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skydiver · 12th January 2002, 07:49 PM

the writers have a bad habit of giving characters 'powers' then forgetting that they have them. like in rite of passage, teal'c and sam can sense goauld...both are in the same room with a cloaked nirti...and neither sensed her

i've always wondered about them using sam as a gate locator. i mean the gate's made of naquadah....so why can't sam sense it?

they just forget. like in FIAD they tell us danny's b-day is in july yet in 1969 he's 4 1/2 in the summer of 1969.

guess they want to make it easy for us to nitpick it

Jean: glad to see you back. i hear real life has been hectic for you. your presence here has been missed

jsc · 13th January 2002, 12:35 AM

Thank you, Skydiver!

You would think though that they would for the sake of continuity have someone that would catch these problems before they shot the script! Some of these discontinuities they can drive trucks through with the holes they leave! GRIPE GRIPE GRIPE! I mean if they are too cheap to hire a person with knowledge of the show to do that job of continuity they could just have a list so the mistakes wouldn't be so very very glaring!:angryfire :angryfire :angryfire to the idiots who don't do this properly...think producers!

Jobeth · 17th January 2002, 04:27 AM

What was up with the whole "how do we defuse the bomb" scene? It was THEIR bomb! They brought it with them, and you'd think Jack would have brought a copy of "Bomb Handling for Dummies" along.

skoon · 17th January 2002, 04:10 PM

well I haven't watched Fail Safe yet (that's at lunch today...I finally got them downloaded from the computer) but I did jsut finish watching 48 hrs. Is it just me or shouldn't the gate have had enough power for one dialing even when it's been disconected from the DHD? Isn't that how they got out of Thors ship a few seasons ago?

jsc · 17th January 2002, 04:56 PM

Jobeth,
Looks as if you are getting in the truck with us! Loved your comment.....

Didn't the Tok'Ra pick up SG-1? Are they still fleeing after Summit?

sarahksg1 · 6th February 2002, 01:36 AM

i liked this ep!! it was such a cahnge from the usuall missions, but i thought jack cud have said more when he was about to cut that last wire something a little more sam and jack?? lol

skoon · 6th February 2002, 04:19 PM

Ya, why didnt' Jack know more about the bomb? You'd think he'd have some knowledge as to which wires to cut instead of blindly guessing. That seems dumb. But I like how Jack keeps refering to "the movie" asuming he ment one of those movies like Armagedon....'OK, this didn't happen in the movie' At least they acknowledge where they got the idea from. Didn't understand how it could go through Earth though

maconeill2001 · 4th March 2002, 10:10 PM

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Originally posted by skydiver
ok anni, are you sitting down? cause i'm sorta agreeing with you. i mean the pic i've seen is a teltac on the asteroid with two spacesuited folks seemingly planting a bomb on a FRED...ok now all together....ARMAGEDDON REMAKE!!!!

i mean i'm sure i'll enjoy it and maybe there's more to it but...

hey, looking on the bright side, it's a new eps....

OK, I know I'M late on this one but I just watched... Yes, I'm one of the unlucky people who have to wait eternity before seeing the end of season 5. I managed to download Fail Save recently though...

That was... Strange. I was so hoping they wouldn't fall into the Armageddon cliché! Dang, they fell! and hard! I think that'S the first time I don't like an episode that much...

It least, Jack was kinda cute with that space suit!!!! ( sorry, I couldn't help the Jack comment! I just love him, whatever he does!!!)

Krystal · 6th April 2002, 06:11 PM

I agree with the comments that recently the allies of Earth tend to dissapear when the Earth is in problems and in need of help. And about the Tokra always getting their help from Earth. But a point to them, they get to the scene late but their the ones always helping Earth lately of all the allies. The Asgards are really a big dissapointment much similar to the politics on earth. :lol: That is why one of my favorite parts is at the beginning of the episode when Daniel says how the Jack and the Asgard reunion end. :lol: Also love the constant references of Jack to the movie, and the agreement thing between all of them as some has mention before in this post. Also it was good to see something different as a mission, only that this story is very used in movies etc and it will be cool to see some other thing hitting earth and not the usual asteroid.

Anyway I enjoy the episode

Krystal

skoon · 6th April 2002, 09:08 PM

so how is it they can go through Earth? without harming Earth?

sarahksg1 · 8th April 2002, 10:22 PM

lol skill and technique!!!!:rolly2:

skydiver · 8th April 2002, 10:48 PM

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Originally posted by skoon
so how is it they can go through Earth? without harming Earth?

ooh, this is headache time.

they jumped into hyperspace which isn't 'real space' it's like...you're just not in 'real space' and since they weren't in 'real space' they could pop right through earth and not even feel it.

the same way when a ship is in hyperspace it can go right 'through' asteroids, planets, meteors, suns...i mean imagine the course if a ship had to go 200light years and steer around all the stuff?

skoon · 8th April 2002, 11:10 PM

ya I always wondered about that specially in Star Trek tng:alienooh:

Arwen · 9th April 2002, 12:03 AM

now I'm curious about something... i think i have to use a spoiler for this...

while in the death glider, Teal'c said that he would preform some kind of meditation to preserve oxygen.... what was it called?

