On Tuesday, the New York Times reported that tests on yoga-wear maker’s Lululemon VitaSea garment line revealed no traces of seaweed in the clothing. I assumed this was a good thing but apparently not. Today, Lululemon released the results of its own tests that seem to back-up its claim that its product does, in fact, contain 24% seaweed (which, incidentally, is still 12% less than a McDonald’s shake). According to Lululemon, the seaweed helps provide “anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, stress reducing, hydrating and detoxifying features”, thereby also confirming suspicions that their product is, in fact, made up of 24% seaweed, 25% cotton, and 51% bullshit.
Tonight’s episode of Stargate Atlantis is The Seer. What can I say about this one? Well, there’s the fact that I really hated the idea when it was first pitched. Although, in all fairness, this story went through a bunch of incarnations in its early stages (involving everything from wonky machines to even wonkier Ancients) before finally blossoming into the fine episode you’ll see tonight. Key among the developments that really make this episode memorable for me were Robert Cooper’s suggestion to throw Woolsey into the mix (Bob Picardo has some truly priceless moments in this one), the incorporation of the wraith angle into the story (making this one the best individual wraith episode since Common Ground thanks in no small part to Chris Heyerdahl’s portrayal of the unlikely ally we will come to know as Todd), and, chiefest of all, Paul Mullie’s contribution to the script that not only tightened it structurally but offered up some brilliant (and humorous) character moments.
We were in the office today and watched a mix of that episode - the one with the marriage proposal. You know the one I’m talking about. Another one with some truly terrific character moments - and a most unlikely hero.
Last month, in addition to reading our book of the month club selections, The Legacy of Heorot and Lord Foul’s Bane, I read the runners-up as well - Legion of the Damned and Perdido Street Station. While I preferred Legacy over Legion, Perdido Street Station blew away Lord Foul’s Bane. Well, I had some free time so I read the runners-up to this months BOTM selections and, I have to say, Herbert’s The White Plague better be good because Connie Willis’s The Doomsday Book was truly awesome. And incredibly depressing. Yet brilliant nevertheless. I wasn’t as enamored of Lord Valentine’s Castle. As much as I loved the colorful characters, I felt Valentine’s use of his Jedi mind trick-like ability undermined much of the drama. Let’s see how King’s The Gunslinger compares.
This blog entry is dedicated to the woefully uncoordinated Jen K. who seems to be having a worse week than I did.
Less than 55 000 visits to go…
Today's video: Click on the date to witness a horrific giant pine beetle attack.
On to the mailbag:
Satine a ecrit: “Et à votre avis, est-ce plus difficile d'apprendre l'anglais pour un français, ou le français pour un anglais?”
Reponse: Je dirais qu'il est beaucoup plus difficile d'apprendre l'anglais.
Anonymous #1 writes: “With regard to the future Season 4 DVD, I would like to request more actor commentary.”
Answer: From what I hear, David Hewlett will be heading in next week to provide commentary on a couple of early season four episodes.
Anonymous #2 writes: “I loved Shepperd and McKay's scene centered around guessing the Batman villains and the actors who played them. I was literally yelling the answers at the TV. Were you a fan of show?”
Answer: Batman and Get Smart - two of my favorite shows of all time. And lest you think I’m too young, check out my May 2, 2007 post for my top ten list of the shows that had the biggest influence on me growing up.
Teknikal writes: “Its my birthday today!!!!...any suggestions for a cake??????”
Answer: Happy Birthday! And Malted Milk Chocolate and Chestnut Cream Cake. Save me a piece.
Friday, November 16, 2007
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Joe, when spinning ideas for next season are you doing them with the idea that Carter will be back as commander of Atlantis?
Wait: which episode with a marriage proposal? Am I supposed to know?
The videos you have of that shoot make it look like they had a lot of fun.
Hope the weekend treats you well!
From what I hear, David Hewlett will be heading in next week to provide commentary on a couple of early season four episodes.
Wow! Tearing him away from Hewlett 2.0?
Lululemon......
Are you planning on bringing out a range of 'Lululemutt' yoga wear? You could sell it exclusively in Fondy's boutique. Before long you will have attained world domination in the doggie yoga wear industry. :-)
My favorite part of "The Seer"? Sheppard's obvious respect for Carter's authority and judgment. That was just what was needed at this point in time.
GeekBoy's favorite part of "The Seer"? The "Wraith humor." He says "Clever, sick, my kind of sense of humor."
Just finished watching "The Seer." It looks like it set up some very interesting threads for the rest of the season.
