Stargate SG-1/Atlantis/Universe

[TheCorpulent1]

Who said anyone wanted the Destiny? They wanted to know what the 9th chevron led to. It just happened to be the Destiny, and now everyone's trapped there. As far as I can tell, Rush is the only one still obsessed with it. Everyone else just wants to get the hell home.

 

[Gilpesh]

The SGC team doesn't want the Destiny. But... that little ship at the end. Does someone else want it, and why?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Oh, who knows? The Atlantis civilizations were kept so crappy by the Wraith that they'd want a lawnmower if they saw one. Maybe there's a similar case here: out in wherever the hell the Destiny is, it's basically the best anyone can find.

 

[Gilpesh]

It's a damn shame the state of the universe today. Can't get the good ships like they used to, got that right. They just don't make them that way anymore. [/old grumpy Ancient]

 

[TheCorpulent1]

They're probably laughing at the SGU gang from their ascended energy Heaven.

The bastards.

 

[wiegeabo]

it could be that Destiny escape from whatever attacked it and did so much damage to it. The enemy didn't want to destroy it, but capture it, so just before it jumped into hyperspace, they landed a probe on it to let them know the next time Destiny went active.

 

[Gilpesh]

They're probably laughing at the SGU gang from their ascended energy Heaven.

The bastards.

No. They're clearly at Der Wafflehaus... having waffles.

 

[wiegeabo]

That's what I'd do with omnipotence.

 

[zanos]

After seeing the preview for next weeks episode I'm beginning to get a bad feeling about the course this show is taking. Every ep is so lame.

 

[Gilpesh]

That's what I'd do with omnipotence.

That's actually where they get the omnipotence also!

After seeing the preview for next weeks episode I'm beginning to get a bad feeling about the course this show is taking. Every ep is so lame.

Yeah. I hope the ship is back in working order (not mint or at 100%) soon or I start yelling at the television about them stopping at a Universal Midas. Cause they shouldn't keep doing, "Oh noes, the ship is breaking," for too long.

 

[LadyVader]

It's kind of weird to have a show based entirely on the notion that they'll never be in complete control of the ship.

 

[wiegeabo]

How in the world are they going to fix the ship with no tools or spare equipment?

I was thinking that, in the beginning, they'd use the ship to find what they need for successive levels of survival.

First priority is air.
Next water.
Then food.
And always looking energy to keep things going.
And then occasional stops along the way to replenish why they look for a way home.

I really hope the ship takes a long time to repair, but that they keep making progress. One problem with Atlantis is that they made things easy too soon. By the end of the first season, they were facing supply and ammunition shortages, and the Wraith were on their asses. But instead of going with this idea and making things really desperate and dramatic, the marines show up and they suddenly have a constant connection with Earth (by gate or ship). It only took one season for them to give up on one of the main selling points of the show: isolation from help.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

it could be that Destiny escape from whatever attacked it and did so much damage to it. The enemy didn't want to destroy it, but capture it, so just before it jumped into hyperspace, they landed a probe on it to let them know the next time Destiny went active.

But it's an automated ship. Technically, it's always active.

 

[wiegeabo]

But it's an automated ship. Technically, it's always active.

But it was dormant before they dialed the gate.

I don't know why it would stay attached through one hyperspace jump and not the second, unless maybe it was damaged too?

 

[BlackLantern]

the Destiny looks like a penis

 

[TheCorpulent1]

So do like 90% of the other sci fi spaceships out there. Hell, the actual space shuttle looks like a penis, too. It's an aerodynamic design.

 

[BlackLantern]

I think Rush is an Ancient who got kicked out of Ascended Land

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I think Rush is obsessed with his research as a means of compensating for the loss of his wife, which kind of makes me sad because it's so clichéd.

 

[Gilpesh]

But it's an automated ship. Technically, it's always active.

I see what he means. If some outside force was trying to get in... and couldn't because of the force fields. Left a probe on it to see if activity on the inside ever starts up again. Because they couldn't get in the force way earlier... now they have people inside it, which gives them a better in.

I think Rush is an Ancient who got kicked out of Ascended Land

I like this idea. That issue is big enough to excuse how crazy-pants he is over everything.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Really? People think that needs explaining? Dude's a high-strung academic who's probably worked his ass off to elevate himself beyond his humble beginnings and earn others' respect, which nobody is willing to give him at this point. That's not reason enough for him to be crazy-pants over stuff?

 

[BlackLantern]

there is obsessed and then there is crazy as balls about something...Rush is the latter and I really wonder why

 

[Gilpesh]

Really? People think that needs explaining? Dude's a high-strung academic who's probably worked his ass off to elevate himself beyond his humble beginnings and earn others' respect, which nobody is willing to give him at this point. That's not reason enough for him to be crazy-pants over stuff?

It doesn't need explaining... I just want it to be more than the cliche version of scientist going nuts.

 

[RetroNaz]

I'm really hoping that the series Big Bad is on that shuttle that escaped at the end of the show...

To address another point that was brought up before about not being able to attach yourself to a character yet: whether intentional or not, I like this. It adds to the chaotic, confused state that all of the characters are currently going through. Makes me feel like I'm deep in the ***t with them.

Having said that, once the supply issues are sorted out, and there is a sense of survival working, I would like to see some good character work to make one or two of these people the likable moral center of the show.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I thought that was already Eli. We're supposed to relate to him because of his silly pop-culture references and his sense of being totally overwhelmed by stuff everyone else is already sort of used to.

 

[GL1]

I like this show... I don't know why yet... maybe it is the mystery... honestly, the ship leaving the Destiny really highlighted how vast the ship is. It's not only possible that someone was on the ship and left them, it's possible that there are other people on the ship currently.

I'm not sure the ship maintaining gates while warping is a matter of capability rather than a matter of programming and purpose. It's possible that it was supposed to accept communications from earth, or uniquely capable of doing so due to the ship's overall purpose.