Daniel Butler
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Mm, you're right, yet in this ep it was stated that it took some doing to switch back...I dunno, maybe for some reason it's more difficult to go from cloak to shield? Maybe for some reason (software reason, even) it's got to be shut down then restarted?
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I think you guys are focusing too much on the nitty-gritty. Sure, the plot was more than a tad recycled. (I'm not sure if the footage was � at the most, the first shot of the ships shooting at each other was. But the shot of the ships exploding couldn't have been; we've never seen two hive ships blown up that way before.)
But consider the larger ramifications: the writers are setting up a major arc here, with the Wraith guy (is Sheppard going to name him, too? I say he should be called Bill.) obviously not going anywhere any time soon. There are going to be various elements in play: the Replicators, the Athosians, Dr. Weir, the various Wraith factions... and who knows exactly how or why they're all related.
Oh, except one thing: ten bucks says that once Rodney and Bill the Wraith finish their work, they're going to get or use Weir to upload the new virus.
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Daniel Butler
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I *strongly* want a good Wraith. I don't *like* monolithic evil. I *strongly* want an honest-to-God, good Wraith, with a conscience, who doesn't want to eat people, the way some humans are vegetarians. I know we had the little girl Wraith before, but I mean an adult who decided for himself. I want a real ally, and they figure out how to give him the virus without wiping his memory, and he becomes a valuable member of the team. I guess I just wish it so bad because the Wraith are so damn cool.
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There might be some hardware swapout that someone has to accomplish too - remebmer, they're using a cloaking generator off of a puddle jumper. They have to physically connect or disconnect some stuff for this to happen, or power up some components, or whatever.
I'm mostly just curious as to why the Lanteans didn't figure this out ages ago... After all, they cloaked their jumpers.
Also, the Wraith EAT PEOPLE. It's fundamental to them. I don't see anyone willing to give up the ability to eat a thick, juicy stake, even if they got gout from it? I didn't. Still, the Wraith's crutch of wanting to eat anyone they come against has been a big problem in "humanizing" them to the point where they can be true allies. I could see it happening, but it'd be pretty contrived, IMO.
Mark
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quote:Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: I don't see anyone willing to give up the ability to eat a thick, juicy stake
*raises hand* Well, there's one person who's done that here for a start...and no doubt others somewhere. People don't need to eat meat to live, and the question must be are there alternatives for the Wraith other than culling? Do they choose to cull people, or are they simply slaves to their biology? If they're just doing what their bodies demand of them, then in my opinion they're an incredibly one-dimensional villain.
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To be fair, it's not as if the Wraith consume matter the same way we do in order to feed. They have a very specific and fundamentally parasitic method of consumption, which we still don't fully understand. I really don't see a Wrath successfully sucking the life out of a tree or a vegetable, however comical it would be to watch the attempt, so unless there's a way to feed them through an IV with some kind of organically grown enzyme (or something) then I think they're stuck as they are. Like I said though, I wonder if there isn't a good reason why they specifically have to feed on humans rather than large domesticated animals. Perhaps it's something to do with their hybrid nature.
Daniel Butler
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Well, I think it would be nice to at least see a Wraith who didn't *want* to feed on humans, even though he had to, and perhaps devise a retrovirus to alter Wraith cells so that they could use another food source.
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Well, when they visited that planet that had the Stargate on a prison island, the guy in charge sat down and ate a normal meal with a Wraith. I think the Wraith said something about how they used to eat like this or something, but I can't remember exactly what.
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He said that they used to eat like that long ago, and that although they no longer are able to derive sustenance from that kind of food, he still enjoyed the 'finer things in life.'
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Still, the Wraith's crutch of wanting to eat anyone they come against has been a big problem in "humanizing" them to the point where they can be true allies. I could see it happening, but it'd be pretty contrived, IMO.![[Wink]](wink.gif)
People don't need to eat meat to live, and the question must be are there alternatives for the Wraith other than culling? Do they choose to cull people, or are they simply slaves to their biology?
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