I'm sorry but a midseason finale is not a place to be saving money. That's what the other 15 episodes are for.
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I'm sorry but a midseason finale is not a place to be saving money. That's what the other 15 episodes are for.
I don't. I think the episode was made the way it was not on a plot point for the story, but to save money. The only thing cheaper than an Earth based story is a a base based story.
I forgot all about the plague storyline though.I was thinking that the season 9 mid season storyline had....
The D&D thing going on. When does the stupid ass dragon show up? Is that season 10?
Yeah, the
King Arthur Stuff
That's weird, I remember liking season 10 more than season 9.
Well it is on Sci-fi Channel, anywhere to save money. I think the issue was with two shows going on they might have gotten 5 million for an episode of each instead of 3 million for just SG1. (Those numbers are made up, no idea how much an episode cost.) It's why that village set is everywhere.
But there is the season 1 episode where Daniel goes to the other dimension and the world is invaded. The episode works really well considering we never see the outside world that much.
Also when this show was written George Bush was reading a book about how a massive pandemic hits every 100 years right around the time this episode was written. It's not like we didn't have plenty of warning.
Well it is on Sci-fi Channel, anywhere to save money. I think the issue was with two shows going on they might have gotten 5 million for an episode of each instead of 3 million for just SG1. (Those numbers are made up, no idea how much an episode cost.) It's why that village set is everywhere.
But there is the season 1 episode where Daniel goes to the other dimension and the world is invaded. The episode works really well considering we never see the outside world that much.
Also when this show was written George Bush was reading a book about how a massive pandemic hits every 100 years right around the time this episode was written. It's not like we didn't have plenty of warning.
I think in "There But For..." I just assumed we were focused on the SGC because that was where Apophis chose to strike first, other than the destruction of Air Force One. I don't remember a lot of talk of casualties elsewhere, though it's been awhile.
But in "Horseman" there's a lot of talk of sick people, but very little evidence. It worked better in the earlier episode where we got to see a plague go through a village.
But in "Horseman" there's a lot of talk of sick people, but very little evidence. It worked better in the earlier episode where we got to see a plague go through a village.
Yeah, I definitely think that the plague in "The 4th Horseman" would have worked better as a multi episode arc. Show us the outbreak in one episode, then show the plague getting worse over the course of the next 2-3 episodes and then have the season finale be the climax where the plague has reached pandemic levels across the entire globe and it's a race against time to stop it.
If you are a fan of Jewel Staite, then you'll be happy to know she shows up in the later seasons in a much bigger role, as a different character.
And there's another Firefly cast member who shows in a recurring role in SG-1 pretty soon.
And she's a total sweetheart in person.
That'd certainly play differently today.
Carter: "Sir, the plague has reached pandemic levels. The entire population is at risk!"
Landry: "No problem. Initiate total planetary lockdown with 100% social distancing."
Mitchell: "That's what I'm talkin' about!"
Teal'c: "Indeed."
Mitchell: "What else you boys got?"
The Doci, online, to the entire population: "You are invited to a Zoom meeting to discuss the doctrine of the Book of Origin."
Been awhile since you watched that episode? I love it and remember it well. Apophis didn't strike SGC first. There is even a scene before Apophis' ship came to the mountain that Jack was explaining to Daniel that at least one BILLION were dead, which is why he was nuking the Jaffa. There were red dots on a map and all of Europe was gone and a lot of the east coast.
Hallowed are the Ori!!!!
Hopefully, the Doci have really good 5G or the zoom meeting might look like this. LOL.
I wasn't that thrilled with the 9th and 10th seasons, but Mitchell and (to some extent) Vala were great. It also provided one of the great quotes: "No sir, the man doesn't even have a decent pie crust."
Mitchell and Jackson play very well off of each other.
I remember a scene specifically where Daniel sees on the TV that Egypt was attacked and realizes his counterpart was just killed.
Aurora (SG: A)
I wish there would be episodes where the Atlantis team finds something from the Ancients that they can actually use. The idea for this episode was actually pretty cool. It was kind of a cross between Matrix and Voyager's The Thaw, at least from a putting you in stasis and going into a virtual world type story. I even liked the character interactions, like Ronon and Weir and the beginning talking about chess and the awkwardness of both leaving the table, Ronon and Teyla (Who are becoming quite a pair this season), and Rodney and Sheppard (Who are also becoming quite a pair this season). Still, this episode was about a wraith intruder into the virtual world trying to get knowledge on the Ancient intergalactic hyperdrive as a means to get to earth and it was predictable who that was. She is stopped, the Aurora launches its self destruct taking out the two Wraith cruisers coming it's way, and nothing was really gained. I thought the toast at the end though remembering the crew was nice. Almost got a little emotional even.
I wish there would be episodes where the Atlantis team finds something from the Ancients that they can actually use. The idea for this episode was actually pretty cool. It was kind of a cross between Matrix and Voyager's The Thaw, at least from a putting you in stasis and going into a virtual world type story. I even liked the character interactions, like Ronon and Weir and the beginning talking about chess and the awkwardness of both leaving the table, Ronon and Teyla (Who are becoming quite a pair this season), and Rodney and Sheppard (Who are also becoming quite a pair this season). Still, this episode was about a wraith intruder into the virtual world trying to get knowledge on the Ancient intergalactic hyperdrive as a means to get to earth and it was predictable who that was. She is stopped, the Aurora launches its self destruct taking out the two Wraith cruisers coming it's way, and nothing was really gained. I thought the toast at the end though remembering the crew was nice. Almost got a little emotional even.
Well, Mitchell and Carter were the same rank, whereas O'Neill outranked her.
That episode had a lot of good lines in it. Like Teyla and Ronan trying to stall Colonel Caldwell for time. Teyla tries spewing technobabble ending with magnets and Ronan just adds "yeah, magnets." Or this exchange between Sheppard and McKay:
Sheppard: "That's her."
McKay: "Who?"
Sheppard: "The first officer."
McKay: "Really? She is hot! I mean, seriously!"
Sheppard: "You're drooling over a Wraith, Rodney."
McKay: "I know. I disgust myself at times."
I loved that we got to see the inside of an Ancient battleship in its prime. And we got a good sense of what the crew of Ancients was like too.
I'm not good with remembering quotes, but I loved this exchange. This is the Rodney I can tolerate and he's been having so many lines like this all season long.
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