Hot Zone (113)

[Animaniac]

Why can't these nanovirus creators simply be renegade Ancients? Up until now, the Ancients have been shown to be a rather monolithic race that are perfectly moral and good. If this series is really about Atlantis and the Ancients, it's necessary to add depth to their kind. I really think the most logical conclusion, as the virus was stored in a self-contained suite on Atlantis, is that it was created by these hypothetical renegade Ancients. On top of that, who else would know about the Ancient marker gene?

Sorry if this was mentioned earlier, this is a long thread and I haven't had a chance to read it completely.

[darkwarden]

That is a good point, the Wraith don't know about the Ancient gene, and they are the arch enemy of the Ancients so thats a very possible explanation.

[Jarnin]

Why can't these nanovirus creators simply be renegade Ancients?

If it was a separate faction of ancients from the Atlantians, then they would have had to technologically diverged from the Atlantians in order for the technology to be unrecognizable to McKay. This means different architecture, different power sources, and so on.

The ancient technology found in Atlantis is roughly at the same level as the technology found in the ancient outpost in Antarctica. That means that their technology barely diverged in 5 million years, if at all.

The show implies that it is a race that we haven't met yet.

[Wass]

I still strongly believe TPTB have started a perfect arc where by in the future for what ever reason they want to replace the wraith they can bring in new enemy that may well have create the virus that killed off the ancients. What would be interesting is if they turn out to be the furlings as mentioned on various threads.

[Animaniac]

If it was a separate faction of ancients from the Atlantians, then they would have had to technologically diverged from the Atlantians in order for the technology to be unrecognizable to McKay. This means different architecture, different power sources, and so on.

The ancient technology found in Atlantis is roughly at the same level as the technology found in the ancient outpost in Antarctica. That means that their technology barely diverged in 5 million years, if at all.

The show implies that it is a race that we haven't met yet.

I believe he said that nanovirus itself was like nothing he had ever seen. I don't believe that anyone in either series has encountered Ancient nanoviral technology, so I think it's tough to assume that McKay would be able to recognize if it was of Ancient origin.

[ColdZero]

Just watched Hot Zone again to confirm one of my suspicions. You do not see the stargate itself in the episode at all. Making it one of the few episodes in either series where the gate does not make an appearance.

[keppiezbt]

just saw this episode. it was really good. they episodes keep getting better and better the more we get into the season

[Easter Lily]

Where the heck is Teyla getting her dresses? Anybody ever wonders? I mean, the rest of the personnel are wearing uniforms, only Teyla runs around in a different dress everyday... And for every occasion... Not that I'm complaining...

Maybe she sews... it has been known to happen...

[Purpleyin]

Did anyone else spot the gaping technical plothole with the EMP pulse.
Nothing wrong using it to kill the nanovirus but powering down and closing the laptops etc is not going to suddenly make their harddrives not magnetic based and therefore unaffected.
Other than saving their lives it would have wiped (or atleast damaged) alot of the data on hardware like the laptops they brought from Earth.
But maybe they couldn't think of any other way to kill it off and hoped most people wouldn't notice.

Just a pedantic point that I noticed when watching episode, though it didn't spoil it. I really loved David Hewletts acting in the episode but was dissapointed that they didn't appear to even mention that McKay was going to die to those in the control centre, i.e. Weir. Although I'm a McWeir shipper so I'm bound to complain about lack of such interaction when one of them is faced in near certain doom.

[ShadowMaat]

It also would have killed all their watches and whatnot, wouldn't it?

And I thought the point was that McKay WASN'T going to die. He had the gene, so he wouldn't be affected by the nanovirus.

Incidentally, what's the point of combining names? McWeir? That sounds so... cheesy. Like something you'd order at McDonalds. You don't see people running around calling themselves O'Carter shippers or being Fraisons, so why do it to the poor Atlanteans?

[Easter Lily]

Did anyone else spot the gaping technical plothole with the EMP pulse.Nothing wrong using it to kill the nanovirus but powering down and closing the laptops etc is not going to suddenly make their harddrives not magnetic based and therefore unaffected.

I did wonder about that... but not being technically minded I couldn't be sure what would happen when an EMP pulse is released. I was a little surprised that only the only thing that fried was the nano virus... but well, it is sci-fi afterall.

An enjoyable episode all round, I thought... liked the tension between Weir and Sheppard. Wasn't our favourite Major a naughty boy but I think Weir was a little naive thinking that Sheppard would sit still like a well-trained German Shepherd for an extended period of time. This is afterall the Major that took on an entire Genii raiding party!!!

[darkwarden]

Isn't the control room of Atlantis shielded? After all people were safe from the storm's lightning if they were in the control room.

[ShadowMaat]

Isn't the control room of Atlantis shielded?

Good thing every computer in Atlantis is in the control room, then.

[darkwarden]

Yeah.

[Easter Lily]

Incidentally, what's the point of combining names? McWeir? That sounds so... cheesy. Like something you'd order at McDonalds. You don't see people running around calling themselves O'Carter shippers or being Fraisons, so why do it to the poor Atlanteans?

It's probably a new cheeseburger available only in Atlantis... A McWeir... lots of mustard, slices of pickled gerkin and double helpings of cheese.