I'll try and see if I can find the lj entry when I get home.
Or maybe you could just be Buffy, he'll see your amazing heart, and he'll fall in love with you.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
Boxed Set, Vol. II: "It's a Cookbook...A Cookbook!!"
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
askye - Jul 18, 2005 4:58:54 am PDT #2092 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Jessica - Jul 18, 2005 5:03:07 am PDT #2093 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
BSG is my favorite show on TV right now, hands down. The Stargates seem fun enough, but I don't think I'd be watching them if they weren't packaged in a 3-hour chunk with BSG.
The problem is, if you actually blew up Atlantis, there should be scads of irradiated pieces, the lack of which you'd think the Wraith would notice.
This being my first episode, I just assumed that the Wraith were that dumb. And quick decision-makers, too -- they didn't even have one ship stay behind to see if there was anything in the rubble worth checking out?
DXMachina - Jul 18, 2005 5:14:09 am PDT #2094 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
This being my first episode, I just assumed that the Wraith were that dumb.
I seem to remember an interview early on with one of the producers (probably in the back stage special that preceded the first SGA) where he said they wanted a more powerful opponent than anything Earth had faced, but they had to balance off the power by having them be kind of clueless.
tommyrot - Jul 18, 2005 5:14:56 am PDT #2095 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
If the nuke was designed as a clean bomb and there wasn't much in the atmosphere to irradiate, you'd get a big burst of gamma rays and heat, which I assume were taken care of by the shields, which amazingly seem to only let in visible light and air. The heat wouldn't linger that long, as long as there was nothing to burn. The ocean might well be boiling, though. The problem is, if you actually blew up Atlantis, there should be scads of irradiated pieces, the lack of which you'd think the Wraith would notice.
Yeah, a nuclear bomb that impactst the earth before exploding is going to produce much more fallout, because of all the irradiated dirt it sends into the sky.
tommyrot - Jul 18, 2005 5:15:44 am PDT #2096 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
he said they wanted a more powerful opponent than anything Earth had faced, but they had to balance off the power by having them be kind of clueless.
Sorta like the Bush administration?
DXMachina - Jul 18, 2005 5:16:39 am PDT #2097 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Perzactly.
Vonnie K - Jul 18, 2005 5:46:24 am PDT #2098 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Does The 4400 talk go here or to Natter? It seems Sci-Fi-ish enough to fit this thread.
§ ita § - Jul 18, 2005 5:50:32 am PDT #2099 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think it fits the profile, what with the mental powers and the time travel.
I really liked last night's episode, and I didn't expect to, from the previews. But I was a stone shipper by the end of the 42 minutes.
Jessica - Jul 18, 2005 5:51:28 am PDT #2100 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I heard last night's was really good, but I haven't watched it yet. (Not that anyone should worry about spoiling me.)
Vonnie K - Jul 18, 2005 6:01:32 am PDT #2101 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Oh, good. I get lost in the Natter.
I loved last night's episode. I thought it would be all about wacky hijinks from the preview as well, and ended up being pleasantly surprised at the twistyness of the plot and getting emotionally invested to boot. The only thing I've seen Karin Lombard in was Wide Sargasso Sea where I thought her exotically beautiful but impenetrable, but I thought she was quite good here, and engaging.
The writer for the episode was Ira somebody--sounded familiar. I think he wrote for DS9, but doubtless recruited by Rene E-whathisface, you know, one of the main DS9 writers whose name I can't be arsed to google. Yay for old DS9 folks finding work, what with Ron Moore at BSG and the whole The 4400 gang.
A propos of nothing, I have to say, I love, love, LOVE the 4400 commercial with Maia, especially the one with the fireflies. It never fails to make me smile.