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sjhw_tolerance...
I said I missed liveblogging new SG-1 eps, didn't I? Well, Avenger 2.0 is another episode I have not yet watched, as my reading of the transcript way back when most decidedly put me off. I know there are a lot of people like there who enjoy Felger & Co., but I... am not one of them, as the liveblogging of The Other Guys shows all too well. Still, a commitment is a commitment, right? :)![[info]](https://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
redial_the_gate is still happily chugging along in the seventh season of rewatching, and I've got to my part!
So: Avenger 2.0. I go into this one knowing that an attempt to infect Ba'al's DHD is co-opted and infects the entire Gate network and that Felger still has major hero-worship issues for Jack and Sam. No real review here, just commenting as I go along. Onwards!
Fun to see Chloe manhandling such a large laptop in pre-notebook days.
Yeah, Jack and Felger are so much "like this" that Jack calls him "Folger." Hee hee hee.
"Phaser?" "More like a photon torpedo." ::grins:: Chloe is a Trekkie too, I see.
::sighs:: As with The Other Guys, OTT humor trumps competent expectation. No surge protectors in the entire base?
Is it childish of me to be gleeful at watching Hammond give Felger the incompetence smackdown? No? Just checking. :)
And y'know, it makes me cringe to watch Felger so obviously make something up out of whole cloth. COMPETENT PERSONNEL, people. One of my hot buttons - I'll read practically any fic that features them, and can barely finish a fic that features an incompetent SGC.
Felger tries to come back and salute Hammond and George practically rolls his eyes before shooing him out. Go George!
Er, I don't remember from the transcript, but please tell me Chloe isn't pining for Felger? She deserves a lot better.
He's so incompetent he gets lost at the SGC?! ::goggles:: How can anyone even remotely like this guy?
Skeptic Jack is skeptic. Good for him.
Why does Sam go to bat for him? Can someone explain this?
Ooookay, look, I admire those in the fandom who can create their own action figures and yes, the Stargate setting he created is beautifully done, BUT HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A SCIENTIST. Not a part of the fandom. Good. Grief.
(Can't believe I didn't remember that from the transcript, heh. Must've blocked it out.)
I find it very unprofessional for Sam to visit Felger at home. Not sure why. Am I wrong to feel this? Why couldn't she give him this information at the base?
On the one hand, I am pleased that Chloe gave Felger that little choke with the tie when he started gushing about Sam's legs. OTOH, I suspect that this means that Chloe is pining for him. Ugh.
I think I need a short-hand term for every time Felger's childishness or incompetence makes me hit the pause button. Sam pats him absently on the shoulder and he practically hyperventilates. Hmmm. How about FSBF: Felger Should Be Fired? Yeah, that'll do. ;)
My own knowledge of computer code is, believe it or not, limited to BASIC (you just be quiet, all you young whippersnappers!) so I'm curious to know what those who actually understand programming think about what Sam is writing on the white board here:
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I can't believe I'm saying this, but... I don't think Felger should be blamed for this entirely. This was researched, tested in simulations, approved by Sam and green-lighted by Hammond. Of course it's a problem, but I don't think it's exclusively Felger's fault. (Although saying my virus probably doesn't help.)
FSBF. Felger is nattering on about a comic book character to Hammond and Sam's expression clearly says, You idiot. SHUT UP.
I want Hammond to order Felger out of the control room. Yuck. Chloe, at least, is intelligent enough to stay where she's supposed to be.
Wow, the Gate transmits data amazingly fast! ...Which, okay, makes sense when you consider that the "data" it normally transmits is human beings.
Hammond rocks. I love that man. He listens to Sam spelling out utter disaster for the SGC in general and the galaxy in particular (with Felger irritatingly nodding along) and he just turns around and marches out to do what he can. No recriminations. No passing the buck. He accepts the responsibility, period.
I will also add that YAY for the competence of Hammond and Sam et al putting the more at-risk teams before a Big Name like Daniel.
Oh. My. Chloe has THE line of the episode:
"This is Stargate Command. You wouldn't be here if you weren't very good at what you do."
Word, word, WORD. FSBF. No one belongs at the SGC if they're not actually good at their job.
"Sir, I'm just as responsible as anyone else." <-- Explain to me again why certain Sam haters think Sam never admits to any wrongdoing, please?
Okay, watching the MALP lose the signal like that was kinda neat.
Wheeee! That's a copy of the diagram Jack made back in The Fifth Race, right?
FSBF. And Sam should thump him. I cannot believe how dismissive he is of Chloe. I really hope I'm wrong in seeing Chloe/Felger here.
Sam overhears Felger talking to Mom. Please tell me that we're not supposed to sympathize.
"Even your mistakes are perfect!" I WANT TO THUMP HIM. I really do.
Hi Daniel! I am amused that without the glasses and the voice I would have no idea who he is in that rain slicker.
