SG1/SGA: 1/27/06

[Mayabird]

By popular demand, here's the thread I promised (sorry it took a while; stupid organic chem.)

SG1
I love Ba'al! Who doesn't like the smirking goateed false god with a Ta'uri designer wardrobe and a South African accent? (I'm figuring that crazy jacket was designer, anyway.) I watched the episode twice just to see Ba'al drop the Goa'uld voice and try to act like he's Teal'c's buddy. He's a great villian, unlike some of those other comic-book stereotypes (Anubis, I'm looking at you), since he actually seemed sincere about his desire to fight the Orii.

Oh heck, more Ba'al fangirlishness! Wouldn't it be funny if one of the Ba'als looked up the Evil Overlord's Handbook while randomly surfing the net one day?

Uh, yeah, I'll think of something that's not being a Ba'al fangirl a little later. It doesn't help that I was with my friends (all female) at a birthday-esque party watching it.

SGA
"Yes, McKay, of the Barcelona McKays!"

It was the whale, wasn't it? I kept thinking that it'd attack the puddlejumper, bump it off that ledge into the abyss, but it circled around to tell everyone where it was, and McKay had a remarkably lucid hallucination. Heck, why couldn't the Ancients have genetically engineered the sea life to be intelligent? Search and Rescue would be much easier with intelligent whale-analogues who can hear emergency transponders, circle the downed craft, and make sure the trapped people don't do anything stupid. That fly-over (swim-over?) gave it away to me.

[Destructionator XV]

Great thread, but wrong forum. Moving to Sci-fi

[Mayabird]

I thought I put it in Sci-Fi. Sorry.
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[Ra]

I loved these episodes, especially the Atlantis one. The humpback whale going overhead was beautiful. Baal was as awesome as ever, showing up on a Ha'tak in business attire. It doesn't get any better than that.

One nitpick though, what the fuck has happened to staff weapons over the years? It took three shots to kill "Baal" (I bet you it was a clone, Baal can't die that easily), with no visible tissue or clothing damage. I can understand the toughness caused by Goa'uld physiology, but still. That was a far cry from the movie, where staff weapons had grenade-like firepower. Oh well, minor nitpick.

Anyway, I noticed some of the soldiers wielding G36 assault rifles! YES!!! Too bad none of the main characters got one of those badass things, and had to keep the fucking POS90's, but no matter; the G36 made its appearance, along with a fracking grenade launcher. Oh, yeeeeeah.

[Destructionator XV]

I'm basically going to echo what has been said. Ba'al kicks ass, Bretak still cool.

The humpwhale songs from SGA sounded almost identical to the Star Trek IV whales. Surely coincidence... or is it? What if the super whales from Pegasus sent the whale probe to earth?

Anywho, the Griffin dude was looking pretty cool. Pity he was red-shirted so quickly. At least he wasn't instantly forgotten.

Inverting the cloak into shields actually makes sense. If they can deflect visible light, deflecting other stuff would be the same basic idea. In fact in the book The Physics of Star Trek by Laurence Krauss, Dr. Krauss agrees with this, saying a graviton based shield would not differenciate between different energies, of course talking about Star Trek, but same ideas all around. (Good book)

Back on topic, Ba'al was most convincing when talking to Teal'c. He had me completly convinced; I would have brought him on to my staff in some (limited for my own protection) way.

In SGA, Zelenka once again proved to be a useful dude, saving McKay's ass. I love those two.

[JEAP]

One nitpick though, what the fuck has happened to staff weapons over the years? It took three shots to kill "Baal" (I bet you it was a clone, Baal can't die that easily), with no visible tissue or clothing damage. I can understand the toughness caused by Goa'uld physiology, but still. That was a far cry from the movie, where staff weapons had grenade-like firepower. Oh well, minor nitpick.

It could have been modified to be less damaging. Bra'tac is a very valuable prisoner, too valuable to waste in a test of loyalty. The blast was probably just supposed to knock him out.

Or something.

Its like the gas can explosions from the Ha'tac blasts. Thats advanced stuff there. Turns whatever they hit into 20 litre jerry cans. StarWars can't do that.



Anyway, yay Ba'al! Too bad his plan took such a kick to the balls. He really dropped the ball on that one. He should have known that Teal'c plays hard ball and don't take no guff. I wonder how he'll get the ball rolling on his next plan?