Why the bone saw?SPOILERS

[gildor23]

Spoiler:

Where Rush asked for the bone saw I was amazed. Why not just use the gate to amputate the arm. Activate the gate, put his arm in, close gate. The sick arm won't pop up on the other side, and his wound would get cauterized. This goes back to ep 3 of SG-1. WTF!? They only put the saw part in to show his blood being infected. I would understand if TJ had been the one to request the saw, she isn't a gate expert, but Rush is!! Liked the ep, but this is just poor writing on their part. Are the writers even fans? Do they watch the show? Everyone I was watching with, 6 people, all came to the same result without talking about it. We were all confused by the bone saw request.

[TBA]

Episode 3 of SG-1, wow, I can't believe they've forgotten about that. That episode aired just 12 years ago!

[Pharaoh Atem]

might have been to expensive to do that

[AtlantisRules!!!]

Because then they couldnt have noticed that it was in his blood system without him losing his arm already, silly

[escyos]

something tells me that the unstable vortex is not so precise and they could have risked chopping off more than they wanted

[gildor23]

something tells me that the unstable vortex is not so precise and they could have risked chopping off more than they wanted

Best answer!

[gildor23]

Because then they couldnt have noticed that it was in his blood system without him losing his arm already, silly

Pointed that out in my first post. Could have just had him get cut, no excuse.

[Pharaoh Atem]

something tells me that the unstable vortex is not so precise and they could have risked chopping off more than they wanted

plus we don't want scott to lose his arm

[gildor23]

Episode 3 of SG-1, wow, I can't believe they've forgotten about that. That episode aired just 12 years ago!

If you wish to insult my good memory and ample dvd collection thats fine. You still know i'm right.

[morbosfist]

The situation raises a number of problems. One, he's unconscious, so you would have to support his arm somehow. Two, if it has spread to his blood, then you've amputated his arm for nothing. Three, he would certainly not be fine having his arm amputated that way, though admittedly it'd be a lot more efficient. Finally, though it's simple enough to tell how the burst will form, one slip-up and half of Scott is suddenly missing.

[xxxevilgrinxxx]

From Air, we learn that sticking an arm in the puddle isn't going to cut it off and that Destiny apparently has some sort of safety feature that won't close the wormhole in that way. Given that destiny predates the others, I'd say that, storywise, the arms gets cut off scenario might work later on but not for Destiny era gates.

[morbosfist]

From Air, we learn that sticking an arm in the puddle isn't going to cut it off and that Destiny apparently has some sort of safety feature that won't close the wormhole in that way. Given that destiny predates the others, I'd say that, storywise, the arms gets cut off scenario might work later on but not for Destiny era gates.

He's speaking of the kawoosh, which vaporized the plant tentacle near the end.

[xxxevilgrinxxx]

He's speaking of the kawoosh, which vaporized the plant tentacle near the end.

No, the OP is not:

Where Rush asked for the bone saw I was amazed. Why not just use the gate to amputate the arm. Activate the gate, put his arm in, close gate.

Although, using the kawhoosh to shatter an arm seems like a bit much

[marty2006]

He's speaking of the kawoosh, which vaporized the plant tentacle near the end.

No hes speaking about putting his arm in the gate then shutting it down. Air was different, the gate momentarily held open while Eli had his hand in the event horizon, even at that the ship was aching and groaning and would have no doubt shut down the gate at any moment. The whole idea of sticking his arm in the gate anyway is rather silly. They were being chased by those creatures and one of their ship mates was badly injured, TJ would have been acting on instinct and doing what she was trained to do or what she thought was correct. Its not like they had all the time in the world to come up with the best idea, while being chased by random creatures at the same time somthing you have no idea about is affecting someone you care and about and theres a time limit on how long the ships going to be there.

[morbosfist]

That's what I get for skimming. In that case, waiting the full 38 minutes would do the trick. They had enough time. Not that it's any better than the kawoosh.