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Deus ex machina SOME SPOILERS
is there anything you hope they don't find onboard that would be to convenient? I think the
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November 4th, 2009, 10:01 PM
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Re: Deus ex machina SOME SPOILERS
boo hoo. stuff happened. get over it
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November 4th, 2009, 10:03 PM
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Re: Deus ex machina SOME SPOILERS
the ship already had water on it and it had been sitting there for millions of years <<
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November 4th, 2009, 10:19 PM
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Re: Deus ex machina SOME SPOILERS
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We already have similar technology on Earth so why is it too much for it to be in place on Destiny?
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November 4th, 2009, 10:25 PM
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Re: Deus ex machina SOME SPOILERS
I'm just waiting for them to find some pre-replicator replicator creating machine that they will inadvertenly turn on.
Other than that I've been very satisfied with the current lack of deus ex machinas and maguffins. Everything so far serves a very small limited purpose.
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November 4th, 2009, 10:30 PM
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Re: Deus ex machina SOME SPOILERS
I think they will find Ancient weapons as they will eventually run out of ammo. I wonder if those weapons will be more like the Lantean stun weapon seen in ATL: "Aurora" or the Asuran pistol seen in ATL: "Progeny", "The Return, Part 2", "Lifeline", "This Mortal Coil". Chances are though that any handheld weapons will be unique.
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November 4th, 2009, 10:32 PM
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Re: Deus ex machina SOME SPOILERS
Sometimes I wonder if people know what a Deus Ex Machina is? 
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November 4th, 2009, 10:34 PM
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Re: Deus ex machina SOME SPOILERS
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Sometimes I wonder if people know what a Deus Ex Machina is? |
all i know is that i can't pronounce it
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November 4th, 2009, 10:34 PM
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Re: Deus ex machina SOME SPOILERS
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God of Machine, a device originally used in Greek plays where a mechanical 'god' would descend and solve the problems of the characters. I think thats right. 
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November 4th, 2009, 10:39 PM
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God of Machine, a device originally used in Greek plays where a mechanical 'god' would descend and solve the problems of the characters. I think thats right. |
True but the recharging plate doesn't solve all the crew's problems. There's plenty of other troubleshooting opportunities on the ship...like figuring out how to get access to the primary systems.
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November 4th, 2009, 10:39 PM
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Re: Deus ex machina SOME SPOILERS
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people these days use it as a complaint
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November 4th, 2009, 10:41 PM
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Re: Deus ex machina SOME SPOILERS
Deus Ex Machina = The reason why EATG was bad.
But in SGU, insofar, there haven't been bad ones. The recharging plate is reasonable.
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November 4th, 2009, 10:41 PM
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Re: Deus ex machina SOME SPOILERS
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people these days use it as a complaint
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That is because it is. A real Deus Ex Machina (think wormhole drive) is a easy way to solve a problem and covers up for a weak story. The thing is many fans (congrats GateroomGuard) overuse the defintion like they overuse plot hole
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November 4th, 2009, 10:50 PM
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Re: Deus ex machina SOME SPOILERS
A device that makes a single problem less difficult and requires the characters to keep working does not equal deus ex machina in my mind.
Unless Eli somehow makes the recharger capable of solving every single new problem that arises I'm not calling it a deus ex machina.
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November 4th, 2009, 10:54 PM
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Re: Deus ex machina SOME SPOILERS
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boo hoo. stuff happened. get over it
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damn dude...chill...people are allowed to have an opinion
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Lo, there do I see my father
Lo, there do I see my mother and my sisters
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November 4th, 2009, 11:03 PM
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Re: Deus ex machina SOME SPOILERS
robotic maintenance that's been disabled for some reason, would explain the decay in the destiny right now, of course i could be wrong
from farscape, even moya had maintenance the little yellow robot things, i forget what they're called
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November 4th, 2009, 11:22 PM
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Re: Deus ex machina SOME SPOILERS
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damn dude...chill...people are allowed to have an opinion
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yea and that was my opinion, i think people who complain abotu a tv show are stupid, you cant change it so why bother
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November 4th, 2009, 11:28 PM
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yea and that was my opinion, i think people who complain abotu a tv show are stupid, you cant change it so why bother
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Thats some bad logic. If we had never criticized or compained about things many of the significant changes in history would never have occurred
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November 4th, 2009, 11:34 PM
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Thats some bad logic. If we had never criticized or compained about things many of the significant changes in history would never have occurred
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i was talkign in regards to a tv show, but i dont really care.
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November 4th, 2009, 11:39 PM
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i was talkign in regards to a tv show, but i dont really care.
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The same concept could be applied to TV.
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