SG-U – Human (1x14) - (Discuss – Grade | SPOILERS)
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Well, this was my favorite episode by far. Like gturner said, they added a lot of flourish in this episode. Visually it was stunning for the Rush flash-dream sequences. Also, the twist that he knew he was in a virtual world and that he wasn't a complete and utter jerk to his dying wife in real life (or so I think) was a nice touch too.
For me, the B plot was pretty good as well. I liked Chloe trying to make herself useful, but when the huge spider turned up I burst out laughing - not at how contrived it was, but just how funny and typical it is that there's a giant honking spider with razor sharp teeth there.
Overall I was very satisfied with this ep, and am actually looking forward to the next one.
For me, the B plot was pretty good as well. I liked Chloe trying to make herself useful, but when the huge spider turned up I burst out laughing - not at how contrived it was, but just how funny and typical it is that there's a giant honking spider with razor sharp teeth there.
Overall I was very satisfied with this ep, and am actually looking forward to the next one.
Average episode though not in too much of a bad way but it didn't just click for me. I prefered the Rush plot over the time filler B plot with the offworld team for one the spider didn't need that many bullets from such a big gun. Nice ending though makes the next episode interesting.
Above Average (8/10).
If last week was the first episode of the series that was watchable, then this was the first episode of the series that I enjoyed. The B-Plot didn't interest me that much (it's awfully convenient that this problem happens just as Rush is on the verge of a major breakthrough with the Destiny), but I'm glad we finally got a look inside Rush's head.
I hope this marks a turning point for the Rush character, because Rush without a conscience has not been working for me.
If last week was the first episode of the series that was watchable, then this was the first episode of the series that I enjoyed. The B-Plot didn't interest me that much (it's awfully convenient that this problem happens just as Rush is on the verge of a major breakthrough with the Destiny), but I'm glad we finally got a look inside Rush's head.
I hope this marks a turning point for the Rush character, because Rush without a conscience has not been working for me.
This episode thankfully lacked the mind-numbing stupidity of the previous two episode. Unfortunately, it lacked anything interesting.
Rush's dream/flashback was tiresome mainly for the cliched and pretentious format in which it was filmed. Focusing on insginficant things like a stove burner lighting up and stuff seems like someone trying to be profound with an "artistic" sense. Or something. I am tired and lack the ability to properly atriculate what I'm trying to say.
Anyway, Rush seems to have virtually ignored his wife until it was too late and now his grief over her has turned him into the crazy miserable jerk we've known since the pilot. I think it would have been more interesting if he actually were close to her, leading to her death really devastating him. This would explain things a bit better. Or perhaps I'm just misinterpreting the whole thing altogether. The whole not really a flashback flashback was confusing.
On that note, since this is all from Rush's perspective, why is Daniel acting normal? Should he be different, a representation of how Rush sees Daniel? On second thought, a better idea would be to perhaps use this chair thing to show representations of how Rush views all the other characters. That could have been fun and insghtful.
The climax of Rush having to relive his wife's death is predictable and derivitive of BSG's Maelstrom, the climax of which has Starbuck having to relive her mother's death. Yes, I know there are dozens of differences and the scenes are exactly similar at all. But I was still reminded of Mealstrom when I saw that. The number 46 constantly popping up reminded me of TNG's Cause and Effect, with the number 3 popping up everywhere.
The B story with Scott and gang trapped on the planet was dull and uninteresting. So they're still stuck there, big deal. They'll be back on Destiny next week.
Eli's stupid for losing the kino to begin with. Doesn't that thing have any kind of beacon linking it to the control pad? And where the hell did Chloe get military field gear from? For that matter, the scientist, one of Rush's three stooges who helped with the attempted rescue didn't field gear. Why not? And what is with Lt. James being so over-emotional and nearly crying once again? Yeah, I get it, being forced to leave comrades behind is tough especially if you slept with one of the comrades. But she's a fucking military officer, she should at least have the decorum to hide her emotions while in public.
