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Michael? (spoilers)
ok, so, seriously, now: bwuh?
I've had Michael downloaded since early Tuesday, I think, but I was busy enough since then that I only just watched it.
1. Ok, in fairness, I've been spoiled for this episode for a good long while. And I was pissed as hell when I got spoiled, and now I'm even more pissed, because I feel like the first half would have worked much, much better if I hadn't already known what they were doing. Mostly I don't mind being spoiled overmuch, but here they were really playing with the ambiguity and the creepiness, and that would have been such a million times better if I hadn't known the truth from the get-go.
2. As it was, I just spent way too much of the first half saying "It doesn't work like that! It doesn't work like that! It doesn't work like that!" Mostly because of the linguistic and cognitive aspects of the situation. I mean, with actual cases of amnesia, sure, it can work like that - someone can lose specific explicit memory, but still keep acquired skills, like the ability to speak and fight and shoot. In this case, however, there is NO REASON he should have been able to speak English. Just - just NO.
Although, now that I've calmed down from my rage, I guess the Wraith they've captured in the past have always managed to speak English, so maybe Mike knew English like that? But there's still no way he'd remember it FIRST. It just - let me repeat, in case you missed it before - it just doesn't work like that.
Even my trusty Universal Translation Device fails here, because wouldn't he, you know, notice it? GAH. Once more, for the balcony:
IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT.
3. Also, how did his hair get bleached, when he was on the Wraith planet with Teyla? or was that a sign of him going buggy again?
4. Where was Rodney? Not that he needed to be around, because, for reals, now: Worst Liar Ever Ever Ever. Rodney, you're amazing, but you can't lie for shit.
5. Mmmm, Ronon. Mmmmm, Teyla. Mmmmm, John. Mmmmm, tastycakes!
6. I totally agree with Ronon: This Was A Really Bad Idea. We Should Shoot Him.
...although totally not until after that scene on the stairs, with the staring and the smartassishness and the ooodles of sexual tension. Because YUM.
7. I feel a lot better about Revelations now, actually. I mean, if they can do - or at least go along with Weir as she does - this, then clearly the sort of moral disintegration I had there is not completely impossible.
8. The bit with John and Ronon running through the woods? the "that's your thing, right? --one of your many things..." part? Made me sporfle like a crazy thing. Because who wants to bet that at least one of the other things is hot hot sexing? No, you don't want to bet, do you? That's right, 'cause I'd WIN.
9. I like Teyla. I'm not a huge fan of the Wraith Mind Whammy, but I like that she feels a connection with Mike, and I like that they're both trying to exploit that.
10. Someone else said it elsewhere, but: Yes, people are better than Wraith. We don't eat sentient life, once we know it's sentient.
...although Elizabeth Weir is CREEPING ME THE FUCK OUT, YO.
Conclusion: not my favorite episode, although parts of it did make me giggle like a loon. Mostly I'm such a not-fan of bad science that my brain just broke.
in other news, ghoti spells fish!
I've had Michael downloaded since early Tuesday, I think, but I was busy enough since then that I only just watched it.
1. Ok, in fairness, I've been spoiled for this episode for a good long while. And I was pissed as hell when I got spoiled, and now I'm even more pissed, because I feel like the first half would have worked much, much better if I hadn't already known what they were doing. Mostly I don't mind being spoiled overmuch, but here they were really playing with the ambiguity and the creepiness, and that would have been such a million times better if I hadn't known the truth from the get-go.
2. As it was, I just spent way too much of the first half saying "It doesn't work like that! It doesn't work like that! It doesn't work like that!" Mostly because of the linguistic and cognitive aspects of the situation. I mean, with actual cases of amnesia, sure, it can work like that - someone can lose specific explicit memory, but still keep acquired skills, like the ability to speak and fight and shoot. In this case, however, there is NO REASON he should have been able to speak English. Just - just NO.
Although, now that I've calmed down from my rage, I guess the Wraith they've captured in the past have always managed to speak English, so maybe Mike knew English like that? But there's still no way he'd remember it FIRST. It just - let me repeat, in case you missed it before - it just doesn't work like that.
Even my trusty Universal Translation Device fails here, because wouldn't he, you know, notice it? GAH. Once more, for the balcony:
IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT.
3. Also, how did his hair get bleached, when he was on the Wraith planet with Teyla? or was that a sign of him going buggy again?
4. Where was Rodney? Not that he needed to be around, because, for reals, now: Worst Liar Ever Ever Ever. Rodney, you're amazing, but you can't lie for shit.
5. Mmmm, Ronon. Mmmmm, Teyla. Mmmmm, John. Mmmmm, tastycakes!
6. I totally agree with Ronon: This Was A Really Bad Idea. We Should Shoot Him.
...although totally not until after that scene on the stairs, with the staring and the smartassishness and the ooodles of sexual tension. Because YUM.
7. I feel a lot better about Revelations now, actually. I mean, if they can do - or at least go along with Weir as she does - this, then clearly the sort of moral disintegration I had there is not completely impossible.
8. The bit with John and Ronon running through the woods? the "that's your thing, right? --one of your many things..." part? Made me sporfle like a crazy thing. Because who wants to bet that at least one of the other things is hot hot sexing? No, you don't want to bet, do you? That's right, 'cause I'd WIN.
9. I like Teyla. I'm not a huge fan of the Wraith Mind Whammy, but I like that she feels a connection with Mike, and I like that they're both trying to exploit that.
10. Someone else said it elsewhere, but: Yes, people are better than Wraith. We don't eat sentient life, once we know it's sentient.
...although Elizabeth Weir is CREEPING ME THE FUCK OUT, YO.
Conclusion: not my favorite episode, although parts of it did make me giggle like a loon. Mostly I'm such a not-fan of bad science that my brain just broke.
in other news, ghoti spells fish!