Moebius, Part 2 (820)

[Snowman37]

The ending was pretty easy to follow. Ra undoubtedly had more Jaffa than were seen. However, once the Egyptians began to rise up, he'd lost control. SG-1 will make sure the stargate is left behind, and consequently, the future is restored. What was hard to follow? I loved how Part 2 gave us an alternate take on "Children of the Gods," that really was too funny. Jackson got Goa'ulded and killed by Teal'c. I love the Egypt Jackson's response to this. haha

[jelgate]

They didn't show or explain Ra escaping that well or what happens to the Time Jumper. All they showed was stopping the one patrol.

[Snowman37]

I guess we were to presume that all of this happened off screen? Really, that didn't bother me. It was about bizarro SG-1 going back in time and helping the original Jackson set time right. I never expected to see the rebellion itself.

[jelgate]

And they never showed us to set the time right. We are just suppose to assumed it happened off screen. We neve saw the rebellion happening and the original Stargate being left behind. We just assumed it happened. Too much off screen stuff

[Snowman37]

Like I said, it didn't really bother me all that much. It's a TV show, and I'd rather time dedicated to time travel adventure than the rebellion itself. Do you think they'd have had the budget to depict it?

[jelgate]

I really don't care if it met your expectations or not. The rebellion by definition would still be apart of the time travel adventure. And you are missing the point. The compliant is not about not just showing the rebellion. Its about rushing and not showing the conclusion in favor of some stupid Jack and Sam shipping and other unimportant characterization

[Snowman37]

Shipping? What would you have cut to make room for the rebellion? How would you depict it within the confines of a TV budget?

[jelgate]

They had already shown the start of it. Extras are realtively cheap. Its not like I'm looking for massive special and visual effects

[Snowman37]

It's not just extras. There's costumes, props, set, sandy locations to shoot in, and then there'd be VFX to depict the area for wide shots and the departure of Ra's ship. Given that Ra only had a few guards in the original movie, I can suspend my disbelief that he'd only have a few Jaffa in "Moebius, Part 2." That was the implication from the flashbacks in the original film.

[jelgate]

Most of which are already in the episode anyway making the cost quite small. You don't need to show some an elaborate and expensive escape. It would be nice but impractical to expect a huge VFX scene. I never wanted an expensive showing of the conclusion. Just actually a conclusion instead of it happening off screen

[Snowman37]

What kind of conclusion did you have in mind?

[jelgate]

Thats not the point.

[Snowman37]

Sure it is.

[jelgate]

Yes it is. How I would write a scene is a completely difference topic then not liking a scene.

[Snowman37]

I thought you were bothered by the absence of a scene rather than an existing scene.