Stargate Atlantis fan fiction recommendation + Sci Fi Channel movies

[wraithfodder]

Gah, my morning plans went to heck cuz I did a virus check on the PC (clean) but decided, oh, let's just check LJ for a moment, got sucked into reading a great team / Shep whump story - Road Trip by liketheriverrun . Run on over and read. Anyway, I almost made the mistake of turning on the TV to check the weathe r(why I bothered, I don't know, it's just COLD COLD COLD and the ice will never melt!) and oh hey, it's Pteradactyl with David Nykl. Well, another five minutes of him before he, er, uh, *cough*, departs.

Anyway, lessons for being in a scifi movie...
1) When people tell you ... don't go there, don't open that, etc. you should listen, cuz otherwise you die die die (well, most of the characters).
2) No matter how remote the area, the women always dress in next to nothing (hot pants, tight tank tops). however, this means less clothing for the pteradactyl to rip off to eat the lady, so I suppose there's that perverse reasoning.
3) no matter how bad the aliens (pteradactyls, giant nessies), the baby ones are soooooo cute that you can forgive them for eating a character or three.
4) there's no logic to the casting of rap stars as the leaders of black op type military teams. I mean, does anyone that far up the chain of command go 'yo'??
5) there's no shortage of bad movies on sci fi, but this one - due to Cameron Daddo, David Nykl, and adorable baby pteradacyls, is worth time to watch ;)

Off to run errands. Gah, ice. Must skate over to the car. Wish me luck!

Comments

[vecturist.livejournal.com]

Two other lessons you can add:
1) Someone will inevitably say - "Hey if we split up, we can cover more ground," forgetting that there is safety in numbers.
2) Nobody bothers to check to see if the flashlight they grabbed is working before heading into the dark cave/ spooky building. Of course the batteries are dead or dying...

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Oh, never bother to check if the monster is really dead. Just stand there, put your back to it, and go "phew, that's over." Yeah, never works...

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

*snort* so true!

[cimmerdeux.livejournal.com]

I had in fact just finished reading another SGA road trip fic called The True Story of When They Went A Wandering by Auburnnothenna, and I had just left a comment about how much I like road trip stories so this is perfect. Thank you.

Don't forget pretty much having a bullseye painted on your back if you're the best friend of the hero or heroine in any kind of soon to be eaten scenario; especially if the best friend has a lot to live for; I call it the Deadmeat syndrome after the Hot Shots movie.

[miso-no-tsuki.livejournal.com]

I just rented "Pterodactyl" because it had DN in.
All together now, hands in armpits and flap, two ,three.
*gobblegobblegobblegobble*
... and I haven't even seen it yet.
This is getting to be a thing, isn't it? Poor DN didn't last very long in the "Sanctuary" ep "Kush" either.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

He has miles to go to catch up with oh, something Dean Morgan? who played the father on Supernatural? He dies in virtually everything he does ;)

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Personally, I think Sci-fi's little movies can be summed up by my favorite line from Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie:

"Let's escape under the cover of daylight in the biggest car in the county." (i.e - no actual thinking is involved in the making of these films.)

And, yet, like a car wreck, we seem incapable of looking away. Oh look, there's a movie on right now *stares vacantly at it*

[flingslass.livejournal.com]

Argh, it's a Daddo! You do realise there's another three back here!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Really? I hadn't known that!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they are like car wrecks. Once you start staring, you can't stop ;)

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Sometimes the best friend does survive, but might lose a limb in the process and remarkably survive. ;)