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Watching the pilot... can't stop giggling!

posted 17 years ago by eloramoon
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I've been a SQ fan since the first episode premiered in '93, so of course I bought the DVD. Tonight I decided to watch the pilot, just for fun, and I can't stop laughing!

You know how that rich guy hires Stark to go after SeaQuest? Well, in that scene he's got a buddy there, a dude in a ponytail, who keeps his arms crossed through most of the scene and just looks like he'd rather be anyplace else. Then, later, he is on the Delta sub with Stark, and he delivers every single line like he just really didn't want to go to work that day. It is so frigging hysterical, I just had to come share it with the only people who might actually know what I'm talking about.

Heheh!

~ Elo

[–] Amazon_Princess 17 years ago

Yeah, I found Stark and the rest of the "villians" in the pilot pretty cheesy. You're right, that guy looked pretty bored.

[–] BigFellah1922 17 years ago

Amazing how he only had enough liquid in that glass for 1 sip before he threw it to Stark... That is cool, I'm gonna practice...

[–] Lexx-2 17 years ago

The rich supervillian in the pilot never made sense to me. He had a French name (George Le Chein) and a German accent and his actual motivations seemed pretty muddy, as did those of crazy Captain Stark. Maybe if they'd actually reappeared in the series we'd have had some better idea...

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[–] BigFellah1922 17 years ago

They left the door open for Stark to return too. At the end of the episode they say that the escape pod was missing from the Delta Sub and Stark was missing.

[–] jakeconhale 17 years ago

yeah, i think that Le Chein and Stark were both to reappear later on or at least be a potential later, like what they did with Miranda in season 2.

Actually... I wonder if Le Chein could have ended up being something similar to Deon from S3 as a recurring villain, now made vengeful about his lost son, the only real difference was that Deon was at the height of his power, Le Chien seeking to restore it.

[–] tmwna 17 years ago

Both of those characters where far too two dimentional for any kind of revive. I prefer to think that both characters died in a high-speed dramatics accident.

[–] jakeconhale 17 years ago

true, but I always thought that was because of script modifications at the last minute. Le Chien thrown in as an afterthought, Stark too stereotypical. I would have been most interested if Stark had reappeared, if for no other reason than to see her more fleshed out.

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[–] tmwna 17 years ago

What an apt nickname 'Retardo'.

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[–] freefall79 17 years ago

have to admit when i first saw the teenage lucas, i couldn't stop laughing...thank god he grew on me

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