Stargate

From the old Stargate Trading Card game.

There was an online version of this that had it's servers shutdown around 2009, I believe. Shame, I would've liked to play it.

It's been over five years since the last one, so it seems about time to do another one.

I want to be as thorough as possible. But I don't want to do 357 separate threads. Or rather, I don't want to post once per day for 357 separate days.

So I could post groups of threads at once, one thread per episode/movie, which would work fine for search engines. But it is spammy.

The other extreme would be one thread per season. I'm not sure if the character limit is going to allow for it, and breaking it up into multiple posts within the thread would be less clean.

Or I could do one thread per roughly 7 episodes. That seems to be an okay grouping, in terms of having multi-part stories in the same thread. Will occasionally cross seasons, though.

As for content, last time I felt like I was being overly negative, because it's easier to comment on what I don't like. So I want to have some regular sections, and I'm open to suggestions.

First dealing with the negative, and trying be constructive about it:

Why this episode doesn't work (optional).

How this episode could've worked, imagining what could've been happening off-screen.

And how it could've been done differently (changing the existing scenes).

Then more neutral:

Stats, like death count for characters, or maybe resurrection count, because not everyone has that.

What's new in this episode, like first contact with a species/civilization, a world, a tech, gaining an ally/enemy (or a Major players appearance count, accompanied by a stat for significant one-offs), defeating an enemy (although maybe not, since that could be a spoiler for who's coming back). Could have stats for lost worlds, ships, etc.

Then positive, or highlights: A fun scene, an interesting idea, new potential, good acting (although generally I don't comment on performances).

I also want to build on my own theories. Such as what an apparently abandoned world could be used for, how low-key allies could be more involved, how new tech could be used (instead of only being used to solve a new problem, and then forgotten about), or how vulnerabilities could've been exploited. Adding up across the series, each of the series, over time. If that isn't too complicated. Ultimately, with each new path taken, the story could branch into its own alternate reality.

Maybe separate that out to supplemental threads.

And finally or maybe put this at the top, plot summary, general commentary.

If I go with the 7 episodes a thread option, I guess an apt thread title would be; "2023 rewatch 2/52, Stargate SG-1 Season 1 E01-E07". And something like "2023 Stargate rewatch Supplement A, Alliance of the Four Great Races".

Increasing difficulty

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If you can manage, submit your answers with the spoiler tag.
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Clue:
Actor Mike Dopud has appeared in all three major Stargate shows. You should be able to guess which one this is. When did this character collaborate with our heroes to resolve a conflict?

Winner: No one!
Stargate Universe S02E13 Alliances
I think I've left it long enough. This was when there was a Lucien Alliance attack on the Pentagon. Camille and Greer were body swapped with two personnel at the location and Varro, a Lucien defector, prepares to give instructions for disarming a Lucian Alliance bomb. They only have a few seconds to get the message across because the only way to communicate is during an Ancient stones glitch caused by cycling the FTL drive.

Current Tally:
https://lemmy.world/u/slazer2au = 2
https://lemmy.world/u/Ermiar = 1
https://lemmy.world/u/[email protected] = 1
https://lemmy.world/u/[email protected] = 1
No Winner = 1

Fifth guess the episode.

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Clue: Zelenka isn't happy about the braids and facepaint. Who might have done this to him, and why is Rodney so happy about it?

Winner: https://lemmy.world/u/slazer2au
SGA S02RE13 Critical Mass
Rodney, head of science, has assigned Zelenka to investigate the defence system on the planet from Childhood's End (SGA S01E06). McKay has an aversion to children and takes pleasure in subjecting Zelenka to the affection of the denizens of M7G-677.

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Okay, Lets ramp it up. You guys are pretty dialled into Stargate, so lets make it more obscure.

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Clue:
If you don't remember this moment, look at the background location. This filming location was only used for one faction, and has been used in many Canadian sci-fi TV shows.

Winner:
https://lemmy.world/u/[email protected]
SG-1 S05E09 Between Two Fires
Filmed at SFU, a location used in other popular sci-fi including Battlestar Galactica. This is just up a walking path from the wooden sculptures seen in the episode Upgrades, which is right next to the restaurant in the same episode where they order 4 steaks each.

Time to get a little more difficult. If you're not sure feel free to ask for clues.

Winner: https://lemmy.world/u/[email protected]

The original is 4:3 ratio for the CRTs you see in the SGC, but I made a 16:9 version for my lock screen. enjoy.

There was an online version that went live in 2007. I never knew about it at the time, and it's since shutdown.

This one is perhaps a little harder than the first. Still, what we see in this picture is not a common sight in the show, and air crash investigation with some kind of otherworldy craft.

Winner: https://lemmy.world/u/slazer2au

Tell me what episode this is, and you win the coveted No-Prize!

Not sure what else to call it.

There's a third stage that grabs you by the head and zaps your brain.

IIRC we see this in the Fifth Race, Lost City, and The Quest part 2.

Like a lot of things, it was created to be a bizarre alien device, but as the lore grew we had to see it used like a normal device, which makes us question why would the gate builders make such an awkward to use device.

If Daniel and Myrddin can use it like a desktop computer, why does it have a violent head grabbing setting?

Are they worth reading?

Sorry, not directly stargate related but thought you lot might find it interesting

Let's see your rankings.