Lost my post (I cried) but here I go again, wanted to address a couple points, there's good and bad for me in Noob's post (what a noob!) Cutting lots of text for convenience purposes. Not sure what FH & GF's posts were about since they got silenced but I'll try to remain civil even though I am not bound to mortal rules, being an Unas and all.
yea well they're working on it I heard (can we make this a future reference for anything related to the SG:C? )
Yes and no. The main reason why I loved SG so much is that it wasn't based on an evolved society / futuristic so you know they got to do with what they got. That being said...
YES they should get a ship, at some point, and I think it wasn't premature when the Prometheus was introduced. I mean just ask yourself all those viewers watching the show for 10 years everybody in the Galaxy got ships but not us, what would the Tau'ri doing singing Akunamatata with the Tok'ra?
NO the Tau'Ri should not have had Odyssey-Class ships with Asg beam weapons and I do believe just like you that it was just for convenience purpose of having equipment to fight the Ori. The Ori, which is an Arc I detest with a passion so I'm with you on that one. The extension of SG-1 was just for the money.
Thinking realistically like that is just going to ruin Sci-Fi for you man lol. SG is all about using existing legends and lore and slapping an Alien face behind it. Asgards are clearly the Greys which, we are told, abduct people to do reproductive experiments because their bodies advanced too much to procreate. Btw all that stuff is HEAVILY documented by our friend Gieorgio on History Crazy-TV (or youtube just ask SG Alisa) if you enjoy ''alternative science''.
And honestly, sci-fi or not, I would say that consciousness transfer might be one the last technological advancements that will ever be made. It's not a transfer if it's simply making a copy the synapses and brain patterns of a person to a blank slate, like an AI, that becomes another person. Brain swap surgery or head transplants (which are becoming real) don't count either as it is not transferring your consciousnesses by a technological mean, such as the Cylons and the resurrection ship in BSG.
No. I wonder, perhaps it is because you've seen this show too many times now in 2019? Have you tried putting yourself back in your 90' shoes as a kid, how you felt when you first watched SG? Never watched ST much but I recall there's a race of parasitic beings (symbiotes?) but are totally not the same than Goa'ulds, I'd say that was a major item that made SG stand out, along with the Stargate. Even the movies never introduced the Snakes, Ra in the movie was introduced as an Alien but not a Goa'uld or a being infested with symbiote.
I completely disagree. Apophis was a great vilain imo, from the beginning to his redemption on Sokar's planet (which was a major plot twist back then when it was revealed it was Apophis behind the mask) and to his final demise, for the first time showing that Goa'ulds can be afraid too. I also thought it was so sad to see the poor host coming back alive after seeing a millennia of traumatizing sh*t unable to do anything about it. Imagine, being frozen like that for 1000 years!
I take great offense to that, Anubis was totally boss.
The mighty Anubis whom disappeared for 1000 years, thought dead, but nono! he was out there learning forbidden Ancient Knowledge and getting stronger. The smartest of the bunch, he screwed both the Ancients, the Goa'ulds and especially Oma de salada. Anubis was an unique SL, he didn't care much about people kissing his feet contrary to the others of his kind, all he wanted was power and ultimate control of the galaxy. Got to give that to the Snake he's got balls to stand up to Ancients and laugh in their faces.
How could a replicator, a ROBOT, be any different? They are aware of their predecessor's feelings yes, but just like Cavil in BSG they think this side of themselves is weak and only the machine side needs to be embraced. They think they can be so much more than mere humans and their emotions.
Todd wasn't a wasted potential, I think he was portrayed very well. If you mean the ending, that's entirely due to the hastened cancellation of SGA. I've voiced my opinion before that for instance the flashback of his wraith swooping in for the 3 Zed-PM's before the Asurans world collapsed was wayyyyy too convenient so Atlantis could come back to Earth for the finale.
What is he now that he's on Earth? Prisonner? Allied? Ennemy? Stargate Extinction was going to deal just with that.
Not sure why you're saying that honestly there are many scenes from the beginning of his arc to the end where Michael talks about just that, how they made him a monster on both sides, how he now finds himself rejected by Wraith and Humans alike. Just like the bullied kid in school, he comes back with a gun and shoots everybody.
