It was a good insight in to how his memories of great power and evil corrupt him. As he is recalling memories of thousands of people worshipping him, it's like he gets drunk on his own godliness, and that encourages him to become more evil!
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I loved this episode. they where all great.
Of course daniel would sugest this. I mean after everything Anubis put them through and what it took to get rid of him he out of all of them no whats at stake.
And of course his charecter woukd change after everything he's been through. i mean if you went through anything like what he as a charcter has been throuh are you saying you would stay the same.
All in all great episodesigpic
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Originally posted by Madeleine_W View PostDo you think so? I think he would have. He shot those baby goa'ulds just for being baby goa'ulds with the potential to one day harm people. I don't think s1 or s2 baby-snake-killing Daniel would have behaved much differently to Khalik, who was keen to get cracking on enslaving a galaxy.
I know that Daniel was the one who always wanted to talk out the argument rather than shoot it out - when *people* were involved, not goa'uld. He just wanted the goa'uld dead, and the only thing that ever tempered his goa'uld-killing streak was compassion for the hosts. Khalik had no host, he was in essence and soul pure goa'uld, and a particularly bad one at that. Daniel would have known that he was on the verge of almost limitless power. Why on earth would Daniel *not* want Khalik dead?
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Well, I just rewatched it and while I can see where are people praising Daniel coming from, I just kept thinking :"wow, that's Jack stuck in Daniel's body!". Seriously, I think Daniel behaved just like him and that's why I couldn't entirely buy it. Maybe MS should have found some another way to play him, because while I know Daniel had his reasons I saw another character entirely, not Dr Jackson with issues
But before I get slammed I'd like to say that I liked the episode overall. It's certainly among the best in season 9. And I don't have any problems with Daniel's decision or position, just with its execution, if that makes sense.Last edited by Petra; 11 May 2009, 01:40 PM.
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Originally posted by col aga View PostWell, I just rewatched it and while I can see where are people praising Daniel coming from, I just kept thinking :"wow, that's Jack stuck in Daniel's body!". Seriously, I think Daniel behaved just like him and that's why I couldn't entirely buy it. Maybe MS should have found some another way to play him, because while I know Daniel had his reasons I saw another character entirely, not Dr Jackson with issues
But before I get slammed I'd like to say that I liked the episode overall. It's certainly among the best in season 9. And I don't have any problems with Daniel's decision or position, just with its execution, if that makes sense.
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Originally Posted by Madeleine_W
Do you think so? I think he would have. He shot those baby goa'ulds just for being baby goa'ulds with the potential to one day harm people. I don't think s1 or s2 baby-snake-killing Daniel would have behaved much differently to Khalik, who was keen to get cracking on enslaving a galaxy.
I know that Daniel was the one who always wanted to talk out the argument rather than shoot it out - when *people* were involved, not goa'uld. He just wanted the goa'uld dead, and the only thing that ever tempered his goa'uld-killing streak was compassion for the hosts. Khalik had no host, he was in essence and soul pure goa'uld, and a particularly bad one at that. Daniel would have known that he was on the verge of almost limitless power. Why on earth would Daniel *not* want Khalik dead?
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Now this was a good episode, definately one of season 9's better efforts. Khalek made a great villain, the guy who played him was totally convincing in the 'evil' stakes, too bad they killed him off after only one appearance.
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I suspect Daniel reacted the was he did because he understands the risks better perhaps than anyone else; if not consciously than buried in his brain somewhere with the knowledge he gained from having been ascended. I believe thats what the episode was about; exposing a deeper vengeance between him and Anubis. That said, I too was pretty shocked when he just blurted out lets kill him (paraphrasing).
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I suspect Daniel reacted the was he did because he understands the risks better perhaps than anyone else; if not consciously than buried in his brain somewhere with the knowledge he gained from having been ascended. I believe thats what the episode was about; exposing a deeper vengeance between him and Anubis. That said, I too was pretty shocked when he just blurted out lets kill him (paraphrasing).
You make a good point. Daniel certainly hated Anubis at least as much as he hated Apophis, and he's going to feel the same way about an artificial re-creation of Anubis. There's an interesting deleted scene from Fallen where Daniel talks about feeling like he did something wrong, made a mistake, and the old man on Vis Uban tells him to go to the place they found him and see if he can find out who he was. That he needs to find out so that if he made a mistake, he can atone for it. Deleted scenes aren't canon, of course, but it's an interesting insight into Daniel's determination to destroy Anubis.
I don't think that's all the episode it about, though. I think it's also an exploration of who Daniel is--where and how he draws certain lines.
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