BTW: The lighting in the last scene between Carter and Davros was just beautiful. The cinematography this season has been stellar.
I'm also enjoying the developing relationship between John and Sam as well as the friendship between Keller and Carter. It just feels like all the bonds between the characters are stronger this season. I just hate that I have to wait two weeks before the next new episode!
LOVED The Seer - so much going on and quite a bit to ponder.
Will we ever find out if the Wraith have names, and if so what Todd's actually is?
I must cease visiting your blog for a few days, for tomorrow (Saturday) I am off to Memphis to take in some music, eat some real Memphis bbq, and oh, train a new GM. Dagnabbit with the work piece.
But I'm preparing a little something that I'll post upon my return (on Thanksgiving day, of course), which I hope will thrill and delight the thundering hordes.
Until then...
I want Martin Wood and Rob Cooper a.k.a. 'Best SG:A directors ever'to do the Atlantis commentaries if possible.
Oh my. I wasnt sure what to expect with this week's episode, but you certainly delivered more than I imagined possible. Shades of Flashback to Allies, Wraith humor, Woolsey at his best and his worst, and major developments on the whole Pegasus Galaxy War. Thank you for not overdoing the whole vision thing. Just enough to make the character sweat. I'd hoped at the beginning of the season for some Sheppard/Carter conflict, but I'm finding their increasingly friendly relationship to be plausible and enjoyable. The Seer was a big shift from the action packed Missing, but I love the way it has brought together so many threads and started weaving them together.
Marriage proposal? Grrr, I know an engagement has been mentioned before but you are cruel to tease so. Must be the Baron Destructo in you. And unlikely hero? Hard to think any of the expidition as "unlikely" heroes, given their performances when the stakes are high enough. Ah well. Something to speculate on over the midseason break. And only 65,000 to go? At this rate you'll be counting down to the million mark before you even start filming season five. Applause for job well done on Seer and hope you enjoy the weekend.
So does the 749,999th visitor get a hearty "missed it by...that much" response?
I just rewatched Letters from Pegasus today which made me think kind thoughts towards Carl Binder and his untimely return to L.A. - if you talk to him please let him know the fans are thinking of him. In the episode I thought McKay's letter home was brilliant and I particularly liked Radek's description of Atlantis rising in Czech. Will we be seeing more of Radek in Seasons 4 and 5?
- Pam
Are there any other shows from season 4 that you didn't like at first, but grew on you during the production process?
"The future is predetermined by the character of those who shape it."
That is a truly powerful sentence. Which writer came up with that?
This was definitely a set up episode for the themes and plot lines throughout the mid and final parts of the season. Nice twist, the Replicators targeting the food supply. Once again decisions that the team made (Rodney and Shep) coming back to really bite them.
I loved that they deferred to Shep a LOT as the Wraith expert in general and as well as with the CG Wraith. Also just because they had a truce once, John was willing to destroy the Hive or Kill the Wraith on more than one occasion.
So, the CG Wraith is going to live with them now? Now thats interesting.
Lots of twists in this one. Wasn't expecting much and came back thinking this a was decent bridge episode thats needs to be re-watched.
Once again warming up to Sam. Not a huge fan but I've kept an open mind about her. The Seer himself, didn't really see a big need for his plot line, but it did provide some nice exposition about what controls the future. Over all thought it was pretty good.
Nice rehash of Prophecy, Joe. You even cribbed the script exactly when Mckay was explaining how quantum physics "blows that out of the water". WTF? This is plain old rote scifi. There's nothing going on in this show but what's on the surface. Where is the deeper meaning? Where is the allegory and parallels to ourselves? Where is the subtext between characters? SG1 managed to do all this. Why can't Atlantis?
Wonderful episode. You had everything in it that makes SGA great. I am sincerely crossing my fingers that John's brother-Wraith lives through this!
(Oy, Blogger is being fussy tonight -- I can't sign in, it keeps saying my password is incorrect! Yet I can get into google fine! Weird ...)
I really appreciated all the philosophical discussion/conjecture about the nature of time and questions of morality in The Seer -- I *love* that sort of thing! (Reminded me a bit of the movie Mindwalk ...)
I saw Christopher Heyerdahl's name in the credits and went "Huh? Halling is in this one? Will he be in a vision?" Then I saw John's Wraith buddy and went "OMG, that's HALLING!!!" I can't believe I didn't realise it before! XD I think I only realised it now because of him playing Zor-El on Smallville this week ....
