Sateda!

[katikat]

SGA's Sateda was watched and very much enjoyed! One of the best episodes this show has had so far, definitely. The action, the music, the settings, the story itself, the interaction between the characters... Awesome!

Oh my, Ronon kicked some serious ass in this ep. That was like one long action sequence. And how he was willing to die for his team! And then the little chat between Sheppard and Teyla in the mess hall, how he just couldn't squeeze the right words out and she kept finishing his sentences for him :) The whole "I would do anything for any one of you" thing was... oh my, I felt like squishing Sheppard silly. And then on Sateda, how he kept adding dead Wraith to his kills and Teyla always looked at him, hehe. Oh, and Rodney and Carson arguing about who is the bigger Rambo... XP

In the commentary, Robert C. Cooper and Brenton Spencer (the director/writer and the director of photography, respectively) talked about how much they enjoyed filming this episode and Cooper said that after Jason Momoa had read he script, he came to Cooper's office, hugged him tight and thanked him for this episode. And Jason did most of the stunts himself, even the fight in the dark - he and the stunt coordinator really did fight in a complete darkness. They also said that this episode just blew their budget, it was way, way over but they decided to do it anyway and then they were really happy about it because fans kept talking about the awesomeness of Sateda the whole season through.

Also, according to Brenton Spencer, Joe Flanigan has a nice sense of humor. He usually reacts in a very wry kind of way to things. And Robert Cooper said that Jason Momoa is nothing like his character, that when Cooper went for a dinner with him, Jason pulled his hair back, put his glasses on and dressed up and he turned out to be a really soft-spoken intellectual, so it's funny to see him play such a "savage".

And let's not forget some
McKay: (on morphine) So many colors...all the pretty horses.
Weir: What's he talking about?
Beckett: I gave him some morphine for the pain.
Major: I need to know how many villagers. How far is the gate from the village?
McKay: Have you seen a guy around? He looks like you, but he's got messy hair. I think I lost him somewhere, and a pretty girl and a caveman.
Beckett: I may have given him a wee bit much.

Rodney: (on morphine) Excuse me! Why am I laying here?
Beckett: You have an arrow, Rodney, in your gluteus maximus!
Rodney: Oh! Well, that sounds painful.
Rodney: Gluteus maximus... Gluuuteus maaaximus... Oh my god! That's my ass isn't it?
Beckett: Aye.

Rutherford: Snap out of it, McKay. It's important. Come on. What kind of weapons did they have?
Beckett: (indicating McKay's backside) I'd say something that shoots arrows is a good guess.

McKay: You know, you really don’t appreciate the simple things in life, like sitting.
Sheppard: I don’t envy you. Must be a real pain in the ass.
McKay: Oh, how long did you work on that?
Sheppard: Longer then I care to admit.

McKay: (to Sheppard) How about I leave the bad jokes to you and you leave the brilliant science stuff to me?

Sheppard: It seems Ronon doesn't want to leave.
McKay: Well, too bad! You tell that ungrateful example of unevolved humanity that we came all this way to rescue him, so he'd better get off his a--
Sheppard: (interrupting McKay to speak to Ronon) McKay says he's very hurt you won't come with us.

Caldwell: I won't bail you out if you get in trouble.
Sheppard: You say that as if we are always getting in trouble.

Sheppard: Look, Teyla, I’m not really good at… uhh…, actually, I’m terrible at expressing… I don’t know what you call it…
Teyla: Feelings.
Sheppard: Yeah, sure, okay. Point is I don’t really have good… uh…
Teyla: Social skills?
Sheppard: Well, that is why I enjoyed flying choppers on the most remote part of my world before all this craziness happened. You should know I don’t have…
Teyla: Friends?
Sheppard: No, I have friends. (long pause) You, Elizabeth, Ronon, Carson, even Rodney, are the closest thing I have to…
Teyla: A family?
Sheppard: I’d do anything… for any one of you. If I had to give up my life the way Ronon was going to, I would.

McKay: What the hell is going on down there?
Sheppard: Ronon thinks he can get the head Wraith responsible for all this to come down and fight him if we kill all these Wraith first.
McKay: That is the stupidest plan I have ever heard.
Sheppard: I don't know, killing a bunch of Wraith always seems like a good idea to me.
McKay: They outnumber you 25-to-3.
Beckett: It's actually 22-to-3. 21.
Teyla: And Ronon appears to be quite angry.
McKay: (sarcastically) Well that evens it out.

Comments

[astri13.livejournal.com]

SGA's Sateda was watched and very much enjoyed! One of the best episodes this show has had so far, definitely. The action, the music, the settings, the story itself, the interaction between the characters... Awesome!

*nod nod*

I especially love McKay`s squeal of incredulity when the arrow hits him in the ass. *g*

And then on Sateda, how he kept adding dead Wraith to his kills and Teyla always looked at him, hehe.

That was hilarious.

The whole "I would do anything for any one of you" thing was... oh my, I felt like squishing Sheppard silly.

I also loved when he made clear to Col.Caldwell that every member of his team deserved the same respect. Awww.

Jason pulled his hair back, put his glasses on and dressed up and he turned out to be a really soft-spoken intellectual, so it's funny to see him play such a "savage".

It`s ironic that for all McKay calls Ronon "neatherthal", the Satedans turned out to be a rather high-tech folk. Ha.

The third Season had a few real highlights there (not that the others were bad but still). Next must-see "Common Ground". :)

[katikat.livejournal.com]

I adore the interaction between the characters more than the action itself. The team being all... team-y makes me all fuzzy and warm :P Also, the behind-the-scenes tidbits are so interesting - for example, did you know that Jason Momoa lived with Joe Flanigan for some time at the beginning of the filming of S3? Jason couldn't find a place in Vancouver so he bunked on Joe's couch in his basement XD

[me-so-geeky.livejournal.com]

I saw this ep on TV, but missed the shot in the ass part! OMG that must've been HILARIOUS! I was doing stuff, so I was walking in and out and must've just missed all of his parts. I do vaguely remember Rodney in the infirmary, but I was busy and didn't catch what he said. *cacles* "That's my ass, isn't? I loved the adding kills thing!

[katikat.livejournal.com]

I loved the scene in the infirmary, Rodney being all "Such pretty colors... all the funny horses..." XD