#rodney in a tux series

[sassycordy]

welcome to part two of me pretending to know about fashion ahah. usual disclaimer! this is just my own personal opinion on how i would dress rodney today, if you don’t agree with me that’s perfectly fine! also if it helps to imagine things better, i like the picture the team wearing these outfits around the age of 25 ahah.

ok so! to the left, we have his day to day outfits. if i had to pick a word i associate his every day looks with it would be “soft boy that doesn’t look as put together” ahha. the giant blue hoodie is self explanatory (he’s such a stereotypical nerd lmfao) and I think blue is his Best color (it matches his eyes <3). next up are the bottoms, and I personally don’t think any of the men on Stargate Atlantis would wear skinny jeans lol so i put rodney in a more wide length jeans cut! we have another outfit with the classic blue jeans (imagine them as baggy but stylish) + i added some beige (and a lot of other browns to his look) because its a color he wears a lot in the show and i think it suits him! now i had to add a stripped shirt and a nerdy shirt because c’mon its rodney lol. weirdly his shoes were the most difficult part of this collage lol. on one hand, i think rodney would try to wear sandals/berks because he’s lazy and doesn’t care much about his appearance but i also believe rodney wouldn’t be the guy to have his toes out (he’d find it so unprofessional LMFAO) so I went with the safe choice and gave him some white sneakers cause dammit rodney im giving you a brighter palette.

up next we have his vacation outfit and honestly again, this entire look is self explanatory. elizabeth definitely made him that t-shirt so ppl on the base would leave him alone on his days off ahah. i also gave him some of that classic rodney charm with khaki cargo shorts! and last but definitely not least, the dreaded pair of socks and sandals. unfortunately, in my heart …. i know he would wear this combination. (I was gonna say I can fix him but lets be honest, if john can’t do it I cant do it lol).

his formal wear was another easy one to nail as I think the show actually did rly well in this area (shocking I know)! he would love the classic black tux but i also think he would throw in a bow tie to spice his look up ahah. although he would stick to a black bow tie because of course he can’t go Too crazy. and for his more casual business attire, i went with a brown sweater vest! rodney is basically a 500 year old man stuck in young body aha so I think he would love the “grandpa” aesthetic (do we know anything about rodney’s grandparents bc idk i just get a vibe rodney might’ve been close to them).

accessories time! we have a black belt because again rodney = grandpa and i think he would wear belts. (don’t really have a reason, i just get the vibes). and lastly we have this simple black bracelet. rodney is definitely against accessories (too flashy for him) so i think this really simple bracelet (handmade by teyla) would be the only thing he would wear. and I think he would only wear it on special occasions like for his beach vacation ahah (its too dangerous to wear in the lab bc something could get on it and he’d have to ask teyla to make him another one).

andddd that’s it! honestly this one was pretty self explanatory and all things considered, i think the wardrobe department on atlantis did a great job with rodney! this series is all about modernizing the outfits, color palettes, and bringing more of their personality into their clothes (which definitely comes through for this one lol). i had so much fun putting these looks together! be on the look out for miss elizabeth weir.

#sassy cordy speaks #stargate atlantis #rodney mckay #sga #stargate fashion #part 2 out of ??? #i plan to do the atlantis crew obvi #but i also wanna do sg1 hehe #maybe some sgu characters ?? idk we shall see😁

[frankthesnek]

5, 14, 18 on the fandom ask???

5 favorite encountered village/society: The Genii actually. I think they were an interesting people what with the underground thing and I think they were utilized on and off fairly well throughout the series.

14 most disliked episode: I have said it before and I will say it again I hate Quarantine with a fucking passion. Also though, Brain Storm. While I love Rodney in a tux (thanks for that yum!) the entier thing with him and Jennifer throughout the episode was just sad. And I'm not just saying that as a McSheper. If they wanted to give him a girlfriend thats fine (they were wrong but its fine) they needed to put more effort in. The attempts at romance were so forced, there was no chemistry, and her basically trying to change him the whole time? Yuck. Not well done. If they were dead set on making that the 'they fall in love and get to gether' episode they could have done it in a much better way.