Loved John trying to comfort Rodney when he was all feeling guilty over the replicators killing the humans! And I was relieved to find that this whole situation was *not* condsidered a direct result of Rodney actvating Elizabeth's nanites (like I was afraid the insinuation would be, and then the anti-Rodney people would be all "see, see!") In fact, I love how this episode showed how they can only make their decisions as bet they can with the information available and hope it doesn't go terribly, terribly wrong -- that it's all a gamble.
And now we have to wait for TWO WEEKS for Miller's Crossing??? AAAARGH! I've been *dying* to see that ep!! *whimper* Stupid holiday weekend!! *shakefist* (Why can't my country celebrate Thanksgiving in September, when it's *supposed* to be??)
Yay for Hewlett commentary!! (I wonder if he will bring little Baz and Mars in with him! ^_^)
I must be in the minority, as I'm a Keller fan (and not just because I happen to love Jewel Staite). Keller originally didn't want the job but Weir had the utmost confidence in her and her abilites (as their walk-and-talk in the last ep of season 3 demonstrated). Slowly but surely, Keller is coming around to the same confidence about herself. I miss Carson terribly, but I think Keller is more than up for the task. Can't wait to see what happens for her!
What's with the poor CGI on the stargates? Seriously, I watch Atlantis for the awesome graphics of the city and such. I hated seeing the exact same sequence with the hive ships ripped from The Hive and reused here.
HAHAHAHA!!! Oh gawd. I loved tonights episode.
I really loved the wraith... He is a fantastic character and his unexpected handshake joke only made him a thousand times more lovable. =D
He's officially my favorite wraith. The depth of his character is refreshing and I like the fact he doesn't entirely play the predictable villain part... That I know of.
I also really liked the seer character. The actor played the part well. Too bad he didn't last very long.
Again, I wholeheartedly enjoyed Carter putting Woolsey in his place.
I've not yet seen the latest episode, but I've chatted with a few people who have, and they say it was a pretty interesting episode. But they've also said they really miss Zelenka, especially in this episode. I'm just curious, is he still off looking for the gate crystal, or has he been grounded for losing it in the first place?
Another excellent episode! Kudos to all. I'm looking forward to Miller's Crossing.
Who was the actor who played Davos? He looked very familiar to me, but I couldn't place him.
Michelle
Hi, Joe.
TV Squad "graded" the fourth season of SGA with an A- today at:
http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/11/16/11-shows-not-on-the-aol-fall-tv-scorecard/
And asked viewers to grade the series as well. Here are the results as of 9:57pm on 11/16/07:
A 72 (44.2%)
B 31 (19.0%)
C 24 (14.7%)
D 11 (6.7%)
F 20 (12.3%)
Of the 11 series TV Squad graded, 2 received A's (Bones and Life), 4 received A-'s (SGA, Dexter, Supernatural and South Park), 1 received a B+ (Samantha Who?), two received B's (Scrubs and Las Vegas) and two received B-'s (The Simpsons, and Family Guy).
Hmmm...I watch SGA, Bones, Life and Supernatural.
Best wishes, Morjana
I liked The Seer very much. I liked the scene with Shep and McKay discussing the ramifications of what they'd done to try and save Elizabeth. It was nice to see this dynamic to their friendship and not just the usual John/Rodney banter----though I'm a huge fan of the McShep Banter----it was very enjoyable to see this side too.
The wraith joke was hysterical!
Looking forward to Miller's Crossing! It looks like its going to be a good one!
Wow! I loved The Seer.
The Wraith humor line? I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. I loved that.
Loved the preview for Miller's Crossing. Going to be a long two weeks of waiting.
what's the ZPM blaster idea?
elaborate please!
IS it still on the cards?
Yes! I love Get Smart!
"No major construction for 'The Seer,' but we will marry some of the exterior scenes from this episode to the 'This Mortal Coil' shoot. James and Tom also pitch out how they'd like to pull off the 'horrific reveal' at script's end. I love it!"
James Tichner?
Just finished watching tonight's episode, great job on yet another entertaining night! This has been a really strong season so far, and I'm really looking forward to whatever comes next.
Maybe you can settle a debate between my brother and I. We rewound the scene three times and still were at odds over what was said. When Carter and Sheppard about the annoyances of the IOA she says something along the lines of "Now I know why *** didn't want to take the job" I heard HE and my brother heard YOU. Could you please clarify this one for me? Thanks!!!
It was interesting that yesterday I was watching a rerun of SG1's Prophecy which shared a lot of concepts from tonight's episode. I didn't feel like this one stole any ideas, just built upon the theme from the previous episode.
