Stargate Atlantis: "Brain Storm" spoiler ridden, complaint-ridden review

[wraithfodder]

Gah! Here are my comments on "Brain Storm," one of the last Stargate Atlantis episodes to air, and damn, what a waste of an hour...

Where do I begin?

Okay, at the beginning. The Shep and Ronon going off camping/surfing - why could we have NOT seen that plot instead? Anyway, once they're out of frame, it goes downhill.

First, I don't mind McKeller - if it's done well, but this episode looked like it was written by someone in high school, and that is to say, ti's Marty Sue fanfic. I can only envision that Gero lives vicariously through McKay to get the girl.

The medicine, or lack thereof, in this episode sucked. First a guy is half flash-frozen. Oh, he's in bad shape, declares Keller, who promptly spends the rest of the episode not doing a damned thing for the guy, who, at best, has severe frostbite. Revoke her license (no, revoke the writer's license!, no, his paycheck!). Secondly, Keller is hypothermic, then Rodney finds her in frigid water, ohmygod, not breathing, no pulse, let's do chest compressions, which in the time-honored tradition of bad TV writing, snaps her out of it immediately and despite the fact she's hypothermic, she's not shivering, she seems fine, and in fact, is so fine she smiles and kisses McKay.

Why could the security guards not rescue Keller? Why did McKay have to? (Wait, Marty Sue to the rescue!)

Why were McKay and Keller flown back in private jet in wet clothes? Did Tunny not have any spare clothing anywhere? That, I can't believe since if you'r ein such an isolated facility, you keep spare stuff around. And after hypothermia, chest compressions, Jennifer's frisky enough to suggest sex???

Rodney signs a 200 page document without reading it, even skimming it? To another scientist whom he doesn't like? Puh-lease. Rodney, you've signed away your first born, a kidney, the rights to your life in a movie and all future patents. Tsk ;)

I like Stargate Atlantis because it is in outer space. WHen they go back to Earth, it loses something, and in this case, it fell into a sinkhole.

I sooooooooo hope there will be some fanfic of Shep and Ronon out camping (not slash, but gen, preferably whump) to make up for this episode.


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Comments

[ewokmonster.livejournal.com]

Plus the question the other geeks should have been asking was not if it was his sister but rather his daughter.

Well, to be fair, there is only 14 years difference in the actor's ages. It's not that big of a spread. I don't know what the character ages are supposed to be though.

I can admit to being a huge fan of McKay. And I like McKay and Keller together. So I enjoyed this one. Plus I laughed. Which is about all I need to be entertained.

The kissing did seem a little awkward. Not as bad as some I've seen, but I have seen better.

[d_odyssey.livejournal.com]

If you are a McKeller fan, this was your episode. I'm not, so it was the last thing I wanted to see. I just don't see the chemistry between them to make me believe they love each other when they'be never dated/first date. But to each his own. Also, I want to see the team's adventures not soap opera romance. I saw her nagging at him to change who he is. I just don't get it. I didn't see any humor. Again, we're seeing it from two different perspectives with opposite expectations and directions so our opinions are bound to be different. My favorite part was Sheppard and Ronon talking about surfing. Sheppard is my favorite and in my opinion, hasn't seen any kind of character development this year, so that also colors my thoughts.