It makes no sense that Lucius was able to have someone with the ATA gene activate the shield and then give it to him. Or that he was able to take it/turn it on and off. Or that he was able to EAT through it.

Oh, God. Lucius was irritating. But the thing that pissed me off the most was the complete waste of one of the most interesting villains in the SGA-verse. Kolyla deserved a better fate than this.

I figured if the could breathe through it, there was some sort of penetration loophole. In my head it was about the velocity/momentum of what was going through it, but I didn't give it much thought.

I paid more attention to this than I did to the baby fish whale which lost me early on, but I didn't get much out of it.

I guess the argument could be made that the person Lucious got to turn it on and a stronger gene that Rodney and so was able to use the power shield in ways that Rodney hadn't. And that if John had used the first one he could have eaten, etc. But I think that's pushing it.

The other thing that bothered me is Lucious "purusing" SGA records -- not Atlantis records, which I assume he could get to if he knew Ancinet, but actual SGA mission reports, etc. That's incredibly lax security on the part of Weir, Shepherd, etc.

I figured if the could breathe through it, there was some sort of penetration loophole.

Rodney could breathe through it, but he couldn't eat or drink through it. Nor could he reach through the shield to physically turn it off. There was a mental component, and Lucius doesn't have the fucking ATA gene.

This is clearly one of those places where the senses of humor of the SG staff (men) diverge from a large part of their viewing audience. I have the same kind of severe mental disconnect I had when I was listening to the commentary for "Critical Mass", and Andy Mikita referred to the episode, in all seriousness, as "a fan favorite."

This is clearly one of those places where the senses of humor of the SG staff (men) diverge from a large part of their viewing audience.

Are we a large part of the viewing audience? Even on the Sci Fi channel I felt that me and the people I know were not that representative.

Okay, maybe I should ask who "we" are--is it women you mean?

I was not particularly thrilled with either of the SGs. If I never see another alternate universe or slimy person using technology to wow stupid villagers episode again, it will be too soon. It also leads me to pondering why all these villagers have stuck with medieval technology for thousands of years, something that is better not pondered if I want to enjoy SG.

Media fandom, specifically the people I interact with on LJ and here. Apparently when Mikita referred to "fans", he meant "people at Gateworld." And I don't go to Gateworld, but I've been told those fans are mostly male. And they don't like Rodney so much (crazy talk!).

That's incredibly lax security on the part of Weir, Shepherd, etc.

Did that happen in this episode, or was it referring back to unseen events in "Irresistable"? Because in that Weir (and Rodney, and most everyone else) was under Lucius' control and Sheppard spent much of the time either away or confined. All sorts of security protocols got compromised, beginning with Carson bringing him to Atlantis in the first place.

When I got to the part where Richard Kind appeared Friday night I immediately muted my TV and fell asleep. It was as if my brain opted for unconsciousness as the best hope of self-preservation.

I'll hand-wave that the personal shield that Rodney found and wore in Atlantis was a primitive prototype, and the one that Lucius turned up had more of the bugs worked out.

On the rest, I got nuthin'.