My favorite moment was when the Wraith (Todd? love it) went to shake Carter's hand. I think this was our first instance of Wraith humor. He's definitely my favorite Wraith that we've come across so far.
Keep up the great work, and definitely keep up the humor, one of my favorite parts of the show :)
Another great episode, Joe. You guys just keep hitting homeruns out of the ballpark.
Wraith humor rocks! The handshake bit was priceless. :) Good to see John's wraith isn't going anywhere. Hopefully, we get more of him this season.
I've hoped Michael would be a sort of anti-hero Wraith, but it's not to be.
Robert Picardo is probabably one of my favorite actors. His days on Star Trek made me a fan. Whenever he appears it's always such a pleasure and tonight's episode was no different.
Oh, and Carter was awesome tonight. She really stepped up as leader of Atlantis. She was tough when it was needed. I had my doubts in the beginning, but tonight's episode proved she's got what it takes.
Now, we've got Miller's Crossing to look forward to and my guess it'll be another fabulous episode.
Season four continues to be strong and appears it will surpass season three.
Thanks!
I typically read your posts via RSS feed on my Livejournal, so I rarely see the comments here on your blog. I'll be making the effort to come over from now on, though, because of a recent change in perspective.
When I saw "Missing" last week, Keller irritated me. Since I saw your comments about a double standard being employed, I've done some thinking. And between thinking about things and reading some of the comments here and on my LJ, what I came up with is this:
I have been employing a double standard with Keller. What I've been doing is judging her unfairly based on what was a normal reaction and thinking that she's less strong a female character because of it. It's making me explore some conditioned inner misogyny where "strong" is only defined as "superwoman at all times." And it's not fair to the Keller character, and it's not fair to women in general. Women can certainly be strong and still exhibit areas where they need growth. Forget comparisons to Carson and Keller - mine were coming from the perspective of Teyla (a warrior) and Keller (a civilian healer). And it's wrong for me to have placed expectations on Keller to have reacted the same way as Teyla or Sam might have since their backgrounds and experiences are completely different.
So my thanks to you and some of the people commenting here; you've given me loads to examine with my own growth in feminism.
just finished with 'the seer'...
THIS is what i've been waiting to see, sam commanding wise, since seaon 8 of sg1! sam was in command!! i am squeeing now!!
thank you!! :D
sally :D
Loved the Episode and "Todd" as we know him. I can't wait to see if the other vision will come true or not. I love the dramatic themes illustrated in season four. Example, Teyla's baby, Wraith plots, Keller's development, and basically everything else. Will the extended and deleted scenes be on the DVD of Season four?
Hi Joe:
TGIF. I needed it to be Friday today. I won't bore you with details, however, I may be giving you a run for your money in the crappy week category.
Question: The American writers are on strike, but since the WGA is not the WGC, does that mean that writers who write for strictly Canadian productions are on strike as well? How does that work from a union standpoint?
Patricia
The Seer just finished here on the left coast and I'm having trouble finding the right words. My heart is still trying to slow down. That's a good sign, isn't it? So much packed into so few minutes, but in a very good way. I could get my Thesaurus out and throw every superlative descriptor at you that I can find, but I won't. I hope it suffices to say that it was very cool, top to bottom, back to front, every minute. I loved it! Thank you!
I have one question, and I know it is unanswerable. Are you worried about being able to do better in season 5? You've set an awfully high bar.
Apologies for the late reply but thanks for the answer on the 10th.
Excellent season so far. Though you are splitting the team up a lot.
For your planning in season 5, I'd really, really love some team episodes (John,Rodney,Teyla,Ronon) doing the whole go through the gate on a mission:have to depend on each only other type of episodes.
Two questions for you tonight, sir:
What was Daniel trying to ask Jack at the beginning of the time loop in Window of Opportunity?
Why pleather? (re:Atlantis costumes, season 4)
Joe,
For those of us in the dark ages and still have to use dial-up internet connections, could you possibly go back to the format that you used previously for the video clips? I am having a hard time loading the clip where in the past it was fine.
Thanks!
Salut Joseph <3<3 =)
Merci pour cette video^^! Il est trop drole David XD
Ahhhhhhh plus que 5500 visite! sava passer vite^^!!!
Merci de nous soutenir, oui en effet le l'anglais est trés dure a apprendre ....enfin pour moi^^
Ohh je suis impatiente de voire the Seer!! Deja ce soir l'épisode 200 de sg1 est diffuser en france!! sa va être génial!!
