love Rodney for the same reasons that I often end up rooting for the villain in the movies: he's just so much more fun to watch.
I was actually glad that Teyla was along for the ride this week. She seemed to be the only one with a clue after the jumper crash. She was calm, cool, collected and knew exactly what to do at a time when Sheppard didn't appear to be too on the ball (too cute to think, perhaps). I could believe that she was a leader in her own right.
Ford? So adorable. That character has really come to life in a very short time. He and McKay had very different interactions with the rugrats, but they were both very natural and believable.
And dear, sweet Sheppard. He seemed a little gobsmacked by this one. That's ok, it's a good look on him. I like how, even though you believed that he was horrified by the suicide pact thingy, he remained low key and tried a mellower approach instead of a Kirkian or Picardish orgy of bombast. My first instinct would be to shriek "What the f***? Are you insane?!!!" and then to run around flapping my hands uselessly and tripping over things as I tried to convince the kids of the error of their ways in an incoherent speech riddled with mixed metaphors and split infinitives (and a run-on sentence or two). It's just my way. The well-medicated Sheppard approach seems to works better.
Oh, and Shep? Shave wouldya? The stubble looks sexy and all, but I hate razor burn.
This episode dragged in places (and poor, dead Elliott looked a little cross-eyed), but had enough good bits to leave me with a very positive impression. Great teamwork, too!
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