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Overdog posted:Man this thread is getting deep, I haven't watched enough SG to even hang. I like sci-fi but I'm not like, addicted to it. SG1 is the best! It's got all the crazy sci fi concepts of Star Trek while being mostly grounded in "the real world".
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redshirt posted:SG1 is the best! It's got all the crazy sci fi concepts of Star Trek while being mostly grounded in "the real world". As someone who has watched all of Battlestar Galactica, I can say real recognize real. 
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This thread is pretty great too, it made me watch 48 Hours just now and this is a fun episode 
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redshirt posted:Speaking of Lockheed Martin, how in the world did they build such huge spacecraft so quickly AND still keep it secret? Been awhile but I'm pretty sure they go over it in detail in an episode and give a documentary crew a tour, Google suggests it's Prometheus (also the name of the ship) https://stargate.fandom.com/wiki/Prometheus_(episode)
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pixaal posted:Been awhile but I'm pretty sure they go over it in detail in an episode and give a documentary crew a tour, Google suggests it's Prometheus (also the name of the ship) Jesus loving christ, what a space colony honeypot. Where's the gas showers they lure the remaining thinking people in the world into? 
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Aug 9, 2023 19:01
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kdrudy posted:They addressed that as well: I wish they would've kept the MP-5. They treat the P90 like a semi-auto rifle that can snipe bad guys from hundreds of yards away when it's just a Personal Defence Weapon that's probably only effective out to 50 yards at most. I expect more weapon realism from a show where people travel across the galaxy using a giant ring. 
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Aug 9, 2023 21:17
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redshirt posted:There's dozens of reasons why that would not work, but consider just the fact that SG teams took a pretty high fatality rate. How are you explaining to widows how your husband was KIA but not in any known conflict? Helicopter crash. That’s the military’s favorite excuse for deaths they don’t want to explain.
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Aug 9, 2023 21:45
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Its a wonder those guys haven't ever been cursed. Like all that poo poo they are loving with probably has a curse on it. I guess curses aren't like, modern or whatever.
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Aug 9, 2023 21:54
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Disease, nanobots, radiation, matter phase misalignment, mind control stuff, and temporal/dimensional shenanigans could all count as curses
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Aug 9, 2023 21:57
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Overdog posted:Its a wonder those guys haven't ever been cursed. Like all that poo poo they are loving with probably has a curse on it. I guess curses aren't like, modern or whatever. Urgo: THANK YOU. See, I'm not that bad!
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Sentient Data posted:Disease, nanobots, radiation, matter phase misalignment, mind control stuff, and temporal/dimensional shenanigans could all count as curses mmmm, noooooot really. Like none of those are genuine protonic or proton horizon mechanics.
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Overdog posted:Its a wonder those guys haven't ever been cursed. Like all that poo poo they are loving with probably has a curse on it. I guess curses aren't like, modern or whatever. There was the time Jack got really old on that planet where people live 1 year.
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Aug 9, 2023 23:43
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Overdog posted:Its a wonder those guys haven't ever been cursed. Like all that poo poo they are loving with probably has a curse on it. I guess curses aren't like, modern or whatever.
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pixaal posted:There was the time Jack got really old on that planet where people live 1 year. Well hey, I haven't seen all the stargates. That sounds more like time tricks though.
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Aug 10, 2023 04:16
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Overdog posted:Well hey, I haven't seen all the stargates. That sounds more like time tricks though. Season 1 episode I think. Some kind of Gould nanotech.
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Oh man how did I miss this thread? I just started my regular (every 3 years or so, I think) rewatch. Up to the middle of season 3 so far. What I forgot was how often an episode's concept is "SG1 go to [planet], find [device], Sam/Daniel touch [device], poo poo happens." Like my dudes you have been doing this for quite a while (although I think in the season 1 clip show they mention it's only been like a couple of months?) surely you know the number 1 thing is do not touch the mysterious device on the plinth. The body swap episode is fun because they kind of subvert this by having Teal'c and O'Neil use all the protective gear they're supposed to, and the device just... does it anyway. Season 3 I think is the start of the period where the actors - RDA in particular - is very aware of how long this show has already gone on for and is likely to go on for. The number of planets they go to that are clearly the same part of Canadian woodland/quarry. In one of the episodes I watched last night he says something like "It's fortunate this galaxy is very... green." The best thing I like about this program is the way you see the technology advance (both human and alien). You start in season 1 with these massive basic computers - in one episode they have dual CRT monitors in the lab and you can see how old it is, they go to a website that's like "file:///internet///www///website///egypt" etc. - and are using the standard MP5 loadouts. Then as you go through they start including the hated ZATs, they have their radio communication and drones, they start developing the space program etc. That's the cool poo poo you arguably don't get in any other sci-fi program.
