'Enemy At the Gate' (520) General Discussion

[Mitchell82]

Ok I know it's been a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time since I saw Unending But there was action in it?

Um yeah. There were battles with Ori ships or did you forget that? Oh wait I forgot who I was talking to.

EatG was way to rushed

It was a bit rushed but it wasn't bad at all IMVHO.

[Alan]

It was a bit rushed but it wasn't bad at all IMVHO.

Yeah...Sam was in it.

[Linda06]

Um yeah. There were battles with Ori ships or did you forget that? Oh wait I forgot who I was talking to.

It was a bit rushed but it wasn't bad at all IMVHO.

It was pretty good but like a lot of folks have said previously a two parter would have been so much better, there are a number of eps they could have replaced.... Vegas, Identity, Brainstorm (which I still don't see the point of this ep ) They could have taken any of these eps out and replaced it with a two parter of EatG

Yeah...Sam was in it.

You've got it bad dude

[Alan]

You've got it bad dude

Guilty as charged.

[morjana]

Stargate Atlantis - MGM Stargate: Video: Rachel Luttrell - Enemy at the Gate:



http://forum.gateworld.net/showpost....99&postcount=1

[major davis]

At first i was not pleased. Now it is one of my fav eps. Should have been a two parter though(A non cliffhanger two parter) 9.5/10

[Jaffa-master]

This is Crap!

[Jumper_One]

DasNDanger writes: “And speaking of that jumpsuit…back in Enemy at the Gate, was Todd allowed to change in private, or did Sheppard watch??”

Answer: Are you kidding? Sheppard actually helped him change!

http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/...he-syfy-slant/

[nx01a]

... Oh my. Really getting into the

Spoiler:

'write a gay character' mode,

huh?

[morjana]

Stargate Atlantis - MGM Stargate: Video: Mallozzi on Finale:



http://forum.gateworld.net/showpost....78&postcount=1

[KCIV]

Ok here is what I think would have been the better ending.

They should have had Atlantis ram the hive when they realized they were skimming the atmosphere. This would have done two things.
Left us viewers with a sense of loss instead of "oh golly gee" everything is fine and nobody died!
And second if they had indeed rammed the hive. this could have opened up so many windows for good scenes! Zelinca and Keller would be dead, thus there are so many scenes available for Rodney. Example. Rodney could give the eulogy for Zelinca! so many possibilities there! Rodney could actually give him praise and maybe even see him cry i.e. show is true character! this would have been nice to see. Also we could see him grieve over his loss of Keller. They would have saved the day but at what cost. Also Sheppard would be mad that he couldn't save the city and set off the nuke earlier. Thus we could be able to dive into his personal struggle with himself afore mentioned in Remnants. Also Tayla would be sad because her child would have died. So Ronan or Sheppard could have a very tender scene where they comfort her. Ronan would be "without a home" and have lost his "to be girlfriend" so there are many scenes that could be done there.

This ending would be very dark and depressing but I think it would be more literal and close to reality per say. As apposed to "we saved earth from the most impossible thing to destroy with hardly anyone dying!"

All in all I applaud the writers it was a decent ending to a very good series!

P.s. They should have brought back Ford. THAT would have been awesome! Maybe even have him help out the Atlantis team in saving earth.

[hedwig]

I find it interesting that every time a ship of some kind either crashes or comes hurtling through Earth's atmosphere, it lands in the Pacific Ocean. And there's often a comment by someone about the trajectory of whatever ship will bring in down in the North Pacific or somewhere in the Pacific. And Atlantis is now floating in the Pacific Ocean near San Francisco Bay.

[Randy_Watson]

I finally watched this tonight, which means for the first time ever, I have seen just as much Stargate as anyone else!

(well...maybe not infinity)

[Aer'ki]

I ordered season 5 dvds and just got them in the mail. I missed watching most of the episodes and only now am getting caught up. I had read about the problems with Enemy at the Gate, but even being forewarned I was blown away at how bad an episode it really was.

It was a pathetic writing job trumped up with graphics, sound, and shooting meant to give it the feel of a block buster...and given what little real effort was put into making it fit into canon, I don't think the stargate franchise is going to see an extension of SGA. It felt like they were in a hurry to wrap it up and didn't take the time for a proper season finale...or even a proper episode.

It was like they completely ignored everything that had come before and patched together whatever they felt like to give it a 'wow' effect...but it didn't even come off like that. The acting was pathetic...Major Davis especially.

This episode is classic 'B' quality...at best.

I knew it was going to be bad...but I had no idea it would be this pathetic. And I'm being serious, no exaggeration involved. The more I watched the worse it got. They would have been better off not making the episode at all.

If that episode is considered canon...then they just killed Atlantis.

[Dindirindin]

All happens to fast, it could ba a 2 parts episode. But is a great serie end.