Last night I had a James Spader double-bill: Secretary and Stargate.
About Secretary, all I have to say is: guh! Also: I really need to see Crash again soon.
This is the third time I've watched Stargate. First, in the theatre, and second last year as I began my odyssey into SG-1. It was so cool to revisit it now. Of course you have to overlook the inconsistencies between the movie and the series, but I felt very sentimental to see characters who recur later, to see the beginnings of the fight against the Goa'uld. And just the cinematic scope of the shots -- the immensity of the pyramid, the vastness of the desert.
I think Ra gets all his outfits from Amidala's closet.
I'd forgotten the rather odd rapport between O'Neill and Jackson (whom I can't quite bring myself to think of as Jack and Daniel here) -- you'd expect them to disagree more than they do. Instead, they bond quite easily, I suppose from shared adversity.
I loved seeing Dr Jackson in the desert, no clue about what to do. He's not exactly Dr Jones, is he? Which reminds me that it would be way cool to see some sort of crossover thing with Indiana Jones and Nicholas Ballard. (Um, not slash, just adventure.)
Really, though, the best part is just two hours of James Spader with fluffy hair.
This is a dangerous stereotype because a lot of customers thinks that the way it goes. But people who claim they can do that are usually the last people you want to let near your texts.
Hoshi in Enterprise is the same way. Don't get me started on the Universal Translator.
Gah. The stress. But yes, we will talk.
I have to rent Secretary soon
Re: I have to rent Secretary soon
Love the original SG movie. Still love, and have vague thoughts of writing a story that makes sense of the differences between movie and series.
Good movie, though.
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