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Season 4 episode 6 "Window of Opportunity" is the best SG1 episode IMO, in that it contains everything that makes the show special. The humor, firstly. But also the cool sci fi concept. And lastly the real emotion of the show, when Jack snaps at the guy over his dead son.
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redshirt posted:Season 4 episode 6 "Window of Opportunity" is the best SG1 episode IMO, in that it contains everything that makes the show special. The humor, firstly. But also the cool sci fi concept. And lastly the real emotion of the show, when Jack snaps at the guy over his dead son. I honest to Ba'al can't place 'em in any particular order, but my favourites: -Window of Opportunity for sure. You are not the only one who must endure some discomfort, etc. -Season 1 end season 2 opener two-parter. This is where the show really kicks off its shoes and opens a bottle of bourbon. -The black hole episode. It's a bit on the drama side, but I get a kick out of the time dilation gag and how it gives Hammond, of Texas, a head-ache. -1969. A good year! -Season five, "Fail Safe". It's an existential threat to all of Earth, but the episode is a straight-up comedy show. I am confident. As am I. Okay that's five, that's good enough. I also like Ba'al in general, and while I missed Jack in the last two seasons, Vala is a good source of humour for a lot of that run. Mitchell is a bit eh. EvilHawk posted:Oh man how did I miss this thread? I just started my regular (every 3 years or so, I think) rewatch. Up to the middle of season 3 so far. Sadly it's their job to touch the weird alien stuff on the plinths  The huge cathode ray tube sets are pretty funny these days (Daniel's screen saver  ), but the show wasn't on quite long enough to have the kind of transition shows like  SVU does. In the first season, you have the detectives answering cord phones, staring at CRT screens, and Munch faxing poo poo back and forth. 20+ years later and everybody's just using their smart phones to do all the evidence collecting that doesn't require the coroner or a rape kit.
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Rappaport posted:You are not the only one who must endure some discomfort Waiting until so late in the episode to give that reveal was such amazing pacing
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Rappaport posted:I honest to Ba'al can't place 'em in any particular order, but my favourites: "Honest to Ba'al" should have been an episode name.
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Rappaport posted:Sadly it's their job to touch the weird alien stuff on the plinths I love that L&O is so old that in the first season they're still using blood typing and later DNA sequencing becomes a revolutionary forensic technology that's so new and untested it gets argued about in court.
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I was always sad Lord Yu got offed unceremoniously. My favorite System lord along with BALL. It felt like he was mostly trying to keep poo poo running and was tired of the youngster System lords screwing around, with him semi cooperating with SG1 several times and not being quite as openly villainous as the others I was wondering if he and his domain was gonna survive in some fashion with people and Jaffa simply choosing to continue to serve him after most other lords had been toppled and their people freed.
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Aug 10, 2023 14:51
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That episode where Carter offers up her Dad to the "good" Go'uld.
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redshirt posted:That episode where Carter offers up her Dad to the "good" Go'uld. The cure for cancer, a snake in the head
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pixaal posted:The cure for cancer, a snake in the head Hey Dad, got some long range telemetry stuff going on. Please stop by.
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Sam's Best Boyfriends, ranked: 1 Martouf 2 That Replicator 3 That Ancient Stalker guy 4. loving Pete 5 Jack
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writers wanting to make Jack / Sam work was annoying they have been through too much poo poo together to have that kind of relationship. I could see them ending up next door neighbors that have dinner as a group most nights though.
