SG-Atlantis 2x13 : Critical mass *possible spoilers*

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2006-01-21 04:44am

Yes, the LOTR reference had me falling out of my chair. Many, many good recurring characters on both shows, I give the "SG Block" a solid A this week.

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2006-01-21 12:16pm

Chris OFarrell wrote:
Zac Naloen wrote: Chris, Microsoft/Intel aren't necessarily involved in anyway. The software weir was using certainly didn't look microsoft based. Perhaps mckay wrote a sort of ancient emulator that runs under windows.
Seriously, I hate the lack of an edit button.

Dude, you are a senator. You get to edit things now, remember?

JediMaster415 · Post by **JediMaster415** » 2006-01-21 01:20pm

I loved this episode.

At first, I thought it was Cadman. She always had her hair down and always seem to be on a computer when shit happened. Plus, she's a bomb specialist.

Kavanagh was too obvious a choice. Love the part where he fainted though.

Sheppard: What'd you do to him?
Ronan: Nothing. He fainted before I could touch him.

Zelenka was hilarious. I think that's the first time he and McKay have fought about something other than science or McKay's ego.

I was expecting to see a Trust operative at the SGC as well. To coordinate things.

Turns out, next episode is called 'Grace Under Pressure'. And it seems like its the same thing Sam went through in the episode 'Grace'.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2006-01-21 02:22pm

Couple things here.

First, did anyone notice Sheppards pistol? Looked like a M1911 to me. .45ACP baby. Probably good against the Wraith.

Second, big flaw in the episode that no one has noticed.

Travel times and transmission.

Daedalus was 1 week out of Atlantis. Another 2 weeks to Earth. The relay transmission barely caught the Daedalus, and interferance didn't seem to be the problem. Daedalus had to travel back towards Atlantis to be any good. They should already have been in range. Daedalus got back to Atlantis in no more then a day. They were a bloody week from Atlantis, how did they do it in a day?

Anyway, this week was good. A big SG1 plot makes it into SGA, and a SGA line of events makes it into SG1.

JediMaster415 · Post by **JediMaster415** » 2006-01-21 03:05pm

Alyeska wrote: Travel times and transmission.

Daedalus was 1 week out of Atlantis. Another 2 weeks to Earth. The relay transmission barely caught the Daedalus, and interferance didn't seem to be the problem. Daedalus had to travel back towards Atlantis to be any good. They should already have been in range. Daedalus got back to Atlantis in no more then a day. They were a bloody week from Atlantis, how did they do it in a day?

Hermoid mentioned that he would have to modify the engines and that they could not use the modifications for long or the entire system would overload and fail.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2006-01-21 04:20pm

Hermiod is just that good. Remember, in norse mythology he went to hell and back to save someone he loved.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2006-01-21 04:47pm

Its extremely unlikely they kept the modification. They didn't entirelty expect it to last the 2 hours let alone time to get back to Atlantis.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2006-01-21 06:06pm

I didn't get to see the credits.. but the song she sung sounded like one of Loreena McKennit's (sp)

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2006-01-21 08:48pm

Alyeska wrote:Its extremely unlikely they kept the modification. They didn't entirelty expect it to last the 2 hours let alone time to get back to Atlantis.

We really dont know how much extra speed Hermiod managed to get out of the engines. Hyperspace travel times wildly vary depending on a number of factors, and how the hyperdrive is tweaked makes a hell of a difference.

Darth Sephiroth · Post by **Darth Sephiroth** » 2006-01-21 10:48pm

ggs wrote:
Alyeska wrote:Its extremely unlikely they kept the modification. They didn't entirelty expect it to last the 2 hours let alone time to get back to Atlantis.
We really dont know how much extra speed Hermiod managed to get out of the engines. Hyperspace travel times wildly vary depending on a number of factors, and how the hyperdrive is tweaked makes a hell of a difference.

Basically they cut out the safeties that try to keep it from blowing up in their faces.

Post by **Dalton** » 2006-01-24 03:57am

This was in all honesty one of the most amazing episodes of Stargate Atlantis I have ever seen. Teyla's song at the end was not at all out of place; it meshed very well with the events in the episode, much like the B5 episode "And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place".

Another parallel with B5 is that this is the first episode of Stargate of any flavor to literally make my jaw drop. I was not expecting that at all (you know what scene I mean).

I also loved Hermiod this episode. "Dr. Kavanaugh. Stop talking, please."

Crazedwraith · Post by **Crazedwraith** » 2006-01-25 04:02pm

Very good episode. Though I wouldn't shed any tears over losing the teyla subplot.

Hermoid and Lee are always fun for laughs. I can't belive no-one in the room would have seen 101 dalmations though.

Also a Kavanaugh/Weir apology scene would ahev improved the episodes more.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2006-01-25 04:04pm

Crazedwraith wrote: Also a Kavanaugh/Weir apology scene would ahev improved the episodes more.

No it wouldn't have.

Post by **Dalton** » 2006-01-25 04:42pm

Kavanaugh is a complete prick and deserves everything bad that has happened to him, but his complete smashing of Weir's fuckups was really really good.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2006-01-25 04:47pm

Crazedwraith wrote:Hermoid and Lee are always fun for laughs. I can't belive no-one in the room would have seen 101 dalmations though.

Come on, who's going to admit that they watched it?

I loved the malice look on Caldwell's face when he revealed he was a Go'auld.

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SG-Atlantis 2x13 : Critical mass possible spoilers