Mmm, delicious sci-fi

I have just finished watching the first two episodes of Stargate (SG-1) and the first of Farscape.

:D

Stargate things: While Shanks is clearly playing closer to the movie version of Daniel Jackson here than he is in, say, 8th season, RDK has his Jack O'Neill established almost immediately. This makes me very happy, considering how much I disliked the movie version, and how the TV version is made of win and awesome. The guy who played Kawalsky was awesome, and I also kinda liked the USAF Sergeant who Apophis abducted (whose name we never knew ;_;) and Skaara (sp?) of the awesome hair. I noticed Christopher Judge didn't start using his deep Teal'c voice until the second episode, which was kinda jarring at first. X3 And the Goa'uld are gross, man! Yuck! I had no idea about the X thing. Also, I could have done without seeing Sha're nude.

Conclusion: Jack O'Neill rocks.

Farscape things: Watching this was like reading the beginning of a really interesting sci-fi novel. Crichten (sp?) is understandably overwhelmed by what he's having to deal with. The viewers are slightly less in the dark by virtue of getting to see the aliens interact with each other when he's not around. The blue chicky is not like I expected, personality-wise. The first ep ends with an interesting situation, where they're all stuck together and nobody has decided yet who to trust (I don't count the Pilot and Moya interacting, since unless I'm much mistaken that's a symbiosis).

Query: How many more times in the series will we be seeing Ben Browder nude? :D?

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Something to think about in regards to Sheppard

*ahem*

Every member of the USAF is a representative of the US government (and its allies) and the USAF and thus must act accordingly. In addition, the USAF's mission is dependant upon the work and ethics of the individual. The USAF has identified three core values that must be upheld by all personnel: "Integrity first, service before self and excellence in all we do."

He's definitely got the first two down...

Fighter pilot is an attitude. It is cockiness. It is aggressiveness. It is self-confidence. It is a streak of rebelliousness, and it is competitiveness. But there's something else - there's a spark. There's a desire to be good. To do well; In the eyes of your peers, and in your own mind.
— Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF