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redial_the_gate does Disclosure today. I go into this one knowing that it's the source of the screencap that Daniel was born in Olympia (whether that's Olympia, Greece or a fictional Olympia, Oregon is unclear), that it's a clip show, and that Thor pwns Kinsey. No real ep discussion here, just liveblogging my reactions. Onward!

( Disclosure )

redial_the_gate recaps Sight Unseen later today. Here's one that I really don't remember at all from reading the transcript all those years ago. It's one of those eps that have absolutely no repercussions for later storylines. Possibly that is a good thing, considering some of the storylines that have been expanded upon! :) Actually, you'd expect other-dimensional bugsies to be something referenced in Citizen Joe - and perhaps it was, and I simply don't remember?

Anyway. I go into Sight Unseen knowing that Jonas touches something which spreads like a virus even outside the SGC with people suddenly seeing ghosties and beasties. As always, liveblogging my reactions without any real review of the ep. Onwards!

( Sight Unseen )

Ah, well. Aside from my enjoyment of Jonas and Sam's friendship, this was a pretty mediocre ep for me. If you disagree (or even agree, heh), I'd love to hear from you!

I am going to admit up-front that I'm going into this one with a slight anti-ep bias. As I have often implied (or stated outright), I am very much not a fan of Earth gaining large hyperspace-capable ships. There are two reasons for this: first, it largely detracts from the big stone doughnut hiding in NORAD's basement, to the point where there are large segments of S8 where the Stargate is barely even mentioned, much less featured. Second, one of the things I like most about SG-1 is that alien tech notwithstanding, the show has always very much been grounded in here and now. Yes, we get to play with naquadah reactors and back-engineered X-301s and 2s, but it's always been reasonably extrapolated (for the sci-fi definition of "reasonable," anyway) and relatively rare. But with the onset of Prometheus, it's the beginning of what I personally see as a downward spiral to a season ending that took place entirely on a ship instead of, y'know, something to do with the series' actual NAME.

So while I'll happily debate/discuss the matter with those of you who do love ships (rather than shipping, heh) in the comments, I'm warning you all to take any less-than-enthusiastic responses with a grain of naquadah.

So. Prometheus. I go into this one knowing that Earth gets its first ship (articifical gravity yet?), we meet the reporter that drives aurora_novarum crazy (although I didn't mind her much myself in subsequent eps), and there's another hostage situation and annoying NID interference of some sort. As always, live-blogging of reaction without real episode discussion. Onwards!

( Prometheus )

Short-cut to ship tech is explained, but I still vastly prefer storylines that include the big stone doughnut in the basement. Sigh. I give this ep high marks for lots of Paul Davis and Sam being marvelous and most of the Jonas scenes being good ones, but there was way too little Teal'c and Jack (although what there was, was fantastic!) and yeah - too much shippiness. If you want to call it that. ;)

Last week, all my fannish time was occupied with Alphabet Soup and Gen Fic Day, so I didn't have a chance to rewatch Allegiance. And it is a rewatch, too; a year or so ago, when aurora_novarum was trying to coax me into watching S6, she recced it for its general lack of Jonasness (don't forget, I wasn't anti-Jonas but I wasn't a fan either) and the high quality of awesomeness with both Jacob and Bra'tac. And she was right! :) In fact, I was betting for Allegiance to be voted for a redial international chat. I want to watch it again now as part of the series flow and see how my much more rosy glasses allow me to see the ep now.

Still liveblogging my reactions, but with the understanding that is a redial, not a dial. Onwards!

( Allegiance )

As I said above in the liveblogging, Jacob and Bra'tac onscreen together threatens to overload my computer with awesomeness. So here's an icon, free for the sharing, inspired by the ep:



Now I can finally go and read lizardbeth_j's recap properly and join the discussion. Good thing Redial weeks go from Tuesday to Tuesday, hmm? :)

Coming up soon, I hope: Cure. Back to new eps, wheee!

redial_the_gate does Shadow Play today. Back to new eps for me! Let's see what I remember the transcripts about this ep... Um. They go back to Kelowna? That's about it. No real episode discussion below, just liveblogging my reactions. Onwards!

( Shadow Play )

Final question: Did the team have the right to swipe the naquadria they found? And how incompetent are the Kelownans that they didn't even notice that Sam and Teal'c were carrying a crateful of naquadria back through the Stargate?

To keep discussion in one place, please comment over at LJ. Thanks!

redial_the_gate is one of my favorite comms over at LJ. It's been so much fun, these past few years, to Redial the Gate by watching SG-1, one episode at a time, every single week. It's fandom at its absolute best: all-inclusive, friendly, and just plain squeeful!

I'm particularly excited about this upcoming season, because I still haven't watched most of Season Six. New episodes of SG-1 to watch! ::gloats:: I look forward to getting to know Jonas properly as something more than not!Daniel.

