Stargate

[Reply #440 on:]

So somebody explain to me why the midseason break is twice as long as the postseason break?  That's the part that annoys me.

[Reply #441 on:]

What?
That's rediculous.

 
 
SG-1 and Atlantis?

Damn.

[Reply #442 on:]

nix: because it's basic cable. This way they have less direct competition with major network programming.

[Reply #443 on:]

cuz they just wanna make us wait and salivate for 5 whole freaking months!!!! oh yeah, and it's about the bux!

[Reply #444 on:]

time for another gripe.

Ok, they're collecting Ba'als. They compare their genes and find two of them to be identical. They conclude either the clones are perfect, or these are both clones. If the clones are identical to eachother, wouldn't that mean the cloning process was perfect, i.e., produced no errors? Otherwise the clones, through some fluke, have exactly the same imperfections?

And second of all...

"We'll have to use the ventilation system to distribute the gas, and, you know, it's not really designed for that sort of thing."

...

Your ventilation system was designed for something besides distributing gasses evenly? If there were dead sectors not evenly circulated by the system, you'd think they'd already know about it, what with the need to bring your own oxygen to survive in them....

[Reply #445 on:]

He probably meant with respect to deadly gases not being regualrly used in the system, and not exactly evenly. Sure the oxeygen levels would spread in from other areas and balance out weaker ventilated areas, but they wanted to get em all at once..

I can't believe I'm discussing the SGCs ventilation systems.
+100 Nerd points.

[Reply #446 on:]

Also, I didn't see the episode, but I assume the deadly gas had a different density from normal atmosphere, and therefore might not spread evenly.

Also, watch The Quest on TiVo.  Good, but predictable.  Then again, it's a Grail Quest.  They're all pretty much the same.  I even figured out that

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it would really be a dragon.  I mean, they've really done Clarke's Third Law to death over the course of the series.

[Reply #447 on:]

Anybody believe that

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Ba'al actually knows the name/password?

I don't.

[Reply #448 on:]

Oh, hell no.  That's one of the most transparent bluffs I've seen, next to

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Adria's disguise.

It's fun discussing a show where spoilers are actually applicable.

[Reply #449 on:]

OK, here's the question of the day:

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Now that The Daedelus is no longer needed as a plot device what with the Transgalactic Gate Train in place, what's the over/under on episodes before it is destroyed?

[Reply #450 on:]

Faze & Nerd-o: I suppose; just sounded like an odd thing to say to me. In an enclosed underground base, I'd expect the life support systems to be pretty robust; it seems like isolating the atmosphere of a few sections should be a simple automatic procedure. If it's not, they didn't plan the structure very well. Besides, as quickly as the gas took effect (ba'als collapsed almost instantly when the could touched them), seems they could've carried compressed tanks and just sprayed it, if even circulation was such a problem.

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They were all morons for not suspecting ba'als' treachery in advance; it was incredibly obvious from the minute they captured the second ba'al so effortlessly.

Nix: They'll probably save it for the climax of the Ori arc, which will probably be sometime in the last 3 episodes.

[Reply #451 on:]

Double-post apologies...

Watching "Company of Theives" according to SciFi, "the Odyssey is attacked and siezed by a former of the Lucian alliance, promptiong Mitchell to embark on an undercover mission to reclaim the vessel."

What?

[Reply #452 on:]

You have to remember that the gas may not be exactly the same atomic weight as oxygen which is a comparitively light gas to say a heavy poisonous cloud, plus you have to factor in there is now air current as such. now i'm nerded out!

[Reply #453 on:]

 

Originally posted by Gopher:
Double-post apologies...

Watching "Company of Theives" according to SciFi, "the Odyssey is attacked and siezed by a former of the Lucian alliance, promptiong Mitchell to embark on an undercover mission to reclaim the vessel."

What?

Seems pretty self-explanitory to me.

[Reply #454 on:]

Nix: Yeah, me too. Checked the date, that was the same drunken night I made the whiny, barely-coherent post to the relationships thread, and the completely incoherent response to Gocad in Politics.