Also not a big fan of Trinity. Gonna be honest half the time I can't watch it through to the end because it just hurts. Did he need an ego check? Yeah a little. But the way they did it just hurt so much to watch.

So this only asked for one and I listed three.... gonna stop now.

18 you are now a writer what is the first thing you write: see pervious Producer answer referring to McShep canon and Shrine re-do lol

Also, Ford! Okay I know, I said I hate him but only because they did a shit just with his story. If it were me I would want to see him stick around after Lost Boys. Not come back to Atlantis but stay out with his freedom fighters and really build something up. Having him pop up from time to time as an anti-hero, meaning well and trying to do good but taking a darker road to get things done would've been much more interesting than what they did with him. Maybe end it with a redemption arch where he saves the old team and dies in the process? Yeah I like that.

Thank you! These are so fun 😄

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[aion-rsa]

Perry Mason Episode 5 Review: Chapter Five

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This Perry Mason review contains spoilers.

Perry Mason Episode 5

Perry Mason episode 5, “Chapter Five,” delivers what viewers expecting the classic series were waiting to see happen. The scruffy private investigator who has maintained a three-day stubble for five weeks cleans up and gets an education, not necessarily in that order.

The first cleanup is actually done by Della Street (Juliet Rylance). “Chapter Four” ended with the suicide of E.B. Jonathan, esteemed but broken attorney at law. That act began almost imperceptibly at the start of the episode, as John Lithgow, who plays E.B., masterfully allowed his wounds to bleed out long before he turned on the oven, blew out the burners, and said a long goodnight to the hummingbirds. Perry Mason (Matthew Rhys) sits on the threshold of ethics and has no problem turning the suicide into something more insurance friendly. He knows the difference between what’s legal and what’s right. It is a staple characteristic of a post war character.

The camera continues to function as an emotional storyteller. Kids are running happily through the cemetery where Mason is coming to drop off E.B.’s remains. And we see the suicide started much longer before last episode. This is a sad and cold family, and it is in the blood. When E.B.’s son asks if Perry or Street need a ride back to the motel, he sounds eerily like Lithgow.

His visit to the graveyard hits a visible chord and we can see Mason see himself in the eyes of the not-so-grieving son with Lithgow’s voice. Ever the doughboy drifter, Mason rides to his family to visit his son Teddy (Cooper Friedman), in the back of a truck with some day laborers, checking out of the hotel before Street wakes up. Gretchen Mol is thoughtful and indulgent as Perry’s ex-wife Linda. She tells the history of the relationship with the pauses she takes between the decisions, but she is firm on the idea Perry is not going to play any kind of father role. “That ship has sailed,” she says.

Officer Paul Drake (Chris Chalk) is also adrift. We first see him at what his wife calls an agitation meeting at the church, where most change occurred in the earliest days of the civil rights movement. The system won’t change if people don’t fight, the minister preaches. The officer’s wife is on the other side of the argument, and Drake agrees with her in public. But we see the inner revolt growing on Chalk’s face until his reluctantly duplicitous character is finally asked to leave a Santa Monica beach. Cop or not, he is still Black, and this is the deciding factor to confront his wife with his moral choices.

The camera work is again put to good use as a storytelling device during the Strickland (Shea Whigham) stakeout sequences. The establishing shots are made through rear glass mirrors as he attempts to surreptitiously shadow his prey. Detective Ennis (Andrew Howard) and Strickland’s scene inside the cathouse is fun to watch, in a guilty pleasure way. Ennis is positively greasy, he’s so nice. He’s almost convincing, he’s got the patter, the face, everything.

“Pete Strickland, burned on a tail job? I never thought I saw the day” is one of the warmest sentences in the entire series so far. It might not seem like the kind of exchange to carry that kind of weight but it reinforces both the relationship between Mason and his partner and the code of ethics they live by. Strickland had just finished offering his services for free just because a vice cop was trying to buy him off with pussy to rolling over his partner.

