504: Daedalus Variations

[bluflamingo]

1. Okay, I *love* this episode, with the abandoned space ship and the random space-like threats, and I was genuinely curious over how they were goig to fix it (and that essentially, if Rodney'd just listened to John, they could have fixed the whole thing in about ten minutes)

2. Technically-minded Teyla, yes please! Random but - okay, here's my theory: Marks wanted to ask Ronon on a date, so he invited him up to the ship. Except then Ronon just looked at him, and Marks lost his nerve and spun some story about wanting to teach him and Teyla. Which Teyla, to Marks' disappointment, took him up on, while Ronon refused, and so Marks ended up having to teach her.

3. Also, the Daedalus has so many pretty coloured buttons. They do like to color-coordinate on this show (I'm saying nothing about Lorne's uniform, which doesn't look anything like his usual uniform...)

4. I wonder who manufactures the supplies on the ship; they must think it's a bit weird to be stamping 'do not ring transport' on the sides of all the boxes.

5. I love Ronon and John doing their efficient military thing; there's no discussion, they barely even look at each other, they just do it.

6. Also John the competent ship commander; someone's writing the story where the four of them are running around the galaxy in a Daedalus class ship right?

7. "Maybe they already have a Sheppard." Right, because there's no chance that they might be a bit curious about why there's suddenly a second one in orbit!

8. Though in fairness, 302-flying-John does seem to be incredibly lacking in curiosity; a ship shows up out of nowhere and he just agrees to fly off and not ask questions? That's a very chilled out version of Sheppard (who incidentally sounds *nothing like* Sheppard. I think he was voiced by the guy who plays Lorne). I think this is a universe where someone else is in charge of Atlantis, and Cam and John came out together later to fly the 302s there (and they spend all their off-time having sex, hence the chilled-outness). That's my story and I'm sticking to it (it's also less depressing than the story I want to write about the Daedalus ending up in the universe where the first team came from, where Cam's in charge and they send a team up to look for their people when the ship doesn't vanish again).

9. What does the music they play when they first fly under the Daedalus remind me of? Something else set in space, I'm sure, and it's bugging the hell out of me that I can't think of it.

10. Lorne and Zelenka to the rescue, yay! I love how Lorne gets all giggly and relieved every time Sheppard turns out not to be dead after all. And a mention of Woolsey, despite him not appearing in the episode. It's almost like he's really there but just busy :)

11. Also, as much as I'm not really a John/Rodney shipper, the final scene makes so much sense if they are together, because John's freaking out that maybe Rodney realy does want kids, and it's not that long since they got together again after Rodney nearly got engaged to Katie and... And he's all twitchy for weeks after until Rodney finally clues in to what's going on with him and hits him over the head for being an idiot.

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'do not ring transport'

Hee! Yes, I loved that little visual detail, and I *really* wanted to know what was in those boxes.

the Daedalus ending up in the universe where the first team came from, where Cam's in charge

Oh, that'd be a killer, Cam walking onto that ship and finding the bodies...

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

Oh, that'd be a killer, Cam walking onto that ship and finding the bodies...

Yeah, because it's not like he doesn't *know*, when Zelenka says there are no life signs but this is Pegasus, maybe they're in statis pods, or masking their lifes signs or...

[torakowalski.livejournal.com]

who incidentally sounds *nothing like* Sheppard. I think he was voiced by the guy who plays Lorne

Thank you! I thought that too then assumed I was just hearing things.

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

I was starting to think it was just me... I mean, the words sound like John, but the voice is like Lorne doing his best impression of John, which isn't a very good impression anyway.

[domtheknight.livejournal.com]

Re #3, I totally think Lorne was off, like, relaxing, maybe with bare feet, and got called out when things started to go wrong, and he didn't put his full uniform on, just ran down there. It kind of reminded me of his pajamas in Doppelganger last season (although I haven't looked at caps and can't prove anything).

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

I totally think Lorne was off, like, relaxing, maybe with bare feet, and got called out when things started to go wrong, and he didn't put his full uniform on, just ran down there.

That makes sense. He was at the end of his day in the opening meeting, rather than the start, then got called down when John's team flew off. And somewhere in between losing them and finding them again, he went and got properly dressed, hence the uniform at the end.

You know, I think I spend too much time thinking about the way they dress people on this show!

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Radio-John did sound really weird, and yet we clearly saw John in the cockpit. Strange. I suspect the sound guys were having too much fun with the "talking over radio" filter or something.

I'm not going to complain about t-shirt Lorne, because he's hot when he wears it. Also, regarding giggly Lorne: I like to think that the reason he gets giggly whenever this sort of thing happens is the sudden change in mood from "OMG John might be dead" and "OMG I don't want his job" to "Hurrah, we survived sex tonight!", which throws him for a loop. It's possible I'm biased, but it seems less depressing than thinking about how alternate-Cam is going to have a complete breakdown.

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

I suspect the sound guys were having too much fun with the "talking over radio" filter or something.

Yeah, cos he doesn't usually sound like Lorne when he's on the radio. Weird.

I'm not going to complain about t-shirt Lorne, because he's hot when he wears it.

This is indisputably true. I think I'm adopting dom's idea from the next comment up, that he got dragged out of bed to deal with the problem.

I can totally get behind the idea of Lorne being giggly with relief and the prospect of we survived! sex with John. Which, yes, is infintely preferable to the idea of alternate Cam having a nervous breakdown.

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

On the bright side, dead!team did look pretty well-preserved and not starved to death, so maybe they're just sleeping really soundly. If not, I'm sure Vala knows where Cam could get a sarcophagus on short notice. It'll all turn out fine. Really.

[bruinsfan.livejournal.com]

That's a very chilled out version of Sheppard (who incidentally sounds *nothing like* Sheppard. I think he was voiced by the guy who plays Lorne).

Oh thank God it wasn't just me! I thought my Kavan Smith obsession had gotten to the point that it was making me hear things. (I have actually recognized him by voice on shows when I wasn't looking at the TV before, which caused real cognitive dissonance when Supernatural started a teaser with him talking to the actor that played Peter Grodin.)

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

Nope, not just you! And I'm sitting here reading the comments and thinking thank God it's not just *me*!

I watched the opening bit to the episode of Supernatural he and Grodin were in, just because they were in it, despite never having seen a single episode of SPN in my life. So I guess we're both a bit obsessed :)