Post by Ahryantah on Mar 12, 2005 23:11:06 GMT -5
This is from a recent episode of Stargate Atlantis.
Background: Dr. Rodney McKay has just spent several hours trying to make a video message to send back to Earth. As his time starts to run out, he begins this:
"That's another sight I'll die without having seen. See, to be fair, when you've traveled as much as I've traveled, you'd think that missing Niagara Falls would be no big deal, but you know what? It gnaws at you. A lot of movies I wish I'd seen and won't see now. Never saw Grease, even though I had a thing for Olivia Newton-John when I was a kid. Always wanted to Ghandi. Only saw the first half of The Sixth Sense--always wondered how that ended . . . my sister. Ford, if you cut everything else, just keep this part, okay? Jeannie? This is your brother, Rodney . . . obviously. I want to say . . . I want to say something. Uh, family is important. I've come to realize that because the people here have become a sort of of a . . . kind of a surrogate family to me. Now, I know what you're thinking: I've never really been the poster child for that kind of sentiment, but when one's contemplating one's own demise, one tends to see things more clearly. I really do wish you the best, you know, and I'm sorry we weren't closer. Perhaps . . . if by chance I make it out of this, perhaps one day we can be, and I would like that. (He pauses for a moment) Now, if there's time I'd like to go back to . . . the subject of leadership.
(At this point the tape runs out)
Background: Dr. Rodney McKay has just spent several hours trying to make a video message to send back to Earth. As his time starts to run out, he begins this:
"That's another sight I'll die without having seen. See, to be fair, when you've traveled as much as I've traveled, you'd think that missing Niagara Falls would be no big deal, but you know what? It gnaws at you. A lot of movies I wish I'd seen and won't see now. Never saw Grease, even though I had a thing for Olivia Newton-John when I was a kid. Always wanted to Ghandi. Only saw the first half of The Sixth Sense--always wondered how that ended . . . my sister. Ford, if you cut everything else, just keep this part, okay? Jeannie? This is your brother, Rodney . . . obviously. I want to say . . . I want to say something. Uh, family is important. I've come to realize that because the people here have become a sort of of a . . . kind of a surrogate family to me. Now, I know what you're thinking: I've never really been the poster child for that kind of sentiment, but when one's contemplating one's own demise, one tends to see things more clearly. I really do wish you the best, you know, and I'm sorry we weren't closer. Perhaps . . . if by chance I make it out of this, perhaps one day we can be, and I would like that. (He pauses for a moment) Now, if there's time I'd like to go back to . . . the subject of leadership.
(At this point the tape runs out)
