Past and Present (311)

[Major Clanger]

Now I need to go back and watch for that pesticide reference.
If there hadn't been any children for a long time, and everyone was "older," I would have thought they would have mentioned that the human race was becoming extinct on their planet. In the journals or notes or somewhere, it seems someone would have written this down. But I guess that's the only explanation. And the pictures of children would have all had to been from a much earlier time, and unless the culture had'nt changed much in the last 40 or 50 years, it seems they would notice all the childrens pictures were from an earlier time. Not a particularily bright people. Unless, of course I'm still missing something.

For once I find myself defending the PTB for some stuff. So I think the trick with this ep is to ignore a lot of the twaddle and concentrate on the main event.

They did mention that they had been on the brink of a clataclysm (sp?) and that due to the pesticide no children had been born for at least 20 years (I'd go back and check but my tv is unaccountably occupied with football)

This was information that Kiera had gleaned from the library room and the notes of Dead-Dr-Whatshisface.

It does not, however, explain - as you mentioned - the total lack of photographs. So... try this (really, it works for me): they mentioned that they had photographs of the elders, but not the children. They also didn't mention photographs of younger adults, and absolutely not even a passing reference to any pictures of any children at all.

Bear with me.

My conclusion is that Photography only became widespread within the past 20 years - maybe even more recently. In that time no children had been born, so hence no baby photos.

This is why there are absolutely no photos apart from the elders.

If that makes any sense at all, I'll eat my h*t.

[Madeleine]

You'd better have some hair-gel then.

[Major Clanger]

MODS!
I'm being stalked by a maniac with hair gel....

[Mr Prophet]

MODS!
I'm being stalked by a maniac with hair gel....

By a mod with hair gel. There's no escape.

[Major Clanger]

oh drat - I just remembered.

We are the mods...

[Lord Zedd]

oh drat - I just remembered.

We are the mods...

you have forgotten you are a mod???

[Major Clanger]

you have forgotten you are a mod???

nah, not really. It would be difficult to forget our Mod SuperPowers. What with wearing the boots, the tights, the cloak and the mask each time we log on.

Speaking of mods, however, perhaps we should nudge this back on topic.

Kiera had a latent ability, inherited or residual from Linnea I presume, as a chemist/doctor/general purpose genius. I can't remember how long it was since the thingy (whatever they called it) which wiped all their memories, but in that short time, Kiera had remembered enough to start helping Sam and Janet make the cure for the amnesia.

So what's to guarantee that she won't recover her memory in a few weeks? Or will she constantly have to have her memories wiped?

[Major Fischer]

So what's to guarantee that she won't recover her memory in a few weeks? Or will she constantly have to have her memories wiped?

I think perhaps the people of the planet are going to keep a pretty close eye on her. I rather like the theory I've heard elsewhere on the board that she's either an Aschen, or related to an Aschen.

[Mr Prophet]

It was a special sort of memory loss that only blocks memories as is convenient to the plot.

[Major Fischer]

It was a special sort of memory loss that only blocks memories as is convenient to the plot.

You mean like the Plot Detector in the gate that shuts the wormhole off after the last person who has to step through has gone through?

[Mr Prophet]

You mean like the Plot Detector in the gate that shuts the wormhole off after the last person who has to step through has gone through?

Or the genetic memory which allows Sam to remember exactly what she needs to in order to move the plot/romantic subplot with Martouf.

[Major Clanger]

It was a special sort of memory loss that only blocks memories as is convenient to the plot.

My my, we are at home to Mr. Cynical this evening!!

Actually I've remembered the thing that really annoyed me when I watched this ep.

The Stargate whooshes into life. SG-1 step through into a place that looks as though it hasn't been visited in yonks. Sam twitchs the cover off the DHD and says that it looks ok.

MEH!

Since when didn't they first send a MALP through to find the DHD?

Or is that all tied up into the Stargate Convenient Plot Point Detector?
Is cynicism contagious at all?

[Madeleine]

The Plot Point Detector is the gizmo that prevents Enemy Jaffa and Supersoldiers from being able to hit a target unless the story needs one of the main characters needs to suffer a bit.

[Major Clanger]

The Plot Point Detector sounds like a fab new thread to me...

[Major Fischer]

The Plot Point Detector is the gizmo that prevents Enemy Jaffa and Supersoldiers from being able to hit a target unless the story needs one of the main characters needs to suffer a bit.

Is that also what keeps the supersoldiers from falling over when they need to do anything but walk in a straight line?