Miller's Crossing
Dec. 4th, 2007 06:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eliyesI'm talking about friendship.
I'm talking about character.
I'm talking about... ethics.
Stargate has a long history of referencing movies and songs and whatnot in it's episode titles. The ninth episode of season four of Stargate: Atlantis is no exception, and I think that thinking a little about the movie that this episode shares it's name with is a useful tool for contemplating this episode.
Here's a plot synopsis from IMDb:
A highly styled 'genre' film which can perhaps be seen as a pastiche of all gangster movies. Tom Reagan is the laconic anti-hero of this amoral tale which is also, paradoxically, a look at morals within the criminal underworld of the 1930s. Two rival gangs vie for control of a city where the police are pawns, and the periodic busts of illicit drinking establishments are no more than a way for one gang to get back at the other. Black humour and shocking violence compete for screen time as we question whether or not Tom, right-hand man of the Irish mob leader, really has a heart.
(You can read the full script here.)
I'm talking about character.
I'm talking about... ethics.
Stargate has a long history of referencing movies and songs and whatnot in it's episode titles. The ninth episode of season four of Stargate: Atlantis is no exception, and I think that thinking a little about the movie that this episode shares it's name with is a useful tool for contemplating this episode.
Here's a plot synopsis from IMDb:
A highly styled 'genre' film which can perhaps be seen as a pastiche of all gangster movies. Tom Reagan is the laconic anti-hero of this amoral tale which is also, paradoxically, a look at morals within the criminal underworld of the 1930s. Two rival gangs vie for control of a city where the police are pawns, and the periodic busts of illicit drinking establishments are no more than a way for one gang to get back at the other. Black humour and shocking violence compete for screen time as we question whether or not Tom, right-hand man of the Irish mob leader, really has a heart.
(You can read the full script here.)