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Mes questions:
1)Qu'avez vous penser de la video sur vous?
2)Quel maichant préféré vous dans stargate atlantis et sg1?
3)Il fait plus froid a MOntréal ou à Vancouver?
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Voila =) Merci; Bisou Bisou, Joseph Forever!!!!!! a demian =D Love Love =)
" Reponse: Je dirais qu'il est beaucoup plus difficile d'apprendre l'anglais. "
Moi je trouve que l'anglais est plus facile que le français, mais après ça dépend des personnes.
A plus, Packard77.
Hi Joe,
The Seer was a great episode, one of my favorites so far this season.
On the book of the month topic, have you read any of David Gemmell's work? I've read the first two books of the Troy trilogy and Dark Moon. The Troy books are a retelling of the events leading up to and including the Trojan War, but looked at from a strictly historical perspective, as the author doesn't use the Greek gods and goddesses to get his characters into or out of trouble. Dark Moon is a fantasy that explores good vs. evil -- between races, and within the characters.
Sorry to be a dissenting voice .....
I found "The Seer" to be one of the weakest episodes in a long time.
I have no complaints about an individual actors and even agree with many of the statements made to date about the character development and technical triumphs.
In watching the episode, I felt we were handed a laundry basket of individual scenes with little overall coherence. If someone asked me what "Missing" was about, I could give a credible one sentence answer. With "The Seer", I honestly wouldn't know what to say.
Now, I did some some coherence between some individual scenes, but no overriding theme to the episodes. Frankly, I was bored.
It was a huge difference from "Missing" when the first time I looked at the clock, there was only ten minutes to go. My thought at the time was that there was one more danger to be overcome - and then was pleasantly surprised to see 3 or more twists introduced in that time period.
Last night, I was looking at the clock constantly.
Perhaps the difference was that "The Seer" seemed to involve a lot of scenes where people explained the action rather than us seeing the action.
Take my unlearned opinion for what it is worth .... :-)
One last thing, I do recognize that in a week or two, I may be slapping my forehead and exclaiming to my cat "Well, doh!" (about myself) because subsequent events explain why "The Seer" was constructied as it was, but, for now, as a standalone episode, it is not likely to be one that I would rewatch.
Do you have any creative involvement in the upcoming Stargate: Worlds online MMORPG - and if not, why not? :)
It's finnaly snowing here in Croatia. I've been waiting for it for ages. I even made a snow monster (click on my name if you want to see it). I was having such a crappy week and this really cheered me up. Just wanted to tell you that. My question: Is it snowing where you are?
Did David Hewlett asked you for any kind of advice while he was making his movie?
Great episode, but didn't you mention something about a horrific reveal at the end of the episode? I thought Davos's daughter was going to give Teyla a vision but in the end there was nothing
I just adore Woolsey. I adore watching Sam totally control him.
And he totally had the best moments of the show with Todd running a close second.
And big thanks to SciFi for making us wait TWO WEEKS for Miller's Crossing!
Could you please dedicate the next blog to my black lab Maddy who managed to break into the bathroom, totally tear it up and then lock herself in it in the process?
Have to go hunt for the tranquilizers now. I'm not sure if it's for me for having to clean up the resultant "mess" or for Maddy who still isn't quite convinced that the bathroom isn't out to get her.
That scene with Carter and the Wraith was hilarious. I just burst out laughing when the Wraith asked her to shake on it and then said it was a Wraith joke and he started laughing. That was truly funny. I felt a bit guilty laughing about it, since I am a human...but what the heck, it was a dang funny line! ;~D Did Paul M. add that part? Kudos to whoever thought up that gem! (you said he added some humorous moments)
Kimberly
LOVED the joke when Todd the Wraith suggested a hand shake! It was a well put together ep and I liked the manner in which Teyla's pregnancy was announced. It was a soft sell, vs the big I"M PREGNANT...OH YOUR PREGNANT...well HOW did it happen? ;) Though it does make me wonder about Teyla's future a bit. She would have to give up the child to her people to raise if she wants to stay in Atlantis...like T'ealc gave up his son. But it's more widely accepted for the guy to do it. But you guys are much more creative than I...
I'm having fun here in Season 4...thanks JM and crew! Oh, and in the re-watch of Missing last night, I kept quoting some of the stuff you said in your blog about things coming out of trees, hand thrown arrows and the like and hubs is like "where do you get this stuff!" LOL Thanks for that JM!
S
Joe,
I just had to write in and say how much I *loved* The Seer (the fact that we're nearing the magical post number had nothing to do with. Promise. Even if I post 10 or 12 times today....
