Allies (220)

[Tok'Ra Hostess]

On a completely unrelated side note, HOW COOL WERE THE SHINY AND EXPLOSIVE SPACE FIGHT SCENES! =D

Yes, they were....

That is, until someone who knows about these things comes on-line and tells us how many rules both of physics and military proceedure the Atlantis team broke....

[Arimaril]

After watching episode 20 i have one question.
Why do F302's have wings? *looking at the scene when the wraith scout landed on atlantis and the escort just hovers(floats?) about it*

[caty]

Yes, they were....

That is, until someone who knows about these things comes on-line and tells us how many rules both of physics and military proceedure the Atlantis team broke....

Hilarious response! Everything doesn't have to be perfectly plausible, this is fiction, after all! I haven't heard anybody complaining that there's no such thing as a gate that sends you to other galaxies or life-sucking aliens with foul breath...

On the other hand: I have said that a million times already... Guys, don't freak out about this, it's not worth it.

[Grug]

Hilarious response! Everything doesn't have to be perfectly plausible, this is fiction, after all! I haven't heard anybody complaining that there's no such thing as a gate that sends you to other galaxies or life-sucking aliens with foul breath...

On the other hand: I have said that a million times already... Guys, don't freak out about this, it's not worth it.

I'll try to hold back on the freaking out. Tounge was firmly in cheek for my last line

Although now that you mention it - you have brought up an excellent point about life-sucking aliens with bad breath. I mean, if they suck life through their hand... and don't actually eat food or other substances... and the standard wraith cells don't break down as human ones do... would there be enough suitable waste matter for the bacteria that cause bad breath to survive on?
Do the wraith use mouthwash? Toothpaste? Deodorant? Toilet paper?

(Sneaks off quietly, wondering if anyone is going to lose sleep over alien hygiene)

[FallenAngelII]

Yeah, but if we were to adhere to the law of "No sound in space", all sequences with anything in space would be mute except background music. >_>'

[sg1_david]

The last minutes (from when the Daedalus comes out of hyperspace & starts getting shot at) are the best 7 minutes of Stargate i've ever seen. Most exciting scene from the last season anyway

The music at the end was great as well, reminded me of Enterprise's "Azati Prime" and sounded a lot like something Jerry Goldsmith would have done. I've took out as much of the vocal parts as I can but the sound effects remain - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.nisbet/Allies2.mp3

[caty]

I'll try to hold back on the freaking out. Tounge was firmly in cheek for my last line

Although now that you mention it - you have brought up an excellent point about life-sucking aliens with bad breath. I mean, if they suck life through their hand... and don't actually eat food or other substances... and the standard wraith cells don't break down as human ones do... would there be enough suitable waste matter for the bacteria that cause bad breath to survive on?
Do the wraith use mouthwash? Toothpaste? Deodorant? Toilet paper?

(Sneaks off quietly, wondering if anyone is going to lose sleep over alien hygiene)

Wow, I can tell. You're about ready to bust!!!
And now that we're at it: We know that at least some Wraith do eat food (watch 'Condemned') and even enjoy it. But we can discuss the rather low possibility of water being on any Hive Ship, so they won't be able to brush their teeth, which would lead directly to -------> bad breath!

Still loved the episode and wouldn't have noticed any heavy IT-mistakes anyway.

[FallenAngelII]

All of this raises the important question: Why do the Wraith have such sharp and long teeth if they don't really eat?

[someonerandom]

All of this raises the important question: Why do the Wraith have such sharp and long teeth if they don't really eat?

perhaps it's only intended to be a TV show

[randy]

Viruses can't just be written to do things without knowledge of a system, it's not like there's a universal rule that "01110101000101011010010110" always makes any computer output "010010101010110101010101010," which is essentially parallel to the assumption necessary to write a "virus" that will execute itself magically in any computer system.

Obviously, the thing to do would have been to put it all on a hard drive (as it was when it came in), not connect that harddrive to any but one, standalone computer, partition the data and put it on DVD-Rs, (and send those back to earth to be studied on secure computer systems,) and printed out page by page to look at the hard copies. This would have taken care of even a magical Wraith virus, but technical (or character stupidity) issues like this are just what you have to accept in shows like SGA, I guess.

Some gumption: seeing that the expedition has setup an interface with the Lantean technology - able to translate one code to another - it's not out of the realm of possibility that the wraith are able to execute their worm, seeing their long strife with the Lanteans. With such a long history, the wraith are most likely profecient with lantean tehcnology. Through that, they are able to fastidiously scour the databse of the expedition.

[BubblingOverWithIdeas]

All of this raises the important question: Why do the Wraith have such sharp and long teeth if they don't really eat?

They eat as children.

[Auralis]

Now, what could be pretty intereting, if the Atlantis team wouldhave been smart and planted false informaiton about the gatenetwork and earth into the database that was accessible from the wraith infected systems.
But i guess thats to clever.

[Schrodinger82]

I'll try to hold back on the freaking out. Tounge was firmly in cheek for my last line

Although now that you mention it - you have brought up an excellent point about life-sucking aliens with bad breath. I mean, if they suck life through their hand... and don't actually eat food or other substances... and the standard wraith cells don't break down as human ones do... would there be enough suitable waste matter for the bacteria that cause bad breath to survive on?
Do the wraith use mouthwash? Toothpaste? Deodorant? Toilet paper?

(Sneaks off quietly, wondering if anyone is going to lose sleep over alien hygiene)

Odor is the result of bacteria buildup, and the wrath have enhanced immune systems.

[Tok'Ra Hostess]

All of this raises the important question: Why do the Wraith have such sharp and long teeth if they don't really eat?

The totally rad answer would be that the Wraith, being insects, use their mouths to help build things, like ship components(think wasps who build paper nests, or bees, who make honeycomb walls that house the whole hive, including specialized chambers for a nursery, food storage, ventilation, etc.

Wouldn't it be terrific to see worker Wraith straddling the walls of a Hive ship, appearing to build up the walls from their mouths?

[Sauron18]

Well, the wraith do produce some web material to keep their prey in place, as far as we know, there is only one place where it might come out of. Those two holes in their face, next to the mouth. If the web comes out of there then they might use their mouths to cut and so forth.