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Never re-watch soap operas.
Really.
Threads, and why I think it's pathetic.
Sigh.
Well, like Grace, Threads is fanfic on screen. The worst kind of over-blown, soap-opera, fanfic that's out there. Sadly, this is also the kind that gets 300 reviews on ff'net (making people like me feel pathetic for hating it).
Part of this is the simple fact that, instead of spreading this out over the season, it was shoved into one episode. *eyeroll* I so need to write the SG-1 Prefect Murder.
Erm, anyway. Chimera also had this pacing problem of needing to be fleshed out and divided, so we didn't feel bored.
Good bits: We win canon.
Bad bits: ...Daniel has no dress sense when dead. And Sam? Skirts do NOT go with tennis shoes. Not only that, you are SO not Suzy Homemaker, so take off that ugly sweater.. thingie.. cardigan. And wear something that looks comfy.
Seriously folks. I watched the expurgated Threads weeks ago.
The shine is off.
This episode is painfully shitty.
1. Kerry. I suppose after the Ancient chick on Atlantis, I shouldn't have been surprised that they delved into the pit again for an original character. Who is charming, loves everyone, cheerful, bright, and Knows Everything About the OTP and How To Get Them Together. She is the worst kind of Mary Sue, self-inserted by the writers to get their OTP together.
2. The resolution of sorts. Well, there WAS NONE! You fucking dipshits, meaningful glances and awkward silences mean SHIT. Try re-watching the Farscape dvds I'm sure Ben Browder will loan you, and then, maybe, you'll get it RIGHT.
3. Jacob. Sigh. I still love the last scene, it's nice and understated, and I didn't need Sam in huge-ass tears. Besides. Carter's don't cry (hear ye, all you bad fic writers: stop making her cry, you fuckers). Also? Jacob did not die to further anything. He died because it was time. (and they thought this was the end of the show)
4. Omfg. This entire episode was talking heads. Meetings and conversations and, and... This is why you balance out your action with your non-action, guys. Because otherwise, the episode is going to be boring as shit.
5. One thing I *will* say is that I'm glad we didn't have to hear whatever Sam told Pete to let him know she was breaking the engagement. I still like that scene, because she so wanted some indication that she was doing the Wrong Thing (even if, the Sam in my head is now rolling her eyes and demanding to know why her canon version is so stupid). And Pete didn't explode angrily, or say, "NO!! NEVER!" which, well, she expected.
6. Sam broke up with Pete because she wasn't happy, realized they weren't compatible, etc. Yes, folks, Sam would rather live without the 2.3 kids, white picket fence, and dog. Despite the last YEAR of having Desperately Domestic Sam shoved at us, we have finally been given back our Sam. The one who likes being a geek and doesn't give a shit about being Normal. And she did it without knowing that Jack was dumped.
7. Oma is still a manipulative whore.
8. Anubis is still boring as fuck.
9. I want more Ba'al. (and can we please stop seeing the planet Netu orbited, and Netu itself, guys? kthnx)
10. I think I want to sit down and deconstruct the season and reconstruct it so it's more fluid and arcy and less stopandstartandstall and choppy.
11. Really, people. Onslut was better organized. And that had Xavier going nucking futs and killing 10,000 people in New York.
12. Sigh. I'm still looking forward to season 9. I'll just shut my brain off, I suppose.
13. It's not that I don't want blatant Sam/Jack on screen. It's that I'd actually like to see it, instead of it being hinted at. Just. Kiss already, or something, and move on. Their relationship doesn't have to be a fucking centerpiece.
Threads, and why I think it's pathetic.
Sigh.
Well, like Grace, Threads is fanfic on screen. The worst kind of over-blown, soap-opera, fanfic that's out there. Sadly, this is also the kind that gets 300 reviews on ff'net (making people like me feel pathetic for hating it).
Part of this is the simple fact that, instead of spreading this out over the season, it was shoved into one episode. *eyeroll* I so need to write the SG-1 Prefect Murder.
Erm, anyway. Chimera also had this pacing problem of needing to be fleshed out and divided, so we didn't feel bored.
Good bits: We win canon.
Bad bits: ...Daniel has no dress sense when dead. And Sam? Skirts do NOT go with tennis shoes. Not only that, you are SO not Suzy Homemaker, so take off that ugly sweater.. thingie.. cardigan. And wear something that looks comfy.
Seriously folks. I watched the expurgated Threads weeks ago.
The shine is off.
This episode is painfully shitty.
1. Kerry. I suppose after the Ancient chick on Atlantis, I shouldn't have been surprised that they delved into the pit again for an original character. Who is charming, loves everyone, cheerful, bright, and Knows Everything About the OTP and How To Get Them Together. She is the worst kind of Mary Sue, self-inserted by the writers to get their OTP together.
2. The resolution of sorts. Well, there WAS NONE! You fucking dipshits, meaningful glances and awkward silences mean SHIT. Try re-watching the Farscape dvds I'm sure Ben Browder will loan you, and then, maybe, you'll get it RIGHT.
3. Jacob. Sigh. I still love the last scene, it's nice and understated, and I didn't need Sam in huge-ass tears. Besides. Carter's don't cry (hear ye, all you bad fic writers: stop making her cry, you fuckers). Also? Jacob did not die to further anything. He died because it was time. (and they thought this was the end of the show)
4. Omfg. This entire episode was talking heads. Meetings and conversations and, and... This is why you balance out your action with your non-action, guys. Because otherwise, the episode is going to be boring as shit.
5. One thing I *will* say is that I'm glad we didn't have to hear whatever Sam told Pete to let him know she was breaking the engagement. I still like that scene, because she so wanted some indication that she was doing the Wrong Thing (even if, the Sam in my head is now rolling her eyes and demanding to know why her canon version is so stupid). And Pete didn't explode angrily, or say, "NO!! NEVER!" which, well, she expected.
6. Sam broke up with Pete because she wasn't happy, realized they weren't compatible, etc. Yes, folks, Sam would rather live without the 2.3 kids, white picket fence, and dog. Despite the last YEAR of having Desperately Domestic Sam shoved at us, we have finally been given back our Sam. The one who likes being a geek and doesn't give a shit about being Normal. And she did it without knowing that Jack was dumped.
7. Oma is still a manipulative whore.
8. Anubis is still boring as fuck.
9. I want more Ba'al. (and can we please stop seeing the planet Netu orbited, and Netu itself, guys? kthnx)
10. I think I want to sit down and deconstruct the season and reconstruct it so it's more fluid and arcy and less stopandstartandstall and choppy.
11. Really, people. Onslut was better organized. And that had Xavier going nucking futs and killing 10,000 people in New York.
12. Sigh. I'm still looking forward to season 9. I'll just shut my brain off, I suppose.
13. It's not that I don't want blatant Sam/Jack on screen. It's that I'd actually like to see it, instead of it being hinted at. Just. Kiss already, or something, and move on. Their relationship doesn't have to be a fucking centerpiece.