SGA - The Hachiko: Review - 'Brain Storm':
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(The review author rated this episode with a 3.5 out of 5. Please follow the link for the complete review.)
'Stargate Atlantis' (5.16) "Brain Storm" - Review
Mon, 11/24/2008 - 11:02 — Vrej Hezaran
Bill Nye the Science Guy? Neil DeGrasse Tyson? Dave Foley?
Even though I am a bona fide geek (yes, it's true), I'm not too lost in my geekdom to enjoy things that are entertaining. Many other geeks require strict, almost religious, adherence to canon and continuity to their fiction, so much so that they're not watching their so-called favorite shows for pleasure, but instead for the chance to catch the show in an act of heresy. Nothing pleases geeks more than a show breaking its rules so that the "fan" can rail against what they claim to like. This episode, Brain Storm, seems to me to be tailor made to raise the hackles of the humorless fan. I, for one, enjoyed it thoroughly. It was an episode unlike any other, taking us far away from the insulated life of Atlantis and thrusting certain characters into a situation unlike any we've seen on the show.
The plot this week has McKay mustering up the courage to ask Keller to go as his date to attend a super secret presentation at a mysterious science complex in the middle of an unknown desert on Earth. A former rival of McKay's, Tunney (played by the Kids in the Hall and Newsradio great Dave Foley, looking pretty unhealthy these days), unveils a plan to vent excess heat from this space/time to an alternate space/time by using a space/time bridge. McKay is outraged. Why? Because the idea is stolen from his top-secret research. It appears Tunney had some government contracts that allowed him access to McKay's work. Even though Tunney had no clue it was McKay's, he stole the idea and tried to make a few bucks off it, with the backing of a large company. McKay begs him to turn it off and, after being convinced of the danger, Tunney tries to do just that, but the bridge won't collapse. Meanwhile, the security protocols won't allow anyone to leave the facility and the bridge is sucking heat out of the place. Add to that random bolts of so-called freeze-lightning and everyone is convinced they will die. By the end, McKay devised a plan to try to open a second bridge to overwhelm the system, thereby shutting down the initial one. The day is saved, and so is Keller, and they then proceed to get busy in a private jet.
**snippage**
At The Hachiko:
(The review author rated this episode with a 3.5 out of 5. Please follow the link for the complete review.)
'Stargate Atlantis' (5.16) "Brain Storm" - Review
Mon, 11/24/2008 - 11:02 — Vrej Hezaran
Bill Nye the Science Guy? Neil DeGrasse Tyson? Dave Foley?
Even though I am a bona fide geek (yes, it's true), I'm not too lost in my geekdom to enjoy things that are entertaining. Many other geeks require strict, almost religious, adherence to canon and continuity to their fiction, so much so that they're not watching their so-called favorite shows for pleasure, but instead for the chance to catch the show in an act of heresy. Nothing pleases geeks more than a show breaking its rules so that the "fan" can rail against what they claim to like. This episode, Brain Storm, seems to me to be tailor made to raise the hackles of the humorless fan. I, for one, enjoyed it thoroughly. It was an episode unlike any other, taking us far away from the insulated life of Atlantis and thrusting certain characters into a situation unlike any we've seen on the show.
The plot this week has McKay mustering up the courage to ask Keller to go as his date to attend a super secret presentation at a mysterious science complex in the middle of an unknown desert on Earth. A former rival of McKay's, Tunney (played by the Kids in the Hall and Newsradio great Dave Foley, looking pretty unhealthy these days), unveils a plan to vent excess heat from this space/time to an alternate space/time by using a space/time bridge. McKay is outraged. Why? Because the idea is stolen from his top-secret research. It appears Tunney had some government contracts that allowed him access to McKay's work. Even though Tunney had no clue it was McKay's, he stole the idea and tried to make a few bucks off it, with the backing of a large company. McKay begs him to turn it off and, after being convinced of the danger, Tunney tries to do just that, but the bridge won't collapse. Meanwhile, the security protocols won't allow anyone to leave the facility and the bridge is sucking heat out of the place. Add to that random bolts of so-called freeze-lightning and everyone is convinced they will die. By the end, McKay devised a plan to try to open a second bridge to overwhelm the system, thereby shutting down the initial one. The day is saved, and so is Keller, and they then proceed to get busy in a private jet.
**snippage**
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