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FFT posted:So does the episode where the pilot's introduced, to be fair. The first episode is opening the door to "there are other aliens and such in the milky way" which you COULD work with They just don't
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It’s weird because the Galaxy is previously a harsh place with gouald everywhere, few friends and danger all over. But also, there’s a lot of fun characters and space racing? It doesn’t really mesh. The rest of the universe is danger and slavery. Apart from the racing system. It’s very much a Star Trek plot.
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well why not posted:It’s weird because the Galaxy is previously a harsh place with gouald everywhere, few friends and danger all over. But also, there’s a lot of fun characters and space racing? It doesn’t really mesh. Yeah, it was a bit silly. But fun. As to how space racing system could exist, to that I say "it's a big galaxy". Or maybe another galaxy. For all of SG1's adventures, for example, they had only begun scratching the surface of all the available gates they could visit.
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redshirt posted:Yeah, it was a bit silly. But fun. As to how space racing system could exist, to that I say "it's a big galaxy". Or maybe another galaxy. For all of SG1's adventures, for example, they had only begun scratching the surface of all the available gates they could visit. I think I expected more surprise I guess Realistically the only aliens we've met are the Nox, Asgard and Goa'uld. Oh and the Unas I guess? But they all get quite a lot of description and discussion when they're found
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Taear posted:I think I expected more surprise I guess There were those 2 bounty hunters in Season 9 or 10 that were aliens.
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My memory was "their systems don't have active stargates" and the wiki says "The Serrakins [the reptilians with the head thing going on] came centuries ago to this planet and helped the Hebridians [the humans] to get free from Goa'uld control. They also offered technological advancement." Reptilians? Introduced shuttling to a literal prison planet??
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redshirt posted:There were those 2 bounty hunters in Season 9 or 10 that were aliens.
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FFT posted:The galaxy's worst bounty hunters that were introduced as smugglers in the same episode that introduced Vala, S08E12: Prometheus Unbound? Oh yeah, those same dudes were gonna take possession of the Prometheus. They were amusing.
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FFT posted:My memory was "their systems don't have active stargates" and the wiki says "The Serrakins [the reptilians with the head thing going on] came centuries ago to this planet and helped the Hebridians [the humans] to get free from Goa'uld control. They also offered technological advancement." You'd think that'd make them pretty important, I dunno Or at least the Goa'uld be mad as gently caress at them
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There was that insect like alien that could make people think he was one of them Everyone thought there was another guy in SG-1, and Hammond's like "Nah uh" and Daniel's like "Yeah that guy we've served with on PX3-976"
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redshirt posted:There was that insect like alien that could make people think he was one of them I think one of the least realistic things in the show is how they remember all those alphanumeric codes over time.
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Beachcomber posted:I think one of the least realistic things in the show is how they remember all those alphanumeric codes over time. We don't see how much time they spend reading mission briefings and having meetings and such. I bet there's a lot.
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redshirt posted:There was that insect like alien that could make people think he was one of them Rick and Morty ripped this off with Mr poopy butthole
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Beachcomber posted:I think one of the least realistic things in the show is how they remember all those alphanumeric codes over time. Remembering the planet names as just a string of code instead of having any nicknames for anywhere at all. Or using the names the natives use even - although that applies mostly to Atlantis since at least in SG1 they say Chulak and etc. You know for me the least realistic thing is sometimes how long they take to work things out. We know that they're all big nerds, they make references to star wars and trek and etc etc all the time. And yet the amount of time it takes Daniel to go "holy poo poo is this a parallel universe" is colossal. It's like the people writing the show think we're idiots and have to have it REALLY rubbed in before a "big reveal" of the most obvious thing in the world. Even as a kid at the time I remember thinking that. It ties into when something weird is happening and nobody believes our characters. You're seeing Wraith at night? Clearly you're mad, speak to the therapist Armacham posted:Rick and Morty ripped this off with Mr poopy butthole It's a homage to a concept that's used over and over and over in sci fi media and they did it pretty well I think, it's a good episode.
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Taear posted:Remembering the planet names as just a string of code instead of having any nicknames for anywhere at all. Or using the names the natives use even - although that applies mostly to Atlantis since at least in SG1 they say Chulak and etc. quote:You know for me the least realistic thing is sometimes how long they take to work things out. Yeah, this is always done for some story purpose. The WORST example of this IMO is when that Ancient follows Sam through the Gate and then stalks her, taking a human form. No one at the SGC believes her, and they send her for a mental exam and secretly surveil her. The lack of trust in Sam of all people is preposterous.
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^^the Ori arc had a bunch of named planets, like the ones when they try to find the Sangraal. Anubis had Tartarus and there was the domed ancient place where they got the ZPM to power the antarctic chair for the first time. Jonas' planet had a name, as did the planet where the prometheus got blowed up over. I'm sure the majority are indeed random strings though.snergle posted:lol i said that guy looked to much like musk for my to like him when you guys were ranking favorite gouald. Well I disagree heartily with you but you've seen the last of Felger yes. Taear posted:I think I expected more surprise I guess Leandros fucked around with this message at 14:37 on Dec 17, 2023 |
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re: the lovely CGI dragon, I just saw some CGI bats in S3's New Ground and they looked about the same fidelity, except 7 years older
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I liked the concept of Felger more than I liked actual Felger. That episode with the Avenger virus is pretty cringe, and I try not to use that word very often. The plot in many ways involves Felger lusting after Carter (a plot I hated in SG1) and Felger being oblivious to his assistant lusting after him. It's just awkward all around, and I get what they were going for, it just doesn't click for me. I'd put it in my bottom ten episodes, I think.
