Regarding the talk of magic: It would seem that the writers were concerned a little about the power of the Ori and the ancients and the technology of SG-1 and their allies seeming like magic...or if not concerned, at least aware. The scene in "Camelot" where Daniel is trying to explain to the people of the village (I wanted to write "village people", but that would lead to a whole different mental image ) that the holograms and such were only technology and not actual magic and then he gets beamed up right in the middle of his little speech is one of my favorites. Maybe they were trying to explain in their own way that what appears like magic to us (as to the villagers) is simply technology or natural abilities, in the case of the ascended people, that we don't understand. Of course, ascended people are pretty darn close to supernatural in my book, so I guess things they do would fit the definition of magic.
I must say that I don't like it when our heroes or their nemeses gain too much power either. It makes it too difficult to sustain a sense of jeopardy. I think too many sci-fi shows advance everyone to the point of having to come up with excuses for why their technology doesn't work in order to have any suspense at all. Malfunctioning holodeck anyone?
I must say that I don't like it when our heroes or their nemeses gain too much power either. It makes it too difficult to sustain a sense of jeopardy. I think too many sci-fi shows advance everyone to the point of having to come up with excuses for why their technology doesn't work in order to have any suspense at all. Malfunctioning holodeck anyone?
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