And really, they seem to be going in many different directions with this character. First she was flirty and willing to screw around in the maintenance closet. Then she becomes a tough-ass bitch who won't take shit of nobody. And now she's weepy and crying every second episode.
In closing, I was not particularly impressed with the episode. Mainly because it was boring and made me thing about all this meaningless stuff.
Rush's dream/flashback was tiresome mainly for the cliched and pretentious format in which it was filmed. Focusing on insginficant things like a stove burner lighting up and stuff seems like someone trying to be profound with an "artistic" sense. Or something. I am tired and lack the ability to properly atriculate what I'm trying to say.
Anyway, Rush seems to have virtually ignored his wife until it was too late and now his grief over her has turned him into the crazy miserable jerk we've known since the pilot. I think it would have been more interesting if he actually were close to her, leading to her death really devastating him. This would explain things a bit better. Or perhaps I'm just misinterpreting the whole thing altogether. The whole not really a flashback flashback was confusing.
On that note, since this is all from Rush's perspective, why is Daniel acting normal? Should he be different, a representation of how Rush sees Daniel? On second thought, a better idea would be to perhaps use this chair thing to show representations of how Rush views all the other characters. That could have been fun and insghtful.
The climax of Rush having to relive his wife's death is predictable and derivitive of BSG's Maelstrom, the climax of which has Starbuck having to relive her mother's death. Yes, I know there are dozens of differences and the scenes are exactly similar at all. But I was still reminded of Mealstrom when I saw that. The number 46 constantly popping up reminded me of TNG's Cause and Effect, with the number 3 popping up everywhere.
The B story with Scott and gang trapped on the planet was dull and uninteresting. So they're still stuck there, big deal. They'll be back on Destiny next week.
Eli's stupid for losing the kino to begin with. Doesn't that thing have any kind of beacon linking it to the control pad? And where the hell did Chloe get military field gear from? For that matter, the scientist, one of Rush's three stooges who helped with the attempted rescue didn't field gear. Why not? And what is with Lt. James being so over-emotional and nearly crying once again? Yeah, I get it, being forced to leave comrades behind is tough especially if you slept with one of the comrades. But she's a fucking military officer, she should at least have the decorum to hide her emotions while in public.
And really, they seem to be going in many different directions with this character. First she was flirty and willing to screw around in the maintenance closet. Then she becomes a tough-ass bitch who won't take shit of nobody. And now she's weepy and crying every second episode.
In closing, I was not particularly impressed with the episode. Mainly because it was boring and made me thing about all this meaningless stuff.
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You realize that those weren't the actual events. He very likely wasn't ignoring her in reality, but he definitely was forced to leave for Icarus during her last moments.
He was ignoring her in the dream because he didn't want to have to live through those events again. He was fully aware that it was a dream and that none of it was real, so why should he think too much of it? Hell, that's why he choose those events; he wasn't sure if those memories would be wiped out if the experiment failed, so he chose some that he'd gladly surrender. But try as much as he could, in the end his true feelings for his wife overwhelmed him and he caved in.
He was ignoring her in the dream because he didn't want to have to live through those events again. He was fully aware that it was a dream and that none of it was real, so why should he think too much of it? Hell, that's why he choose those events; he wasn't sure if those memories would be wiped out if the experiment failed, so he chose some that he'd gladly surrender. But try as much as he could, in the end his true feelings for his wife overwhelmed him and he caved in.
Saw it again.
- Rush's wife reminded me of Caprica's Amanda Graystone.
- Looks like they're setting something up with Greer and his fear of closed dark spaces.
- I wondered if those spiders were intelligent. Guess we'll find out next week.
- The two plots felt like two unrelated stories that were just spliced together. I'm not complaining, it's just an observation.
Also, I didn't find the Rush scenes the least bit artsy or pretentious. It's nice to see Stargate, or any show for that matter, making full use of the medium to create a rich experience.
- Rush's wife reminded me of Caprica's Amanda Graystone.
- Looks like they're setting something up with Greer and his fear of closed dark spaces.
- I wondered if those spiders were intelligent. Guess we'll find out next week.
