'Stargate: Continuum' General Discussion

[hedwig]

Whether it pierced his heart or not, I don't know. But yeah, I could easily see how that thing could inflict major damage.

Well, Ba'al did grab that sharp pointy thing that was meant to remove the Goa'uld from the host, and used it to stab Jack. As I commented earlier, it looked like he was bringing it toward Jack's shoulder with a lot of force, and the point of the thing was pointing more or less down, so while it may have hit his shoulder, it likely went in at sharp angle downward and did considerable damage on its way, thus likely causing severe bleeding. It could have at least damaged veins/arteries going to the heart and cut off blood supply where it was needed most. I'm just guessing, from watching that brief scene when this all happened. But I would guess that's why the strike with the sharp object did so much damage.

[leiasky]

Sam did have a tough time after seeing Jack die in front of her. Remember Cam had to pull her out by saying, and I'm paraphrasing here 'I know what happened back there but I need you in the here and now'. She took it the hardest as she was probably the closest to him at that point. Would have been nice to see a bit more of a reaction from Daniel, though.

And the device used to kill jack, as others have said, was a very long needle like thing that entered at the shoulder and pointed downward toward his heart. I assumed it pierced his heart and killed him more or less instantly.

[jelgate]

Sam did have a tough time after seeing Jack die in front of her. Remember Cam had to pull her out by saying, and I'm paraphrasing here 'I know what happened back there but I need you in the here and now'. She took it the hardest as she was probably the closest to him at that point. Would have been nice to see a bit more of a reaction from Daniel, though.And the device used to kill jack, as others have said, was a very long needle like thing that entered at the shoulder and pointed downward toward his heart. I assumed it pierced his heart and killed him more or less instantly.

Also do we have any idea what is inside the needle?

[Crazedwraith]

Going from the end of the movie? Laser beams.

That device certainly was not what I expected the highly dangerous and risky surgical extraction process to be like.

[hedwig]

Going from the end of the movie? Laser beams.

That device certainly was not what I expected the highly dangerous and risky surgical extraction process to be like.

I agree. While the procedure certainly wasn't pleasant for Ba'al, it just seemed too easy and over too quickly. I suppose the Tok'ra could have refined the procedure over the years, but it was made to sound very difficult and painful in the earlier years when it was talked about. After all, when the attempt was made to remove the symbiote from Adria, they had her in surgery and sedated when the process was started. The procedure with Ba'al wasn't all that long later, yet the procedure was over in what seemed like only a moment.

[leiasky]

Also do we have any idea what is inside the needle?

I always assumed they sucked out the symbiote through it.

Is there a novelization of the film? Perhaps there is more detail about the object in the book?

[gateship15]

this movie was good. i like the fact Ba'al got killed by vala so does that mean the symbyote killed by the Tok'ra was now the last one? i think i should fifnish season 10 and 9 so i know more about what was going on

[jelgate]

Yes. Basically at the beginning of the movie was the Ba'al captured by the Tok'ra and the one that went back in time. The AU Mitchell killed the the time traveling Ba'al and the orginal Ba'al was killed by the extracation cermony. The alternate timeline in Continiuum was essentialy non-existent when Mitchell shot Ba'al.

[Jumper_One]

from BW's Q&A on Joe's blog

Anonymous J writes: “Question for Mr Wright: I really, really enjoyed Continuum - have rewatched several times and can happily pass this around my family with very few caveats. One puzzling thing: why the casting of Ben B as his grandfather? I have to say, with his distinctive voice and face, it immediately took me out of the story for those scenes. I kept wondering, why didn’t they just hire someone who resembles him? So…why was that?”

BW: We did it because it was fun. For Ben and for the audience who recognized him.

Aurora Novum writes: “1. Actually, the saddest part of the movie (outside of Mitchell’s…er ending) was that the team accepted being separated from each other for a year. I wondered why you chose that long a time period before Ba’al’s “arrival”, and why the team, in your view, appeared to actually abide by the terms of the agreement.”

BW: Because it would have been too much of a coincidence for Baal to show up right away. And Landry had a damn good point.

“2. In a similar vein, how much do you find your story is dictated by the production environment, and how much is it your initial brainstorming/vision? For example, I understand Daniel’s injury in the Continuum movie was added because of Michael Shanks filming unavailability, but I wondered why the injury wasn’t dealt with much overtly (i.e. therapy, limitations in walking) outside of CGI shots or an occasional limp. Could you discuss the reasoning for those decisions?”

BW: We see him without his leg three times. As for his limping, we realized that in a year, he would become quite proficient with his artificial leg.

“3. What was your reaction/thoughts about the jets made available to you by the USAF? Can you share anything about that experience?”

BW: Cool. I’m the escort pilot in the movie. You can see it’s me pretty clearly, and it’s my voice too. That’s how much I like jets.

ChevronSeven writes: “How much feedback (good, bad or indifferent) have you received with the reaction to the actual screen time of RDA (about 2 minutes in the beginning, 2 minutes in the middle & 1 minute at the end) in Continuum? It appeared via promos and interviews that “Jack is back!” only to be disappointed with the actual screen time upon viewing.”

BW: That’s all I could get him for. He’ll be much more involved in the next one.

http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/...our-questions/

[Integrabyte]

...and your point is?

[Jumper_One]

...and your point is?

[the fifth man]

from BW's Q&A on Joe's blog

http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/...our-questions/

Thanks for posting that, Jumper_One.

[leiasky]

Good to hear him answer a few Continuum questions! Thanks for posting the snippets.

[VSS]

Hey I just saw Amazon's DVDs/BluRay total sales rankings for 2008.

Continuum was #6!

[Jumper_One]

Hey I just saw Amazon's DVDs/BluRay total sales rankings for 2008.

Continuum was #6!

awesome