I'm not sure if I just stopped writing before I got to my point, or if my point was a drunken figment. All I know for sure is, at the time, I thought it was brilliant and insightful.

[Reply #455 on:]

I hear beer makes you stupid ...

[Reply #456 on:]

The fact that it's the "secret ingredient" to much of O'Neill's cooking (a BBQ, an omlette, "surveillence food" and "food substitute" ) does tend to support your theory.

Finally, I got myself Season 8 on DVD. Now that I've seen Moebius Part One, Part Two makes more sense (thanks to the TV and the Internet, I've only seen about half of Season 8 previously, and they were all sorts of out of order).

Now I have to wait until I have some money so that I can order Atlantis on DVD. So far I've seen smatterings of it, and all that I know is there are some seriously hot aliens out there.

Also, is SG1 Season 9 out on Region 2 DVD yet? I only ask because I can't find it at WH Smith.

[Reply #457 on:]

The box set isn't on Play.com yet but the individual volumes are.

[Reply #458 on:]

Ah. That's what Im waiting for. The box set.

[Reply #459 on:]

SG1 to continue as two direct-to-dvd movies

[Reply #460 on:]

That's great news, but will RDA be returning?

[Reply #461 on:]

He's been back. 

He was in an episode of SG-1 this season, as well as the mid-season finale of Atlantis.

[Reply #462 on:]

Awwww, one of them has time travel... 

[Reply #463 on:]

Ugh. I had a bitter experience with time travel...

But anyway, is that to say he'll be in the DVD movies?

[Reply #464 on:]

Jewel Staite to join SG:Atlantis

[Reply #465 on:]

Great.  They found a way to get me to watch Atlantis.  Hell, I'll probably watch even if she's back in non-cute form.

"The Stargate franchise: A home for unemployed Sci-Fi actors."

[Reply #466 on:]

"And the Deluise family."

Yay! 

[Reply #467 on:]

*gasp*
My Kaylee!!!
*giggles in excitement*

[Reply #468 on:]

 http://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/11/istargate_worldsi_enters_product.shtml
 http://mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm?gameId=242&setView=features&loadFeature=130&bhjs=-1

Unreal 3 Engine!! 
Now I'm really pissed off it's not an FPS. 

[Reply #469 on:]

*bump*
You guys lied to me, Atlantis is back on Canadian TV!

March 07 my ass!

[Reply #470 on:]

It's back on Australian TV too. And I get to see Mitch Pileggi (AKA Walter Skinner from The X Files) as commander of a starship. Wicked cool!

[Reply #471 on:]

So I've heard, and apparently it's available for download through illicit means I would never think of using Gorrammit Tiny Toons, hurry up and finish downloading!

[Reply #472 on:]

Hehehe... 'gorram'...
I only download music.

[Reply #473 on:]

Two good episodes right there.
Hurray! ZPMs for all!

[Reply #474 on:]

Been watching my Season 1 DVDs some more.  Heheh.  Hathor.  I miss her.

[Reply #475 on:]

She reminded me too much of Kathy Griffith.  Now Osiris, there was a goa'uld I'd tap like young Teal'c.

[Reply #476 on:]

Oh yeah.  Jackson certainly has the best taste in future possessed chicks.  Of course, he schtupped Hathor too, but that's a slightly different category.

I always found Hathor hot, though, except for the stupid hairdo.  I will admit, after watching Firefly, that her pheromone schtick seems less cool after you've seen a (more attractive) woman accomplish the same thing with articulation and nakedness.

Watching episodes like "Fire and Water" and "Nox" made me realize just how many times main characters have been killed and/or left for dead.  Damn, but these guys die a lot.

[Reply #477 on:]

 

Originally posted by Nixorbo:
 Now Osiris, there was a goa'uld I'd tap like young Teal'c.

Amen brother.

They need to bring her back in some capacity...

[Reply #478 on:]

Another one bites the dust...

Atlantis Cast Member to Depart

[Reply #479 on:]

Dammit, he's pulling a Shanks early.
But if Kaylee replaces him...
*brain malfunction... gate will not shut down... system error... past the 38 minute window...*
*FazeSplosion!*