Some SGA fans thought Rodney was OOC. I enjoyed it anyway, although it would have been nice if Teal'c had more to do, and if Vala and Sam could ever hold a conversation.
Willow: Happy hunting. Buffy: Wish me monsters.
'Beneath You'
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.
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Consuela - Jul 29, 2006 9:11:08 am PDT #9626 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Dana - Jul 29, 2006 11:43:03 am PDT #9627 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Someone posted about how Hewlett had talked about the difference between being Rodney on SG-1 and on SGA. When he's on SG-1, he's a foil rather than a main character, and the writing certainly seems to reflect that. (Personally, I tend to think that he is so cute I could just DIE, so I am not the most objective viewer.)
The shot of both of the casts together in Atlantis' briefing room was just so pretty. God, they're all so gorgeous.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 29, 2006 12:01:37 pm PDT #9628 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
So that's hive ship #10, right? In under two years, about 500-600 humans with three little ships have managed to kill off roughly 1/6 of the Pegasus Galaxy's dominant species.
The Ancients must have been the slowest, most unimaginative tacticians in the history of sentient life.
Zenkitty - Jul 29, 2006 12:04:32 pm PDT #9629 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Has the mythology of the Stargate universe ever explained what happened to the Ancients?
Consuela - Jul 29, 2006 12:34:01 pm PDT #9630 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yup.
The Ancients left the Pegasus Galaxy when they failed to defeat the Wraith, and came back to the Milky Way Galaxy, but they were succumbing to some kind of Ancient Plague. So most of them chose to Ascend.
Zenkitty - Jul 29, 2006 12:59:03 pm PDT #9631 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
So the Ancients are still around, as the Ascended Beings that Daniel hung out with for a while?
Do the Ascended have any opinions about the Ori? I stopped watching about the time the Ori showed up, except I caught a couple episodes for Claudia Black.
Consuela - Jul 29, 2006 1:10:58 pm PDT #9632 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The Ascended fear and hate the Orii. The Orii want to kill them, but the Ascended will do nothing in the human world to help defeat them. Which was made pretty explicit last night--the Ascended woman who gave Daniel some information was punished by the others.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 29, 2006 1:42:01 pm PDT #9633 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
The plague was before the Ancients flew Atlantis from Earth to the Pegasus Galaxy, several million years ago. The remnant that came back @8,000 B.C.E. either merged into human culture or meditated until they ascended.
Interestingly, we got confirmation last night that the Ori only ascended after that last group of Ancients did, not millions of years ago when their two peoples first split. The threat they represent (beyond just being scary religious fanatics) is quite recent, maybe no older than the go'a'ould occupation of Earth.
Dana - Jul 29, 2006 1:44:40 pm PDT #9634 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Heh. Sci-Fi is running the original Stargate movie, and Richard Kind (who played Lucius in last night's SGA) is in it.
ChiKat - Jul 29, 2006 1:45:07 pm PDT #9635 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
The Stargate movie is on Sci-Fi. Mmm...James Spader and Kurt Russell.