Spirits (213)

GateWorld · #1 April 28th, 2004, 12:03 AM

DISCUSS ...
SPIRITS
EPISODE NUMBER - 213

SG-1 finds a planet inhabited by Native American Indians, protected by spirits who are actually advanced alien shapeshifters.

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SeaBee · #2 May 24th, 2004, 06:00 PM

I like this ep., if only for the laid back natives, especially Tonane.

KokiriChild · #3 June 4th, 2004, 07:15 PM

Yeah, I liked this episode - paticularly as it explored the concept of guardian spirits and their effects on the way of life the people have... ok, so I'm a huge geek - who cares?

Elwe Singollo · #4 June 4th, 2004, 10:49 PM

This episode made me say 'eww', their faces, or to be more specific, their nose area was just... sickening, i liked it though, hahah... i'm such a freak right now, maybe i'll stop drinking drpepper right now

Anubis · #5 June 5th, 2004, 04:41 AM

littlemigueljr, I've noticed you getting a little hyper around the boards in the past two or three days. Maybe you should lay of Dr Pepper! lol

A good episode, but I thought it was strange and could have been better!

Roatbaum · #6 June 5th, 2004, 05:17 AM

Hello, first time in this forum. I really liked this episode, Tonane was so cool, and as usual The Guys did the right thing, Daniel was so cute in the store room showing the toilet paper to Tonane. It was one of my favorites But I would be hard pressed to come up with one I didn't love.

KokiriChild · #7 June 5th, 2004, 05:21 AM

Cool, I know what you mean - oh, and welcome - Be sure to come say Hi to us all in off-topic chatter, there's a thread for new members ^_^

Mr Prophet · #8 June 5th, 2004, 06:56 AM

It was a bit of a white guilt sledgehammer though, wasn't it; like someone smacking you round the head with a placard that read: "exploiting the natives is bad!"

bcmilco · #9 June 5th, 2004, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Prophet

It was a bit of a white guilt sledgehammer though, wasn't it; like someone smacking you round the head with a placard that read: "exploiting the natives is bad!"

Yes it was, and I think the other message was don't destroy the natual resourses of this or any planet... hmmm wonder if RDA made any suggestions on the script

Mr Prophet · #10 June 5th, 2004, 04:28 PM

There was a lot of this in early SG-1. One of the problems with Enemy Mine was that it was a bit of a revisiting of this not-too subtle moralising.

KorbenDirewolf · #11 June 6th, 2004, 06:34 PM

Ahh c'mon.. The whole indigenous peoples' rights thing has to keep coming up.. We're dealing with humans here.

Especially the Tauri. Remember the Armenians? The various African tribes? The various North and South American groups? Tibet? I could keep going for a while...

Mr Prophet · #12 June 7th, 2004, 08:38 AM

Yes; and this is more or less the point. I do remember. Most people remember. We can get ahold of the issue without having to have someone jumping up every five minutes to go: "Look! They're native Americans! It's allegorical you fools!"

KorbenDirewolf · #13 June 7th, 2004, 12:30 PM

If most people remembered, then it wouldn't be an issue.

Selmak · #14 July 10th, 2004, 10:27 PM

Finally natives that don't want to kill people.

Selmak · #15 July 15th, 2004, 08:23 PM

Those spirt alien things were ugly.

Bagpuss · #16 July 23rd, 2004, 10:58 AM

This was,IMO,one of the more quirky eps in Season 2 .
I liked Sam getting command because of Jack's injury. I loved Tonane and his people.Despite their appearance,I admired the Aliens and their shape-shifting ability,as they obviously cared deeply for the tribe .
Usually,I get bored with "moral message" plots in shows,but I really enjoyed this episode .

Selmak · #17 July 26th, 2004, 08:37 PM

I like how the aliens in SG-1 are really alien... not a human with an f***ed up forehead and pointy ears.

Major Fischer · #18 August 17th, 2004, 12:51 AM

I like some of the concepts in this epsiode, but find myself cringing at the level of 'moral' lessons that it attempts to teach. Someone earlier in the thred mentions a sledgehammer... and that's what it feels like to me every time I see it.

Asgard Buddy · #19 August 17th, 2004, 10:44 AM

I just saw in a behind the scenes extra on the DVDs that they had to use a dog instead of a wolf. (Duh

) So that means they had to tie the dog's tail down because wolf tails don't stand up like dog tails do. And this poor dog they got wouldn't respond to anything. All he did was walk around panting. I think they said it was one of the producers finally got the dog to respond by doing something really weird in his face. I think the scene is in the gateroom and the dock tips his head to one side in confusion. The typical "huh?" look for dogs.

Anubis · #20 August 17th, 2004, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Asgard Buddy

I just saw in a behind the scenes extra on the DVDs that they had to use a dog instead of a wolf. (Duh

) So that means they had to tie the dog's tail down because wolf tails don't stand up like dog tails do. And this poor dog they got wouldn't respond to anything. All he did was walk around panting. I think they said it was one of the producers finally got the dog to respond by doing something really weird in his face. I think the scene is in the gateroom and the dock tips his head to one side in confusion. The typical "huh?" look for dogs.

I didn't know they used dogs. That dog must have felt so abused, but that's what these *evil* producers do to these poor little creatures.