SG Atlantis: Miller's Crossing
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clearspira
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Re: SG Atlantis: Miller's Crossing
David Hewlett imo is one of the best actors in sci-fi period. His character bio can be fairly described as ''smart, smug, pompous, self-righteous, often cowardly asshole.'' He's basically Rimmer with brains. And yet, like Chris Barrie with Rimmer, Hewlett put such a level of charm into Mckay that the ''Space Alzheimer's'' episode made you cry for him rather than laugh. Not many actors can do that.
Re: SG Atlantis: Miller's Crossing
McKay is one of my favorite characters in all of Stargate. Introduced as a quasi-villain, but with hilarious interplay with Carter. Cameoed enough to become a main character on the spin-off, and went through amazing character development while still remaining, at his core, the same McKay. Just the heroic version.
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Captain Crimson
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Re: SG Atlantis: Miller's Crossing
Rodney McKay is the everyman, ironically. Yeah, the stuff he'd had with Carter for a while was cringe, stuff the Twitter nuts would try to cancel him for today, but, eh, moving on. McKay is easily the Reg Barclay analog in SGA. Socially awkward, brilliant, well acted. So yes, great character.
Also that awkward moment when Sheppard convinces a man to feed himself to the Wraith. That's kinda darkly humorous, though it really sorta paints Sheppard as being a little bit scary, which I don't mind. All good heroes need a dark side. And unlike other facepalm actions, this one clearly gnaws at him, like, say, with Kavanagh. Solid portrayal by Mr. Flanigan. And OFC, Rodney breaking Jeannie's leg to ward off the destructive spread of the nanites had me bust a gut. It's just such classic Rodney. This episode is somehow funnier than it has any right to be.
BTW, I want to add, Wallace was just as in the wrong not to explain his situation when he kidnapped the McKay siblings. A lot of his motivations were revealed too late to do his daughter any good since they had no viable reason to trust him. Lest I get accused of some kinda misogyny with Larrin or something in the other thread.
Though TBH, that strikes me as more desperation over Larrin, and I don't know why, given the similarities. Maybe it's the lack of forced and awkward "sex tension," like imagine if Wallace had suddenly started hitting on Jeannie. See what I mean? Or it could just be he's not a political leader, just a business shrub, and business is sometimes too boring to be on the same level as politics. Or it could even be he doesn't appear as openly malicious as Larrin had, but then there's no overcompensating feminism gimping it. And yet his actions had the intended consequences Larrin's actions never did. They didn't trust him, everyone paid for it. Solid tragic conclusion.
Though it is realistic, as McKay acts like most of us would when kidnapped. Did we really expect him to just throw away his life? Yet that's exactly what he did. Yet another growing and learning experience for McKay and his character development.
I also find it a nice subversion the daughter dies, since I find it hard to see how she'd survive IRL, as sad as it is. I mean, in this short timespan, really? At least Wallace redeemed himself, shows he had a human heart after all. All around clever plot. I'll recommend this over Travelers.
Also that awkward moment when Sheppard convinces a man to feed himself to the Wraith. That's kinda darkly humorous, though it really sorta paints Sheppard as being a little bit scary, which I don't mind. All good heroes need a dark side. And unlike other facepalm actions, this one clearly gnaws at him, like, say, with Kavanagh. Solid portrayal by Mr. Flanigan. And OFC, Rodney breaking Jeannie's leg to ward off the destructive spread of the nanites had me bust a gut. It's just such classic Rodney. This episode is somehow funnier than it has any right to be.
BTW, I want to add, Wallace was just as in the wrong not to explain his situation when he kidnapped the McKay siblings. A lot of his motivations were revealed too late to do his daughter any good since they had no viable reason to trust him. Lest I get accused of some kinda misogyny with Larrin or something in the other thread.
Though TBH, that strikes me as more desperation over Larrin, and I don't know why, given the similarities. Maybe it's the lack of forced and awkward "sex tension," like imagine if Wallace had suddenly started hitting on Jeannie. See what I mean? Or it could just be he's not a political leader, just a business shrub, and business is sometimes too boring to be on the same level as politics. Or it could even be he doesn't appear as openly malicious as Larrin had, but then there's no overcompensating feminism gimping it. And yet his actions had the intended consequences Larrin's actions never did. They didn't trust him, everyone paid for it. Solid tragic conclusion.
Though it is realistic, as McKay acts like most of us would when kidnapped. Did we really expect him to just throw away his life? Yet that's exactly what he did. Yet another growing and learning experience for McKay and his character development.
I also find it a nice subversion the daughter dies, since I find it hard to see how she'd survive IRL, as sad as it is. I mean, in this short timespan, really? At least Wallace redeemed himself, shows he had a human heart after all. All around clever plot. I'll recommend this over Travelers.
