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perpetual_motionAnd I need a reason to get my ass to the gym.
And my gym has wi-fi.
And I have an iPad.
And it has the Netflix app.
Oh, yeah, you see where this is going.
And it's funny because I realized two things today: 1) The Voyager pilot is really, really good. Like, on about ten levels good. And Jesus, B&B, what is it with you saying, "Oh, there will totally be non-straights," and then wimping out? I mean, seriously. I WANT TO KNOW THE CHAKOTAY/TOM RELATIONSHIP AS IT WAS MEANT. I AM FASCINATED BY THE IDEA.
And I mean that outside of the slash goggles, because the way they talk to one another in the pilot implies a long relationship. Tom was only with Marquis for a few weeks before he got caught, but his conversations with Chakotay feel like they've known each other for a long time. There's a conversation on the stairwell as Tom is rescuing him about how Tom thought Indians (and wow, it's weird hearing that word on a television show, as it's been phased out for "Native peoples" since the show launched) had a rule about life debts, and Chakotay tells him he's got the wrong tribe, and Tom says he's sure he's right.
This is not the conversation you have with someone you only knew for a few weeks. And Tom's tone is clearly half-teasing, meaning that he probably knows quite a bit about Chakotay's customs and is just teasing him to keep him occupied.
So, in short: Watching that whole story unfold when have been FASCINATING. Especially because now I'm wondering if Tom's "pilot error" actually had something to do with Chakotay.
This is what my brain does when I'm on the elliptical.
Beyond the whole Tom/Chakotay thing-that-wasn't (seriously, B&B, the fuck), the rest of the pilot is really good too. You meet everyone--and with a 7-person cast, that can be difficult even with a two hour launch--and you learn enough about them by the end of the pilot to care about what's about to happen to them. You know the family status of most of them; you've seen them in a really bad situation and how they react, you know some of their fears and concerns. Janeway's discussion with the Caretaker really touched me. She talked about how you had to let people do things for themselves and evolve from their hardships. It's clearly an indication that it's a central theme in the show, and I'm starting to think that maybe Voyager isn't really the redheaded stepchild of the Trek family. I know there were goofy episodes and some questionable decisions regarding characters, but I'm wondering if maybe Voyager suffered younger sibling syndrome to DS9, which had a much more serious tone from damn near the beginning, so Voyager looked silly in comparison because it embraced the love of exploration that the other Treks carried.
So, that's the first thing I noticed. The second thing is that bitches be jealous of my iPad and Star Trek. I was on an elliptical in a long line of them, and most of them have televisions attached, but I saw a lot of people looking, and I actually heard two guys debating over which one I was watching. That's right, nerds, hot chick in tight pants on the elliptical is one of you.
And my gym has wi-fi.
And I have an iPad.
And it has the Netflix app.
Oh, yeah, you see where this is going.
And it's funny because I realized two things today: 1) The Voyager pilot is really, really good. Like, on about ten levels good. And Jesus, B&B, what is it with you saying, "Oh, there will totally be non-straights," and then wimping out? I mean, seriously. I WANT TO KNOW THE CHAKOTAY/TOM RELATIONSHIP AS IT WAS MEANT. I AM FASCINATED BY THE IDEA.
And I mean that outside of the slash goggles, because the way they talk to one another in the pilot implies a long relationship. Tom was only with Marquis for a few weeks before he got caught, but his conversations with Chakotay feel like they've known each other for a long time. There's a conversation on the stairwell as Tom is rescuing him about how Tom thought Indians (and wow, it's weird hearing that word on a television show, as it's been phased out for "Native peoples" since the show launched) had a rule about life debts, and Chakotay tells him he's got the wrong tribe, and Tom says he's sure he's right.
This is not the conversation you have with someone you only knew for a few weeks. And Tom's tone is clearly half-teasing, meaning that he probably knows quite a bit about Chakotay's customs and is just teasing him to keep him occupied.
So, in short: Watching that whole story unfold when have been FASCINATING. Especially because now I'm wondering if Tom's "pilot error" actually had something to do with Chakotay.
This is what my brain does when I'm on the elliptical.
Beyond the whole Tom/Chakotay thing-that-wasn't (seriously, B&B, the fuck), the rest of the pilot is really good too. You meet everyone--and with a 7-person cast, that can be difficult even with a two hour launch--and you learn enough about them by the end of the pilot to care about what's about to happen to them. You know the family status of most of them; you've seen them in a really bad situation and how they react, you know some of their fears and concerns. Janeway's discussion with the Caretaker really touched me. She talked about how you had to let people do things for themselves and evolve from their hardships. It's clearly an indication that it's a central theme in the show, and I'm starting to think that maybe Voyager isn't really the redheaded stepchild of the Trek family. I know there were goofy episodes and some questionable decisions regarding characters, but I'm wondering if maybe Voyager suffered younger sibling syndrome to DS9, which had a much more serious tone from damn near the beginning, so Voyager looked silly in comparison because it embraced the love of exploration that the other Treks carried.
So, that's the first thing I noticed. The second thing is that bitches be jealous of my iPad and Star Trek. I was on an elliptical in a long line of them, and most of them have televisions attached, but I saw a lot of people looking, and I actually heard two guys debating over which one I was watching. That's right, nerds, hot chick in tight pants on the elliptical is one of you.
