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[fishpatrol]

So, I spent all afternoon and evening watching Stargate Atlantis (I watched the first half of the first episode of Iljimae too, but then I got derailed) and then spent all night reading SGA fic.

...Oh dear.

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[lilie-charlotte.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Apparantly we do everything. . . tuition. . . class selection. . . orientation . . . in September. It makes for a very stress-free summer :p

I'm only at Episode 7 of Season 1 because I just restarted the series. Really enjoying it this time!! I'll work hard to get up to 5 by this September.

It does grow on you! My reaction when seeing him onscreen has gone from:
Two Months Ago: Ugh. Rodney
One Week Ago: Rodney!
Yesterday: Rodney *heart*

He really is fantastical. I love the colours and scenary used in Atlantis too, though. It's not so much the desolate landscape usually seen in SciFi, and more like the really colourful world-building in fantasy.

[fishpatrol]

We could marathon part of Season 4 in September or something. I'm almost done Season 2 (oh man, I was watching episode after episode yesterday because I really, really didn't want to study for my exam that was earlier today), but I don't think I'll finish the entirety of Season 4 by the end of August.

I watched one episode of SG-1 (I think Season 10...? where Sheppard gives Col Mitchell a lemon to threaten Rodney with) where Rodney has a guest appearance, and wow, he really was annoying. It's so strange that his ranting and raving is endearing in SGA but so...jarring in SG-1.

the really colourful world-building in fantasy.

Mm, yes, especially the all the off-world scenes -- they look so Medieval!fantasy-ish. I think that might be one of the reasons I grew to like SGA so much -- I'm definitely more of a fantasy fan than a sci-fi one.

[lilie-charlotte.livejournal.com]

Sounds great! I can definitely get to Season 4. . . Season 5 might be a little bit difficult with how busy things have been lately.

And marathoning TV shows is ALWAYS the best way to procrastinate studying for an exam. Sometimes I'll watch while I study and hit two birds with one stone (of course, it will take me 3 hours to read through a single page. . .)

I think maybe they had a difficult time writing Rodney's character into the SG-1 universe. The doctors and scientists in that series are really altruistic, so I think Rodney's character ended up coming off more arrogant than he really is. I did not like him at ALL until your entries me to start watching more Atlantis. Now he's one of my favorites :p

It's weird, though. I really liked the SG-1/Atlantis crossover in the beginning of the Atlantis pilot. I think they did a much better job on that one.