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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] I completely disagree with MNW; I think this was an excellent way to handle time travel. Unlike Star Trek, in which the story usually seemed to have a semi-omniscient grasp of what was going on, SGU seems to be focusing on the various moments along the way rather than the procedural "fix the timeline" story. The time travel becomes a means towards an end rather than the whole point of the show.** If this episode was done by Star Trek, they would've had a scene at the end of the "is everything all right?" vein to completely spell out that the problem was taken care of. And they probably would've had more setup at the beginning, too. I think that this was a pretty insightful treatment of time travel. Consistent with previous instances (all the way back to "1969"), the story was internally logical and coherent (whereas some Trek time travel episodes weren't), and the twist of killing a bunch of people anyway in the second time loop was something that I didn't see coming until Chloe died. My big question, which could either be a plot hole or a future story: why did the aliens seem to ignore Scott (for the most part)? In the first loop the one only bit him, didn't eviscerate him. And he was the only one to escape the last fight intact. Sure, that last creature was creeping up on him, but maybe it would've just bit him, too. Finally, to follow up on Krenim's note about the Destiny, it's really starting to creep me out. It seems that the ship knows exactly what's going on and what is needed before the crew even <em>knows</em> that it's needed. But if that's not a future plot line, I don't know what is... ;) <small>** Side Note: That's not to bash Trek, certainly; SGU is just using a more modern, mature storytelling method that couldn't have developed without Trek's stories to build on.</small> [/QB][/QUOTE]
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