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SGU 109: "Life" (Spoilers)
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Re: SGU 109: "Life" (Spoilers)
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Re: SGU 109: "Life" (Spoilers)
I finally got around to watching this episode on my DVR, and I was impressed. Not exceptionally impressed; I liked the previous episode more, even though it had less character development.
Scott's interaction with his son's mother rings completely true for me, having had a few friends who were in similar situations (well, minus the whole body-swap thing and a couple million light years). I have less sympathy for him than the writers seem to want me to, but that's probably my anti-social jerk mode coming out in response to his belief that there is only one right way to take care of a child.
Telford and Young, well, now, there's a bag of snakes for ya. I'm not sure who is in the wrong more, but they're both riding the line about as hard as you can before it comes back to bite you big time. Regardless, from day one I've disliked Telford even more than Young (and my feelings on Young are ambivalent at best), so seeing him get wrecked was thoroughly fun.
Chloe, I'm not sure what to think of. She seems out of place as only someone with no real applicable skills can be in that situation. Whether this will turn out to be an advantage (learning specific skills that are lacked by most of the survivors, probably to the tune of actually being the one to bring everyone together peacefully) or a disadvantage (becoming, essentially, excess baggage that does little to help and less to fit in) will take time.
Wray seems to be an enigma. Thus far we only know that she's, essentially, interested in survival, her party's specific solutions for everything, and her girlfried/partner/whatever. I have little interest in her as a character, but the writers seem to be hell-bent on bringing her to the fore.
Sgt. Angry (does he even have a name yet? I can't remember it), well, I just pretty much want Greer to beat the ever-loving shit out of him. It's coming, I can feel it.
Rush is, well, Rush. Not too surprising that he wouldn't want to sit in the chair; if nothing else, he isn't going to "unneccessarily" risk his own hide. Not too surprising that he would plant such a planet in the database, either. It was entertaining to see him get called out on that, though--even if Eli took some heat for it.
Thus far, it seems that Eli is the only character that I can get behind. Odd, that; I usually like antiheroes more than socially clueless wonderboys. Still, there's something of the plucky hero about him, and I think that he's gonna be the one who manages to be the moral compass for the rest of the survivors if they ever manage to work together instead of at cross purposes.
Oh, and seeing Flogging Molly used as background in an episode of Stargate? Priceless. I wonder if they'll use "Selfish Man" as Rush's personal theme song at some point...
All in all, I gave this one a four.
Scott's interaction with his son's mother rings completely true for me, having had a few friends who were in similar situations (well, minus the whole body-swap thing and a couple million light years). I have less sympathy for him than the writers seem to want me to, but that's probably my anti-social jerk mode coming out in response to his belief that there is only one right way to take care of a child.
Telford and Young, well, now, there's a bag of snakes for ya. I'm not sure who is in the wrong more, but they're both riding the line about as hard as you can before it comes back to bite you big time. Regardless, from day one I've disliked Telford even more than Young (and my feelings on Young are ambivalent at best), so seeing him get wrecked was thoroughly fun.
Chloe, I'm not sure what to think of. She seems out of place as only someone with no real applicable skills can be in that situation. Whether this will turn out to be an advantage (learning specific skills that are lacked by most of the survivors, probably to the tune of actually being the one to bring everyone together peacefully) or a disadvantage (becoming, essentially, excess baggage that does little to help and less to fit in) will take time.
Wray seems to be an enigma. Thus far we only know that she's, essentially, interested in survival, her party's specific solutions for everything, and her girlfried/partner/whatever. I have little interest in her as a character, but the writers seem to be hell-bent on bringing her to the fore.
Sgt. Angry (does he even have a name yet? I can't remember it), well, I just pretty much want Greer to beat the ever-loving shit out of him. It's coming, I can feel it.
Rush is, well, Rush. Not too surprising that he wouldn't want to sit in the chair; if nothing else, he isn't going to "unneccessarily" risk his own hide. Not too surprising that he would plant such a planet in the database, either. It was entertaining to see him get called out on that, though--even if Eli took some heat for it.
Thus far, it seems that Eli is the only character that I can get behind. Odd, that; I usually like antiheroes more than socially clueless wonderboys. Still, there's something of the plucky hero about him, and I think that he's gonna be the one who manages to be the moral compass for the rest of the survivors if they ever manage to work together instead of at cross purposes.
Oh, and seeing Flogging Molly used as background in an episode of Stargate? Priceless. I wonder if they'll use "Selfish Man" as Rush's personal theme song at some point...
All in all, I gave this one a four.