Prometheus (611)

[balo]

The start of this episode was a bit strange , it was a great introduction to the Prometheus but why was it empty , no security , how can they bring with them a zat gun just like that?

But can't complain about the rest of the episode.

Rating: 7 / 10

[vzzzzzbx]

No wonder O'Neill was pissed off when he arrived, the security was pretty poor for supposedly the most secure facility on the planet. And how stupid of the NID guys leaving the Goa'uld alone unguarded, duh! They obviously trusted him way too easily.

[es!]

Carter was so hot in this ep! I mean, she's always hot, but especially in Prometheus

[gateship15]

this was a fantastic episode

[mrscopterdoc]

Not one of my favorite episodes. I do like seing the Asgard and thank goodness Simmons is dead.

[maneth]

I'm glad Simmons is dead too and that they spaced the *******!

But yeah, the lax security bugged me too. I loved that O'Neill wanted to call the ship Enterprise.

[stargatetravler]

I didn't even know they had been building a space ship. This episode caught me off guard. I was seriously like "WTF, did I miss something? When did they start building this?". It was a great ship. Its a shame it got destroyed, although, the Daedelous class ships weren't too bad, especially when they got their hands on Asgard technology.

[stupidoctopus]

I didn't even know they had been building a space ship. This episode caught me off guard. I was seriously like "WTF, did I miss something? When did they start building this?". It was a great ship. Its a shame it got destroyed, although, the Daedelous class ships weren't too bad, especially when they got their hands on Asgard technology.

Wish I had gotten a spoiler alert on that one..

[hedwig]

Given that the site where the Prometheus was being built was supposed to be the most secure site on the face of the planet (according to O'Neill), it was incredibly easy for people to just walk in and grab the ship. Excuse me, but people just drive up to the little building in the middle of a desert (sort of), and there's barely any sort of military presence in place. And they only have two military escort to go down into the bowels of the site to the ship, instead of a whole group of them. And their TV equipment isn't checked before they're even allowed onto the site. If it had, I would think at least some of their weapons would have been discovered.

Even if it was a TV crew and reporter being allowed onboard, it seems extremely out of character for there to have been so few security personnel around the site. There was nothing seen around the site when the first two vehicles drove up.

And yet immediately on finding out the Prometheus was being hijacked, security people, tents, etc. were almost immediately onsite and set up. This is the kind of security that should have been available from the beginning.

And poor Major Davis having Jack yelling at him like it was his fault. He never seems to quite get a break from being snipped or yelled at by someone. And he hasn't been very effective in dealing with people in the past - his "visit" to Julia in the limo fell flat; his threat to Simmons in the van taking him to the site fell flat. He needs a different scriptwriter to give him better lines to deliver.

I'm wondering how far Simmons was actually willing to go with his threat to detonate the engines. I seriously doubt he was willing to let himself be killed for his convictions. He was too greedy and wanted all those weapons too badly to allow himself to be killed like that.

[garhkal]

From being mil, one of the best ways to protect something is to make it look unobtrusive.. something like they had set up, would have been a great way to make others not even think there was a ship building facility underground...
Having lots of people come in/out, with all sorts of weaponry WOULD HAVE.

[hedwig]

From being mil, one of the best ways to protect something is to make it look unobtrusive.. something like they had set up, would have been a great way to make others not even think there was a ship building facility underground...
Having lots of people come in/out, with all sorts of weaponry WOULD HAVE.

Even so, one would think an extremely thorough search of all the TV equipment would have been done before the TV people were allowed anywhere near the place. And I don't think they would have missed something like those zats or the guns they obviously had. And again, I don't think having only two airmen along as guards was enough for something like that. They were taken out far too easily. In my opinion, that whole thing was handled incredibly sloppily.

[garhkal]

That i agree with.. BUT perhaps the powers that be who were to do so (kinsey) paid off the guards.

[Dave2]

How realistic could it possibly be for a space vehicle to open its bay doors and not have everything sucked out especially with lack of oxygen. Simmons was pulled out as if he were on an aircraft at 20,000 feet instead of a space vehicle in orbit.

[LeftHandedGuitarist]

Not a great episode. Besides the fact that it's just a bit dull, it's also one of the most preposterous things Stargate has ever done. The sudden appearance of Prometheus, a giant ship, is stretching believability too far. They would have had to have spent years and years on it (Carter mentions something about the idea beginning in 1978, but her subsequent line with Jonas makes it sound like she's just bull****ting the reporters).

Carter knows almost everything about the ship by the looks of things, but doesn't appear to have been particularly involved in the project. Even more unbelievable, Jonas also has a detailed understanding of the ships systems. When did either of them find the time for this between all their SG-1 adventures?!

As mentioned above, the ease at which the camera crew take over the "most secure facility on the planet" is ridiculous. Add to that a bunch of useless bad guys and you have the makings of a pretty weak episode.

I was not a fan of Stargate introducing Earth ships, what I enjoyed about Stargate was that it differed from Star Trek, and this was a big step in that direction. Also, Prometheus is a damn ugly ship design. At least the terrible Adrian Conrad is out of the picture, but it's a shame Simmonds had to go after so few appearances.

The miraculous apperance of the Asgard is also pretty silly. Loved O'Neill getting angry, though.

RATING: 6 out of 10

[Seaboe Muffinchucker]

The ship bugs me. It's supposed to be able to fly in atmosphere, designed by human beings who are very used to aerodynamic designs, yet it looks like a lego model, all sharp edges. It's about as aerodynamic in appearance as a brick. Yes, I know, its engines mean it doesn't have to worry about atmosphere. But did it have to be ugly?

Seaboe