Not that I watched the episode, but my (very minor) experience has been that people do less panicking in stress situations than you'd think, as long as they have someone giving direction.
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tavella - Nov 12, 2007 6:35:03 am PST #8306 of 10001
There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.
Jessica - Nov 12, 2007 6:35:26 am PST #8307 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I mean, if Baltar's in a position to save the day, everyone else has really fallen down on the job.
HAHAHAHAHA. So very, very true.
sumi - Nov 12, 2007 6:35:52 am PST #8308 of 10001
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tavella, that was the point: the guy who was supposed to command couldn't. Which is why they fragged him. And by "they" I mean Baltar.
Or were you talking about SGA?
Jessica - Nov 12, 2007 6:39:38 am PST #8309 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'd also argue that Baltar shooting Crashdown wasn't a case of him being all manly and self-controlled while everyone else fell to pieces, but of him freaking out in a different direction than the rest of the group. Normal people freak out and aim guns at people. Baltar freaks out and actually shoots them. That it turned out to be the helpful and pragmatic thing to do was more or less a coincidence.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 12, 2007 6:47:54 am PST #8310 of 10001
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Not that I watched the episode, but my (very minor) experience has been that people do less panicking in stress situations than you'd think, as long as they have someone giving direction.
Amen. I have no illusions about not being in over my head if attacked by raging hordes of Warrant video extrasberserkers, but you'd better believe if I were in that sort of situation along with a shining pillar of tactical competence like Teyla who wasn't in over her head, all my instincts would flip over to Shut the Hell Up and Do Whatever She Tells Me To.
Fay - Nov 12, 2007 6:50:10 am PST #8311 of 10001
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I mean, if Baltar's in a position to save the day, everyone else has really fallen down on the job.
Okay, now that cracked my shit up.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 12, 2007 7:08:14 am PST #8312 of 10001
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WindSparrow - Nov 12, 2007 7:31:14 am PST #8313 of 10001
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A couple of scientists got their ass kicked by the Wraith in "The Defiant One."
Haven't seen that ep. but I don't think that precludes them having had a modicum of self-defense training. Are the Wraith supposed to be cream-puffs, or were those scientists shown to have a lower level of fighting skill than I have?
As for the examples of Rodney and Daniel - they at least have been shown to be such experts in their fields that they were worth putting on a team, even with the lack. I'm not convinced that Keller is. Daniel may not have been able to fight, but I do not recall him habitually panicking, let alone giving their position away by screaming. Part of being a doctor is learning to have a cool head, so this:
if I were in that sort of situation along with a shining pillar of tactical competence like Teyla who wasn't in over her head, all my instincts would flip over to Shut the Hell Up and Do Whatever She Tells Me To.would be the behavior one expects of a doctor with few survival/combat skills. So now I guess I'm wondering if Keller is supposed to have the vapors by character or if that was poorly-thought-through lazy-writer shorthand for "not prepared and out of her element". And now I'm flashing on Jessica Rabbit saying, "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way."
Dana - Nov 12, 2007 7:42:22 am PST #8314 of 10001
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Daniel may not have been able to fight, but I do not recall him habitually panicking, let alone giving their position away by screaming.
No. He probably would have stood up and tried to bargain with the natives.
Ailleann - Nov 12, 2007 7:46:24 am PST #8315 of 10001
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I mean, did Daniel carry a gun at the beginning of SG-1?
He carried weapons almost from the get-go, IIRC, but his competence, and more to the point comfortability, came later. It took a couple of seasons for "omg they're shooting at me, oh wait, I have a gun too!" to turn into actual tactics and ability with a firearm.
and then Baltar actually shot Crashdown. Because he's a doer.
This just made me laugh and laugh.
I think my first thought on Keller's mission was... ok, so we're going to see the Athosians. We don't even bring one Marine? I know we're at peace with them and all that, but... they're clearly not living on the original Lantean mainland (did they move at some point and I forgot?), but on another planet with a Stargate, and therefore not under the protection of SGA, so... why not take a little precaution against the possibility that one of our many enemies might show up? (It's like they don't even watch their own show!)