Anyway, you were definitely correct in saying this is the best season of SGA ever. I really enjoyed the other seasons, but I have never seen a stronger series of episodes than you've delivered from Reunion thru The Seer.
And The Seer - so many LOL moments, so many questions left unanaswered. Teyla's pregnancy. And Todd left living on Atlantis at the end! That is one of the most exciting parts for me! I've been so excited ever since the announcement that the wraith from Common Ground would be coming back...now to have his ship destroyed an him living on Atlantis...wow...dream come true. It'll be interested to see how the team addresses his need to eat, and the conflict of keeping him in a cell/chains (not so different from Kolya?).
From the preview of the next episode, I can't wait for it, either. Do I really have to wait two weeks? No Thanksgiving weekend Episode?
Bummer.
Thanks for so much wonderful entertainment.
WB
Hi Joe!
Wow...The Seer was fabulous. I'd say you guys are 8 for 8 right now. What a great season! I had so much fun, on my second viewing, studying Carter's office. The pyramid on her desk reminded me of the goa'uld. And of course, pictures of all the important people in her life are there on the credenza. I'm curious: do you guys have some sort of thoughts as to what Cassie is doing these days, even though it never makes it into the story? Do you develop these peripheral life details for the characters when you write or is that just too much detail for you to bother with? Also, could you share the significance--if there is any--of a few of the items in Sam's office, such as the pyramid, and perhaps explain why Daniel's picture is of him in a tux?
Thanks Joe...two weeks is going to be a long wait for my next fix, er, I mean dose of SGA!!!
Exceedingly pleased at the appearence of Martin Jarvis in The Seer - quality British acting :D How did he come to get the part?
The Seer was fantastic. Best of S4 thus far. The time spent fleshing out the story arcs, relationships, and continuity (!) really shone through in this one. Thank you and the team.
PS - Keep the wraith humour coming!
I haven't watched anything this season until last night's episode, because I'm not thrilled with the loss of Beckett and Weir.
I watched last night, and it did nothing to give me a reason to tune in again.
Carter's an SG1 character. You should have left her there. Amanda and Joe have no chemistry. Joe and Torri had buckets of chemistry. I don't know why you, as one of TPTB would look at her, and what she was doing and think that any of it was substandard enough to get rid of her character.
Without both Torri and Paul, the heart and soul of Atlantis are missing. Keller and Carter aren't enough to fill that gaping hole, IMO.
Please, God, no Carter in season five. No Keller either.
The best thing about last night's episode was the Wraith.
Let's make him second in the credits for next year. He has more personality and appeal than Carter and Keller put together.
Thanks for the cake suggestion!!!!!!
due to the fact none of the shops in Dublin would do anythin that yummy...opted for an ice cream cake instead..ummmm cake and ice cream in the same sentence
Hi, Joe. What was the original pitch that you hated so much (and who was the moron who made it, jk)?
I found Seer very nuanced and the characters incredibly adult. Everyone behaved in character with what we've seen of them in the past, without being over-the-top ridiculous. Very...restrained. I'm extremely impressed.
That said, this episode didn't have much of a sense of anticipation or suspense, so the resolution didn't provide much satisfaction. Now, I don't expect or want all the issues to be neatly wrapped up in one episode, but the resolutions that we did see fell a little flat. The climax was less than climatic. Doesn't a take a seer to predict that the hive ships would destroy each other, or maybe I watch too much TV. Teyla's pregnancy reveal, in particular, after the ending of the last ep, left me going "What? That's it?" Did this episode run long and the Teyla scenes had to be cut?
Damn, BRAVO on 'The Seer'. That episode was so interweaved with plots it was mind-blowing. Intense changes.. really pumped for the season. It's really taking off now!
And, NO, I don't know which episode. What's the MARRIAGE PROPOSAL episode!?
Hi,
I guess I am not who this show wants as a viewer. I have been holding out hopes that we would get greater developments in the characters of Teyla and Ronon.
I thought that Seer would have allowed that. I could not believe what was meant as a way for Teyla to find her people turned into Rodney getting the first prophecy. It is always all about Rodney. Did Teyla and Ronon have more than twenty lines each? Rodney's line count must be the highest each season. I fast forward as soon as he opens his mouth.
I saw the clips for "Miller's Crossing". Another Rodney episode. God, I hate Rodney. I know that the ratings won't miss one less person viewing this episode.
I will tune in for "This Mortal Coil". I pray for less Rodney in that episode.
