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Stargate Atlantis Tomorrow
BadDream writes "I read an old slashdot article about Stargate Atlantis comming this summer. Well its summer, and guess what starts this friday." You can also enter to win a walk-on role on SG1, but I call first dibs, no cuts.
I've never gotten into watching SG-1 (although it comes highly recomended) but have meant to.
::crosses fingers::
This looks like a great place to pick up the series, but i have to ask all you SG-1 fans... how friendly do you think Atlantis will be towards new viewers?
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Oh man that commercial for winning the chance where that guy walked up to audition then ran for the stargate & was tackled by security had me rolling. He stole my idea!
It had me thinking of an Ask Slashdot question: what would you do if you won the Stargate walk-on drawing? Obviously, they're not giving some random fanboy/girl off the street a talking part, but is there something you could do to make the director's job easier? Keep your mouth shut, or be knowledgable about the show and its premise? Walk on, walk off, say goodbye... or be noticable in the scene? What could a fan of the show, given the opportunity to be ON the show, do to make the show better?
Stressed? Me? Of course not. Stress is what a rubber band feels before it breaks, silly.
Do not hit golf balls through the Stargate.
Ah, one of my favorite episodes ever. I'm a little disappointed that they never used Jack O'Neill's and Teal'c knowledge of the ancient language again. They reached the point that they knew it better than Danny boy, after all, since they were effectively the ones who translated the inscriptions.
I've been patiently waiting for Mr. Jackson to start struggling with a translation and Jack walk up and say "No, that's 'keep your arms and legs inside the tram car while gating'" then look over to Teal'c for his confirmation, where he'd get the little head nod and "indeed."
But thats just me :^D
You are in a maze of twisted little posts, all alike.
My wife and I are both SG-1 fans and when we saw that commercial we ended up laughing our asses off.
I also liked the people who do the flips across the stage and carter and teal'c flip the pads over to show 10's.
On a side note, did anybody else notice that in the "pumper" for "New Order" they stated that "Finally the replicators will be destroyed". Needless to say, not only did the replicators get away, but it looks as though they've become even more distructive since it looks as though they've become self aware. However, one thing that I've really liked is that SG-1 never fully puts a plot string to rest so they've got enough material for easily 10 spin offs.
Yes Francis, the world has gone crazy.
I'm going to go with crazyaxemaniac here; you can't learn a language just by doing one translation. Even the first time I saw it, I knew that when Jack corrects Daniel, he was just shortcircuiting to a decision Daniel eventually came too; odds are Jack heard it a couple of times before remembering.
SG-1 does a pretty good job of this overall. It's not perfect (most recent pet peeve: A planet rich in neutronium... yeah, sure!), but only a masochist still expects perfection from a TV series. It does as well as or better than can be expected.
Evidence: I frequently disagree with people's nitpicks, even the "scientific" ones. The Stargate writers actually know more science (even the real stuff!) than many of their fans! This is in stark contrast to Star Trek, the Golden Standard of Shittiness, which actually and literally destroys and inhibits scientific understanding. (If you think Star Trek is at all realistic, you don't know anything about science.)
Was anybody else bothered by the fact that Dr. Elizabeth Weir was played at the end of the 7th season by a different actress? All the character development was done by Jessica Steen, who did a bang up job with a hard role to play, so much so that a lot of us were really looking forward to seeing her in SG:A. Now they bring in a replacement, Torri Higginson, who looks and acts nothing like Jessica Steen. I don't know the reasons behind it, but they should have cast somebody in the first place they were happy with and wanted the role. Having the actress swap created major cognitive dissonance for me watching the 8th season opener - from a purely aesthetic perspective, I could barely stand to watch Higginson, she didn't play the same character at all that Steen played.
Anyway, I don't mean to sound like a fanboy bitch, I'm not a nutcase zealot about this stuff. I just think this issue was not handled well by the show producers. Maybe I am noticing it in particular because they usually handle these kinds of things so well on SG1 that it's one of the few sci-fi shows that I find easy to achieve suspension of disbelief with. Please, SG1 production team, don't do this to us again. I just hope going into SG:A that Higginson does a better job developing this character, or I don't know how I'll be able to watch the show.
As it is, I'm desperately afraid that Teal'c with a fuzzy head and O'Neill in charge of SGC is going to fundamentally change the 8th season for the worse. Come on guys, remember what happened when you tried to kill off Michael Shanks? Did anybody like that season?
Alright, now I've gotten this off my chest. I hope Season 8 is as good as SG1 has generally been and I hope that SG:A doesn't sully the name with a crappy spinoff.
[Asbestous suit]
Jesus would be an interesting character to do. Look at the old testament, lots to pick from there... fall from Paradise (forbidden knowledge about the Gau'ould), destroying whole cities (Sodoma and Gomorra), tower of Babel (slaves uniting and revolting?). Sounds like the work of a Gau'ould to me. From afar, he played with them like toys. Oh and don't forget the chosen people with Abraham. Particular breed of human hosts?
Then something big happened. Make up a good story. Senile like Lord Hu, had a "religious experience", touched by the Ancients, take your pick. Or better yet, Jesus is the human host after the parasite died. He still commands the Gau'ould devices to perform "miracles", but is the good guy. He regrets all that has been done in the past, and tries to take on all human sin as absolution.
Of course, you're about to screw up the whole trinity thing (with the Holy Ghost being some Gau'ould magic), rewrite the Bible since Creation, claim that neither "God" nor Jesus is of the divine, that Christianity is worshipping an evil alien and a plain human and that the Jews are equally wrong too. Oh, and the muslims will be pissed already, since they claim to decend from Abraham too. Any more we could piss off?
[Keeping asbestous suit on]
Live today, because you never know what tomorrow brings
What are you doing leaving the house? Don't they have midwives where you live?
While your wife is in labour, go to amazon and order "Immaculate Deception", read it while she is recovering from her cesarean (up to 40% rate in some hospitals) and wonder why you ever went to the hospital in the first place.
That book changed my whole outlook on pregnancy and birth in America, and opened my eyes to just how backwards this country is in that respect.
Sorry to sound preachy.. my wife has had all 3 of our children at home with a midwife and I just cannot see any other way to do it.
Hehe. Okay, you got me. I can't help but reply to this. I've been an avid science fiction reader for over 15 years. In my opinion, Firefly is easily the best science fiction that's ever been on tv, and it rivals anything that's ever been in cinema.
The "western in space" thing is an unfortunate quote from Joss Whedon, the creator, that people like you have been taking him to task for ever since. Here's the thing: every science fiction show you can name is a western in space. The difference is, Firefly was more honest about it. They all have gunslinging, kidnapping, gang leaders, etc. Joss was smart enough to realize that and built a really original show.
In terms of SF literature, there's not a whole lot I would call original in the show. In terms of tv SF, it breaks all kinds of new ground, for example in its depiction of the space scenes. There's no sound in space, objects have inertia. The science is nearly perfect, every time, and Joss doesn't assume you're dumb and need to have everything spelled out for you..
For instance (SPOILER), the captain defeats a certain villian by standing on the hull of his ship and pushing him off course, so the villian can't spacewalk to his ship. No guns, no knife battle. And the great thing is, Joss didn't feel the need to explain the physics of the thing to us like we were idiots. He just assumes that we're smart.
If you are an SF fan (especially SF lit), forget about the "western in space" canard, and watch it for yourself. There are only about 13 episodes, it won't kill you. You might just find that it's the show you've been looking for all these years.
WWJD? JWRTFA!