What made a good episode of SG1/SGA for you and what made a bad one for you?

[Pitry]

so you're saying, you hate "holiday" (after 20 minutes, i had the solution), you like, for example, Fifth Race, Tornment of Tantalus, and you dislike some teal'c episodes like bloodlines.

I actually loved Holiday.
20 minutes is fine. I;m scifi savvy enough to be really impressed when I don't get the solution by 20 minutes of an episode. I'm saying I hated Revisions, which became obvious - and more important, derivative within 3 minutes of an episode.

Yes, I like Fifth Race, Torment of Tantalus, but also One False Step, Enigma, Maternal Instinct, Beneath the Surface, The Changeling, Crusade...
Dislike, less Bloodlines, more Talion. I actually quite like Bloodlines. Talion is the best example of what I see as a problem in SG1 and esp. SGA.

[Saquist]

The Puppet Show SG-1 was bad....very bad
All Michael Episodes...of SGA...bad...very bad.

Not even a little good....
None

[The Mighty 6 platoon]

The Puppet Show SG-1 was bad....very bad
All Michael Episodes...of SGA...bad...very bad.

Not even a little good....
None

I guess you weren’t a Team America fan then?

[DigiFluid]

Even though I have serious moral objections to the actions taken, I thought that "Michael" was one of the best episodes Atlantis ever did. Later episodes involving his character not so much, but that first one was great.

[Flyboy]

Even though I have serious moral objections to the actions taken, I thought that "Michael" was one of the best episodes Atlantis ever did. Later episodes involving his character not so much, but that first one was great.

I love it when there's morally questionable issues.

[DigiFluid]

Questionable is one thing, medical experimentation on a POW is a war crime.

That's why I said 'serious objections' rather than 'questionable issues'

[Flyboy]

Questionable is one thing, medical experimentation on a POW is a war crime.

That's why I said 'serious objections' rather than 'questionable issues'

I didn't see the Wraith at the Geneva Conventions.

[DigiFluid]

And I call that a copout to justify horrific crimes

The point of agreeing on the Geneva Conventions was that some actions are criminal in all circumstances, regardless of who signed on.

[Flyboy]

And I call that a copout to justify horrific crimes

The point of agreeing on the Geneva Conventions was that some actions are criminal in all circumstances, regardless of who signed on.

However - and I'm not saying I support this line of argument - US defence for their positioning of torturing terrorists is that they are not acting on behalf of a sovereign state and are thus not attributed the rights an enemy combatant of a legitimate force is.

Moralistically - wrong. No two ways about it.

Necessary? That's debatable.

[DigiFluid]

However - and I'm not saying I support this line of argument - US defence for their positioning of torturing terrorists is that they are not acting on behalf of a sovereign state and are thus not attributed the rights an enemy combatant of a legitimate force is.

Moralistically - wrong. No two ways about it.

Necessary? That's debatable.

Good. I might've needed to go on a tirade

[Flyboy]

Good. I might've needed to go on a tirade

Lol.

I subscribe to the principle of the end justifying the means. I'd be willing to tarnish my own soul in my deeds if I thought my cause was Just.

Is torture morally right? No.

Would I torture someone in a ticking bomb scenario? Yes.

[Pitry]

Questionable is one thing, medical experimentation on a POW is a war crime.

That's why I said 'serious objections' rather than 'questionable issues'

Questionable is one thing, not presented as questionable is another .

In this Michael is actually a good episode.They acknowledge there are moral problems with what they do. Most of SGA...

[Flyboy]

Questionable is one thing, not presented as questionable is another .

In this Michael is actually a good episode.They acknowledge there are moral problems with what they do. Most of SGA...

Fair point.



Btw - still a nice guy btw. :-p. Doesn't mean I ADVOCATE torture.

[Pitry]

Fair point.



Btw - still a nice guy btw. :-p. Doesn't mean I ADVOCATE torture.

Hehe. Some TV characters definitely make me advocate torture, if it makes you feel any better

[fumblesmcstupid]

What made an episode of SG-1/SGA good. was the fact that not all things are fixable.

What made an episode of SG-1 bad was when they turned Danial into Kenny from South Park. I got real tired of that.

You have to be pretty smart to be in the Airforce. I hated it when they DUMB Jack down for comedic relief.

There are thousands of words in the universe. Really! I swear! So when both shows had Teal'c and Ronon and Teyla only use words like "Indeed" or not use contractions, it got old fast.

When a person dies.......keep them dead!! The best use of a *bring back* from the dead was Janet in the Ripple Effect.

Carson...wasted use *ever* of a bring back.

Elizabeth..........*sigh*

SGA: the fifth season was bad in not using all the cast. Ronon and Teyla were excluded from a lot of episodes. And they JUST had to have John and Rodney in every episode like Whisper or B.S for a few seconds. Why couldn't they have done that with Teyla and Ronon?

Now here is where I am admitting that I contradict myself.

The writing was GREAT at times , and the writing SUCKED most of the time for both shows.