Love The Wraith Humor, Teyla Will Have Some Decisions To Make
I've never posted here before, but have read this blog frequently.
I really wanted to say that I loved The Seer.
I won't deny that I was a bit concerned about Carter becoming the leader of Atlantis initially, but I'm convinced now she's in the right place. This episode just worked so well in that respect, and has really allayed my fears.
AT was great, and she has really good chemistry with JF, which has surprised me a little.
I loved the story and adore the CG wraith, and I'm now even more excited to find out where all of these storylines are leading!
Thank you!
Joe-
Thanks for the dedication. It helped me forget the pain.
Did you wear an eyepatch when your eye was giving you fits this week? Nothing says evil villan like an eye patch......
Loved the Seer! Love Todd! Have loved this season overall.
I like eps set on the city of Atlantis itself with internal jeopardy (hive ships full of villians every week gets kind of old), because it keeps the focus on our team and away from the "shoot-em-up" plots.
Have to say, I hate Carter's hair, though. It's all over the place and distracting.
Lynn
Is Teyla's pregnancy going to have anything to do with the plot of the show or can I just yawn at it?
Hee! Thanks for today and yesterday's videos, Joe. What would the world be without "giant pine-like beetles"?
Joe,
"The Seer" was a pretty good ep. I liked it.
Could you do me a favour and dedicate your next entry to my mum. Her birthday was yesterday, I think she'd be amazed! Thanks!
Have a nice weekend! Take care!
Ivana
Do you ever take a break from computers and go internet-less for a period of time? I've done that, but not voluntarily. My laptop's been dying for several weeks, so I've had to compete with GeekBoy for computer time, and he's not good at sharing. He has to go to the bathroom once in a while, though, and leave that computer unattended...I managed to get a moment to post a funny pic of GeekBoy with Rocky the llama.
I found The Seer to be somewhat weaker than previous episodes, but I'm hard put to say why. Maybe because I can't watch Christopher Heyerdahl in anything without thinking "Halling"! But there were some great character moments, and the usual snark here and there. It was still a good episode.
Are you aware that SciFi Channel keeps jiggering its schedule, which messes up DVR recordings? It seems like they're trying to discourage the practice, but if so, it's a dirty tactic and disrespectful of the fans. Some of us have no choice about using DVR on Friday nights. For instance, I will be in the hospital on the 30th when "Miller's Crossing" airs, and if I miss that episode because they killed my record command, I'm going to be very unhappy. Just sayin'.
RebeccaH
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I must be in the minority, as I'm a Keller fan ( ) Can't wait to see what happens for her !
Me too, count me in as a Keller fan. She's a fantastic character, I don't see what's wrong with her. Same for Carter who took so much heat for replacing Weir. Season 4 is fantastic so far as it is, and I can't wait for the next eppy.
i saw both missing and the seer last night and fell in love with them both! gotta say i love the new lineup- for one thing, it refreshes the memory and for another, i actually missed missing (yeah yeah i know how strange that sounds) last week so i was mucho happy. the big reveal of teyla's pregnancy wasn't really as dramatic as i was expecting, but i thought that worked really well because it's exactly like her character, kind of quiet and understated. and i see a very close friendship in store for her and dr. keller.
oh and i totally LOVED sheppard's smart-aleck comebacks this episode, especially with his wraith "friend." priceless. i couldnt stop laughing at a lot of them. :P
Dear Joe,
The wraith space ship battle scene sequence was taken from the season 2 eppy The Hive? Was that done by purpose or was it done just to save money?
thank you
moulay
*waves*
Did you miss me? :D
I watched the Seer, and have to say, WOW! I thought it was fabulous. S4 is like a tapestry and you're weaving the threads together until we finally get the full picture. Fantastic. :D And the CG wraith is back! *does her happy dance*
Oh you don't know how nervous I was about this ep. I wanted it to be fantastic given his previous encounter with Shep and it really was full of angst and passion and humour! *luffs the CG Wraith* We're learning so much about them and I can't wait to see him again. This whole area of trusting and not trusting is what I adore about their tentative alliance. Nothing is black and white, which is why he's such a great adversary. :D Nothing is what it seems and it just makes me want to squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. :D
I have to say, loved the wraith's humour, it had me in stitches. Was that Marty G's humour by anychance or was it Rob's? LOL. Loved it! The whole storyline, the interactions and respect each of the team have for each other. Sam was fab in this, and I loved her interaction with Shep. I couldn't even tell you which parts stood out for me in this, because I loved every part of it, and the Rodney/Shep scene just made my lil heart melt. *sniff*
Thanks to Mr C and Mr W for a fantastic ep.
