Stargate SG-1/Atlantis/Universe

[TheComicbookKid]

Are you watching it for entertainment, or are you writing a dissertation on it?

lol. I like it, but I find it's attempt at being in the Lost/BSG mold lacking on the acting front instead of embracing the strength of the premise.

 

[GhostPoet]

So, what's with the pod that flew off the ship while they were in FTL? At first I thought it was a piece that just broke off...but then it looked like the thrusters were active.

 

[Dr Lee]

it's definitely not just a bit of space junk.... I hope that TPTB don't wait too long before they reveal what it was...

 

[Kahoot]

I wonder where the ship is going? I just realized the tagline for the show is, "Where will Destiny take you?" and it only gave them 12 hours to go through the gate as if there is some sort of rush or deadline.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

lol. I like it, but I find it's attempt at being in the Lost/BSG mold lacking on the acting front instead of embracing the strength of the premise.

So don't think of it that way. Lost and BSG don't have the market cornered on character-driven science fiction anymore than Lost has the market cornered on flashbacks as a narrative device, as C. Lee pointed out.

 

[Paroxysm]

I thought it was a great episode. Too bad Curtis and Palmer are gone.

 

[Kahoot]

I thought it was a great episode. Too bad Curtis and Palmer are gone.

If they aren't back by the end of the season then, and only then, do I think they will be gone for good. If they can MacGyver/SG1 up a DHD they can always somehow gate back to the ship (as long as the writers forget it's moving and so the address is changing)

Or the people on the ship might have to gate to the planet they went to, kill a big bad alien monster and find them like two wild scavengers on the panet.

 

[Paroxysm]

If they aren't back by the end of the season then, and only then, do I think they will be gone for good. If they can MacGyver/SG1 up a DHD they can always somehow gate back to the ship (as long as the writers forget it's moving and so the address is changing)

Or the people on the ship might have to gate to the planet they went to, kill a big bad alien monster and find them like two wild scavengers on the panet.

Yeah who knows what they're going to find on the other side, didn't the Ancients lock that address?

 

[RetroNaz]

I thought it was a great episode. Too bad Curtis and Palmer are gone.

I'm hoping we get a little side story with these two.

Gives us a break from the main troop...could even be played for comedy if they wanted to lighten things up a little.

 

[Kahoot]

Yeah who knows what they're going to find on the other side, didn't the Ancients lock that address?

The address was locked out but they don't know if it was by the Ancients or by the ship. The ship wanted fixed and knew that what was needed was on the planet it sent them to and not the others.

I'm not sure how much AI the ship has but I don't think the Ancients have been out that far. I think they were unmaned ships seeding the galaxys before they went, they did say something along those line in the pilot.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

If they aren't back by the end of the season then, and only then, do I think they will be gone for good. If they can MacGyver/SG1 up a DHD they can always somehow gate back to the ship (as long as the writers forget it's moving and so the address is changing)

Or the people on the ship might have to gate to the planet they went to, kill a big bad alien monster and find them like two wild scavengers on the panet.

Where did they MacGyver up a DHD? Are you talking about the original dialing computer back in the movie/early SG-1?

 

[carrrnuttt]

I'm hoping we get a little side story with these two.

Gives us a break from the main troop...could even be played for comedy if they wanted to lighten things up a little.

Well, at least Curtis has someone to procreate, and "seed" the planet with.

Not half-bad-looking, either: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4280914944/nm1775193

 

[carrrnuttt]

Where did they MacGyver up a DHD? Are you talking about the original dialing computer back in the movie/early SG-1?

There were a few instances where SG1 hooked up a gate to a power source (one of them was even a plant, at one point), and they dialed manually.

It was never done in SG:A. Not that they can, either, since there was no option to spin the gate manually.

 

[Kahoot]

Well, at least Curtis has someone to procreate, and "seed" the planet with.

Not half-bad-looking, either: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4280914944/nm1775193

I really didn't see that eye candy diying/being cut off when I saw the show so that was a bit of a shock when she went through the gate. And then I kinda though Eli was going after them to save them. And he didn't!

We have got the medical woman though aka Black Canary from Smallville, she's really hot.

 

[RetroNaz]

That IS Black Canary!? I thought she was damn familiar...!

 

[Kahoot]

Where did they MacGyver up a DHD? Are you talking about the original dialing computer back in the movie/early SG-1?

There were a few instances where SG1 hooked up a gate to a power source (one of them was even a plant, at one point), and they dialed manually.

It was never done in SG:A. Not that they can, either, since there was no option to spin the gate manually.

Yeah there was the plant one where they let out the planet/world killer who came back as a younger version in a later episode.

There was the one where they went to get the old guy in the deep sea diving gear and the DHD was broken and we found out about the four great races, the Ancients, the Asgard, the Furlings, and the Nox.

I'm sure there were others too.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Oh, right, I remember those instances. I thought you were talking about SGU specifically.

 

[Gilpesh]

The address was locked out but they don't know if it was by the Ancients or by the ship.

Definitely the ship. Because the Destiny is probably going to end up being a smart ship, as there's no one was around to man it, it has to man itself.

Uh oh. That means there's going to be an episode where the ship starts to act increasingly weird like it is trying to kill the crew.... until they realize that one of the crew isn't who they appear to be...

 

[Paroxysm]

I like how the aliens are actually "alien" and not some guy dressed up in a suit. The weird little dust elemental was pretty cool. It seemed to be leading Matt towards the lake bed. Was it causing his visions?

 

[Kahoot]

I thought the dust was gonna suck the water out of the people like it did to the sand and then, it didn't?

 

[Gilpesh]

I thought the dust was gonna suck the water out of the people like it did to the sand and then, it didn't?

It wasn't sucking up the water. It twirled over that mix and changed the color back to clear. Like what they were looking for.

 

[wiegeabo]

It wasn't sucking up the water. It twirled over that mix and changed the color back to clear. Like what they were looking for.

Ah. Nice. I though it had was a water sucker as well. Didn't catch that.

 

[Gilpesh]

Ah. Nice. I though it had was a water sucker as well. Didn't catch that.

Yeah. That's probably why the Destiny was stopping there. Not only did it have what they wanted... but there was helpful 'lifeforms' on the planet.

 

[Superfreak]

Flashbacks have been used in all types of TV shows and movies since they began making them....so saying that any show that uses a flashback is emulating LOST is very shortsighted.

I'm just saying is all, but if I have too, there have been a number of occasions where Lost has been refered to in the show, and by producers. IE. no opening sequence. Stargate has always had an opening sequence, but not now right.

 

[wiegeabo]

Both SG1 and Atlantis went without opening sequences for a while.

Until the fans complained enough that they had to put them back in.