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mrv3000 ([personal profile] mrv3000) wrote2005-02-24 09:42 am
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    "So history is just circling the drain at this point." ~ MST3K on the movie Time Chasers.

    "So much for causality." ~ Sam in Moebius 2.
Back in 2004, on a brisk morning in Vancouver, writers for the show Stargate SG-1 huddled around their third cup of coffee for the day and proceeded to have a conversation that I can only assume went something like this:
    "So hey. What are we going to do for the last show of the season?"

    "Well, SciFi cut us short this year so if you think about it, technically would the last show of the season even exist?"

    "Shut up, Joe. But hey. That gives me an idea."

    "Can that idea mess with fan number 3,562,031's head?"

    "The one that's afraid of Teal'c's arms?"

    "No, you're thinking of 3,290,067."

    "Oh wait. The one that freaks out every time we do anything with time and/or AUs? Yeah. This idea should toast her brain nicely."

    "Sweet."
There is so much I could say about the time aspect of these two episodes. "But they have..." "That couldn't..." "Nononono..." However, I am now in a support group that is helping me get over my time/AU issues. And while said support group is based heavily on mocking, I'm told it's for the best.

I *am* having a mid-fandom crisis because while the underlying logic of this episode was so very bad, this 2-parter had to be one of my favorites ever. This episode exemplifies why I fell in love with this show to begin with: it's just a whole damn lot of fun.

I've seen several posts on this episode already, so I'm not going to re-hash what's already out there. But I will say one thing - those involved with SG-1 are *so* into the Simpsons, and I love them for it. The last lines about the fish were directly from the same episode as Sam's line in Moebius 1 about not stepping on a bug. At the end of the Simpsons episode, everything seemed exactly the same until it was revealed that everyone had lizard tongues. Homer's line: "Ehh, close enough." However, I don't think that meant Marge was pregnant. ;)