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Behold, I have seen Continuum.
And I even managed to stay completely spoiler free! Thanks for everyone being so cool about it. And definitely don't read below the cut if you don't want to be spoiled!
So many excellent secondary characters! Walter! Davis! Siler! And just another moment in time in the SGC! What a great way to kick it off.
Sam, Cam, and Daniel kick ass. (how soon until we get stranded in the Arctic Circle OT3?) How painful was their total helplessness when they get separated? Mitchell doesn’t exist, Sam is a dead famous person, Daniel is a crackpot. (God, the picture on the back of his book. LOL.)
Yay! All the Goa’uld reassembled! How fun is it to see them all again? Nirrti! Yu! And Camulus is still a petulant jerk! *cheer*
Qetesh is a complete bad ass. LOVE her. Best Goa’uld EVER. (and as a side note, thanks for letting Ba’al go out as the sinister creep he was always meant to be, not the joke he had become in later seasons.)
Sam flying!!! WOOT! She is so damn kick ass it’s not even funny. (Plus, just HOT in this movie. No, I am not shallow.)
God, how snarkilicious is Daniel? I just love it. Swapping insults with the Russian kid (“Are there any adults around?”) Calling himself to give a pep talk? Classic, WONDERFUL Daniel.
And then there’s Jack… I really wanted to be fair to him, but he was what I most feared about this movie. And unfortunately my fears were pretty well founded. He’s always been my favorite character, so I’m way harder on him, but please. I want intense, gritty, intelligent, but likes to hide it behind snarky flippant remarks Jack. What I got was Doofus Jack. Le Sigh. (except that one moment with Daniel about Charlie. Now *there* was my Jack O’Neill. Nice.) Sorta felt like he didn’t really need to be in the movie though, as sad as that makes me feel.
Overall, Continuum is very, very awesome. But I still can’t help feeling a little….I dunno, cheated at the reset at the end, no matter how much I expected it. I’d like to see at least a little consequence, or what’s the point?
Still a fantastic movie that felt more feature-like rather than just two long episodes slapped together. (Plus, Daniel saying, “Shit” and Sam swearing were just bonus. Yay cussing!! ;) No gratuitus overuse of special affects or budget that dragged me out of the movie like The Ark of Truth. Continuum is an almost seamless movie that sucks you in so fast that you won’t want to pause even for a bathroom break. I sure didn’t.
It’s way obvious to me now which writers have a vested interest in the *characters* rather than just the franchise. The characters were the stars of this show. Uttterly heart-breaking, lovely, insightful moments I will want to watch over and over again.
In case you were wondering, yes, my ship goggles served me just fine. (A death scene! Sam being all distracted and completely choked up by Jack’s death! Sam buying FRUIT LOOPS. Lol. I believe I actually said to my TV at one point. “At least half of my OTP is AWESOMESAUCE.”)
Now off to watch the special features.
So many excellent secondary characters! Walter! Davis! Siler! And just another moment in time in the SGC! What a great way to kick it off.
Sam, Cam, and Daniel kick ass. (how soon until we get stranded in the Arctic Circle OT3?) How painful was their total helplessness when they get separated? Mitchell doesn’t exist, Sam is a dead famous person, Daniel is a crackpot. (God, the picture on the back of his book. LOL.)
Yay! All the Goa’uld reassembled! How fun is it to see them all again? Nirrti! Yu! And Camulus is still a petulant jerk! *cheer*
Qetesh is a complete bad ass. LOVE her. Best Goa’uld EVER. (and as a side note, thanks for letting Ba’al go out as the sinister creep he was always meant to be, not the joke he had become in later seasons.)
Sam flying!!! WOOT! She is so damn kick ass it’s not even funny. (Plus, just HOT in this movie. No, I am not shallow.)
God, how snarkilicious is Daniel? I just love it. Swapping insults with the Russian kid (“Are there any adults around?”) Calling himself to give a pep talk? Classic, WONDERFUL Daniel.
And then there’s Jack… I really wanted to be fair to him, but he was what I most feared about this movie. And unfortunately my fears were pretty well founded. He’s always been my favorite character, so I’m way harder on him, but please. I want intense, gritty, intelligent, but likes to hide it behind snarky flippant remarks Jack. What I got was Doofus Jack. Le Sigh. (except that one moment with Daniel about Charlie. Now *there* was my Jack O’Neill. Nice.) Sorta felt like he didn’t really need to be in the movie though, as sad as that makes me feel.
Overall, Continuum is very, very awesome. But I still can’t help feeling a little….I dunno, cheated at the reset at the end, no matter how much I expected it. I’d like to see at least a little consequence, or what’s the point?
Still a fantastic movie that felt more feature-like rather than just two long episodes slapped together. (Plus, Daniel saying, “Shit” and Sam swearing were just bonus. Yay cussing!! ;) No gratuitus overuse of special affects or budget that dragged me out of the movie like The Ark of Truth. Continuum is an almost seamless movie that sucks you in so fast that you won’t want to pause even for a bathroom break. I sure didn’t.
It’s way obvious to me now which writers have a vested interest in the *characters* rather than just the franchise. The characters were the stars of this show. Uttterly heart-breaking, lovely, insightful moments I will want to watch over and over again.
In case you were wondering, yes, my ship goggles served me just fine. (A death scene! Sam being all distracted and completely choked up by Jack’s death! Sam buying FRUIT LOOPS. Lol. I believe I actually said to my TV at one point. “At least half of my OTP is AWESOMESAUCE.”)
Now off to watch the special features.
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Oh....man....what if Replicarter and Qetesh ever got together? *boom* the universe implodes. ;)