I thought the fight scene at the end of Reunion the best in SGA so far, I thinkit showed more of Ronan's character than all the perplexed looks and great dialogue so far. He is clearly at odds for some reason with the majority of his Satedan soldier buddies, from what we had glimpsed of them in other episodes they all seem disreputable but he is very different from them, hmm, maybe to do with training or something? Either way...
I liked how totally beleivable the anguish was when he founf out they were wraith worshippers but loved that there was not a moment of doubt as to what would happen. JM did a great job of portraying how quickly the aggression in him wound up and I loved the pacing, the quick gasps as he threatened them, and how eager and pleased he seemed when they wanted to fight, that was original Ronan coming through but cooled by the obvious upset, it was just great.
I liked that he did the maori slap at the start, nothing like character continuity. It adds a flavour to him which compliments what everyone knows, that he spend years running so must have learned and adapted a fighting style into his own. Excellent choreography. There is always lots of 'wooo Ronan gets his ass kicked' on the forum but if you look at it, yeah he can take on wraith and is an awesome fighter but they make him very human by actually having him get his licks in a lot of fights. He took them all on but he got hurt, it made it real. This one was great though, the rage was clear, the control just awesome, and the bits when he was taking the kick and punches and not flinching, it was quite chilling to watch. At one stage he kicks the bloke backward but doesn't recoil himself, that sort of thing takes incredibly strength and I cheered. I love a good hand to hand fight scene and JM always delivers, three on one, confined quarters...
The end did it for me though, by not killing the last guy, that was the when I got the feeling he was sealing his past.
I liked how totally beleivable the anguish was when he founf out they were wraith worshippers but loved that there was not a moment of doubt as to what would happen. JM did a great job of portraying how quickly the aggression in him wound up and I loved the pacing, the quick gasps as he threatened them, and how eager and pleased he seemed when they wanted to fight, that was original Ronan coming through but cooled by the obvious upset, it was just great.
I liked that he did the maori slap at the start, nothing like character continuity. It adds a flavour to him which compliments what everyone knows, that he spend years running so must have learned and adapted a fighting style into his own. Excellent choreography. There is always lots of 'wooo Ronan gets his ass kicked' on the forum but if you look at it, yeah he can take on wraith and is an awesome fighter but they make him very human by actually having him get his licks in a lot of fights. He took them all on but he got hurt, it made it real. This one was great though, the rage was clear, the control just awesome, and the bits when he was taking the kick and punches and not flinching, it was quite chilling to watch. At one stage he kicks the bloke backward but doesn't recoil himself, that sort of thing takes incredibly strength and I cheered. I love a good hand to hand fight scene and JM always delivers, three on one, confined quarters...
The end did it for me though, by not killing the last guy, that was the when I got the feeling he was sealing his past.
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