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Monk
Atlantis
Was fun-a LOT of fun. It was hysterical on the same level as last season's episode with the models. The seventies flashbacks were priceless. The mystery wasn't so much a mystery (as usual) and the real fun, like in Burn Notice and the other shows I've gotten into lately, is completely in the characters and the fun the actors and writers are having with their characters. I miss the presence of Shawn's mother and seeing his dad discombobulated, but...ah well.
Maggie and Lassie aren't so much the odd couple or at odds, at least in this episode. Now, they've gotten to the point where they both acknowledge their ambitions and collude to dump boring cases on Buzz and take the apparently cool cases for themselves!
The entire episode was entirely silly, and I think it was a nod to Life On Mars (in its own way) by harkening back in flashbacky ways to the seventies and it killed me everytime SAG was mentioned! Talk about sticking it to a guild!
Maggie and Lassie aren't so much the odd couple or at odds, at least in this episode. Now, they've gotten to the point where they both acknowledge their ambitions and collude to dump boring cases on Buzz and take the apparently cool cases for themselves!
The entire episode was entirely silly, and I think it was a nod to Life On Mars (in its own way) by harkening back in flashbacky ways to the seventies and it killed me everytime SAG was mentioned! Talk about sticking it to a guild!
Monk
Adrian Monk is always entertaining, even when he gets annoying as hell. The preposterousness of this episode went beyond the usual suspension of belief for me. I've BEEN on a nuclear sub before. I'm no expert, but I *know* that Monk would never be allowed in the control room, nor in the missle room, nor in just about ANY room of a submarine during an military exercise. He'd have been locked up before the day was out.
And seriously--a ballast tank?!--no effing way. A crewman would have stopped them or have been assigned to follow them around. And moreover? Subs are so tight in space there's almost NO WAY they'd have been along long enough to go in there, even if the Captain had tried clearing the area out. Every inch of submarine space is used.
Poor setting for a closed room mystery. The only thing I loved about this was Monk talking to his invisible therapist. I love that actor. It was only until Mermaid mentioned that he'd been in Princess Diaries that I realized where I'd seen him before. He's awesome.
And seriously--a ballast tank?!--no effing way. A crewman would have stopped them or have been assigned to follow them around. And moreover? Subs are so tight in space there's almost NO WAY they'd have been along long enough to go in there, even if the Captain had tried clearing the area out. Every inch of submarine space is used.
Poor setting for a closed room mystery. The only thing I loved about this was Monk talking to his invisible therapist. I love that actor. It was only until Mermaid mentioned that he'd been in Princess Diaries that I realized where I'd seen him before. He's awesome.
Atlantis
Just when you think it couldn't sink much lower (and actually does, in the script) Atlantis confirms at every turn that despite the loveableness the actors try and infuse their character, they keep making stupid, fucking stupid, mistakes time after time. You could nail that one on Elizabeth Weir's presence, since her character seems doomed to repeat bad mistake after worse mistake. I realize how important it is to the Stargate writers to never (or rarely) write out a character they feel they think they could more mileage out of, but this is ridiculous!
I had the idea the replicators, harmless as they seemed, were going to be sent into the middle of an inferno sun. I really don't care who had the brilliant idea of sending them out into frozen space, but dudes, give Weir a good death already, kay? Becausekill_dr_weirneeds a nice, clean, sympathetic finish to the character that doesn't include torture *beyond* death. Weir really is fulfilling the Daniel Jackson legacy of being killed again and again and again...like a rechargable battery.
Otherwise, it was fun to hear the talk of the flying monkeys (and was surprised there was no direct mention of The Wizard of Oz, but they'd need Jack O'Neil for that?) And as I predicted, Robert Picardo's Woolsey has grown as a character, has the presence (and writing) to pull it off; AND it's now been proven he's got the balls to do what's necessary for Atlantis, which unfortunately Weir and Carter were never able to carry off. At least that I can remember at this date.
It was okay as an episode. I do hope this means replicators are a nearly dead story-line. But stupid stupid stupid. Shooting them into space was idiotic. And so was the "subspace" disembodied crap. Within the context of Stargate, that's...ludicrous.
I had the idea the replicators, harmless as they seemed, were going to be sent into the middle of an inferno sun. I really don't care who had the brilliant idea of sending them out into frozen space, but dudes, give Weir a good death already, kay? Because
kill_dr_weirneeds a nice, clean, sympathetic finish to the character that doesn't include torture *beyond* death. Weir really is fulfilling the Daniel Jackson legacy of being killed again and again and again...like a rechargable battery.Otherwise, it was fun to hear the talk of the flying monkeys (and was surprised there was no direct mention of The Wizard of Oz, but they'd need Jack O'Neil for that?) And as I predicted, Robert Picardo's Woolsey has grown as a character, has the presence (and writing) to pull it off; AND it's now been proven he's got the balls to do what's necessary for Atlantis, which unfortunately Weir and Carter were never able to carry off. At least that I can remember at this date.
It was okay as an episode. I do hope this means replicators are a nearly dead story-line. But stupid stupid stupid. Shooting them into space was idiotic. And so was the "subspace" disembodied crap. Within the context of Stargate, that's...ludicrous.