Emily Dodson (Gayle Rankin), at the graveside of her son, brushes away the flowers and buries her face in the dirt as the soundtrack swells into the drama, while retaining a sanctified air. “Will you have to dig up Charlie,” she asks Sister Alice. While the famed and newly infamous minister has promised to bring the dead boy back to life, this looks like the first time the spiritual vision has taken on a visual form based in reality. But she is very convincing when she makes the lame walk.

The congregation scenes are exquisitely set, the crowds sufficiently enthusiastic. “Robert, the chair is an excuse,” Sister Alice (Tatiana Maslany) whispers to the desperate immobile man, and only him. The audience doesn’t hear that, and it appears she’s using charismatic NLP. Maslany is giving it all she’s got. The Holy Ghost is coming out of her pores and ducts. He feels it, moments later, before Alice speaks in tongues, rises on the strength of her conviction and the followers who prop his every ligament with belief. Meanwhile Elder Brown (David Wilson Barnes) is testifying on the sidewalks outside the church The new head of the former Radiant Assembly looks like he’s been waiting to do this all his life. Surrounded by the grim spectacle of a small gang of dolls with sewn-up eyes, he is a born showman just a tent shy of a revival.

Sister Alice is a saint. She gives up her very bed for Emily. The evangelist could probably get a whole new four-post canopy for all the money stuffed in the envelopes inspired by her legally impaired young friend. But this is still a big personal gesture. She bails Emily out of prison, but with the death of E.B., the grieving mother loses her legal team. The case is a preordained loser, Della is told by J.B.’s friend, Lyle, in a moving and revealing scene. Della, subtly desperate, but very well prepared and Lyle is appreciative and fully generous with everything but an offer to defend Emily.

District attorney Maynard Barnes (Stephen Root) is angling to put a spy on the case, and Street is intent on doing the right thing, even if she has to break the law by hiding evidence to do it. The court appointed lawyer Frank Dillon (Matt Malloy) horribly underestimates Street and puts in a call to the DA’s office while she is still in the room. It’s like begging her to listen in. We finally get to see Mason win a fight in this episode. He chases Dillon from right out of the office. He is probably still reeling from the crack his ex-wife made about him coming home with loose teeth twice a week. Mason pummels the incompetent mouthpiece with books while talking about his kid and how important it is to read a book. This is also foreshadowing.

Street starts maneuvering Mason into lawyerly duties early, while telling him how annoying he is in the aftermath of the E.B. suicide cover-up. She has been selling Mason to Emily and Sister Alice on blind faith, something they are both susceptible to. When Mason finally breaks down and channels his inner master litigator, it is actually quite an exciting performance. It is a duet, like Fred and Ginger, except he’s not wearing a tux, and she is certainly not letting him lead. When Street starts typing it is viscerally exhilarating, as triumphant as any soundtrack. It would have been a perfect place to introduce the theme song from the original Perry Mason series.

After signing on Mason meets his mentor. Although he is well known, Mason doesn’t know him because he’s not there. He’s not a figment of Mason’s imagination, he’s Hamilton Burger (Justin Kirk), the deputy district attorney and he’s gunning for Barnes’ job. The people in city hall are scared of the Dodson trial and Burger blatantly sees a weapon in Mason. Burger also serves as a timesaver. He’s got a Yale degree and knows all the questions on the bar.

This spares the viewer of having to sit through the study process, although we can imagine it looking like a dark take on Rodney Dangerfield in Back to School. Instead of a montage, we cut directly to Mason taking the pledge to fight for legal justice.”Chapter Five” is a satisfying installment. It is the turning point in the series in which it is preordained. Perry Mason is a courtroom drama and the evidentiary portion has been presented in discovery. It is a relief to see Matthew Rhys finally accept Mason’s destiny.

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