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Post by Hodge on Dec 6, 2014 2:19:27 GMT
Ok, ignorant me, who's David Hewlett? If he isn't one of the 20 Canadian actors I haven't heard of him. I casually name-dropped him because he was on Stargate and Stargate Atlantis - so FallenBelle would be familiar with him. He's also a regular in films on the SyFy channel. Because of his Stargate associations, I just assumed he was in Vancouver - surprised to find out he was in Toronto. Okay, which one's Hewlett? |
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Post by snacky on Dec 6, 2014 3:00:28 GMT
I casually name-dropped him because he was on Stargate and Stargate Atlantis - so FallenBelle would be familiar with him. He's also a regular in films on the SyFy channel. Because of his Stargate associations, I just assumed he was in Vancouver - surprised to find out he was in Toronto. Okay, which one's Hewlett? McKay - the sarcastic sexist one. The 2 Uber Nerds are Samantha and Daniel - 2 alternate-reality versions of members of the Stargate team. In the regular reality version Sam is a kick ass soldier type and Daniel is still a nerdy archaeologist, but he's the hawt nerd. |
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Post by Hodge on Dec 6, 2014 3:21:50 GMT
Okay, which one's Hewlett? McKay - the sarcastic sexist one. The 2 Uber Nerds are Samantha and Daniel - 2 alternate-reality versions of members of the Stargate team. In the regular reality version Sam is a kick ass soldier type and Daniel is still a nerdy archaeologist, but he's the hawt nerd. I thought it may be him, he looks familiar. |
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Post by bookworm1225 on Jun 17, 2015 13:42:06 GMT
If you think about it, William has seen Margaret "wearing the pants" on more than one occasion. He knows that Brackenreid is not partaking in the advice he's doling out. Perhaps over tea later he might have some merciful thoughts about where the pressures are coming from and how Brackenreid himself might be affected by William's reputation/status. The cow patties are rolling downhill here. I wouldn't disagree with that, but Brax was using a very heavy handed approach to make sure they understood without a doubt what the ramifications were. Brax has never been tactful, and maybe pissing W/J off was his intent so that they didn't just blow him off. Next time you rewatch this episode, take a look at the inspector's face right after he says the 'wear the pants' line. He *knows* he went too far. (And man, that's a good bit of acting by Thomas Craig!) |
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Post by snacky on Jun 18, 2015 6:00:49 GMT
I wouldn't disagree with that, but Brax was using a very heavy handed approach to make sure they understood without a doubt what the ramifications were. Brax has never been tactful, and maybe pissing W/J off was his intent so that they didn't just blow him off. Next time you rewatch this episode, take a look at the inspector's face right after he says the 'wear the pants' line. He *knows* he went too far. (And man, that's a good bit of acting by Thomas Craig!) Give some acting props to YB, too, because you can see this is a point of insecurity.  |
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Post by Fallenbelle on Jun 18, 2015 7:20:29 GMT
Next time you rewatch this episode, take a look at the inspector's face right after he says the 'wear the pants' line. He *knows* he went too far. (And man, that's a good bit of acting by Thomas Craig!) Give some acting props to YB, too, because you can see this is a point of insecurity. Besides Artful Detective and What Lies Buried, I think High Voltage might be my other favorite episode of season 8. I love Brax' actions in this episode-even though he was a jerk, he did have good intentions, and I tried to highlight that in one of my fics. It's very shippy, but not just in a romantic sense, but in all relationships concerning William. We get great scenes between Brax and the mayor regarding his relationship with William, Brax and Julia regarding William, Julia and William regarding William's hard won position, Brax and William regarding his position within the constabulary and how he's being perceived, and Julia and Emily regarding William. Poor William, he was an unwitting pawn in these conversations and actions that were undertaken in his name-in which he was an unwitting and unwilling participant. He really is caught between two worlds-one modern and one traditional and he doesn't know which way to lean: Julia is pulling him toward the modern, while his job and how he views himself as a man leans toward the traditional, and he's torn-he doesn't know which way to choose-and it's becoming increasingly difficult for him to straddle the line with a foot planted firmly in each camp. The world is indeed changing, and William is going to have to make a decision. |
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Post by Hodge on Jun 18, 2015 17:26:23 GMT
Give some acting props to YB, too, because you can see this is a point of insecurity. Besides Artful Detective and What Lies Buried, I think High Voltage might be my other favorite episode of season 8. I love Brax' actions in this episode-even though he was a jerk, he did have good intentions, and I tried to highlight that in one of my fics. It's very shippy, but not just in a romantic sense, but in all relationships concerning William. We get great scenes between Brax and the mayor regarding his relationship with William, Brax and Julia regarding William, Julia and William regarding William's hard won position, Brax and William regarding his position within the constabulary and how he's being perceived, and Julia and Emily regarding William. Poor William, he was an unwitting pawn in these conversations and actions that were undertaken in his name-in which he was an unwitting and unwilling participant. He really is caught between two worlds-one modern and one traditional and he doesn't know which way to lean: Julia is pulling him toward the modern, while his job and how he views himself as a man leans toward the traditional, and he's torn-he doesn't know which way to choose-and it's becoming increasingly difficult for him to straddle the line with a foot planted firmly in each camp. The world is indeed changing, and William is going to have to make a decision. Very interesting take on this ep which is not one of my favourites and I have to admit to not thinking too deeply about it. However there are a lot of scenes I like, most of which are the ones you've pointed out. Perhaps your reasoning on these scenes is why I like them so much. |
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Post by snacky on Jun 19, 2015 6:38:44 GMT
The world is indeed changing, and William is going to have to make a decision. I love how William is determined but seems almost fragile about it: he means it but he protests too much. It's like he's waaaaaay out on a limb.  |
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Post by Fallenbelle on Jun 19, 2015 7:31:15 GMT
The world is indeed changing, and William is going to have to make a decision. I love how William is determined but seems almost fragile about it: he means it but he protests too much. It's like he's waaaaaay out on a limb. He wants to be übermodern, but he's a bit hesitant to fully commit-he still has some very traditional tenets that he's not fully ready to abandon just yet. |
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Post by snacky on Jun 19, 2015 7:56:30 GMT
I love how William is determined but seems almost fragile about it: he means it but he protests too much. It's like he's waaaaaay out on a limb. He wants to be übermodern, but he's a bit hesitant to fully commit-he still has some very traditional tenets that he's not fully ready to abandon just yet. That bit of bright-eyed nervousness about it is perfect. Hope to see more of that!  |
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Post by Fallenbelle on Jan 22, 2016 11:29:13 GMT
Just watched this again, and once again, the MM crew's love of sex toys has manifested itself here in full force. Not just the chair, but the violet wand as well. |
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