Stargate Atlantis 2x13 - "Critical Mass" Reaction

[@anthonygutierrez985]

I was having a bad day today and watching this video certainly cheered me up. Thanks for the comment on my beard. 😊❤

[@patrickcromwell7554]

Every Institution somewhere has a "Cavanaugh." No matter where it is; a minimum wage job at a fast food franchise, an office job in a cubicle, a factory worker, etc. At the very least ONE person thinks they're so important that they SHOULD be treated with special privileges. Cavanaugh could have saved himself so much grief if he had just NOT acted like he was being persecuted and been irrationally defensive. I get being offended at being at being suspected of planting the bomb, but him being actively uncooperative and antagonising Elizabeth more than he needed to was worse for him. I knew a colleague like that when I worked in a grocery store chain. she was always the victim of SOMETHING nefarious. Even when the situation was just an accidental coincidence.

[@patrickcromwell7554]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Shan pressing the button and nothing happening and her like waiting for the thing to work was priceless. I HATE when that happens. Right now in fact, my PC is acting very slowly. I have to wait like almost a whole minute in between typing two words for the buffer to keep up.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

The twist of this episode is great

[@Petrosman]

Personally I think this is a top 5 episode of Atlantis. The tension build up, the music and the final reveal were done very well.

[@dupersuper1938]

The near torture of an innocent person...

[@Petrosman]

@@dupersuper1938 honestly also a reason to like this episode. The main characters are not necessarily innocent good people. And I'm glad Elizabeth acknowledged it.

[@dupersuper1938]

@@Petrosman Sorry, not for me.

[@Petrosman]

@@dupersuper1938 I'm sorry you feel that way

[@LezArtist5iG]

0:33 No problem. I LOVE chocolate cake 🎂. Triple fudge is so good.

[@Petrosman]

I absolutely love the music in this episode. Great episode.

[@shadowrain1000]

Getting called sexy was a nice self confidence boost to start the week...thanks!

[@LezArtist5iG]

2:02 Ship name... ZelenKay, or MacKaZel ... LoL ✌️😸

[@bemasaberwyn55]

ZelenKay

[@christophtoifl6848]

RadRod, or Merenka

[@10thdoctor15]

One of my favourite episodes

[@dupersuper1938]

Really?? The torture episode?????

[@randallwong7196]

An Asgard must be pretty annoyed to say the equivalent of "Shut up and let me concentrate:.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

IKR

[@patrickcromwell7554]

Rodney McKay + Radek Zelenka = option 1) Mclenka option 2) ZelenKay option 3) Rodnek - this is a hybrid of Rodney and Radek the characters' first names. option 4) Radney - also their first names That's just four options; I'm sure someone has others. lol.

[@lecameleon2500]

Pour un étranger comme moi, certains mots je ne comprends pas quand elle chante, mais elle a une superbe voix incontestablement, elle chante très bien, une voix agréable, une musique de vikings, celtiques, une voix puissante et elle chante correctement aussi.

[@Petrosman]

Well I don't see any chocolate anywhere, but the sugar from the cake definitely has upped your spirits in that intro lmfao

[@randallwong7196]

"...I think we're gonna be o.k." *Weir stares at Rodney*

[@marcel.s7493]

Tyler/ Rachel Luttrell is a so singer she have a few song

[@GregInHouston2]

No, I don't think it was not Mitchel. I loved Ms. Lutreal'ls singing. I should have asked her it that was her singing; I didn't think of that.

[@randallwong7196]

Kavanaugh ( grumbled incoherent mumbling at the mention of his name )

[@bemasaberwyn55]

Right

[@FoggyPigeon]

As a bearded man, I have to say thank you, thank you very much 😅.

[@teenflashgaming-yc6ul]

"What is critical mass?" - Wolverine

[@ErixTheSwift]

Today I learned at least one person in the world finds me sexy!

[@asaashara2592]

Im flattered i do have a sexy beard thank you 😂

[@dupersuper1938]

As a man with a beard, this video was a pleasant ego boost.

[@3mrys937]

I think you can buy mpz... I mean zpm as led lamp...

[@patrickcromwell7554]

I'm actually only slightly disappointed John and Elizabeth still haven't "talk" to each other at this point. The show hinted at a kind of mutual attraction; what with the occasional extra long looks they give each other sometimes. I wanted John and Elizabeth to have something. But that's me.

[@randy7831]

starting to grow my beard today 😜

[@LezArtist5iG]

1:23 You made yourself uncomfortable by talking about your "preferences"? Kesha also likes men with beards. No shame in it. 🌻😸👍

[@bemasaberwyn55]

Embarrassed Shan is adorable

[@Fawkes42]

Damn, I need to grow a beard one of these days

[@menachemsalomon]

How long a beard, Miss Shannan? (FWIW, propriety and a bit of an age difference means I can't say "Right back at you," or otherwise make any comments on your physical appearance. I have therefore always restricted any complements to your bubbly and adorkable personality, and sparkling intelligence. I mean to say you deserve such complements, but it is not appropriate that they come from me. Instead, it is my best wishes to you that you find some special someone from whom such would be appropriate.)

[@ErixTheSwift]

Today I also learned you haven't watched all of Lord of the Rings. O.o

[@AfterShowReactions]

This was recorded a while back, I have since watched the Lord Of The Rings trilogy as people on my Patreon selected the directors cut to all 3 movies.

[@ErixTheSwift]

@@AfterShowReactions Nice!

[@LezArtist5iG]

@@AfterShowReactions Fantastic news 🌻😸👍

[@ThomasRelaX]

🧔🧔‍♂🧔‍♀

[@Belnick6666]

this is one of the worst episode in the show, Elizabeth, a FEMALE in power over a male, ORDER his torture....., it is perverse and fascist behaviour from Elizabeth....it is also disgusting, I do not know what icky is, but it make me feel all icky. Worst part is that it is done because they dislike him, so it also bullying him, who is innocent, there is no recovery except a law suit for billions, lol

[@menachemsalomon]

As stories go, it has three separate threads that don't really attach, so calling it one of the worst may not be so much of an exaggeration. And I suppose Kavanaugh's criticism of Weir is somewhat warranted -- she does allow her emotions to influence her decisions, though plot armor means that she's usually proven correct. That said, Kavanaugh is written to invite dislike, and he doesn't have McKay's penchant for being right (or being a main character) to save him from it.

[@shadout]

Elizabeth at least had the decency to be ashamed at the end, but it still felt badly out of character. We should also remember her character was once a civilian activist lobbying against military spending. The story plot was good, but it feels like how they behaved needed more blowback than 30 seconds of post mortem, and as dislikable as Cavanaugh was, the willingness to single him out as they did doesn't reflect well on Weir's leadership.

[@DSOImager]

Kavanagh, is that you? 🤣

[@Scuzzlebutt142]

The Atlantis expedition as a whole are a lot more ethically compromised than the SGC, and do some down right unethical things over their time. I do wonder if this is something that happened due to when it was made, as SG-1 started pre 9/11, and Atlantis started after, were the writers seeing more of a willingness for their audience to be morally grey after things that had happened in the real world? Not sure, might just be reading into things more. One of the things I really think General Hammond brought to the SGC, he was an old fashioned Officer and a Gentlemen from a section of the Cold War where a code of conduct existed between enemies, so that influenced his command and how it has gone on since, as well as Daniel keeping them on track.

[@dupersuper1938]

I'm not sure why their genders factor into it. Any show in which the "hero" tortures some one - especially a potentially innocent some one - is surely automatically worrying.