eta: Speaking of SG1--the replicators, right? But they were also bent on destroying their templates, not living among them.
The Atlantis versions are all into becoming the Ancients, though.
Does anybody else miss the Mayor? 'I just want to be a big snake.'
Xander ,'End of Days'
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Katie M - Nov 16, 2006 9:39:31 am PST #3711 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
§ ita § - Nov 16, 2006 9:40:20 am PST #3712 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The SGA replicators confuse the fuck out of me, and I try not to think about them too much.
Jessica - Nov 16, 2006 9:41:51 am PST #3713 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
He's all about external rules. I get miffed when internal ones get frelled.
Absolutely. Good writing and internal consistency can overcome almost any annoying cliche. (Which Firefox keeps wanting to correct to cloche.)
Dana - Nov 16, 2006 9:42:19 am PST #3714 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I totally buy that replicators created by the Ancients would think that becoming an Ancient is the best thing ever. I mean, these are the Ancients we're talking about.
Katie M - Nov 16, 2006 9:51:49 am PST #3715 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 totally buy that replicators created by the Ancients would think that becoming an Ancient is the best thing ever. I mean, these are the Ancients we're talking about.
Hee. Yeah, okay, good point.
DXMachina - Nov 16, 2006 9:55:03 am PST #3716 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I've always kind of thought they should be moving away from it, all "huh, you know, this thing never brings us anything but trouble. Let's try living a couple days' walk away!"
For me it's that they should be moving away because of simple population pressure. Humans breed like rabbits.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 16, 2006 10:01:07 am PST #3717 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
I totally buy that replicators created by the Ancients would think that becoming an Ancient is the best thing ever. I mean, these are the Ancients we're talking about.
I can only buy it if they never actually met any Ancients before settling on that ambition. People might as well have flashing neon "HUBRIS" signs as headgear.
Dana - Nov 16, 2006 10:04:06 am PST #3718 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, that's my point. Not that the Ancients are super-cool, but that the Ancients themselves think they're super-cool. Of course any artificial life they created would have that same belief.
Strega - Nov 16, 2006 10:41:56 am PST #3719 of 10001
...Y'all don't think the whole thing might be a little tongue in cheek?
On a side note, if an alien can reproduce human speech, is mentally capable of doing so, and bothers to learn English, it’s going to speak in Received Pronunciation, aka the King’s English. Why would an alien learn a provincial dialect like American English? They’d speak it correctly. All aliens should sound like Hugh Grant.
§ ita § - Nov 16, 2006 10:58:22 am PST #3720 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Y'all don't think the whole thing might be a little tongue in cheek?
Not judging from his defensiveness in the comments, no. I'll give him the RP as not being serious (at least, I hope so), but the rest seems to be backed by conviction.