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What the hell has become of Stargate?
Apr. 21st, 2010 10:29 pmI'm so done with SGU, it isn't even funny! Today's episode was the last straw - I won't be watching that stupid show ever again!
Without wanting to spoil those who are willing to give this utter crap a chance, let me just ask a few questions. When did O'Neill left behind an annoying civilian on a planet to die, no matter what said civilian might have done? When did Sheppard ordered Bates or Stackhouse or any other soldier under his command to storm the mess hall of Atlantis and hold the civilians at gunpoint? The same people they were supposed to protect and whose only "sin" was that they wanted to have a word in the decisions that influenced their possible survival? When did General Hammond ordered a life-threatening operation performed on a civilian by someone who didn't have the qualification to do surgery, without the consent of said civilian?
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artemis10002000, do you remember what we've said about military vs scientists in the Stargate universe? Well, today's episode was the prime example for everything that could go wrong, should that tendency be taken to the extreme.
That's it. I've given up on this trash. Fortunately, I've got 8 seasons of SG-1 (as long as O'Neill was a regular) and 5 seasons of SGA on DVD to watch.
Addition: I went to the Gateworld forum to see what people were thinking about the episode. I must admit, I was quite shocked to see that most of them sided with the military. The few ones who did not, were mostly military members themselves.
At times of profound crises a dictatorship seems to be a good idea - to the naked eye. If there's one thing dictatiorship brings, it's order. And people like order, especially when life is unusually dangerous. Order is safe - at least on the surface. But at the moment when order becomes equivalent with the armed forces having everything under tight control and aren't forced to answer to anyone, this so-called "order" becomes extremely dangerous. I think I might have to write a short story about passive civilian resistance as a tag to this very episode - and see if grunts like SGT Greer can force Ancient tech work by hit it with the butt of their rifles.
The sad thing is, I started off liking Colonel Young and Greer. And I still can't stand Dr. Rush. Only that now I can't stand Young and Greer either. Actually, the only truly likeable person is still Eli Wallace.
Without wanting to spoil those who are willing to give this utter crap a chance, let me just ask a few questions. When did O'Neill left behind an annoying civilian on a planet to die, no matter what said civilian might have done? When did Sheppard ordered Bates or Stackhouse or any other soldier under his command to storm the mess hall of Atlantis and hold the civilians at gunpoint? The same people they were supposed to protect and whose only "sin" was that they wanted to have a word in the decisions that influenced their possible survival? When did General Hammond ordered a life-threatening operation performed on a civilian by someone who didn't have the qualification to do surgery, without the consent of said civilian?
artemis10002000, do you remember what we've said about military vs scientists in the Stargate universe? Well, today's episode was the prime example for everything that could go wrong, should that tendency be taken to the extreme.That's it. I've given up on this trash. Fortunately, I've got 8 seasons of SG-1 (as long as O'Neill was a regular) and 5 seasons of SGA on DVD to watch.
Addition: I went to the Gateworld forum to see what people were thinking about the episode. I must admit, I was quite shocked to see that most of them sided with the military. The few ones who did not, were mostly military members themselves.
At times of profound crises a dictatorship seems to be a good idea - to the naked eye. If there's one thing dictatiorship brings, it's order. And people like order, especially when life is unusually dangerous. Order is safe - at least on the surface. But at the moment when order becomes equivalent with the armed forces having everything under tight control and aren't forced to answer to anyone, this so-called "order" becomes extremely dangerous. I think I might have to write a short story about passive civilian resistance as a tag to this very episode - and see if grunts like SGT Greer can force Ancient tech work by hit it with the butt of their rifles.
The sad thing is, I started off liking Colonel Young and Greer. And I still can't stand Dr. Rush. Only that now I can't stand Young and Greer either. Actually, the only truly likeable person is still Eli Wallace.
