Matt, that sounds more or less accurate to me, although we get into the "why? what? why?" of the "communications device" body-switching thing.
I hate to break it to you, oh impotent one, but you're not the big bad anymore, you're not even the kind of naughty.
Xander ,'Showtime'
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.
DebetEsse - Aug 01, 2005 12:04:46 pm PDT #2678 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 01, 2005 1:23:07 pm PDT #2679 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
t fanwank That galaxy is SO far away that even with functional ZPMs it wasn't practical to keep lines of travel open via stargates and FTL drive ships. Some Ancient devised a way to transmit whole minds through subspace at a much lower energy cost, thus making continued communication possible. Later, the Ori ascension research succeeded and they had a falling out with their fellow ascended Ancients. They could now easily power intergalactic stargates by force of will, but the Ancients put up a big Somebody Else's Problem field around the Milky Way to keep the preachy cousins from finding it again. The Ori get distracted sucking all the fun out of the non-ascended humans in their own neighborhood and forget about their ancestral homeland until Daniel and Vala pop up to remind them. t /fanwank
Betsy HP - Aug 01, 2005 1:29:59 pm PDT #2680 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Hallowed are the Fanwank.
DebetEsse - Aug 01, 2005 1:34:25 pm PDT #2681 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
That's a nice wank. I don't get the "why" of keeping communications open between the galaxies, but am willing to be convinced.
There are lots of things I don't really get about the Ancients.
And Ori is a stupid spelling. Even Orii would be better.
DXMachina - Aug 01, 2005 1:36:09 pm PDT #2682 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I assumed it was Aurii. Ori is a stupid spelling.
DebetEsse - Aug 01, 2005 1:38:00 pm PDT #2683 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
That's what scifi.com says.
DXMachina - Aug 01, 2005 1:44:18 pm PDT #2684 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Stoopid web site.
Betsy HP - Aug 01, 2005 1:56:31 pm PDT #2685 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I thought it was Aurae, which is actually plausible Latin. I think.
Katie M - Aug 01, 2005 2:02:27 pm PDT #2686 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
I go by Gateworld's spelling, on the theory that you've gotta run with someone, and they're going with Ori. So I'm sticking with that until proven otherwise.
At least there isn't an apostrophe.
Betsy HP - Aug 01, 2005 2:19:21 pm PDT #2687 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Hee. [link]