Rodney McKay/David Hewlett Thunk/Discussion/Appreciation

[not so ancient]

From Where The Heart Is


Again, David with a computer!

Isn't it funny how old and clunky that computer looks now?

[not so ancient]

Topic of Discussion...

I just rewatched The Defiant One and started thinking about the whole "You've changed" conversation between Gaul and Rodney. Upon the conclusion of my thinking I've decided that Storm/Eye is the big leap mentally for him towards hero-hood, and that The Defiant One is the physical leap for him. What do you all think?

I noticed that

Spoiler:

the whole time he's working on the chair in The Siege II, he doesn't let his P90 be more than an arm's reach away. When he has to get up and go to the console he takes it with him. He's catching on.

[Purpleyin]

I noticed that

Spoiler:

the whole time he's working on the chair in The Siege II, he doesn't let his P90 be more than an arm's reach away. When he has to get up and go to the console he takes it with him. He's catching on.

I noticed that too.

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A friend described it as "Even when he was that tired he still carried that gun around like a cat carries her kittens". Which rather amused me give the cat and McKay links.

[watcher652]

You might want to spoiler tag that bit like I have, because some people might not want to know even that little detail.
Anyway, request granted - hard to get but this was my best.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ler/happy2.jpg

Purpleyin, is that from the quicktime movie? Looks like my attempt.

[aaobuttons]

I noticed that

Spoiler:

the whole time he's working on the chair in The Siege II, he doesn't let his P90 be more than an arm's reach away. When he has to get up and go to the console he takes it with him. He's catching on.

Yup, very military of him. I think Sheppard and Ford are rubbing off on him .

[Porthos1013]

I noticed that

Spoiler:

the whole time he's working on the chair in The Siege II, he doesn't let his P90 be more than an arm's reach away. When he has to get up and go to the console he takes it with him. He's catching on.

Ooh, good catch! I didn't even notice that. Thanks for pointing that out! He's definitely turning into quite the little soldier! I just hope he stays McKay, the reluctant hero. I remember being disappointed when Hide and Seek was followed by 38 minutes, and

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in both episodes McKay was the hero. I thought that Rodney was the best character that they had because he wasn't a hero, like everyone else, and the first thing they do in the show is make him out to be a hero figure! That to me made me nervous about his character development, but they've kind of slowed up on that hero business, I think.

I'm still worried about him becoming the type of person who charges out blindly into battle with guns blazing. (That's more Sheppard's department.) But I think part of Rodney's charm is that he doesn't have a hero complex, he just does what needs to be done, so if he does something heroic, it's sort of a side effect of saving his own skin, as well as the skin of others. If he becomes just another hero in a show that's already full of 'em, then some of his uniqueness will be lost, and I'll be sad. I like McKay, the reluctant hero.

[Porthos1013]

Okay, so as a treat for myself for graduating (finally!) from college, I am planning on renting some David Hewlett videos! I plan on getting Cube and possibly one or two others. Since I'm new to DH thunkage, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for which rentable movie is the most DH thunk-worthy. And since both McKay and I are scientists, we prefer evidence to support claims, so screencaps proving the thunkability of your movie suggestions is considered a plus.

[Purpleyin]

Purpleyin, is that from the quicktime movie? Looks like my attempt.

Yep, nice how quicktime allows screenprint isn't it, since it's not downloadable.
I just capped it myself, it's pretty hard because of no back/forward by frame. Hence that's the best cap I could get, I had another but that really was the best I could find - if it looks like your attempt its only because its the same file and the same shot and that's the only decent one to be capped easily.

The shots are only clear for about a second and without the frame by frame... I did some Weir, Shep, Teyla and Atlantis ones too - shame that the Rodney one isn't as clear as I could get them. Oh for that smile as a closeup rather than blurry overview.

Okay, so as a treat for myself for graduating (finally!) from college, I am planning on renting some David Hewlett videos! I plan on getting Cube and possibly one or two others. Since I'm new to DH thunkage, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for which rentable movie is the most DH thunk-worthy. And since both McKay and I are scientists, we prefer evidence to support claims, so screencaps proving the thunkability of your movie suggestions is considered a plus.

Not sure on what you have available to rent but I'd say either Nothing (for maximum thunkage - you've seen the caps from this page so...), Cube (whumpage) or Where the heart is (for young blondeness... also had caps from that earlier here from Watcher)

And so the only cap I will provide is this one I edited ...All I got from the cube.


EDIT: Is the pic showing up? Ain't for me for some reason so here's the link in case
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...yicons/CFG.jpg

[ToasterOnFire]

This comment may make no sense and I apologize for that in advance, but for some reason DH looks more...British in this screencap than in any of his more recent works. Reminds me of Ewan McGregor (OK, so he's from Scotland) and Trainspotting. Maybe it's the hair? Maybe the outfit? Am I crazy? I know he was born in England but one would never guess from his role as McKay.

[iLemon]

This comment may make no sense and I apologize for that in advance, but for some reason DH looks more...British in this screencap than in any of his more recent works. Reminds me of Ewan McGregor (OK, so he's from Scotland) and Trainspotting. Maybe it's the hair? Maybe the outfit? Am I crazy? I know he was born in England but one would never guess from his role as McKay.

I noticed that too, its probably because of his face, and the apron.

[watcher652]

This comment may make no sense and I apologize for that in advance, but for some reason DH looks more...British in this screencap than in any of his more recent works. Reminds me of Ewan McGregor (OK, so he's from Scotland) and Trainspotting. Maybe it's the hair? Maybe the outfit? Am I crazy? I know he was born in England but one would never guess from his role as McKay.

I think it's all that - hair, expression, outfit. Although the towel around his middle as an apron is also Brit looking to this American. The towel looks very tea towel to me somehow.

Don't those two look fangirl-ish to you?

David wore some very cool outfits in the movie. I convinced a friend to watch it with me and she enjoyed it. She also noted that at one point Uma is wearing the same jeans David had on earlier. She pointed out the patches on them. I'll have to watch the movie again to spot that.

He also wore a suit when he tried to get a job at his father's company. But he still had a non-comformist tie on.

[ra-hanna]

I noticed that too, its probably because of his face, and the apron.

This American (who's never been to England but watches BBCAmerica if that counts for anything) I have to say that I have no idea why the apron would make him look more British.

[Purpleyin]

This American (who's never been to England but watches BBCAmerica if that counts for anything) I have to say that I have no idea why the apron would make him look more British.

I was wondering that too, despite being British I didn't get it. Is it perhaps Butler-like?

[iLemon]

It just looks very British-y to me, dunno why. Maybe its the image quality?

[Porthos1013]

Okay, upon examining this picture, I think I've realized why I like it so much. Take a look at David's jaw, then look at just about any picture of McKay. Maybe it's the angle, maybe it's the fact that he was much younger, but in this picture his jaw looks very chiseled and square, as opposed to pictures of him as McKay. Don't get me wrong, I love McKay to pieces and would willingly take him into any dark storage room on Atlantis if asked, but I've always found the chiseled jaws attractive, and McKay just doesn't have it.