Watching 'Prometheus'

[marycrawford]

I was watching Prometheus the other day (the Xena episode that crosses over with Hercules) and I haven't made any screencaps yet, but


marycrawford: now I will watch Iolaus put the moves on Gabrielle
marycrawford: Iolaus walks in, owns Gabrielle with a smirk, and then goes
elynross: well. he really is adorable.
marycrawford: "I'm looking for a friend of mine. He's tall...broad shoulders...big arms...
marycrawford: very handsome..."
* elynross dies.
marycrawford: Gabrielle looks a bit worried now.
* marycrawford adores muchly
marycrawford: big arms! he said that! heeee
marycrawford: "Why are you looking for Hercules?" says Gabrielle.
marycrawford: Iolaus, looking modest:
marycrawford: "I have something he needs."
marycrawford: uh-HUH.
marycrawford: Gabrielle then asks just how well he knows Hercules...
elynross: bwaaaaa!!! "something he needs," I BET.
marycrawford: he looks down when he says it, too. hee hee
marycrawford: I forgot there is then the bit where Xena comes in, who Iolaus has all this history with, of course
marycrawford: and Gabrielle is all shiny-cheerful: "Xena! Guess who he knows!"
marycrawford: Xena, darkly, grabbing her sword tight: "Hercules."
marycrawford: Gabrielle: "Oh, you're so GOOD!"
marycrawford: hee.
marycrawford: I also love that in the very next scene, Gabrielle has already extracted all of the Iolaus/Xena backstory from Xena, the world's most taciturn heroine
marycrawford: oo, look, guys with horns on their heads.
marycrawford: now Iolaus, Herc and Xena are all fighting the hornéd guys together
marycrawford: it takes Iolaus app. three heartbeats to lose his sword on the floor.
marycrawford: is it wrong of me that I really like seeing Iolaus hit people in the face?
marycrawford: this is really a very nice fight sequence. mm.
marycrawford: okay, Xena stamping guys in the groin is fun too.
marycrawford: now we get to the nice bit where Iolaus is hurty and bleeding and decides not to tell anybody
elynross: since when is Iolaus stoic? *g*
marycrawford: which is dumb, but v. heroic
marycrawford: it kind of works here, because he knows he can't heal, and Hercules can't do anything for him
marycrawford: it's kind of cute how Gabrielle and Xena say goodbye versus Hercules and Iolaus
marycrawford: Gabrielle is all tearfully clasping Xena's hand, with Xena looking a bit impatient and saying 'Be brave!'
marycrawford: and Iolaus says goodbye very firmly, with Herc protesting that Iolaus won't die of his wound
marycrawford: and Iolaus says Yeah, but even if I survive -
marycrawford: it's all in the eyes and the firm shoulder clasp. heh.
* marycrawford likes the manly angst! cough.
marycrawford: whoops, Herc, don't let Xena bash you over the head -- too late.
marycrawford: didn't your mom tell you not to trust dark women in leather?
marycrawford: and here is the bit I love
marycrawford: where Gabrielle retells Aristophanes' origins of mankind story
elynross: one into two?
marycrawford: yep
marycrawford: and she's telling it to a dying Iolaus as they wait for Xena and Herc
elynross: awwww.
marycrawford: it's pretty obvious that she's thinking of their other halves :)
* elynross grins.
elynross: what lovely shows.
marycrawford: it's nice because they don't name Plato or anything, it's just a story Gabrielle tells
marycrawford: I like throwaway references like that.
marycrawford: of course, now we get monsters coming from green eggs
marycrawford: just in case we thought it was getting too intellectual.
marycrawford: seriously, guys, cut this scene and get back to the ANGST
marycrawford: oh look, a pterodactyl.
marycrawford: we have a giant immortal in chains, green egg men
marycrawford: and apparently someone thought
marycrawford: what this scene needs? is a PTERODACTYL.
marycrawford: okay, it's there to fill a plot hole, but.
marycrawford: Xena, don't hit the bird that's carrying you in the face.
marycrawford: and now Hercules finally has a sword but still manages to punch people out instead.
elynross: you know, you just don't often have shows like that.
elynross: that need pterodactyls to fill plot holes.
marycrawford: you wonder why!
marycrawford: Xena? do not stab the bird you are sitting on in the neck
* marycrawford sighs
marycrawford: she never learns.
marycrawford: oh, sure, rely on Hercules to catch you. that's cheating!
marycrawford: what if he missed!
marycrawford: okay, see, I almost forgive them for missing the angst moment because Iolaus has such a lovely smile there
marycrawford: but they totally should NOT have missed that moment.
marycrawford: hmf.
marycrawford: wow, Prometheus has impressive thighs.



The angsty moment I'm talking about is of course the one where Gabrielle and Iolaus are waiting in the cave and the torch starts burning again, which, to them, would mean that either Xena or Hercules has just died to free Prometheus.

The writers over at the Iolausian Library had a challenge to write this missing scene, ages ago: I like Melisande's version, which hits all of my angst and h/c needs very nicely. *g*