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Raptor · 31st August 2001, 05:07 AM

Hello all,
does anyone else besides me think that Fail Safe is going to kick large amounts of buttocks? I know the plot has been done a million times before in movies and (bad) TV mini-series', but I just think it'll be great seeing Sg-1 do it! What do you think?
Raptor

Anni · 31st August 2001, 05:23 AM

Er... actually no.... I think, as you said, the plot is hackneyed and stale. SG1 save the planet yet again.... Oh come on guys...jeez.

However what I do feel is that if Hollywood and TV industry don't stop making stupid films and shows about what could be a REAL threat to this planet any work that real scientists do towards educating governments and the public will be for nothing. the Scientific community are having a hard enough time as it is convincing the governments of the earth that this is a serious issue as it is, without the dubious intervention of Hollywood.

Because, when it does happen, we'll all just thinks its a cheesy film script. We are all so de-sensitised to things like danger, violence and horror these days. Kids can't seem to tell the difference between a shoot em up film full of gratuitous violence and a factual newscast of the real thing itself.

All the entertainment industry are doing is to make us complacent about something that is a distinct possibility at some stage.

And I strongly disagree with that.

I think the Stargate production team need to be tied to an asteroid which is heading towards a planet for revisiting this one.

And the planet should preferably not be earth!!!

skydiver · 31st August 2001, 02:11 PM

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....

jsc · 3rd September 2001, 02:24 PM

I do feel like I have been given ABC gum with this episode from the spoilers and pictures ... hopefully I will be wrong! If not... HEY ANNI, who we gonna wipe out? HEY, you forgot DEEP IMPACT (wtih Morgan Freeman as the PRESIDENT) , Armegeddon and so many many others.... Asteroids.... When Earth Collides etc...

Raptor · 5th September 2001, 04:13 AM

Come on guys, you're missing out on all of the wonderful possibilities of this episode! Such as... when the asteroid is blown up, a small chunk of it breaks off and lands on top of Kinsey's house. They could make THAT into a movie, cause I'd pay ten bucks to see it!
Raptor

Arc_Angel · 5th September 2001, 12:10 PM

lol raptor, I'd definately want to see that

hee hee

skydiver · 5th September 2001, 02:47 PM

ok.THAT would be fantastic....talk about divine retribution.

Raptor · 7th September 2001, 06:13 AM

See, that's the spirit, guys! Maybe it can even collect Col. Simmons on the way...
Raptor

skoon · 21st September 2001, 07:06 PM

I do agree with the hacking of the idea to death, but remember all those movies & shows came as a result of the real fear experienced by the real near miss we had with...I can't remeber if it was an astaroid or huge metior or even a comet that had strayed pretty close a few year ago..well a bit more I think I was 16 or 17 at the time (now 24...just for time reference).

jsc · 23rd September 2001, 01:29 PM

Yes, and right around that time they had the pictures of the asteroids hitting Juipter? They were also focusing on mass extinctions cause by asteroids... part of the Alverez theory....

Gemsong · 30th September 2001, 05:16 PM

Interesting how our perceptions change when the real world intrudes on fantasy.

jsc · 2nd October 2001, 08:16 PM

We all love the idea of mass extinction... just as long as we are not a part of it. Speculation is fantasy so the writers write... I just hope that the writers give us a fresh view.... (Why do I feel I am sitting at the colosseum?)

pamie · 12th December 2001, 09:40 PM

I did like this one....it was an ok one...at least the whole team were together and not on Earth for a change...(they went through it..but not on it)

A little predicable in places..like when O'Neill had to cut the wires ect..

Thought the sceans with Gen. Hammond were sweet..

Overall a good one...what do you guys think!?!

Dave · 13th December 2001, 01:53 AM

SG-1 saved the Earth again... that says it all... I'm almost beginning to agree with Anni about the stale and repetitve storylines

but not quite!

Lots of the usual Jack humour... "I've seen this film... it hits Paris!"

The fact that it wasn't an asteroid but actually a Goa'uld trick, actually made it all more believable. And they should have the proof that the Asgard need now.

Jaxie · 13th December 2001, 03:43 AM

apart from the obviuos question of sumone who won't see this eppie for a month or so (wot the hey happened?) i got another question - in wot film does the asteriod hit Paris? and if it's AMARGEDDON, i just want y'all to kno i haven't seen it!!!!

31st August 2001, 05:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
Raptor A pain in the Mikta Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Bairnsdale, Vic Posts: 680	Fail Safe Hello all, does anyone else besides me think that Fail Safe is going to kick large amounts of buttocks? I know the plot has been done a million times before in movies and (bad) TV mini-series', but I just think it'll be great seeing Sg-1 do it! What do you think? Raptor

12th December 2001, 09:40 PM	#13 (permalink)
pamie Space Monkey! Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: South coast of the UK Posts: 3,043	5.15 Fail Safe I did like this one....it was an ok one...at least the whole team were together and not on Earth for a change...(they went through it..but not on it) A little predicable in places..like when O'Neill had to cut the wires ect.. Thought the sceans with Gen. Hammond were sweet.. Overall a good one...what do you guys think!?!