skoon · 9th April 2002, 06:08 PM

spoiler?....common knowledge...?
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kalnareem, or however you spell it. He always does that, he has to survive. Anyhoo, the reason he did it in the glider was because it would slow down his breathing & wouldn't take as much oxygen

12th January 2002, 07:49 PM	#31 (permalink)
skydiver Trivia Goddess Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: topeka, ks, usa- 7 1/2 hours due east of Cheyenne Mountain Posts: 2,856	the writers have a bad habit of giving characters 'powers' then forgetting that they have them. like in rite of passage, teal'c and sam can sense goauld...both are in the same room with a cloaked nirti...and neither sensed her i've always wondered about them using sam as a gate locator. i mean the gate's made of naquadah....so why can't sam sense it? they just forget. like in FIAD they tell us danny's b-day is in july yet in 1969 he's 4 1/2 in the summer of 1969. guess they want to make it easy for us to nitpick it Jean: glad to see you back. i hear real life has been hectic for you. your presence here has been missed

13th January 2002, 12:35 AM	#32 (permalink)
jsc God Like Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Los Angeles, California,U.S.A. Posts: 4,353	Thank you, Skydiver! You would think though that they would for the sake of continuity have someone that would catch these problems before they shot the script! Some of these discontinuities they can drive trucks through with the holes they leave! GRIPE GRIPE GRIPE! I mean if they are too cheap to hire a person with knowledge of the show to do that job of continuity they could just have a list so the mistakes wouldn't be so very very glaring!:angryfire :angryfire :angryfire to the idiots who don't do this properly...think producers!

17th January 2002, 04:27 AM	#33 (permalink)
Jobeth Advanced Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Charm City Posts: 236	What was up with the whole "how do we defuse the bomb" scene? It was THEIR bomb! They brought it with them, and you'd think Jack would have brought a copy of "Bomb Handling for Dummies" along.

17th January 2002, 04:10 PM	#34 (permalink)
skoon Official keeper of Narim! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: British Columbia, CANADA Posts: 4,342	well I haven't watched Fail Safe yet (that's at lunch today...I finally got them downloaded from the computer) but I did jsut finish watching 48 hrs. Is it just me or shouldn't the gate have had enough power for one dialing even when it's been disconected from the DHD? Isn't that how they got out of Thors ship a few seasons ago?

17th January 2002, 04:56 PM	#35 (permalink)
jsc God Like Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Los Angeles, California,U.S.A. Posts: 4,353	Jobeth, Looks as if you are getting in the truck with us! Loved your comment..... Didn't the Tok'Ra pick up SG-1? Are they still fleeing after Summit?

6th February 2002, 01:36 AM	#36 (permalink)
sarahksg1 Obi's girl!!! Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 214	i liked this ep!! it was such a cahnge from the usuall missions, but i thought jack cud have said more when he was about to cut that last wire something a little more sam and jack?? lol

6th February 2002, 04:19 PM	#37 (permalink)
skoon Official keeper of Narim! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: British Columbia, CANADA Posts: 4,342	Ya, why didnt' Jack know more about the bomb? You'd think he'd have some knowledge as to which wires to cut instead of blindly guessing. That seems dumb. But I like how Jack keeps refering to "the movie" asuming he ment one of those movies like Armagedon....'OK, this didn't happen in the movie' At least they acknowledge where they got the idea from. Didn't understand how it could go through Earth though

6th April 2002, 06:11 PM	#39 (permalink)
Krystal Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 2,264	I agree with the comments that recently the allies of Earth tend to dissapear when the Earth is in problems and in need of help. And about the Tokra always getting their help from Earth. But a point to them, they get to the scene late but their the ones always helping Earth lately of all the allies. The Asgards are really a big dissapointment much similar to the politics on earth. :lol: That is why one of my favorite parts is at the beginning of the episode when Daniel says how the Jack and the Asgard reunion end. :lol: Also love the constant references of Jack to the movie, and the agreement thing between all of them as some has mention before in this post. Also it was good to see something different as a mission, only that this story is very used in movies etc and it will be cool to see some other thing hitting earth and not the usual asteroid. Anyway I enjoy the episode Krystal

6th April 2002, 09:08 PM	#40 (permalink)
skoon Official keeper of Narim! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: British Columbia, CANADA Posts: 4,342	so how is it they can go through Earth? without harming Earth?

8th April 2002, 10:22 PM	#41 (permalink)
sarahksg1 Obi's girl!!! Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 214	lol skill and technique!!!!:rolly2:

8th April 2002, 11:10 PM	#43 (permalink)
skoon Official keeper of Narim! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: British Columbia, CANADA Posts: 4,342	ya I always wondered about that specially in Star Trek tng:alienooh:

9th April 2002, 12:03 AM	#44 (permalink)
Arwen Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: New York Posts: 1,184	now I'm curious about something... i think i have to use a spoiler for this... while in the death glider, Teal'c said that he would preform some kind of meditation to preserve oxygen.... what was it called?

9th April 2002, 06:08 PM	#45 (permalink)
skoon Official keeper of Narim! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: British Columbia, CANADA Posts: 4,342	spoiler?....common knowledge...? . ; ; kalnareem, or however you spell it. He always does that, he has to survive. Anyhoo, the reason he did it in the glider was because it would slow down his breathing & wouldn't take as much oxygen