Ditzy is the right word. Almost cliche blonde.I thought it was the actress but then I saw her play this agent on NCIS and she was so kick-ass and plain *awesome*, very biting when it came to fending off Tony's flirtiness.
It's a little irritating that with Jessica's Weir, they establish her fluency in other languages right off the bat and then never make reference to it again with Torri's Weir except for Epiphany [an ep best forgotten, though I haven't managed it yet] and Tao of Rodney [which would have been a fantastic ep with a little less...Rodney...lol]. That's the only part of blond!Weir that I really liked. She also looked very elegant in a skirt, but that's just me being superficial. ;)
I love Torri's voice. If she did audio books, I'd listen to her read complete nonsense, you know? I just love her accent. That 'o-kayy' from the scene with Ronon in Duet is so adorable. And whenever she says 'sorry', heh.
Thing is, I think her portrayal of Weir is of a woman with authority [not just *in* authority], the problem is that the writers were always undermining her. Kavanaugh just pissed me off so much when he kept insulting her and she didn't get to defend herself in Intruder. She finally blew up at him, but after he got his licks in and she had no defense. Even in the first ep where they clashed, she threatened him by invoking her position as expedition leader and he laughed in her face. Siege 2/3 dude and Ellis also treated her like she was completely unimportant, as did Helia or whatever that Ancient chick was called in The Return. And Shep! Hot Zone is still a sore point with me, argh. [Though the commentary is hysterical- when Weir refuses to answer him over the radio, the actors are all, 'Ohhh, she's pissed!' And later on, Rainbow's going, 'I have a problem with Weir here- Ford's dying, and she's like, 'No, Sheppard, you can't risk your life, it's not worth it' or words to that effect and it is just the most amusing thing I've heard from him!]
But it seems like the only people that treat her with the respect due her position are the Genii and the Wraith Queen. Sure, they both betrayed our heroes in various eps, but they dealt with her as equals, at least. [Ladon refused to speak to Shep, he insisted on speaking to Weir, hee- he has his priorities straight!]
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Date: 2008-01-08 09:14 am (UTC)It's a little irritating that with Jessica's Weir, they establish her fluency in other languages right off the bat and then never make reference to it again with Torri's Weir except for Epiphany [an ep best forgotten, though I haven't managed it yet] and Tao of Rodney [which would have been a fantastic ep with a little less...Rodney...lol]. That's the only part of blond!Weir that I really liked. She also looked very elegant in a skirt, but that's just me being superficial. ;)
I love Torri's voice. If she did audio books, I'd listen to her read complete nonsense, you know? I just love her accent. That 'o-kayy' from the scene with Ronon in Duet is so adorable. And whenever she says 'sorry', heh.
Thing is, I think her portrayal of Weir is of a woman with authority [not just *in* authority], the problem is that the writers were always undermining her. Kavanaugh just pissed me off so much when he kept insulting her and she didn't get to defend herself in Intruder. She finally blew up at him, but after he got his licks in and she had no defense. Even in the first ep where they clashed, she threatened him by invoking her position as expedition leader and he laughed in her face. Siege 2/3 dude and Ellis also treated her like she was completely unimportant, as did Helia or whatever that Ancient chick was called in The Return. And Shep! Hot Zone is still a sore point with me, argh. [Though the commentary is hysterical- when Weir refuses to answer him over the radio, the actors are all, 'Ohhh, she's pissed!' And later on, Rainbow's going, 'I have a problem with Weir here- Ford's dying, and she's like, 'No, Sheppard, you can't risk your life, it's not worth it' or words to that effect and it is just the most amusing thing I've heard from him!]
But it seems like the only people that treat her with the respect due her position are the Genii and the Wraith Queen. Sure, they both betrayed our heroes in various eps, but they dealt with her as equals, at least. [Ladon refused to speak to Shep, he insisted on speaking to Weir, hee- he has his priorities straight!]