And thank you Mr M for the clip of Joe F strumming his guitar. Now if you can just get him to hum a few notes. ;) Ah you thought I was going to say "persuade him to take his shirt off," didn't you. ;) Fooled you. :D
*huggles*
Ooooh another question. Why did you have reservations about this ep? Because of that other ep, that should never ever be mentioned?
1)Do the reactions of Teyla's team mates, upon hearing of her condition, surprise her?
2)Will we get to see some of Michael's warped and distorted emotions this year?
WOW,WTF?,WHOLY COW.
Joe i was on the edge of my seat the whole episode, waiting for the next hint, waiting for the other shoe to drop until i was yelling FIGHT!FIGHT!FIGHT in that Carter vs. Woolsey pursuit of power.
Although i was thinking the Replicators were above the city cloak, ready to do business when Atlantis cloaked.
The Seer was an amazing episode!! In fact, I liked it so much, I decided to watch both airings last night.
Hi! I've just started watching this show a couple of weeks ago and so far I'm really hooked. Which is good for me, not so good for my term papers but oh well.
I didn't like "The Seer" as much as "Missing," but then any episode that doesn't have Teyla being really hot and completely beating some guy's ass into the ground is probably going to pale in comparison to me, so, yeah.
Anyway, "The Seer" was all right. I like the little power struggles they've got going on, and Rodney and John's guilt trips. Interesting stuff...
I kind of wish the episode had ended with Teyla telling the rest of her team about her news. I don't know why, I guess I was just expecting it. Are we going to get a scene like that, by any chance?
Anyway, "Miller's Crossing" looks really awesome. I'm super excited to watch it.
Have a good Thanksgiving!
Joe, the big discussion over at most of the stargte sites I frequent is all about the stupid new uniforms. They're terrible. Check out any of the threads on them, the opinion is pretty universal. What made you guys decide to go the way you have? Why not just BDUs and civies for the non-military??
After Teyla has the kid will she leave Atlantis to be with her people and raise it?
Loved this episode.
I am reminded of Babylon 5 where the end of the space station is shown in premonition, as if it was eminent. And it does end as it was shown, just 25 years later.
I'm assuming that we may very well see Atlantis attacked from an Ancient (designed) ship.
Joseph Mallozzi please read this comment.
It is about the Apollo bridge photo taken by Dr. Lee when he arrived.
Thank you!
First of all the show is great, every time again it tops our highest hopes. So i only mention the less stuff.
The Missing eppisode couldn't cath my interest. I was shocked by the pregnant Teyla storyarc, but a plus is seeing McKay arguing with a kid in the possible future. Sure hope it doesn't turn into a soap / drama arc.
Thats all. Seer was exceptional and hits the right note/style of the season i wish for.
The (puny) Heroes-ish time-shifting story telling was great (again), hope you incorporate it more often!
New kinds of tention!
To be honest, I didn't expect much from "The Seer"; I didn't care for the previews. I very much enjoyed the episode! I was worried about incorporating Sam into SGA, but I thought the episode really showed her strengths. I also enjoyed getting some more serious and self-reflective moments from Rodney, and a real consideration of the moral and ethical problems of serving the SGC but being in another galaxy--where they've already brought plenty of trouble on the inhabitants.
Now I have to wait two weeks, but then I'll get to see one of my favorite guest stars again! I loved Kate Hewlett last time and am really looking forward to the next episode!
Hey Joe, I noticed you're on facebook. (At least, I think you are. Otherwise you have your very own Doppelganger...) Would you object especially if I added you as a friend or is that a bit weird?
Hi Joe,
I loved The Seer! I was one of those (quiet) fans who wasn't totally onboard with the whole Carter thing but I gotta say, I'm loving her in Atlantis - you guys are doing an awesome job of integrating her into the team.
Last night she called Sheppard John. How do you guys decide how the characters address one another? O'Neill always called her Carter, so I was surprised to hear her call Sheppard John and not Sheppard. I loved hearing Rodney call Sheppard John - any chance that will become the norm?
Season 4 rocks!!
Heee! Busy day today at the Collectormania con seeing Jason, Torri and David N! Lots of fun!
Btw, David says we've all got to post on here and tell you how much we want Zelenka as regular cast! :lol:
Yes! Zelenka as regular cast!
I'm looking forward to the trapped episode. :)
marriage proposal? I'm afraid I have no idea, but you've got my attention.
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