have tried so hard to figure out why this is, because I think John could be one of those characters I fall head over heels for if I could just get a read on him, but I can't. Who John is in any given episode seems to be a combination of what the story calls for, who wrote the script, and some other indefinable quantity, like what JF had for dinner 37 days before the first full moon of the month the script was written.
Ah ha ha ha, that last line totally made me laugh. And you know what? It's so true, especially the part about story lines/writers. John characters mood is just whatever. Like in 402. I don't know why he got *so* pissed. I mean, I can understand anger, but he was *livid*.
Don and John, yes. I made a post last season sometime about how similar they really were. It's true, and weird at the same time. I don't care that much for John, but I am totally in love with Don.
What's different for me is that the writers can really redeem Don. I think that has to be it. I think the writers at Numb3rs do a much better job of showing that Don is stressed. SGA they make it all seem like it's the usual, and their jobs, and even McKay often doesn't come across as overly stressed (you just chalk it up to his personality, or heat of the moment). With Numb3rs though, you can really see them hurting. The scene of David and Colby getting drunk and Colby talking about Afghanistan comes to mind here.
I was incredibly impressed at the end of last season when the writers showed some of the positive changes in Don as a result of his being in therapy, and it just bowled me over. Yeah, and I'm glad it wasn't just the one session, that they brought Charlie into it, that it seems (I hope!) to be a sort of ongoing thing. Again to compare to SGA, how big of a joke is Kate Heitmeyer (or however you spell it)? I mean, come on.
it's so strange for McKay to go from "She exiled me!" to "I want to romp with her!" Oh part of the reason she was so happy he was exiled, was because Rodney had a thing for her before that. I think in their first meeting he leered at her and said he had a thing for "Dumb blonds". The next episode he was in, I can't totally remember, but I think he backed off a little bit, and tried to show his sensitive side (that's when he explained about his childhood, and playing the piano).
but hello, she had him exiled. To Siberia. Because she didn't like him. Can we say bitch? Well, to be fair, I don't think *she* specifically had him exiled. She just showed him up, which might have lead to the decision by the higher ups, and gloated a bit when he was told.
It all kind of comes back though, to how SG-1 are the typical heroes. They never do anything wrong, and when someone tries to disagree with them, they get shown up, out classed and punished for their actions. That's what McKay's character was at first, a foil(sp?) for SG-1.
Also, I'm trying this quote thing out for the first time, so if this comment gets to you twice, or is horribly mutilated, sorry. :S
Re: SGA S4
Ah ha ha ha, that last line totally made me laugh. And you know what? It's so true, especially the part about story lines/writers. John characters mood is just whatever. Like in 402. I don't know why he got *so* pissed. I mean, I can understand anger, but he was *livid*.
It's true, and weird at the same time. I don't care that much for John, but I am totally in love with Don.
I think that has to be it. I think the writers at Numb3rs do a much better job of showing that Don is stressed. SGA they make it all seem like it's the usual, and their jobs, and even McKay often doesn't come across as overly stressed (you just chalk it up to his personality, or heat of the moment). With Numb3rs though, you can really see them hurting. The scene of David and Colby getting drunk and Colby talking about Afghanistan comes to mind here.
Yeah, and I'm glad it wasn't just the one session, that they brought Charlie into it, that it seems (I hope!) to be a sort of ongoing thing. Again to compare to SGA, how big of a joke is Kate Heitmeyer (or however you spell it)? I mean, come on.
Oh part of the reason she was so happy he was exiled, was because Rodney had a thing for her before that. I think in their first meeting he leered at her and said he had a thing for "Dumb blonds". The next episode he was in, I can't totally remember, but I think he backed off a little bit, and tried to show his sensitive side (that's when he explained about his childhood, and playing the piano).
Well, to be fair, I don't think *she* specifically had him exiled. She just showed him up, which might have lead to the decision by the higher ups, and gloated a bit when he was told.
It all kind of comes back though, to how SG-1 are the typical heroes. They never do anything wrong, and when someone tries to disagree with them, they get shown up, out classed and punished for their actions. That's what McKay's character was at first, a foil(sp?) for SG-1.
Also, I'm trying this quote thing out for the first time, so if this comment gets to you twice, or is horribly mutilated, sorry. :S