My extremely geek-filled reply follows: On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Jay Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kevin M. wrote: >> >> The Macguffin (or non-Macguffin) of this week's story was that, even >> though they stated last week that the star they passed through had >> completely recharged the ship, this week we quickly learn they has >> misspoken, and they didn't have enough power to dial the stargate back >> to Earth. > > I haven't seen Water yet, and haven't decided to torrent it or not.
You could watch it legally on Hulu > That being said, you are REALLY reaching for things to gripe about > Kevin. To dial the ship, they had to hook a stargate up to a PLANET. Did > you miss that part? Um... what show have you been watching for the last month or so? They don't hook up the Destiny's stargate to anything, which contradicts every previous bit of Stargate science laid down over the last 15 years or so. The ship is its own point of origin. > What would make anyone think that a ship would have some sort of storage > device capable of that amount of power? Even if they had a ZPM, the > distance is much farther than one galaxy away...still no guarantee of it > working. They have already established that this particular ship is capable of that amount of power, hence the problem (at the end of the previous episode, it was stated that the ship had full power, a fact which had to be amended in this episode, otherwise they could have dialed home). Also, in Stargate chronology, the Destiny predates the ZPMs and are being powered an entirely different way. Believe me, Jay, I have been paying attention. It isn't "reaching" to point out that nearly everything we've learned about stargates and ancient technology in previous installments does not apply in this one. For instance, many seasons ago, when a Goauld attack vessel entered Earth's orbit, the SGC stargate didn't work anymore because only one gate can operate in a certain area at the same time. Yet the Destiny, which has its own stargate, orbits a planet with its own stargate, then successfully dials that planet's stargate, thus negating everything we've learned about stargates (I wonder if the ship has a ring room). Nor is it reaching to suggest showrunners catch mistakes prior to editing/air, so they don't have to slap a button on the idea at the top of the subsequent episode. If I was reaching, I'd mention that they didn't need the kino-sled when, in the pilot episode, we saw several things tossed through the gate which could have sufficed without CGI. Or I'd mention that it took RDA eight season's before he phoned-in his work on SG1, but Lou Diamond Phillips is seemingly phoning it in right out of the gate (so to speak). -- Kevin M. (RPCV) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
