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5) Lack of a coherent plan re: support of Atlantis. The gate to Atlantis from Earth should have been opened a second time, some time after they arrived - and this should have been part of a plan that everyone was aware of. Doing this would allow the Atlantis crew to request any items from Earth that were needed but not foreseen in the original equipment taken.
Quote5) Lack of a coherent plan re: support of Atlantis. The gate to Atlantis from Earth should have been opened a second time, some time after they arrived - and this should have been part of a plan that everyone was aware of. Doing this would allow the Atlantis crew to request any items from Earth that were needed but not foreseen in the original equipment taken.
It was my understanding that they only had enough Power from the zero Point thingie to open It once. I could be mistaken though.
Sethan, I'll ask you this: Was Atlantis, for a series opener, better, worse, or average in comparison to ST: TNG, ST:DS9, ST:Voyager, or even SG-1 itself?
I'll give you a damn good reason why the ancients couldn't fight off the Wraiths, even if the technology was similar...the ancients were wooses who didn't know how to fight a real enemy. They got so used to whomping all over everything else in the galaxy that when faced with an enemy their equal, they got their butts kicked.
As for shoulder-fired SAM and SAW damaging the enemy's high-tech ships...well I seem to remember that you know some physics, Sethan. If you do not expect an enemy to fire weapons that due damage by kinetic energy/penetration instead of energy delivery, you won't armor yourselves correctly. A heat-seaking missile will track a fusion reactor, or whatever, just as easily as it will track a jet engine. A four-pound explosive warhead hitting a ship not armored against it will do damn impressive damage.
Seems like a possibly rocking series.... except for that annoying plot convenience of everyone across the universe speaking English. Can't anybody create a series where basic communication is a challenge for at least one episode?
Seems like a possibly rocking series.... except for that annoying plot convenience of everyone across the universe speaking English. Can't anybody create a series where basic communication is a challenge for at least one episode?
They weren't sure how much power it would take or whether they would be able to do it more than once. Now they know (one way or the other). The plan should have been made, regardless.
For all Earth knows, there is a factory for making Zero Point Modules in Atlantis that the expedition could get running again... if only they had a 3/16" socket wrench...
They cheated. Coming up with the Gene Splicing, mutation thing so that anybody can use ancient technology on the second episode? Just too pat and easy. That should have waited until episode four or five at least.
I thought it was funny how quickly everyone was to shoot, hit, push Rodney off a ledge. I hated that character on SG1 and I totally hate him here.
They cheated. Coming up with the Gene Splicing, mutation thing so that anybody can use ancient technology on the second episode? Just too pat and easy. That should have waited until episode four or five at least.
I thought it was funny how quickly everyone was to shoot, hit, push Rodney off a ledge. I hated that character on SG1 and I totally hate him here.
What they should have done with the creature is sent it through the gate to the wraith's world.
Kill two problems with one dial up.
Tonights episode was okay. I was shocked that they hadn't done more planetary exploration. I mean isn't that the first thing you would do? Find out if there are other life forms on your new homeworld?
It's good the Athosians are pretty much out of Atlantis. I considered them to be a distraction. Teala's amulet being a secret transmitter seemed a cheap shot and I wouldn't have brought the Wraith back to the base. I mean they had no way of knowing for certain whether they could adequately contain him.