- The two plots felt like two unrelated stories that were just spliced together. I'm not complaining, it's just an observation.
Also, I didn't find the Rush scenes the least bit artsy or pretentious. It's nice to see Stargate, or any show for that matter, making full use of the medium to create a rich experience.
If this was an SG-1 or Voyager or Enterprise episode, nobody would complain about knowing Eli and everyone will be fine next week.
I really liked this episode, I enjoyed seeing into Rush's mind. It would have been nice if Daniel was real but I know he'll be in more episodes because in the Season 1.5 trailer we saw him looking afraid of something. I hope he comes to Destiny with the stones.
I really liked this episode, I enjoyed seeing into Rush's mind. It would have been nice if Daniel was real but I know he'll be in more episodes because in the Season 1.5 trailer we saw him looking afraid of something. I hope he comes to Destiny with the stones.
I very much enjoyed this. I love character studies like this. For some I guess I can see how it can come off boring but I'm into it, plus I really like rush.
On planet stuff didn't grip me as much but I am glad that it will continue on instead of being finished up by the end of the episode and I hope it brings about interesting conflict between the characters. Hope Greer doesn't kill anybody!
On planet stuff didn't grip me as much but I am glad that it will continue on instead of being finished up by the end of the episode and I hope it brings about interesting conflict between the characters. Hope Greer doesn't kill anybody!
Oh, I doubt very much Rush is going to try and brute force it. You just can't. In order for that search to have a chance of taking "only" a few years, you'd need testing each candidate and generating the next one to take on the order of 10 zeptoseconds. A zeptosecond is a trillion times shorter than a nanosecond. Still about 20 orders of magnitude above the Plank time, but....damn. That's assuming 4^46 permutations.
But if he uses a known human genome as the starting point, there are a variety of ways of exploring the space around it which might have a chance of hitting on the correct sequence in polynomial time. It would help----a lot----if there were some way of determining that one sequence was closer to the goal than another, but even without that, a search starting in the vicinity of the solution could encounter the proper sequence much faster than one started at the lexicographic minimum.
Ugh, boring. Good to see Daniel again. But it was a reminder of when Stargate was good.
Leaving them on the planet of smiling spiders was a nice change. It also highlighted how much better this show could be if they did more investigating of planets and left the dark edgy stuff to other shows.
If the preview didn't look like they end up on another fun planet I'd stop watching again.
Leaving them on the planet of smiling spiders was a nice change. It also highlighted how much better this show could be if they did more investigating of planets and left the dark edgy stuff to other shows.
If the preview didn't look like they end up on another fun planet I'd stop watching again.
The most logical sequences to try would probably those of people with the ATA gene. Or if they had any samples from the Ancient woman in "Frozen," that'd be an even better start.
I just get a kick out of knowing that at some point Rush read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" closely enough to internalize the number 42 as "the answer to life, the universe, and everything" -- so much so that his subconscious ("head Daniel") mentioned it.
Yeah, I kind of thought of Leeloodallasmooltipass from that episode too.
Anyway, it seems like the Atlantis security system was kind of mushy 'that gene looks close enough' kind of logic, since genes mutate over time and all that. Presumably if this is an encryption key it has to be exact, some kind of reference gene. Granted, I don't know a whole lot about genetics, but a little googling and rough math tells me that a single encoded gene would be hundreds of thousands of bits of information in a conservative estimate. And since Destiny is 100s of thousands of years removed from the Ancients that Team Stargate is used to it seems there'd be lots of random mutations. So assuming they somehow know which gene it is, and have a copy in the right genetic neighborhood, they can do better than a 2^hundred o' thousands search space. But how much would the gene drift? A thousand bits? Ten thousand? It still seems like an unmanageable search space..
But then again my assumptions about genes could be way off, I don't deal with cryptography much, and Lindley's clearly got me outclassed when it comes to "The Big O" (that's right ladies, hit up Lindley if you're feeling like there's not enough "Big O" in your life)
I liked that bit, though I wish the writer hadn't felt the need to explain the reference.
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