I think I need to watch this again because I was only half paying attention the first time around and didn't really care for much of it.
SG-U – Resurgence - (2x10) - (Discuss – Grade | SPOILERS)
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I felt like the entire scene with Scott et al. parking next to a derelict starship, jumping over and walking down the hall, and then flying back to Destiny was completely wasted. I mean, nothing happened! I was hoping to at least see one of the drones take potshots at them while they sat there. Wow, Greer and whatshisface, Brody?, walk down a corridor in space suits, then turn around and walk back. Yawn.
Although, I did wonder if they were going to whack Brody as he lept back across to the shuttle. Kind of a here-I-come-guys-ZZAAAPPPPP-Oh-noes!-Brody's-dead-Greer!
Although, I did wonder if they were going to whack Brody as he lept back across to the shuttle. Kind of a here-I-come-guys-ZZAAAPPPPP-Oh-noes!-Brody's-dead-Greer!
Gave it a 7. I didn't like it as much as I liked the last few episodes, but I liked how the characters were looking more like a ship's crew with Young in the captain's chair and the others at their consoles on the bridge. From helpless civilians and simple military folk stranded on a ship they couldn't control, to full-on Trek style crew. I'm not one who thinks "this is what the show should have been all along" or anything like that, but it is interesting to see.
From FTL, to full stop.
A little more and they would have hit something.
And the Destiny stopped right in front of all that wreckage.
From FTL, to full stop.
A little more and they would have hit something.
The guest credits spoiled that surprise. I wonder if he'll be back for the long haul or if they'll come up with another excuse to leave him out of the show for an extended period.
I liked the bat-signal comment from Young.
I was going to mention that. The gate isn't getting much use.
One of the better SGU episodes. The battle scenes were kind of cool, and the bit with Destiny and the seed ship evading the alien pod ships by flying through the sun was clever. And it is fun to see the bridge fully manned and everyone jumping about shouting what's happening in the proper space opera manner. Young even had a pretty good line with his Bat signal crack. However, Eli is getting kind of annoying with his groaners. "The simulation is done or pie is ready. No, it is the simulation." Among others.
I'm glad they've found away to communicate with Telford's alien friends. And since it doesn't involve magical translation abilities enabling the aliens to speak English, I guess that should keep quiet people still trying to hold onto pretentions about this show being "realistic." And I see they've given these aliens names, though damned if I can remember it.
The betrayal was kind of obvious and when it occurred all I could think of was that scene in Firefly's pilot episode where Wash was playing with dinosaur toys. "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal."
I don't quite know how they're going to resolve this cliffhanger, but I must say, this would have worked better as the end of the first season, instead of the Lucian Alliance taking over was.
Still, one half-decent episode doesn't negate all the crap that's come before it, nor does it guarantee that the show is going to turn around in quality. Still, I am a bit more intrigued about season 2.5 than I was about 2.0.
Oh, and I don't care anymore about Chloe and her transformation. Am I wrong in guessing neither does anyone else?
I'm glad they've found away to communicate with Telford's alien friends. And since it doesn't involve magical translation abilities enabling the aliens to speak English, I guess that should keep quiet people still trying to hold onto pretentions about this show being "realistic." And I see they've given these aliens names, though damned if I can remember it.
The betrayal was kind of obvious and when it occurred all I could think of was that scene in Firefly's pilot episode where Wash was playing with dinosaur toys. "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal."
I don't quite know how they're going to resolve this cliffhanger, but I must say, this would have worked better as the end of the first season, instead of the Lucian Alliance taking over was.
Still, one half-decent episode doesn't negate all the crap that's come before it, nor does it guarantee that the show is going to turn around in quality. Still, I am a bit more intrigued about season 2.5 than I was about 2.0.
Oh, and I don't care anymore about Chloe and her transformation. Am I wrong in guessing neither does anyone else?
Maybe she will grow a cocoon and hatch out as Chloe 2.0, played by Summer Glau.
I'm glad the Chloe thing has been built up rather than coming out of left field, but at this point I think we've had more than enough buildup and it's just time to get to the fucking point.
It was a good episode but their ship sucks - it always looks like it's going to fall apart at any moment. I like the way the aliens are remaining alien but it can mute the action somewhat.
Chloe's fate is still intriguing and I'm interested to see where they go. No reset button I hope. What makes less sense is why SG Command hasn't sent one of their clever doctors up using the stones regularly to monitor her degeneration - we've seen them solve problems like this in the space of an episode before (albeit with access to resources and help from Asgard or Togra). They way they've just abandoned her to her room just seems negligent.
