I'm not fond of Martin Lloyd, I find him boring and annoying.
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I liked this episode and thought it was a good send up of conspiracy nuts. I only had a few questions about it.
First: Why did SG-1 conduct a warrant-less search on Marty's house? I realize that they didn't want to reveal details of the SGC to a judge who would have to approve it, but I would think that the fact that Marty was making semi-threatening phone calls to a USAF base, directed towards specific officers, would be probable cause enough to get some kind of warrant.
Second: Was Marty reading NID web forums, and if so, are they hiding them in plain sight on places similar to Above Top Secret or other conspiracy websites? The advantage to doing that would be to create a degree of plausible deniability.
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8/10
I thought the humor worked very well. I was disappointed, but not surprised, to see more advanced technology lost. I assume that SGC never bothered searching that planet for any remnants.
I'm not a big fan of formula TV shows and SG-1 really seemed to stick with the formula of finding NO TECH in the early seasons. I prefer the major plot related episodes.Babylon 5 - Farscape - Lost - Deadwood - Rome - Carnivale - Dexter - Sopranos - The Wire
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Decent, quite funny but the humour is hit-and-miss for me. Martin Lloyd flits between great and a bit annoying for me. My favourite episode with him was '200', and I thought 'Wormhole X-Treme' was pretty bad. This one falls squarely in the middle of those two. A nice X-Files vibe to the whole thing, good to see Matthew Bennet from BSG in an earlier role.
I enjoy the first half of the episode a lot more than the second. The jokes are better, and once Martin's alien friends appear they make the whole thing a bit dull. My favourite line is probably Daniels, "That's a duck, isn't it?"
This episode also wins the award for most boring commentary track so far. Wow. (But at least it doesn't have James Tichenor constantly going, "Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.")
RATING: 7.5 out of 10Last edited by LeftHandedGuitarist; 04 November 2011, 06:29 AM.
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Originally posted by jsonitsac View PostI liked this episode and thought it was a good send up of conspiracy nuts. I only had a few questions about it.
First: Why did SG-1 conduct a warrant-less search on Marty's house? I realize that they didn't want to reveal details of the SGC to a judge who would have to approve it, but I would think that the fact that Marty was making semi-threatening phone calls to a USAF base, directed towards specific officers, would be probable cause enough to get some kind of warrant.
Second: Was Marty reading NID web forums, and if so, are they hiding them in plain sight on places similar to Above Top Secret or other conspiracy websites? The advantage to doing that would be to create a degree of plausible deniability.----------------------------
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One of my least favourite episodes. I never liked Martin Lloyd. The episode has some funny parts to it, especially undercover Teal'c, or should I say Murry? I like how he finds amusement out of the oddest things - vibrating bed, his smile was priceless. Other than a few pieces here and there, the episode wasn't good.
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MARTIN: A top secret government program involving instantaneous travel to other solar systems by means of a device known as a Stargate!
O'NEILL: Sounds like a good idea for a TV show…if you're into that sort of thing!
I like this one, even though Martin can grate on the nerves a bit, he is still a personable guy. I love the idea of an alien being an alien conspiracy nut!!!
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Great and funny episode.
Loved the Jack meta line "That would make a good TV Show." Also, any scene with Teal'c in it was awesome.
Stuff from the commentary:- Joe and Paul (finally) do a commentary
- They note how creative the costume department is when Teal'c goes out in the public
- When we first see the inside of Martin's house, the magnifying glass on the aliens was an idea of Will Waring
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I prefer Martin's other two episodes, (yeah, I like the funny ones ) but you can have them without this one, of course.
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