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Beachcomber posted:I think one of the least realistic things in the show is how they remember all those alphanumeric codes over time. Also how long it takes them to set up an Alpha Site, and how they don't run the gate program out of there. Kinsey had a point in the first season that fetching a bunch of dangerous items/microbes/people/black hole connections and immediately exposing Earth to them was not a good plan.
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Beachcomber posted:I think one of the least realistic things in the show is how they remember all those alphanumeric codes over time. I actually like how this is handled. Daniel remembers the codes for planets with significant archeological/sociological importance. Sam remembers the sites that have scientific value. Cam remembers everything because he was a massive nerd after his crash and memorised every single mission file. Jack, of course, barely remembers what he had for breakfast.
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redshirt posted:We don't see how much time they spend reading mission briefings and having meetings and such. I bet there's a lot. Theoretically, sure. But on the other hand, 
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Leandros posted:I dunno what your threshold for meeting is, but there's the Foothold aliens, the Native American gods in the trinium episode, the terraforming spaceship aliens, the phase shifting suicide bomber ones with the bald kid, crystal alien from s1, crystal skull aliens and probably a bunch more. This is going to sound like a cop out but MOST of the other aliens we see in that case are kinda unknowable powerful god aliens. The ones with the bald kid (the reetu?) they just forget about even though you're expecting them back, I guess they didn't like the effect they had to use? redshirt posted:Dakara gets named dropped a lot. Other than that, I'm blanking on planets with names other than designations. Tollana was the Tollan homeworld I think, but that was like a real new name for a new world, and I don't think SGC used the name. Oh, also Abydos. Now destroyed RIP. Yea as I say, mostly considering Atlantis here. Even the Genaii homeworld doesn't get a name
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crispix posted:stupid, sexy, Jackson Look the show just wanted to realistically depict how hot archaeologist and linguists are. All that sitting in dark rooms reading dusty old books just makes people hot as hell, and I'm just glad the show was brave enough to represent that, rather than just doing the easy thing casting your typical plain and unhealthy pale typical hollywood actor.
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jackson starting to get shots where he's working out late in the series is always funny.
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SRQ posted:jackson starting to get shots where he's working out late in the series is always funny. lifting like a quarter of what teal’c is. the most unrealistic thing of the whole show is how nice all their homes are. unless they get an insane amount of combat pay I don’t think the air force pays THAT well
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TK-42-1 posted:lifting like a quarter of what teal’c is. They're all secretly selling alien technology to the private sector.
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TK-42-1 posted:lifting like a quarter of what teal’c is. How big a raise do you get for each time you save the world?
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TK-42-1 posted:lifting like a quarter of what teal’c is. Jackson should be making bank, he's a private contractor. Teal'c is essentially confined to base, loosely. I'd love to know how much he is paid. Is it in dollars, or in Jaffa Bucks? He buys things, so he has some dollars. Sam's place is a small house, but nice. She drives a nice car. What do Captains/Majors/Lt. Colonels make? Jack might be the only real unrealistic one. He went through a divorce soon before the show starts. I don't know the details, but it can't help his bank account. But his house is really nice, in a seemingly quiet upscale neighborhood. I mean, not like "mansion" nice, but like a "Mike Brady design" nice. He also has a cabin on a pond.
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I presume Jack cleaned out his wife in the divorce. He spent it all on the f250 and the pond. Carter is a huge success and a generals daughter, house is nice but pretty big for one person. It’s such a 90s/2000s TV house. Her home and clothes really don’t match the character. Sometimes she’s a motorcycle nerd who lives for science, sometimes she dresses like she’s on Seventh Heaven. Jackson was an outsider archeologist theorist and somehow had that cool inner city apartment, despite being missing for a year+ on abydos. They seem to eat every meal on base or offworld, that must keep the jello budget down. You’d save money on a gym membership too, as being near Teal’c gives you osmosis gains.
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^^^ maybe she's pocketing half of Jacob's salary (with the rest going to her brother), not like he has anywhere to spend it. Well he's a reactivated Colonel, so he's probably making close to the upper end of the pay grade, which would be ~$150,000 in 2023 dollars. The biggest question I had about the civilian world is where that mean neighborhood is that Tealc escaped to when he got stung by that space mosquito. PittTheElder fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Dec 18, 2023 |
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It's funny when they show the Atlantis crew back home because Weir's house just seems to be a small room
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redshirt posted:Jackson should be making bank, he's a private contractor. Teal'c is essentially confined to base, loosely. I'd love to know how much he is paid. Is it in dollars, or in Jaffa Bucks? He buys things, so he has some dollars. Officer pay and housing allowance is pretty good, you can definitely afford a decent house if you want to make that a priority. Using 2023 pay charts, an O-4 with 10 years service (reasonable for Carter at the midpoint of the series) earns $8,254 a month in basic pay, and a $2,364 housing allowance for Colorado Springs. Plus I have to imagine they're getting some kind of harzardous duty pay; the Air Force pays a hardship bonus when their people go TDY to a Navy base so going to another planet probably meets the same requirements.
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They also all live in and around Colorado Springs, which I can't imagine is/was that expensive in terms of housing prices. Jack pulling down 6 figures from the start of the series would probably let him afford his house easy.
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As people have said Jackson is probably making plenty of money given he's a private contractor. The rest of them make plenty of sense when you consider they probably stay on base most of the time and have extremely little expenses.
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I have so many questions about Teal'c's life on Earth. And in the SGC. Is officially part of the Air Force? A private contractor? Is he free to leave the base and visit the city? Where did he get that cowboy outfit?
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redshirt posted:I have so many questions about Teal'c's life on Earth. And in the SGC. He's actual enrolled in the coast guard in order to save costs, and makes enlisted pay. O'Neil found out about this when he was in charge and had him commissioned under the name Teal Silk.
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