Chloe's fate is still intriguing and I'm interested to see where they go. No reset button I hope. What makes less sense is why SG Command hasn't sent one of their clever doctors up using the stones regularly to monitor her degeneration - we've seen them solve problems like this in the space of an episode before (albeit with access to resources and help from Asgard or Togra). They way they've just abandoned her to her room just seems negligent.
Yup. IIRC it won't be back until April, if SyFy doesn't decide to pull the back half of the season or something.
The bigger question is will they keep it on Tuesday? or move it to the Friday 10 spot, assuming they dont want to put Season 2 of Haven there.
Regarding Chloe's condition, it wouldn't surprise me at all if they'd had one of Doctors Beckett, Keller, Lam, or whoever else examine them as best as they could. The problem is that they are extremely limited in terms of what they can examine her with, or treat her with. No blood tests. No MRI scanners. No Ancient gene therapy someone can miraculously whip up in episode two. We've seen a stethoscope and some rudimentary surgery tools, but that's really about it.
They can LOOK at her all they want, monitor her condition, but really there's nothing practical they can do beyond that. The Destiny crew has yet to find a sickbay or infirmary on the ship, and the most advanced medical tools they have seem to have been brought strictly in Johannsen's medkit. What more could we expect?
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They can LOOK at her all they want, monitor her condition, but really there's nothing practical they can do beyond that. The Destiny crew has yet to find a sickbay or infirmary on the ship, and the most advanced medical tools they have seem to have been brought strictly in Johannsen's medkit. What more could we expect?
Mark
Which begs the question... "where the frak is all the medical gear on the Destiny?!?!" You'd think there would be some super-advanced MRI machine
My view on where all the STUFF is, is that Destiny was launched without most anything related to the crew itself. The Ancients likely had no inkling of how long it would take Destiny's mission to reach a point where it would require a crew, so it would make sense to launch the ship alone and whenever and however she signaled back that it was time to staff up, the selected crew would bring along all the latest and greatest STUFF.
If it were indeed thousands or millions of years after launch, whoever was going would be better served if they brought the best tech with them instead of relying on whatever Destiny had in its stores. We've seen empty storage bays, no armories full of cool Ancient hand weapons, and there was only water in terms of human consumables. With the exception of the stragely copious amounts of black leather furniture already there, I think they launched Destiny with only propulsion and EVENTUAL life support in mind, and would bring what they needed with them when the time came.
That said, the room they're using at the sickbay may indeed BE the actual sickbay, though given the size of the ship and potential nominal crew count there should be a much larger facility somewhere that's still in a damaged area, or what we see is one of several such sickbays. Either way, there's just nothing there to use.
Mark
Mark
If it were indeed thousands or millions of years after launch, whoever was going would be better served if they brought the best tech with them instead of relying on whatever Destiny had in its stores. We've seen empty storage bays, no armories full of cool Ancient hand weapons, and there was only water in terms of human consumables. With the exception of the stragely copious amounts of black leather furniture already there, I think they launched Destiny with only propulsion and EVENTUAL life support in mind, and would bring what they needed with them when the time came.
That said, the room they're using at the sickbay may indeed BE the actual sickbay, though given the size of the ship and potential nominal crew count there should be a much larger facility somewhere that's still in a damaged area, or what we see is one of several such sickbays. Either way, there's just nothing there to use.
Mark
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For second or two there on the Destiny's bridge I thought I was watching a new Star Trek show...
It's a good theory, and also you wouldn't want some alien race to get a hold of your technology.
That said, there may be an actual sickbay they just haven't found yet, or is in one of the decompressed areas.
My theory is that the Asgard from The Lost Tribe somehow discovered the existence of Destiny, gated there, and took most of the equipment. Hence why their suits are almost identical to the ones on Destiny, why the life support systems on Destiny were initially spent (explaining why would the CO2 scrubbers be used up if nobody was there using CO2, why the water reserves were used up, etc...), Maybe they scanned the suits but didn't take them (fitted for humans, wrong size helmets, etc) then made their own version. That's my theory anyway.
^^Of course since the evil Asgard were living in an Ancient base, maybe some EV suits were there which they modified to fit them. Of course even then, we're looking to deeply into something which was just a budget thing.
And besides, while there could have been someone living on Destiny at some point since it was floating trhough space for millions of years. Just because the Sombreroids were never able to get on board doesn't mean someone before them hadn't succeeded. But this was presumably someone within one of the other galaxies Destiny traveled to.
And besides, while there could have been someone living on Destiny at some point since it was floating trhough space for millions of years. Just because the Sombreroids were never able to get on board doesn't mean someone before them hadn't succeeded. But this was presumably someone within one of the other galaxies Destiny traveled to.