Sanctuary (114)

[ShadowMaat]

this was a good episodes people.

You think it's a good ep, and that's fine. I simply disagree with your assessment.

And I'm not saying that I want to know everything immediately. That would be stupid. But I want to be entertained, I want the plots to be coherent and at least semi-relevant and I don't want to have to dig through layers of effluvia to find ONE tiny worthwhile tidbit.

Give us something wild and crazy and full of red herrings and bury the important fact in the middle of it all so we at least have something to play with while we're looking.

[PlaZ]

for a spin off series the creators maybe felt that it necessary to mention the facts about the ancients once again. dont forget that we only know everything we know after having watched 8 seasons of sg1. sg-a watchers who are just becoming gaters may have needed this ep to get a feeling for the whole ancient thang!
jm2c

[Ace-SG1-]

any one knows if one of the seens was film in Hawaii??? cuz if so ill be pissed OFF!!!!

[Major Tyler]

any one knows if one of the seens was film in Hawaii??? cuz if so ill be pissed OFF!!!!

Why would that upset you?

[veneticuss]

any one knows if one of the seens was film in Hawaii??? cuz if so ill be pissed OFF!!!!

I think it was all filmed in canada.
Why should they fly to Hawai just for a couple of scenes?

[Gothann]

any one knows if one of the seens was film in Hawaii??? cuz if so ill be pissed OFF!!!!

No, I'm guessing it was a set made in Canada. As for the looks of the people in the town, NO, they're not trying to imitate Hawaii's culture. There are no such references to past or current cultures in Atlantis (hence why Daniel isn't needed here. ^_^)

[Wass]

It would have cost them to much to film it in Hawii any way.

[astronomicalchick]

That might explain a few things, yes.

Agreed on the characterization being off. In some ways the script felt as a rehash of sorts, with the romance being thrown in there for the sake of it simply being in there - without any real connection to the storyline.

Now, what was the storyline again? Oh, right, they stumbled upon an Ancient. Somehow, that got lost in there. I wonder why.

Hey Liv ((((((((((Liv))))))))))))

I can't get any feel to what this episode was about except a good looking alien chick and Sheppard getting it together, and McKay running around like a headless chicken...

Hmm...

[astronomicalchick]

When girls swoon it's called thunking...when guys swoon it's called being a pig.

You guys should have your own... er..... thingy thread. Not sure that you thunk exactly... no! dont tell me I don't want to know..

[Gothann]

Awwright, let me go off-convo for a bit and ask one question...

I THINK I saw a reference in McKay's dialogue, though I'm not sure if I'm right.

Grodin: It seems to be an internal, external, biosensor.
McKay: Sadly, I know what that means. Where did all of those Saturday nights go...

Erm, I assume he's refering to the airtime of new Star Trek episodes here in Canada, usually being on Saturdays (when DS9 and Voyager were playing, it was usually Saturdays that the new eps would air).

Anyone else have any idea as to what show he's refering to?

[ShadowMaat]

Anyone else have any idea as to what show he's refering to?

Not knowing the show schedules of Canada, I just assumed he meant he spent Saturday nights studying. Or, at least, reading random weird science geek things.

[Easter Lily]

this episode does not directly further the story line in anyway, it might have some sort of impact in the future, but we dont know yet. we learn a little about the ancients, and we learn nothing about the wraith. oh and we discover a new machine that scans lifesigns for any irregulaties

An amusing and silly episode...
I don't care if we don't learn anything more about the ancients or the Wraith or about the tech of that galaxy but I'm not very keen on the idea that our very cool and smart Major suddenly (suddenly being the operative word)becomes a sucker for a pretty face (and a rather dull one at that). (Or perhaps being stuck with Weir and Teyla is really getting to him) I don't think that I'm that naive to think that nobody is going to cast their eye over Sheppard during the course of the expedition but really, the guy lost all sense of reason!
I'm hoping against hope that all this is telling us something significant about Sheppard... that he is some Ancient reborn or some such thing. Otherwise, the episode will stay in my mind as comic relief.
Less testosterone and more of the closet mathematical genius please...

[kodamawu]

An amusing and silly episode...
I don't care if we don't learn anything more about the ancients or the Wraith or about the tech of that galaxy but I'm not very keen on the idea that our very cool and smart Major suddenly (suddenly being the operative word)becomes a sucker for a pretty face (and a rather dull one at that). (Or perhaps being stuck with Weir and Teyla is really getting to him) I don't think that I'm that naive to think that nobody is going to cast their eye over Sheppard during the course of the expedition but really, the guy lost all sense of reason!
I'm hoping against hope that all this is telling us something significant about Sheppard... that he is some Ancient reborn or some such thing. Otherwise, the episode will stay in my mind as comic relief.
Less testosterone and more of the closet mathematical genius please...

hey dont get me wrong, just cus i dont think this episode didnt really serve much purpose in furthering the story line, doesnt mean i didnt love it. i thought it was a great episode, and i hope we see more of the ancient chick in the future.

[Gothann]

hey dont get me wrong, just cus i dont think this episode didnt really serve much purpose in furthering the story line, doesnt mean i didnt love it. i thought it was a great episode, and i hope we see more of the ancient chick in the future.

So long as Athar doesn't become a recurring character, since seeing Sheppard getting serious with an Ascended Ancient is folly.

[Vyse]

Really enjoyed the episode, atlantis rocks so far. I LOVED it when McKay said "Oh my God, he is Kirk"! I couldn't stop laughing! McKay is definetly my favorite character on the show.