In the meantime, if you want to sign up for recapping and meta, head over to Redial right now. Past experiences suggest it won't take very long before they're all gone! :)

...okay, they don't really. But that's what sprang instantly to mind. :)

redial_the_gate does eight or nine redial international chats every season. They take place on Friday nights (which is why I don't participate, although to be honest, I probably couldn't manage it at other times, either). Essentially, everyone logs onto a chatroom and then presses "play" for the featured episode simultaneously. The chat is filled with much snark and glee, and the logs are subsequently posted to the comm for everyone to enjoy.

The next one is this week, actually - Fail Safe on September 4th!

Then I read an article in The Washington Post, which includes the following paragraphs:

The television network will be airing old episodes for two of its shows, Fringe and Glee, with Twitter commentary along the bottom of the screen. But no, sadly, not just anyone can tweet anything and have it be on national television, these will be moderated streams. And most of the it will be taken up by the tweets of the two shows' casts and producers, apparently.

During the episodes, the cast members and producers will be watching and tweeting live. Fans be able to see their tweets on the bottom portion of their television screens or can follow along on Twitter itself by checking out the FRINGEonFOX and GLEEonFOX Twitter accounts. Select tweets from fans following along will be put on air.

Now, I don't follow Twitter, but the potential here is deliciously huge. That's like watching your favorite Stargate ep on DVD and, instead of hearing live commentary on the second audio stream, actually seeing the tweets from PDL or whoever appearing on the bottom of the screen as they watch along with you at the same time!

And then it hit me - that's redial international chat. Wheeeee! :)

Because we are just that awesome, and Fox network totally stole it from us. ::nods firmly::

(Yes, I know we didn't make up the idea out of whole cloth. I know about MST3K and I've seen it in other fandoms, too. I didn't tag this "stargate sg-1 silliness" for nothing.)

There is no real point to this post, except perhaps to prove that I am too easily amused. :) But how about commenting here with the kind of tweets that you think the team (or Janet, or Siler, or whoever) would Twitter if they were watching an ep of SG-1?

DanielJackson @Stargate #BeastofBurden my hair looked like that? why didn't someone tell me to comb my hair?
JackO'Neill @Stargate #BeastofBurden you were armed with a zat, i couldn't risk it

Hope I got the format of that right - as I said, I don't do Twitter. But you get the idea. :)

All the episodes for Season Five have been claimed for recaps, but there's always room for extra meta! If you want to talk about your favorite ship (or favorite team, heh) or discuss who got the better deal when Rodney McKay got traded for a blown-up DHD or anything else connected to Season Five, go to this post and leave a comment.

Also, the icontest for Season Five is still taking submissions, through May 10. We've got some lovely ones already, but there's always room for more! You can submit your icons right here.

ETA: And spreading the word on more SG-1 fandom squee! splash_the_cat  (who created Debrief over on LJ) is setting up a noticeboard comm here on Dreamwidth, where people can post links to SG-1 related fanworks with an extensive tagging system. She's polling for names right now over on her journal.

Remember that poll I had up last week about watching Prodigy?

The last choice on the poll was this: I don't care if you watch it or not, but SG-1 is LOVE!

I was SO RIGHT.

Just... 42 minutes of NEW show. That is pure GLEE, people.

( 'I am going to shoot you.' )

Bottom line: No, this is never going to be a favorite of mine. Yes, I still see Mary Sue aspects to Hailey, but it's not half as bad as the transcript led me to expect. Yes, I did find her (mostly) likable, and I look forward to seeing her again in Proving Ground to see if my opinion of her will change in that ep too. Yes, Teal'c is awesome. :D Yes, Jack is too. Yes, so is Sam. Yes, Bill Lee is great. Yes, Daniel could have fit into this, and I'm sorry he wasn't there.

YES, it was fantastic to watch a brand new ep of SG-1, and I'm suddenly looking forward to S6!

...And yes, I want someone to write the fic where the lightning bugs turn out to be the Furlings! :)

So the Stargate Fan Awards have moved into the next phase: informing nominees so they can place their stories in the appropriate categories. They've given a two week period for this. Hopefully, the Awards will go live on April 1st with all the nominations and move into the voting phase soon after that.

And, well... ::scuffs toe:: I wish to thank the lovely people who have chosen to express their enjoyment of my fics by nominating five stories: SG-1, Ninja Style, In Search of Possibilities, All This Time, Team's Day Out, and Famed in Song and Story.

And in even more exciting news, redial_the_gate has also been nominated! I've said over and over again that Redial represents fandom at its shining best. Keep redialing the Gate, guys! (And hey, the recap of 2010 goes up today!)

( and I'm looking for some advice... )