SGA - 'First Strike' mini review

[wraithfodder]

Okay, I quite enjoyed this episode... 

One tidbit, not spoilerish. Sheppard tells McKay he once (really, just once) flew a V-22 Osprey. That's a bit chopper, a VTOL (vertical take off and landing) chopper - http://www.navair.navy.mil/v22/ - I keep wondering, hmm, why just once? If you learn to fly one of those.... whoa....

Rest of spoilerish stuff below the cut-----

Overall, great episode. I must admit the otherworldly SPX on SGA blows SG1 out of the water (okay, bad pun). It's one of the allures of the show and gives it a true sci-fi feel.

I loved the drama of this episode, though not necessarily the end where Elizabeth has sustained a head injury (what? no massive bleeding from cuts from flying glass??? I digress). I'm not fond of Weir being booted and Carter coming in, but can't do anything about and just hope the writers actually evolve Carter correctly.

Sheppard's "Fantastic Four" talk with Ronon and Teyla. Her withering look of "I'm not invisible." Poor Shep can't win ;)

I was watching with a friend who watched both SG1 and SGA together and said "wow, The Final Solution and Iraq in two hours." Definite WWII parallels in SG1 with the eradication of an entire race, but SGA was so much like Iraq - weapons of mass destruction (building ships), we'll bomb them and that will take care of the problem, etc. I hadn't even really noticed the first time I watched, but yeah, the parallels are there, but I'll end here cuz I don't want to turn this into political stuff.

But when Ellis charged in with his plan, I was with Rodney - uh, like hello? it's like throwing rocks at a hornet's nest. Yup, they sure got stung but bad. Did snort when he beamed up Rodney, chair and all if I recall correctly!

Overall, good episode and I'm looking forward to part two, except for when we lose Weir to plot devices. Sigh...

Comments

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If they had researched it properly, they'd have found that chopper jockeys mainly operate in every military force BUT the Air Force. I suspect from the list of helo hardware in Rising that they'd intended Sheppard to be Army - especially since his character bio lists his father as an Army Colonel and families usually follow on into the same arm of the forces. Another of those great "WTF were TPTB thinking?" mysteries...

Next SGA depends on whether they expect Canada to stand down its usual start in late August / early September. I hope they leave it alone to be honest, because the quality of Skiffy TV rips after being spoilt by TMN ones makes my eyes bleed.