I was nodding along with Sam's list of his faults until she got to the "brilliant scientist" part. Sam: COMPETENCE. Without it, genius really doesn't help.
FSBF. We are supposed to sympathize with a guy who goes AWOL when he knows people are going to be dying in less than two days?
Felger moves his chair to be right next to Hammond. Hammond edges a way, just a little. ::grins::
NO NO NO NO NO NO. You do NOT take a civilian, especially one without any kind of training, off-world to a planet that you know is under Goa'uld control. Just... NO.
(I had this same problem with The Other Guys, as I recall...)
::gags at kiss:: Sam, please sit down with Chloe and help bolster her self-confidence, kthanx.
I cannot believe they let Felger have a gun. Sam is in more danger than anyone else here.
Love Hammond's tone when he tells Jack, "Doctor Felger's with her." Totally agree with Jack's assessment, too. :)
As this comes up later in S10, I would really like to know how Ba'al comes to understand not only the Gate network (which we have never seen from any other Goa'uld) but Tau'ri computer code. Ba'al has always been shown to be one of the more intelligent Goa'uld, but there's no real explanation for this.
I love the slow pulling back to show us where Sam and Felger are and the highlighting of their feeling of isolation, but if Ba'al is active on the planet, there should be, y'know, roads. Not grassy ruins.
FSBF. Put the pistol you don't know how to use down and type with two hands, Felger! OTOH? Sam is awesome. Naturally. :)
Wheeee! That's Jack and Teal'c to the rescue, am I right? :D
If Felger hero-worships SG-1, where is his admiration of Teal'c? Although one assumes Teal'c is just as happy that unlike Sam and Jack, he avoided a Felger hug.
I love Jack and Teal'c insisting on taking the long way home, so to speak! Do they finally get to keep an al'kesh of their own? Does the ship get used in later eps?
Oookay, another dream sequence. Including Chloe's outfit, so... Maybe there's hope for her yet? And not only is Felger an absolute pig, but he imagines that Jack is, too. Yuck.
Bottom line: even less to like than The Other Guys, and that's saying something. Good thing this was a strong Hammond ep to help offset the Felger horribleness. And hey, new SG-1 is always fun, even if there's only a stray good moment or two in the entire ep!
sjhw_tolerance...I said I missed liveblogging new SG-1 eps, didn't I? Well, Avenger 2.0 is another episode I have not yet watched, as my reading of the transcript way back when most decidedly put me off. I know there are a lot of people like there who enjoy Felger & Co., but I... am not one of them, as the liveblogging of The Other Guys shows all too well. Still, a commitment is a commitment, right? :)
redial_the_gate is still happily chugging along in the seventh season of rewatching, and I've got to my part!So: Avenger 2.0. I go into this one knowing that an attempt to infect Ba'al's DHD is co-opted and infects the entire Gate network and that Felger still has major hero-worship issues for Jack and Sam. No real review here, just commenting as I go along. Onwards!
Fun to see Chloe manhandling such a large laptop in pre-notebook days.Yeah, Jack and Felger are so much "like this" that Jack calls him "Folger." Hee hee hee.
"Phaser?" "More like a photon torpedo." ::grins:: Chloe is a Trekkie too, I see.
::sighs:: As with The Other Guys, OTT humor trumps competent expectation. No surge protectors in the entire base?
Is it childish of me to be gleeful at watching Hammond give Felger the incompetence smackdown? No? Just checking. :)
And y'know, it makes me cringe to watch Felger so obviously make something up out of whole cloth. COMPETENT PERSONNEL, people. One of my hot buttons - I'll read practically any fic that features them, and can barely finish a fic that features an incompetent SGC.
Felger tries to come back and salute Hammond and George practically rolls his eyes before shooing him out. Go George!
Er, I don't remember from the transcript, but please tell me Chloe isn't pining for Felger? She deserves a lot better.
He's so incompetent he gets lost at the SGC?! ::goggles:: How can anyone even remotely like this guy?
Skeptic Jack is skeptic. Good for him.
Why does Sam go to bat for him? Can someone explain this?
Ooookay, look, I admire those in the fandom who can create their own action figures and yes, the Stargate setting he created is beautifully done, BUT HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A SCIENTIST. Not a part of the fandom. Good. Grief.
(Can't believe I didn't remember that from the transcript, heh. Must've blocked it out.)
I find it very unprofessional for Sam to visit Felger at home. Not sure why. Am I wrong to feel this? Why couldn't she give him this information at the base?
On the one hand, I am pleased that Chloe gave Felger that little choke with the tie when he started gushing about Sam's legs. OTOH, I suspect that this means that Chloe is pining for him. Ugh.
