"Going To Other Planets" a la Martin Lloyd

[Livi2Jack]

So, we have a Stargate, but what about what's on the other side? What kind of planets could we find besides endless rainy forests and an occasional desert?

Copy and add to the list:

1. Planets with lighter or heavier gravity, and their ramifications.

2. Planets with industrialized societies more advanced than what we have seen so we can negotiate with them.

[Janus]

1. Planets with lighter or heavier gravity, and their ramifications.
2. Planets with industrialized societies more advanced than what we have seen so we can negotiate with them.

3. Planets that don't rotate, one side night, one side day.

[shockwave]

4. planet that is a living entity (I know, star trek cliché)

[Brianamarie]

5. Planets with silicon-based lifeforms.

[Beatrice Otter]

Well, I'd like to see genuinely alien foliage, stuff that doesn't look like it's from Earth. Unfortunately, I can't think of a tv or movie in the history of sf that's been able to pull it off without looking simply ridiculous. Which is one of the reasons SG-1 (and now Atlantis) go mainly to green, rainy forests with lots of evergreens: in Vancouver, Canada, where they film, that's what the terrain looks like, and trying to make it look like something else is difficult and often comes up cheezy. Like "Evolution" when they're supposed to be in the jungle. It doesn't look like a jungle, it looks like a rainy North American forest with the occasional strategically placed fern. Personally, I'd rather have just a natural look than something obviously faked.

[Jprime]

Well, I'd like to see genuinely alien foliage, stuff that doesn't look like it's from Earth. Unfortunately, I can't think of a tv or movie in the history of sf that's been able to pull it off without looking simply ridiculous. Which is one of the reasons SG-1 (and now Atlantis) go mainly to green, rainy forests with lots of evergreens: in Vancouver, Canada, where they film, that's what the terrain looks like, and trying to make it look like something else is difficult and often comes up cheezy. Like "Evolution" when they're supposed to be in the jungle. It doesn't look like a jungle, it looks like a rainy North American forest with the occasional strategically placed fern. Personally, I'd rather have just a natural look than something obviously faked.

Would you rather a paper-mache rock face that could be re-painted every few episodes, a la Star Trek: TOS?

[SaberBlade]

3. Planets that don't rotate, one side night, one side day.

wasn't that already done with the Broca Divide

1. Planets with lighter or heavier gravity, and their ramifications.

2. Planets with industrialized societies more advanced than what we have seen so we can negotiate with them.

3. Planets that don't rotate, one side night, one side day.

4. planet that is a living entity (I know, star trek cliché)

5. Planets with silicon-based lifeforms.

6. I'd like to see genuinely alien foliage

7. a world (which is very close to earth in the stargate network) that has picked up earths tv and has started to emulate star trek

[Elthial]

1. Planets with lighter or heavier gravity, and their ramifications.

2. Planets with industrialized societies more advanced than what we have seen so we can negotiate with them.

3. Planets that don't rotate, one side night, one side day.

4. planet that is a living entity (I know, star trek cliché)

5. Planets with silicon-based lifeforms.

6. I'd like to see genuinely alien foliage

7. a world (which is very close to earth in the stargate network) that has picked up earths tv and has started to emulate star trek

8. Planet in an unstable orbit so it passes close to the sun and fries the planets surface.

9. Planet with floating cities that are not an uber advanced race

10. Planet with a species which either use purely mechanical tech or biological tech

11. A Binary planet, two planets orbiting each other.

12. Planet with a acid atomsphere but still having life there (maybe silicon)

13. Planet with a hive mind socity which doesnt want to devour or assimilate the universe

[WraithWarrior]

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1. Planets with lighter or heavier gravity, and their ramifications.

2. Planets with industrialized societies more advanced than what we have seen so we can negotiate with them.

3. Planets that don't rotate, one side night, one side day.

4. planet that is a living entity (I know, star trek cliché)

5. Planets with silicon-based lifeforms.

6. I'd like to see genuinely alien foliage

7. a world (which is very close to earth in the stargate network) that has picked up earths tv and has started to emulate star trek

8. Planet in an unstable orbit so it passes close to the sun and fries the planets surface.

9. Planet with floating cities that are not an uber advanced race

10. Planet with a species which either use purely mechanical tech or biological tech

11. A Binary planet, two planets orbiting each other.

12. Planet with a acid atomsphere but still having life there (maybe silicon)

13. Planet with a hive mind socity which doesnt want to devour or assimilate the universe

14. A planet that takes about 2 hours to walk around the whole thing (maybe even just big enough for the team to stand on)

[Spudster]

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1. Planets with lighter or heavier gravity, and their ramifications.

2. Planets with industrialized societies more advanced than what we have seen so we can negotiate with them.

3. Planets that don't rotate, one side night, one side day.

4. planet that is a living entity (I know, star trek cliché)

5. Planets with silicon-based lifeforms.

6. I'd like to see genuinely alien foliage

7. a world (which is very close to earth in the stargate network) that has picked up earths tv and has started to emulate star trek

8. Planet in an unstable orbit so it passes close to the sun and fries the planets surface.

9. Planet with floating cities that are not an uber advanced race

10. Planet with a species which either use purely mechanical tech or biological tech

11. A Binary planet, two planets orbiting each other.

12. Planet with a acid atomsphere but still having life there (maybe silicon)

13. Planet with a hive mind socity which doesnt want to devour or assimilate the universe

14. A planet that takes about 2 hours to walk around the whole thing (maybe even just big enough for the team to stand on)

problem with 14 is if only just big enuf to stand on.... no gravity.... not much atmosphere.... NO SPACE FOR A REALLY HUGE HEAVY GREY THING CALLED A STARGATE!!! lol

[Jumper One]

problem with 14 is if only just big enuf to stand on.... no gravity.... not much atmosphere.... NO SPACE FOR A REALLY HUGE HEAVY GREY THING CALLED A STARGATE!!! lol

Well, I assume it would be nailed down or something.

[Avatar28]

There's still the problem of no atmosphere.

Let's face it, the Ancients wouldn't put stargates on places they didn't need to routinely go. If it was a planet they just needed to visit for research or whatever, they'd just send a ship most likely. The stargates went on planets where they would be living. To that end they're all going to be relatively earthlike, similar day/night cycles, similar gravity and atmosphere, etc.

[DigiFluid]

11. A Binary planet, two planets orbiting each other.

Fire and Water?

[Darkstar]

1. Planets with lighter or heavier gravity, and their ramifications.

2. Planets with industrialized societies more advanced than what we have seen so we can negotiate with them.

3. Planets that don't rotate, one side night, one side day.

4. planet that is a living entity (I know, star trek cliché)

5. Planets with silicon-based lifeforms.

6. I'd like to see genuinely alien foliage

7. a world (which is very close to earth in the stargate network) that has picked up earths tv and has started to emulate star trek

8. Planet in an unstable orbit so it passes close to the sun and fries the planets surface.

9. Planet with floating cities that are not an uber advanced race

10. Planet with a species which either use purely mechanical tech or biological tech

11. A Binary planet, two planets orbiting each other.

12. Planet with a acid atomsphere but still having life there (maybe silicon)

13. Planet with a hive mind socity which doesnt want to devour or assimilate the universe

14. A planet that takes about 2 hours to walk around the whole thing (maybe even just big enough for the team to stand on)

15. A planet in which it is similar to earth 65 million years ago, with dinosaurs and big reptiles, a la "lost world/King Kong

[Jedi_Master_Bra'tac]

wasn't that already done with the Broca Divide

I thought it was dark because of the really thick forest