There were both bad and good things to be said about 'Lifeline'.
The bad things first.
During the previous season, i had become more and more unhappy about the
uneven power balance in the Pegasus galaxy: the SGA team had extremely
powerful enemies and no friendly races at all. Even if the humans are the fifth
race and have great potential, the truth is that the SGA team always survives
thanks to incredible amounts of luck.
This makes some of the plots a little too exaggerated for my taste .
I had this feeling in 'Lifeline' as well : the team has escaped too easily from an
impossible situation.
For instance: the fact that dr. Weir is able to control her nanites in such a fine grade
that allows her to totally hack into the Asuran mainframes.
I can conceive that McKay connects his laptop to the nanites and uses them as
proxy for connecting further to the mainframes .
But I can't conceive that the human brain can instantly learn how to intuitively control
and interact with the nanites. In just a few seconds.
This is exactly as if i were connecting an usb stick to my fingers with some wires
and i were starting to read e-books directly from there !
The good things:
However, I am happy to forget about the exaggerated plot twists because the
writers have managed to significantly improve the city's strategic position in
only 3 episodes:
- the location of Atlantis is now unknown to others
- the bad ones will probably be at war with each other
- the city is properly fueled with energy
On conclusion : i am finally seeing a less exaggerated power balance in the
Pegasus galaxy. Now i'll be able to accept more easily that the SGA team
sneaks around unnoticed while the bad guys are busy with their war.
The bad things first.
During the previous season, i had become more and more unhappy about the
uneven power balance in the Pegasus galaxy: the SGA team had extremely
powerful enemies and no friendly races at all. Even if the humans are the fifth
race and have great potential, the truth is that the SGA team always survives
thanks to incredible amounts of luck.
This makes some of the plots a little too exaggerated for my taste .
I had this feeling in 'Lifeline' as well : the team has escaped too easily from an
impossible situation.
For instance: the fact that dr. Weir is able to control her nanites in such a fine grade
that allows her to totally hack into the Asuran mainframes.
I can conceive that McKay connects his laptop to the nanites and uses them as
proxy for connecting further to the mainframes .
But I can't conceive that the human brain can instantly learn how to intuitively control
and interact with the nanites. In just a few seconds.
This is exactly as if i were connecting an usb stick to my fingers with some wires
and i were starting to read e-books directly from there !
The good things:
However, I am happy to forget about the exaggerated plot twists because the
writers have managed to significantly improve the city's strategic position in
only 3 episodes:
- the location of Atlantis is now unknown to others
- the bad ones will probably be at war with each other
- the city is properly fueled with energy
On conclusion : i am finally seeing a less exaggerated power balance in the
Pegasus galaxy. Now i'll be able to accept more easily that the SGA team
sneaks around unnoticed while the bad guys are busy with their war.
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