Dude, where's my communicator?
Nov. 14th, 2002 01:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
khaosworksThoughts as I watch...
Malcolm goes crazy searching decon for the missing communicator. I know how he feels. I do the same thing every time I lose my keys, even look in places it couldn't conceivably be. I find calling out its name like an errant pet helps.
Woo! Hoshi takes charge while the boys panic. Go, baby! Mmmm. Hoshi.
Teleplay by someone other than Bermaga, though story is by them. May not suck. Optimism, Captain!
You know, I'm not one for the HoYay, but really, Trip always begs to go with Quantum when Reed is involved. It's like he really feels left out of the Quantum-Reed love, and gets this wounded puppy look on his face. But it's true - Quantum never lets Trip do the fun stuff these days. Don't feel too bad, Trip. It could be worse - you could be Maywho-Never-Gets-Any-Lines.
Oh, can the martyr act, Malcolm. Honestly, every frickin' time something goes wrong he has to get all passive-aggressive about it. Someday, Quantum will flog you and it'll serve you right.
Oh, oh. Sneaky barkeep giving significant looks to unfriendly looking men. Smell trap.
And I was right. I bet you they wish they had a transporter lock right about now.
And there's Maywho. Silent as ever. You can see the hidden anger seething beneath the surface. Nobody talks to him. Nobody gives him anything to do except sit there. He doesn't get to play in any reindeer games. He imagines steering the ship straight down a gravity well and tearing it apart, laughing while the rest of these elitist, speaking part bastards scream in terror. Yeah, that's the ticket. This, my friends, is how Beltway Snipers are made. I'm telling you, nobody paid attention to them before they started going postal either. This is how Maywho's going to wind up. I'm just saying.
"Well, I suppose you're the captain of a pleasure boat." Yep, and T'Pol's your Cruise Director, and Mayweather mixes the drinks, and Dr Phlox gets all the babes. Love... exciting and newwwwwww.....
Oh oh, the prosthetic's come off. Can he convince them that he merely suffers from the heartbreak of psoriasis? Well, maybe not both of them at the same time. "You've been surgically altered!" Well, d'oh. But it's pretty superficial surgery if it comes off that easily. I've had Halloween costumes that were more difficult to remove.
Wait, they've been carrying a Suliban cell-ship in their hold for over a year? And it had a cloak? Since when? Oh, I can't keep this continuity straight anymore...
Oh! Oh! Mayweather has lines! More than a few! Does this mean he gets killed again?
Yes, Trip - stick a fork in the socket when all else fails. I guess you graduated from the Tim Taylor School of Engineering. And your arm's invisible! Didn't I see this in an old Kurt Russell Disney Movie?
Damn, no follow up? Come on - I thought they'd at least put it to good use rather than play it for cheap laughs. Cloak Trip all the way, send him down... grrrr, I hate these writers.
Oh, great. Quantum's channeling Kirk. Listen to them speech patterns: "It's madefroma... composite alloy... invisibleto... anyof your... trackingsystems." Actually, it's not a bad story - but it's going to get them deeper into crap. I'm wondering how this will pan out now.
Malcolm's expecting a rescue party? Optimism from Malcolm? Who replaced him with a pod person?
That gallows reminds me of the one from the Doctor Who adventure "Vengeance on Varos" (Sixth Doctor and Peri). Take it from someone who's seen a person being hanged - it's not a pleasant death. In fact, watching hanging scenes on TV is kind of icky for me these days, even when I know it's fictional. But I digress.
Well, I'm glad these Powderpuff Nazis are from the Imperial Stormtrooper School of Marksmanship.
Amazing! They actually think about the consequences of that cover story they fed the Powderpuff Nazis! That almost redeems any stupidity that arose in the episode. Now, if only they actually show the extent of how damaging that is... but nah, that'd be hoping too much. Best to take it as an object lesson.
Did not suck. And surprisingly little to snark on, aside from the usual bad delivery by Quantum and the woe-is-me attitude of Malcolm. I'm still a bit pissed they didn't take advantage of the fact that a burst of energy from that Suliban cell pod can cloak a person, though. And Hoshi should have gotten more screen time. All Hoshi! All the time!
I give it a B.
Malcolm goes crazy searching decon for the missing communicator. I know how he feels. I do the same thing every time I lose my keys, even look in places it couldn't conceivably be. I find calling out its name like an errant pet helps.
