"The 'kawoosh' is NOT part of the wormhole forming, as we know the wormhole can open while the iris is closed."
I always assumed it was just forming in the micro-space between the gate and the iris, and the iris itself was immune to being obliterated by it.
After all, if they knew in the SGC how to turn of the "kawoosh", wouldn't they do it every time they open a wormhole there?
"Besides, seeing as how the gates can accept incoming travelers without a DHD or computer input, it seems fairly logical that it can dial out that way too."
Is the DHD physically connected to the gate? Because, if it's a remote device itself, then it should be obvious that, if you can replicate the signal it's sending to the gate, you don't need it.
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I always assumed it was just forming in the micro-space between the gate and the iris, and the iris itself was immune to being obliterated by it.
Nope, they've stated as much on the show. Kawoosh doesn't form at all, even though the wormhole does. Which begs the question... when Teal'c was trapped in the buffer, why not just activate a wormhole with the iris closed, and open it REAL fast?
After all, if they knew in the SGC how to turn of the "kawoosh", wouldn't they do it every time they open a wormhole there?
Why bother? The kawoosh is apparently the doohickey flushing its pattern buffers, or some such. The SGC did once manage to activate it without such flushing, and without the resulting kawoosh, but it took some hacking with an actual DHD. The gate has control and signal mechanisms that the SGC's computers don't interface with, so while they know it can be done and probably could pull it off if they spent enough time, would it really have any useful purpose?
Is the DHD physically connected to the gate?
Nope, the stargate can be operated by the thing when the gate's completely enclosed in a metal box.
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Mark: I've seen episodes past season 1, I just don't own the DVD's yet. Being that they cost about 60 clams each, I'm just taking my time in buying them all.
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Yes, but looking at the precioussss isn't the same as owning itses...
Hey, you know what - why don't we have a Stargate forum on Flare? After Trek, it's arguably the most prolific current TV franchise in sci-fi, no? And the past few weeks on these threads haave shown more activity than the Star Wars forum has in months...
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Jaffa do have pubic hair. They shave their heads for whatever reason - but what they do with their privates is their own damn business. Note multiple observations of Teal'c's armpits over the years.
As for the iris blades, they deploy from a cavity inside the ring. Think of the stargate as a car tire, with the wormhole forming somewhere towards the back rim; the iris mechanism was installed in the cavity where the pressurized air would normally go.
Mark <--- Soo... How do we go about requesting a Stargate forum here?
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I was mostly joking... but I was thinking specifically of the female Jaffa that carried Amonet in Children of the Gods (I think Apophys called her "Jaffita" or something...). It showed her tummy and that waistline dipped pretty low...
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No... I mean the Jaffa woman who carried Amonet before she drilled a hole into Sha're's neck. She had these low-riders on. Pretty nice.
And when Apophys calls her out of the little side room she's in to come take a look at the Airforce Sergent, he pulls the curtain aside and says what sounds like, "Jaffita, cree!"
Wait a tick... my new tv has closed captioning... I can actually check this out....
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I believe Mark was talking to Cartman, actually.
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In the pilot episode "Children of the Gods", during the scene where Sha're is taken over by Ammaunet. In the syndication and video release, they cut her robes off but the camera is cut close and at most we see only her bare backside. In the Showtime and DVD versions - full frontal, baby.
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They just showed the episode where Daniel is dragged around by some alien that's a dead ringer for the one in Enemy Mine.
It was a good episode but did they really think no one would notice? Even it's movments and mannarisms are the same.
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