I thought he was one of the most interesting villain of SGA tbh, loved hating him. Also considering how SG shied away from every single moral dillemas to remain a family show I think this was probably the one occasion apart from SGU where the writers actually dealt with the moral consequences of Beckett's radical DNA experiments.
Yea this is so true lol.
I thought he was cold and yes super evil but contrary to every other replicator he kind of had a sarcastic edge to it, especially when he rubs it off to Weir. Again, a Cavil from BSG wanting to embrace his artificial potential. RIP Oberoth though (sorry forget his name) I think he died last year.
Her beauty is not in the cleavage my friend. Many have said that for Lt. James in SGU too but in all honesty I think she is a beautiful woman... with undeniable advantages (she's super nice I heard) but a beauty all the same.
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Giving the Tau'ri ships - There is a reason why the entire franchise is called Stargate. We shouldn't have star ships.
YES they should get a ship, at some point, and I think it wasn't premature when the Prometheus was introduced. I mean just ask yourself all those viewers watching the show for 10 years everybody in the Galaxy got ships but not us, what would the Tau'ri doing singing Akunamatata with the Tok'ra?
NO the Tau'Ri should not have had Odyssey-Class ships with Asg beam weapons and I do believe just like you that it was just for convenience purpose of having equipment to fight the Ori. The Ori, which is an Arc I detest with a passion so I'm with you on that one. The extension of SG-1 was just for the money.
Killing off the Asgard - We are supposed to believe that the Asgard could create hyperdrives capable of crossing galaxies in minutes and energy-matter converters, but they couldn't fix a simple genetic degradation problem.
And honestly, sci-fi or not, I would say that consciousness transfer might be one the last technological advancements that will ever be made. It's not a transfer if it's simply making a copy the synapses and brain patterns of a person to a blank slate, like an AI, that becomes another person. Brain swap surgery or head transplants (which are becoming real) don't count either as it is not transferring your consciousnesses by a technological mean, such as the Cylons and the resurrection ship in BSG.
Lack of interesting villains - Let's face it: the only interesting villain we ever got in Stargate was Ba'al.
Apophis --> An interesting megalomaniac at first with a whole story arc involving Teal'c as his Frist Prime. However, besides his involvement with Teal'c, he was just another bland System Lord: an egocentric megalomaniac with a one-dimensional personality.
Anubis --:> A completely over-the-top psychopath and sadist with no other motivation besides causing as much death, suffering and destruction as possible for no other reason than to cause death, suffering and destruction.
The mighty Anubis whom disappeared for 1000 years, thought dead, but nono! he was out there learning forbidden Ancient Knowledge and getting stronger. The smartest of the bunch, he screwed both the Ancients, the Goa'ulds and especially Oma de salada. Anubis was an unique SL, he didn't care much about people kissing his feet contrary to the others of his kind, all he wanted was power and ultimate control of the galaxy. Got to give that to the Snake he's got balls to stand up to Ancients and laugh in their faces.
RepliCarter --> Again, one-dimensional.
Todd--> Another wasted potential.
What is he now that he's on Earth? Prisonner? Allied? Ennemy? Stargate Extinction was going to deal just with that.
Michael --> (...) This raises a whole bunch of philosophical questions about what it means to be human, what are the limits and how consciousness interacts with desires that are potentially immoral. but instead of going down that route, they turned him into just a mad scientist bent on destroying everything out of revenge. They chose the worst possible interpretation of the character and went with it.
I thought he was one of the most interesting villain of SGA tbh, loved hating him. Also considering how SG shied away from every single moral dillemas to remain a family show I think this was probably the one occasion apart from SGU where the writers actually dealt with the moral consequences of Beckett's radical DNA experiments.
Wraith Queens --> Except for Queen Death, there were no interesting Queens in SGA. They just seemed to be one-episode one-dimensional human-eating monsters that existed only to die horrible deaths at the and of said episode.
Oberoth --> A male version of RepliCarter but even more boring as his main motivations do not even revolve around us, but rather the Lantians and his desire for revenge.
Adria --> Adria is a pointless character that seemed to be an excuse to show Morena Baccarin's cleavage.
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