I haven't been critcizing Myriam herself for the weapons pod scenes, but rather I've criticizing the weapons pod interface itself, and how it was used. Who knows how much of that was scripted, and she was told to do exactly what she was doing? We could tell only if we saw the script and heard the direction she was given. We'll never be privy to this info., but that doesn't really matter. What's done is done. Water under the bridge. What matters is what they do next.
To me, the intense close-ups (headshots) and the scream of the mine destroying scene were way over the top, but maybe it was scripted that way. I tell you, I just watched "Voices of Authority" and it looked like art next to some of TLaDiS.
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Recoil: "Lets face it, bottom line, whether or not you liked the pod scenes themselves, she FOUGHT well in them. I think this bodes EXTREMELY well for her character in the Rangers series. You gotta admit, you know Sarah Cantrell will be one tough Ranger in the fight scenes and kick ass better with the best of them."
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We've yet to see her in a real, "physical" (ala David vs.Tannier) fight scene. She's got to keep a rein on that temper. The scene where David held her back would have come off better for Myriam if we'd seen her as an expert martial arts fighter before this scene.