Torri Higginson

It’s taken me a week just to decide what I had to say about the season 4 premiere of Stargate: Atlantis. Normally, I don’t find myself lacking in words, but this time… all that comes to mind are the same old boring ones. Words like ‘Wow!’ And ‘Holy Crap!’ And ‘Huh?’ So, I find myself reduced to expressing myself in list form, and here goes. If you haven’t seen the ep and don’t want spoilers, don’t read.

1 — Weir is a flipping cyborg!!! I, for one, think that is amazingly cool. While I have always enjoyed her character, she has always lacked a trait that made her stand out from the rest. She could speak Ancient, but so could many others on the Atlantis base. She was a diplomat. Yeah, but how often did she really get to use this ability to good effect? Seldom. Seldom. Teyla’s a fighter, a part Wraith and a local. Ronin is a runner and a local. John is a soldier, has the gene and is an unbelievable pilot. Rodney, well, Rodney’s is Mr. Universal Science with Zelenka as a his sidekick. But Liz? Well, now she has an incredible ability all her own. And if she has to miss much of this season because of the change, that’s ok. I trust to writer’s to bring her back cooler than ever.

2 – Rodney is a genius. Enough said.

3 – The depth of emotion we saw in John and in Ronin during the premiere was truly impressive. I want to see more! Oh, and the Ronin/Weir shippers and Teyla/Weir slasher must have really loved this ep. Hints of everything all around.

4 – I still haven’t warmed up to Jewel Staite as the new doctor. This is ironic since I am a Browncoat through and through. However, the character as written and, unfortunately, performed is a cookie cutter doctor. Except for not wanting the job, she lacks the quirks and idiosyncrasies that make scifi characters interesting.

5 – I loved the entire section with the asteroid field. Especially McKay’s comment that he once scored zero on the game Asteroids. That is just classic McKay. Go, Rodney!

6 – Finally, a mild complaint. What is with Sam’s new hair? I know that Amanda Tapping has wanted long hair for years, but Sam Carter is still bound by military regs. It bothers me. What do you guys think?

If you want to know more about what’s up and coming in season 4, click here.

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It’s only two days until the Atlantis Season Four premiere. As such, the itch that I haven’t been able to scratch for a few months should be getting better. But oh, no! It’s worse. The closer we get, the harder it is to wait. So here’s my list of twosomes that I long to see again.

1. McKay and Sheppard – They make me laugh so much with their brotherly high jinks.
2. Ronin and Teyla – I’m not a Reyla ship fan, however, I am a huge Reyla gen fan! Watching them exchange looks behind the backs of the mad Earthers is just lovely.
3. Lorne and Zelenka – These two characters have developed an odd but enjoyable friendship. I hear there’s even slash for them. O_O Heavens.
4. McKay and Beckett — *sob*
5. Kolya and Sheppard – It seriously chafes me that they killed Kolya. He was a wonderful villain, dark but funny, scary but intriguing. I miss him…

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It’s now three torturous days until the Stargate: Atlantis Season Four Premiere! And so I present to you my three lists of three things. Personally, I think they’re three-rrific.

1. Chaya (Need you ask??? Chaya is a lying, conniving little *bleep.* While I don’t entirely blame her for hiding her ascendiness, I do blame her for giving our heroes false hope that a compromise might be reached.)
2. Allina (The Back-Stabbing Bimbo from The Brotherhood! I soooooo despise this woman. She played on Rodney’s affections and then betrayed him. My Rodney! Honestly. Some people should be neutered.)
3. Shen Xiaoyi (The only Chinese, and only female member of the IOA, Shen turned on Weir in a heartbeat to cover her own butt.)

1. Major Lorne (Who doesn’t love the extreme hotness that is Lorne? His smile is adorable, verging on John Sheppard adorable, and he paints. If he cooks, the man is perfect. Plus, I own www.kavansmith.com. And Lorne is played by Kavan Smith. J
2. Michael (When he’s human.) I have loved the actor who plays Michael since his role in Star Trek: Enterprise.
3. Ronin (*Just paste a goofy grin on my face and move on.*)

1. Woolsey (He flips position more often than a flapjack. I really can’t stand this guy. And that is despite adoring Robert Picardo. I don’t even love to hate Woosley. I just hate him.
2. Kavanagh (Bleh!)
3. Smeadon (Double-Crossing Guy from The Storm and The Eye)

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Acastus Kolya

Season 4 of Stargate: Atlantis premieres Friday!!!
(insert fangirl squee here)

And with that most wonderful thought in mind, I now present to you the Stargate: Atlantis Countdown. SGA premieres in four days, and so I give you four lists of four. However, I won’t four-ce you to read them.

Four Dead Characters That I Miss
1. Dr. Carson Beckett
2. Colonel Marshall Sumner
3. The Lovely and Talented Dumais
4. Acastus Kolya

My Four Favorite Main Characters
(At this moment, that is.)
1. Dr. Rodney McKay
2. Dr. Radek Zelenka
3. Specialist Ronon Dex
4. Lt. Colonel John Sheppard

My Four Favorite Supporting Characters
1. Major Lorne
2. Mrs. Jeannie Miller
3. Dr. Katie Brown
4. Michael Kenmore (the Wraith)

My Four Favorite Funny Episodes
1. McKay and Mrs. Miller
2. The Tao of McKay
3. Irresistible
4. The Tower

For season four spoilers, click here.

And if you’d like to know why I haven’t been posting regularly the last month or so, click here.

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The answer is simple.

It was the fluttering eyelashes.

Does it every time. What is worse, my boyfriend has figured that out.

I’m doomed.

But happy…

And somehow, this clip just seem appropriate.

Go, Vala!

The vid’s embedding is disabled, so here’s the URL.

I still haven’t stopped laughing…

Anyone have a clue of the source???

Family Practice, which also stars Joey Honsa of Prison Break (she played Holly), is currently in pre-production. Release is tentatively scheduled for some time in 2008.

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Shanks with Doig at 2002 Comicon

Michael Shanks, who played Stargate icon Dr. Daniel Jackson in Stargate: SG1 and Stargate: Atlantis is set to guest star on new scifi favorite, Eureka!

The episode featuring Shanks will air on Sept. 25 on the SciFi Channel. Shanks plays an artist named Christopher Dactylos who winds up as the chief suspect in a murder investigation. In a TV Guide interview, Shank’s noted that his character was fired by Global Dynamics due to a personality conflict with company head Nathan.

In an amusing twist, Shank’s wife, Lexa Doig will appear as a guest on Eureka in the week prior to Shank’s own appearance.

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2. Deadman Switch
3. Urgo
4. Bad Guys
5. The Man who Would Be King
6. The Nox
7. One False Step
8. The Other Guys
9. Upgrades
10. Citizen Joe
11. Wormhole X-Treme!
12. 200
13. Proving Ground