Here's my problem with the Wraith...

[stj]

The von Daenikenite premises of SG1 are indeed gibberish, except it allows some neat sets and costumes. Which is why SG1 was so prudent as to be basically a comedy.

As to go'a'uld parasitism vs. Wraith mystical feeding---yes, there is a difference. The go'a'uld are handwaving speculation and the Wraith are just nonsense.

 

[that1guy]

This whole argument is exactly why I'm nervous for Stargate Universe. How do you create a believable enemy when you're stuck on a city ship that they can't control apparently, and is hurtling through space at ridiculous speeds?

 

[Gotham Central]

I think the creators of SG:Atlantis made a big mistake in their depiction of the wraith. When you really get down to it, the Wraith seem to have but one motivation....eating. What's worse, even their method of eating was boring. They have been soley defined by what they eat...and that's the ONLY thing they ever talk about. That is why as villians the seemed so one dimensional.

The wraith were more like a force of nature. The swooped in, hissed and threated to eat you and then left (or were killed). Even actual vampires are shown to have more depth than that.

Funny. You take their singular motivation as a bad thing. Whereas I think it's a good thing. Simple. Non-negotiable. Evil (if YOU're the potential food source). Understandable. "They" say the best villains are those who don't think they're villains. I seriously doubt the wraith think they are the villains.

I think they're a great blend of space soul vampires and the Creature from the Black Lagoon (can't help it... their makeup just reminds me of him.

The Wraith are also a bigger difiiculty to accept. The concept of parasites with insanely complex life cycles is a miserable reality, and the variation of an intelligent parasite is an old one. But feeding off life force and aging people is gibberish.

The whole concept of both series is not gibberish?

I just find the wraith boring. They are solely defined by what they eat and nothing else. Think about it, we don't sit around thinking about cows and corn all day. Yet every time we ecounter the the wraith, the only thing they talk about is how hungry they are. At some point they need a motivation beyond hunger.

The entire reason they were forced to create Todd and Michael was because they realised that they need wraith with more complex motivations. What do wraith want or do when they are not eating?

If you think about it, the Wraith are depicted as a pretty lethargic and uninteresting species. The only thing that we know conclusively that they do is eat and sleep. They have never been shown to do or be insterested in much else.

 

[Daniel Cock]

The entire reason they were forced to create Todd and Michael was because they realised that they need wraith with more complex motivations. What do wraith want or do when they are not eating?

The System Lords are poo too.. if you jsut see loads of Jaffa runnign at you.. thats why Baal and others were soo cool...