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Sentient Data posted:Waiting until so late in the episode to give that reveal was such amazing pacing Great episode. 10/10. No notes. pixaal posted:this should be the full version if you want to listen to the entire thing it's pretty good but an hour. Watched the full thing. Some neat and funny stories in there. Like, according to Shanks, apparently the character of Vala wasn't meant to be a regular. Rappaport posted:Okay that's five, that's good enough. I also like Ba'al in general, and while I missed Jack in the last two seasons, Vala is a good source of humour for a lot of that run. Mitchell is a bit eh. Speaking of Vala... I was really impressed with the way that they managed to build a believable connection between Daniel and Vala in such a short (in-universe) time, and in only a handful of episodes too. From what was basically just an over the top Farscape easter egg, to surviving the terrible stuff they went through together. It felt surprisingly authentic.
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pixaal posted:writers wanting to make Jack / Sam work was annoying they have been through too much poo poo together to have that kind of relationship. I could see them ending up next door neighbors that have dinner as a group most nights though. 100%. He's her superior officer. AND IMO he knew he wasn't good enough for her.
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redshirt posted:Sam's Best Boyfriends, ranked: Now that's just going too far. The ancient hikikomori thing (that entire episode really) was sooo loving creepy. Edit: Koboje posted:I was always sad Lord Yu got offed unceremoniously. My favorite System lord along with BALL. It felt like he was mostly trying to keep poo poo running and was tired of the youngster System lords screwing around, with him semi cooperating with SG1 several times and not being quite as openly villainous as the others I was wondering if he and his domain was gonna survive in some fashion with people and Jaffa simply choosing to continue to serve him after most other lords had been toppled and their people freed. Yu's first prime knew he was senile and chose to protect him regardless. Truly an outlier. But even if he somewhat mellowed / got tempered because of his condition, no way a system lord that ancient wasn't a complete monster. itry fucked around with this message at 19:20 on Aug 10, 2023 |
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I forgot about the Tollan Guy. He was Sam's best BF material.
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Rappaport posted:I honest to Ba'al can't place 'em in any particular order, but my favourites: These are all great and I feel the same; I also really love the two Aschen episodes, 2010 and 2001. It's so satisfying when the Aschen realize they're on to them, try to trap them, and then ultimately we find out at the end that all the gate addresses are bad, starting with the black hole from "A Matter of Time" I think.
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SourKraut posted:These are all great and I feel the same; I also really love the two Aschen episodes, 2010 and 2001. It's so satisfying when the Aschen realize they're on to them, try to trap them, and then ultimately we find out at the end that all the gate addresses are bad, starting with the black hole from "A Matter of Time" I think. Those are two of my favorite episodes. That there is technically no connection between them other than a hand written note that just says don't go to P34-987 or whatever makes it even more beautiful.
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I just finished 48 hours. I love that Tanith goes out like a punk in the intro lmao
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Thanks for getting my hopes up you absolute bastards because of course Prime in Norway doesn't have ANY Stargåte! Also I want to give a shout out to Stargåte Universe which came out right about when I started to smoke weed so it's cemented in my mind as Good and I'm still pissed it ended on such a galactic cliffhanger 
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Biplane posted:Thanks for getting my hopes up you absolute bastards because of course Prime in Norway doesn't have ANY Stargåte! Also I want to give a shout out to Stargåte Universe which came out right about when I started to smoke weed so it's cemented in my mind as Good and I'm still pissed it ended on such a galactic cliffhanger That blows. Weird too because Amazon owns MGM which owns the Stargate franchise. It's all available on American Amazon.
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redshirt posted:That blows. Weird too because Amazon owns MGM which owns the Stargate franchise. It has moved streaming services several times in the last few years though, I've done complete watches on Netflix, and Hulu
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redshirt posted:I forgot about the Tollan Guy. He was Sam's best BF material. Ehhhh he seemed creepy to me. redshirt posted:Those are two of my favorite episodes. That there is technically no connection between them other than a hand written note that just says don't go to P34-987 or whatever makes it even more beautiful. I wonder if they did that in 2010 with the intention of making 2001? they must've right? I'll say it again, SG-1 did the funnest alternate reality timeline episodes
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MakaVillian posted:Ehhhh he seemed creepy to me. Name a less creep alternative to Tolan guy. lol fuckin Pete??
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