I think I need a short-hand term for every time Felger's childishness or incompetence makes me hit the pause button. Sam pats him absently on the shoulder and he practically hyperventilates. Hmmm. How about FSBF: Felger Should Be Fired? Yeah, that'll do. ;)
My own knowledge of computer code is, believe it or not, limited to BASIC (you just be quiet, all you young whippersnappers!) so I'm curious to know what those who actually understand programming think about what Sam is writing on the white board here:
click on pic for larger size
I can't believe I'm saying this, but... I don't think Felger should be blamed for this entirely. This was researched, tested in simulations, approved by Sam and green-lighted by Hammond. Of course it's a problem, but I don't think it's exclusively Felger's fault. (Although saying my virus probably doesn't help.)
FSBF. Felger is nattering on about a comic book character to Hammond and Sam's expression clearly says, You idiot. SHUT UP.
I want Hammond to order Felger out of the control room. Yuck. Chloe, at least, is intelligent enough to stay where she's supposed to be.
Wow, the Gate transmits data amazingly fast! ...Which, okay, makes sense when you consider that the "data" it normally transmits is human beings.
Hammond rocks. I love that man. He listens to Sam spelling out utter disaster for the SGC in general and the galaxy in particular (with Felger irritatingly nodding along) and he just turns around and marches out to do what he can. No recriminations. No passing the buck. He accepts the responsibility, period.
I will also add that YAY for the competence of Hammond and Sam et al putting the more at-risk teams before a Big Name like Daniel.
Oh. My. Chloe has THE line of the episode:
"This is Stargate Command. You wouldn't be here if you weren't very good at what you do."
Word, word, WORD. FSBF. No one belongs at the SGC if they're not actually good at their job.
"Sir, I'm just as responsible as anyone else." <-- Explain to me again why certain Sam haters think Sam never admits to any wrongdoing, please?
Okay, watching the MALP lose the signal like that was kinda neat.
Wheeee! That's a copy of the diagram Jack made back in The Fifth Race, right?
FSBF. And Sam should thump him. I cannot believe how dismissive he is of Chloe. I really hope I'm wrong in seeing Chloe/Felger here.
Sam overhears Felger talking to Mom. Please tell me that we're not supposed to sympathize.
"Even your mistakes are perfect!" I WANT TO THUMP HIM. I really do.
Hi Daniel! I am amused that without the glasses and the voice I would have no idea who he is in that rain slicker.
I was nodding along with Sam's list of his faults until she got to the "brilliant scientist" part. Sam: COMPETENCE. Without it, genius really doesn't help.
FSBF. We are supposed to sympathize with a guy who goes AWOL when he knows people are going to be dying in less than two days?
Felger moves his chair to be right next to Hammond. Hammond edges a way, just a little. ::grins::
NO NO NO NO NO NO. You do NOT take a civilian, especially one without any kind of training, off-world to a planet that you know is under Goa'uld control. Just... NO.
(I had this same problem with The Other Guys, as I recall...)
::gags at kiss:: Sam, please sit down with Chloe and help bolster her self-confidence, kthanx.
I cannot believe they let Felger have a gun. Sam is in more danger than anyone else here.
Love Hammond's tone when he tells Jack, "Doctor Felger's with her." Totally agree with Jack's assessment, too. :)
As this comes up later in S10, I would really like to know how Ba'al comes to understand not only the Gate network (which we have never seen from any other Goa'uld) but Tau'ri computer code. Ba'al has always been shown to be one of the more intelligent Goa'uld, but there's no real explanation for this.
I love the slow pulling back to show us where Sam and Felger are and the highlighting of their feeling of isolation, but if Ba'al is active on the planet, there should be, y'know, roads. Not grassy ruins.
FSBF. Put the pistol you don't know how to use down and type with two hands, Felger! OTOH? Sam is awesome. Naturally. :)
Wheeee! That's Jack and Teal'c to the rescue, am I right? :D
If Felger hero-worships SG-1, where is his admiration of Teal'c? Although one assumes Teal'c is just as happy that unlike Sam and Jack, he avoided a Felger hug.
I love Jack and Teal'c insisting on taking the long way home, so to speak! Do they finally get to keep an al'kesh of their own? Does the ship get used in later eps?
Oookay, another dream sequence. Including Chloe's outfit, so... Maybe there's hope for her yet? And not only is Felger an absolute pig, but he imagines that Jack is, too. Yuck.
Bottom line: even less to like than The Other Guys, and that's saying something. Good thing this was a strong Hammond ep to help offset the Felger horribleness. And hey, new SG-1 is always fun, even if there's only a stray good moment or two in the entire ep!
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It's Java she is writing (which is interesting in itself, since I would have guessed they'd be using C++...), but it looks okay for me. What I can read is just opening a file for writing (outfile, which she sets to length 0, I suppose for the case that it already exists) and declaring a few variables (a byte array and two long number variables). Below that she is initializing some objects, I suppose. Nothing fancy, but the code looks correct to me.
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Of COURSE they do! :D