Within the Serpent's Grasp (121)

[Lunaeclipse]

Uhhh... this is common knowledge. Why do you think they bury it or put coverstones on it so that the Gate would not turn activate when dialed? Sheer weight? You thought stuff had to be touching it?

No you got stuff blocking it from the inside of the ring itself.

Wasn't there an episode with the Iris was knocked out of alignment and prevent dialing?

It was buried in the movie. but still activated. That is how we ended up with fossils Jack was looking at. Which, for me, means they got through, but just were not successful when they did...

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[Seaboe Muffinchucker]

I don't generally equate movie canon with show canon--they made too many changes from the source material (starting with the name of Jack's son and the spelling of his name).

Seaboe

[Lunaeclipse]

I don't generally equate movie canon with show canon--they made too many changes from the source material (starting with the name of Jack's son and the spelling of his name).

Seaboe

But it also goes without saying that they added an iris to work the same way in the show...

[Seaboe Muffinchucker]

Now I'm confused. Are you agreeing with me that the entire ring needs to be filled in order to block it, and that the vokume, which just hangs in the middle, isn't sufficient?

Seaboe

[Lunaeclipse]

Now I'm confused. Are you agreeing with me that the entire ring needs to be filled in order to block it, and that the vokume, which just hangs in the middle, isn't sufficient?

Seaboe

I'm saying that if the gate is either buried or has an iris....it seems to still dial and be active, but the iris or being buried means that the being trying to get through doesn't make it through, hence the banging sounds on the gate when the iris is closed.

[AsgardGirl]

A goa'uld motherships, finally. It is a very good episode. It has a good action, movement forward in the story and one of the best cliffhanger in the show.

[ngewakl]

Great episode! Finally finished season one of my rewatch. On to season 2. Cliffhanger endings are great when you don't have to wait till next year!

[jelgate]

And the Serpent's Lair is a great season premiere

[maneth]

Great episode, one of my favorites.

[Anja]

Nice - SG1 misbehaving! Prepared to die for saving the planet.
Great!

[Tyrathraxus]

And the first Gorgeous Interior shots of a Go'auld Hatak. Sure we only saw probably the same room plus the Storage/Gate room and a Corridor but the attention to detail was Great. The Iconography on the walls, the doors and so on. Loved it.

in later seasons SG-1 got too glossy but the Showtime era is the best .

[Anja]

in later seasons SG-1 got too glossy but the Showtime era is the best .

What do you mean by glossy?

[garhkal]

One thing i would Love for the makers of the SG shows to put out, is a book of Cross-sections of ships, giving us a layout of sorts for some of the iconic ships..
A Hat'ak.
A 304
The Prometheus
A wraith hive/cruiser
Atlantis
and the Destiny!

[Falcon Horus]

Kinda like what they do for Star Wars.

[Tyrathraxus]

Glossy. There was more long shots, less a focus of the horror aspects of the show. More action over substance. Everyone was made a lot brighter and more.. glossy.