31st August 2001, 05:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
Anni Chronos' Love Slave Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Third star on the left and straight on till morning! Posts: 1,347	Er... actually no.... I think, as you said, the plot is hackneyed and stale. SG1 save the planet yet again.... Oh come on guys...jeez. However what I do feel is that if Hollywood and TV industry don't stop making stupid films and shows about what could be a REAL threat to this planet any work that real scientists do towards educating governments and the public will be for nothing. the Scientific community are having a hard enough time as it is convincing the governments of the earth that this is a serious issue as it is, without the dubious intervention of Hollywood. Because, when it does happen, we'll all just thinks its a cheesy film script. We are all so de-sensitised to things like danger, violence and horror these days. Kids can't seem to tell the difference between a shoot em up film full of gratuitous violence and a factual newscast of the real thing itself. All the entertainment industry are doing is to make us complacent about something that is a distinct possibility at some stage. And I strongly disagree with that. I think the Stargate production team need to be tied to an asteroid which is heading towards a planet for revisiting this one. And the planet should preferably not be earth!!!

31st August 2001, 02:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
skydiver Trivia Goddess Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: topeka, ks, usa- 7 1/2 hours due east of Cheyenne Mountain Posts: 2,844	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....

3rd September 2001, 02:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
jsc Registered User Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Los Angeles, California,U.S.A. Posts: 4,289	I do feel like I have been given ABC gum with this episode from the spoilers and pictures ... hopefully I will be wrong! If not... HEY ANNI, who we gonna wipe out? HEY, you forgot DEEP IMPACT (wtih Morgan Freeman as the PRESIDENT) , Armegeddon and so many many others.... Asteroids.... When Earth Collides etc...

5th September 2001, 04:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
Raptor A pain in the Mikta Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Bairnsdale, Vic Posts: 680	Come on guys, you're missing out on all of the wonderful possibilities of this episode! Such as... when the asteroid is blown up, a small chunk of it breaks off and lands on top of Kinsey's house. They could make THAT into a movie, cause I'd pay ten bucks to see it! Raptor

5th September 2001, 12:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
Arc_Angel Mr. Flibble is very cross Join Date: May 2001 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 2,861	lol raptor, I'd definately want to see that hee hee

5th September 2001, 02:47 PM	#7 (permalink)
skydiver Trivia Goddess Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: topeka, ks, usa- 7 1/2 hours due east of Cheyenne Mountain Posts: 2,844	ok.THAT would be fantastic....talk about divine retribution.

7th September 2001, 06:13 AM	#8 (permalink)
Raptor A pain in the Mikta Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Bairnsdale, Vic Posts: 680	See, that's the spirit, guys! Maybe it can even collect Col. Simmons on the way... Raptor

21st September 2001, 07:06 PM	#9 (permalink)
skoon Official keeper of Narim! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: British Columbia, CANADA Posts: 4,340	I do agree with the hacking of the idea to death, but remember all those movies & shows came as a result of the real fear experienced by the real near miss we had with...I can't remeber if it was an astaroid or huge metior or even a comet that had strayed pretty close a few year ago..well a bit more I think I was 16 or 17 at the time (now 24...just for time reference).

23rd September 2001, 01:29 PM	#10 (permalink)
jsc Registered User Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Los Angeles, California,U.S.A. Posts: 4,289	Yes, and right around that time they had the pictures of the asteroids hitting Juipter? They were also focusing on mass extinctions cause by asteroids... part of the Alverez theory....

30th September 2001, 05:16 PM	#11 (permalink)
Gemsong The Spawn Queen Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Nia'Ladam Posts: 2,346	Interesting how our perceptions change when the real world intrudes on fantasy.

2nd October 2001, 08:16 PM	#12 (permalink)
jsc Registered User Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Los Angeles, California,U.S.A. Posts: 4,289	We all love the idea of mass extinction... just as long as we are not a part of it. Speculation is fantasy so the writers write... I just hope that the writers give us a fresh view.... (Why do I feel I am sitting at the colosseum?)

13th December 2001, 01:53 AM	#14 (permalink)
Dave Wherever I Am, I'm There Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greater London Posts: 13,776 Blog Entries: 1	SG-1 saved the Earth again... that says it all... I'm almost beginning to agree with Anni about the stale and repetitve storylines but not quite! Lots of the usual Jack humour... "I've seen this film... it hits Paris!" The fact that it wasn't an asteroid but actually a Goa'uld trick, actually made it all more believable. And they should have the proof that the Asgard need now.

13th December 2001, 03:43 AM	#15 (permalink)
Jaxie New Zealander - hullo!!! Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: This place called New Zealand - where season 4 of Sg1 just finished, season 7 of The X files just finished and the first season of Seven Days just finished and all i got to watch is JAG Posts: 520	apart from the obviuos question of sumone who won't see this eppie for a month or so (wot the hey happened?) i got another question - in wot film does the asteriod hit Paris? and if it's AMARGEDDON, i just want y'all to kno i haven't seen it!!!!