ReadyAndWilling
Fleet Captain
Yeah. Once they put a UT in there, next thing you know there'll be hyperdrives, or humans flying around in starships, or beaming technology...
yah, the show changed A LOT from beginning to end
Was it ever explained how all the aliens spoke english?
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yah, the show changed A LOT from beginning to end
The beaming is just a version of the ring transport system - without rings.
That's the thing I liked about the Stargate show, the pop culture references, and the technobabble references (like when they have to blow up a bad guy and go through all the 101 things they have already done in the past 10 seasons and decide to do something else this time).
The nanite thing sounds like a nice idea, but really does not hold up to scrutiny. After all, we do still hear native languages from the Goa'uld, Jaffa, Asgard, and Ancient writing is never translated. Also, one would think it would arrange things so that everyone on Atlantis could speak the same language, which would end the fun of hearing Zelenka's outbursts in his native tongue.
And finally, it doesn't explain why everyone can understand each other when they don't use the Stargate, like when they meet on starships.
But whatever. English speaking aliens is an age old sci-fi trope which Stargate has even made fun of ("This scene takes place on an alien world. Do you expect aliens to be eating apples?" "Why not? They speak English.") Best to simply accept it without questioning it.
The first season had a lot of communications breakdowns. Take "Fire and Water" for example; our boy Danny is stuck with a love-starved ancient alien and has to translate its language in order to make any form of headway.
Anyway, I see the change in technology from the first to the last season of SG-1 totally acceptable and I dig it.
Anyway, I see the change in technology from the first to the last season of SG-1 totally acceptable and I dig it.
Especially since that was the goal of the series to begin with. To acquire advanced technology that would aid in the defense of Earth.
Bingo. I'd say the show did pretty well by itself in the 'accomplishing goals' department.
Oh, I didn't mind the starships or beaming or any of that, I was just pointing out the irony in saying that bringing in some sort of universal translator would have been too "Trek." 
Though I personally would have preferred that stargates remained the only viable means of interstellar travel, with different sized gates big enough for ships and the like to fly through (like the Ori supergates, but not as gigantic, since those were big enough for whole fleets to pass through).
Though I personally would have preferred that stargates remained the only viable means of interstellar travel, with different sized gates big enough for ships and the like to fly through (like the Ori supergates, but not as gigantic, since those were big enough for whole fleets to pass through).
Well, not that much smaller. It was only big enough for a fleet to go through if the ships were lined up single-file.
Right. I might be misremembering how big the Ori motherships were in comparison to, say, the Daedalus class ships. It's been a while since I've seen any episodes from Seasons 9 or 10.
Oh well, I'll be getting to those in a couple weeks. Almost done with Season 5 in my first full watch-through.
Oh well, I'll be getting to those in a couple weeks. Almost done with Season 5 in my first full watch-through.
Hey, it wasn't that bad. I thought Mallory was HAWT!
Err, wait a minute....
Err, wait a minute....
Even in the later series of Star Trek there were many cases where the language barrier is just ignored.
For example, Voyager episode Time and Again. Janeway and Paris have their communicators taken away from them near the beginning but still manage to understand what the people around them are saying.
For example, Voyager episode Time and Again. Janeway and Paris have their communicators taken away from them near the beginning but still manage to understand what the people around them are saying.
Isn't the Universal Translator a device in their ears? After all, in DS9's Little Green Men when Quark, Rom, and Nog fool around each others' ears to fix their UTs when they can't understand the humans.
I'll assume everyone has one in their ears. After all, it would suck for those Starfleet officers captured and their captors confiscated their comm badges.
In the Voyager episode "The 37s" Janeway clearly states that it is their com badges that perform the translation.
Of course, they could have just solved it by using Babel fish.
On DS9, the Station, the Central Computer handles the translation, but, yea, away from the Station it's through the Comm Badge
In the Voyager episode "The 37s" Janeway clearly states that it is their com badges that perform the translation.
Of course, they could have just solved it by using Babel fish.
All she really does is point in the general direction of her comm badge when explaining the UT. However, I submit that it couldn't have been in the comm badge since none of the titular 37s had a comm badge and they could understand each other. Or rather, the Japanese guy had no translation problems.
Shit, this thread is officially derailed. So ah, Stargate and alien languages. Jaffa, kree!
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