Pyrian on 4/3/2005 at 21:12
Quote Posted by BlackErtai
I don't know, I've seen the new Battlestar, and while it's good, I still like SG-1 better since to me it's alittle more believable.
:confused: SG-1 believable? :p
aguywhoplaysthief on 4/3/2005 at 21:14
Yeah, I didn't get that one either.
*Zaccheus* on 4/3/2005 at 21:23
Perhaps BlackErtai meant that it doesn't mess with your brain as much.
BlackErtai on 4/3/2005 at 21:52
No, mainly I meant that I can see something like SG-1 being a possiblitly, and it intrigues me due to that. Do I believe that there are stargates all over the galaxy? No, but I see the realism used in the Stargate series (placing the story in America, making the people in the series deal with realist events, i.e. the election of a new president, problems with the Russians/Chinese over control) as a big plus and something that makes the series more interesting.
Pyrian on 4/3/2005 at 22:44
Am I to take it that by "believable" you mean "modern" - i.e., the setting is at most near-future rather than substantially distant future?
ZylonBane on 4/3/2005 at 23:06
Quote Posted by Pyrian
Am I to take it that by "believable" you mean "modern" - i.e., the setting is at most near-future rather than substantially distant future?
No, he means, "How things would happen if the United States Department of Defense actually came into possession of a stargate".
Stargate, in many regards, is like Star Trek Done Right. You have an operation under military command where the characters actually (for the most part) behave as if they're in the military. You have technology that doesn't magically disappear at the end of each episode. You have characters who (gasp!) have off-duty personal lives. And hey, you have Walter.
Stargate is one of the best sci-fi series ever. How can anyone not love a show that includes dialogue like this:
Hammond: "Are you saying Colonel O'Neill has somehow regressed more than 30 years overnight?"
Daniel: "Stranger things have happened."
Teal'c: "Name but one."
Daniel: "Well, there was the time he got really old, the time he became a caveman, the time we all swapped bodies..."
The genius of Stargate's writing is that it manages to take itself seriously and tell epic stories without turning the characters into larger-than-life theatrical caricatures (see: Babylon 5). Sure they may be saving the galaxy for the dozenth time, but they're still
people who joke around with each other, get mad at each other, and drink beer on the weekends.
aguywhoplaysthief on 4/3/2005 at 23:30
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
Stargate, in many regards, is like Star Trek Done Right.
Don't push me. I might have to come over there and whoop ya.
And I can probably at least get Uncia to come along with me.
ZylonBane on 5/3/2005 at 00:17
Oh lemme guess, you're one of those Voyager lovers, ain't ya?
aguywhoplaysthief on 5/3/2005 at 00:24
The guess has encountered an error.
Abort, retry, fail?
Pyrian on 5/3/2005 at 00:28
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No, he means, "How things would happen if the United States Department of Defense actually came into possession of a stargate".
Which brings me back to my original comment: :confused:
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You have an operation under military command where the characters actually (for the most part) behave as if they're in the military.
I'd replace "for the most part" with "occasionally".
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How can anyone not love a show that includes dialogue like this:
Hammond: "Are you saying Colonel O'Neill has somehow regressed more than 30 years overnight?"
Daniel: "Stranger things have happened."
Teal'c: "Name but one."
Daniel: "Well, there was the time he got really old, the time he became a caveman, the time we all swapped bodies..."
Don't get me wrong, I
like SG-1, and for precisely the reason described by that dialogue: it's great, entertaining comedy. But realistic? No. Not in the slightest; it's deliberately over the top in most respects.