Woo! Hoshi takes charge while the boys panic. Go, baby! Mmmm. Hoshi.
Teleplay by someone other than Bermaga, though story is by them. May not suck. Optimism, Captain!
You know, I'm not one for the HoYay, but really, Trip always begs to go with Quantum when Reed is involved. It's like he really feels left out of the Quantum-Reed love, and gets this wounded puppy look on his face. But it's true - Quantum never lets Trip do the fun stuff these days. Don't feel too bad, Trip. It could be worse - you could be Maywho-Never-Gets-Any-Lines.
Oh, can the martyr act, Malcolm. Honestly, every frickin' time something goes wrong he has to get all passive-aggressive about it. Someday, Quantum will flog you and it'll serve you right.
Oh, oh. Sneaky barkeep giving significant looks to unfriendly looking men. Smell trap.
And I was right. I bet you they wish they had a transporter lock right about now.
And there's Maywho. Silent as ever. You can see the hidden anger seething beneath the surface. Nobody talks to him. Nobody gives him anything to do except sit there. He doesn't get to play in any reindeer games. He imagines steering the ship straight down a gravity well and tearing it apart, laughing while the rest of these elitist, speaking part bastards scream in terror. Yeah, that's the ticket. This, my friends, is how Beltway Snipers are made. I'm telling you, nobody paid attention to them before they started going postal either. This is how Maywho's going to wind up. I'm just saying.
"Well, I suppose you're the captain of a pleasure boat." Yep, and T'Pol's your Cruise Director, and Mayweather mixes the drinks, and Dr Phlox gets all the babes. Love... exciting and newwwwwww.....
Oh oh, the prosthetic's come off. Can he convince them that he merely suffers from the heartbreak of psoriasis? Well, maybe not both of them at the same time. "You've been surgically altered!" Well, d'oh. But it's pretty superficial surgery if it comes off that easily. I've had Halloween costumes that were more difficult to remove.
Wait, they've been carrying a Suliban cell-ship in their hold for over a year? And it had a cloak? Since when? Oh, I can't keep this continuity straight anymore...
Oh! Oh! Mayweather has lines! More than a few! Does this mean he gets killed again?
Yes, Trip - stick a fork in the socket when all else fails. I guess you graduated from the Tim Taylor School of Engineering. And your arm's invisible! Didn't I see this in an old Kurt Russell Disney Movie?
Damn, no follow up? Come on - I thought they'd at least put it to good use rather than play it for cheap laughs. Cloak Trip all the way, send him down... grrrr, I hate these writers.
Oh, great. Quantum's channeling Kirk. Listen to them speech patterns: "It's madefroma... composite alloy... invisibleto... anyof your... trackingsystems." Actually, it's not a bad story - but it's going to get them deeper into crap. I'm wondering how this will pan out now.
Malcolm's expecting a rescue party? Optimism from Malcolm? Who replaced him with a pod person?
That gallows reminds me of the one from the Doctor Who adventure "Vengeance on Varos" (Sixth Doctor and Peri). Take it from someone who's seen a person being hanged - it's not a pleasant death. In fact, watching hanging scenes on TV is kind of icky for me these days, even when I know it's fictional. But I digress.
Well, I'm glad these Powderpuff Nazis are from the Imperial Stormtrooper School of Marksmanship.
Amazing! They actually think about the consequences of that cover story they fed the Powderpuff Nazis! That almost redeems any stupidity that arose in the episode. Now, if only they actually show the extent of how damaging that is... but nah, that'd be hoping too much. Best to take it as an object lesson.
Did not suck. And surprisingly little to snark on, aside from the usual bad delivery by Quantum and the woe-is-me attitude of Malcolm. I'm still a bit pissed they didn't take advantage of the fact that a burst of energy from that Suliban cell pod can cloak a person, though. And Hoshi should have gotten more screen time. All Hoshi! All the time!
I give it a B.
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Date: 2002-11-13 09:10 pm (UTC)Remember, the "Powderpuff Nazis" were fighting "the Alliance". Centuries down the road, there's a huge war between the Alliance and the "Powderpuff Nazis"--Rebels--with the Alliance keeping control of the central planets and the Rebels on the rough outer worlds. A descendent of the chief Powderpuff Nazi becomes the captain of a starship called Serenity....
Ouch
Date: 2002-11-14 01:36 pm (UTC)