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Wow. This episode ties up so many loose ends it's boggling!
-The Ancient Genesis Device uses the stargate to propogate its wave accross the surface of the target planet, reducing everything living to consituent molecules - sorta like Jack's anti-Replicator gun. The key thing Carter wants to do is dial all the stargates IN THE GALAXY simultaneously, so they won't have a chance to adapt. So who do they go to? Baal - who did somethign similar in "Avenger 2.0".
-The Ancient Q-bert table is the same one used for the time loop machine in "Window of Opportunity". The monitor panel display was borrowed from Atlantis.
-While no "Siege Part II", the massive Replicator-controlled Ha'taks vs. Goa'uld Ha'tak batter had some nice shots. Coulda used more variety though - and less Trekkian "shields down to XX%" dialogue.
-Cliff Simon said he wanted to humanize his portrayal of Baal, and it did - sorta made him come off a little TOO desperate, but certainly less one-dimensional than usual.
-When they activate ALL the Stargates, we're given a lot of stock footage - including a certain purple-leaved planet that I thought existed only as a dream in Daniel's head.
-Baal gets away, again, but the damage is done. The Jaffa fifth column is not only stronger than ever *AND* motivated thanks to Ta'kara, but they have control over a sizable fleet of the formerly Replicatored Ha'tak.
-Daniel gets skewered AND left aboard a disintigrating ship. This ties in directly with next week's "wanna ascend again?" episode, which is a special 90-minute episode that also ties up the new Jaffa rebellion. After that, all that remains will be for SG-1 to find a ZPM for the Atlantis gang, and everyone'll be hunky dory!
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Pretty neat, however, I do have one criticism. I mean seriously, yet another countdown ending where our heroes win just in the nick of time with a uber-super weapon that just appears?
Sometimes I wish that there would be more episodes where our heroes just fail out of no fault of their own (and not like that absurd episode where Carter just gives Replicarter the information she needs), because sometimes thats just what happens and not just in a cliffhanger.
The classic example that I can think of off the top of my head is Chrysalis in Babylon 5.
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This happens in ALL shows - a cliche at its simplest. SG-1 has done shows against the grain, though. One xample is when they wanted to modify an alien mine to make it look like Heru'ur was attacking Apophis; while they succeeded in their mission, they didn't count on Apophis having an ace up his sleeve to save his ass AND kill Heru'ur, absorbing his fleet and becoming even MORE powerful. In other words, they lost.
I thought there was one bit that was stretching things - the fact that Teal'c talked about capturing T'akara and that ALSO happened to be the ONE place in the galaxy that had that Ancient weapon.
Oh and how'd they open all the gates again? Through Baal? I'm guessing he didn't open gates to other Galaxies... so what about the replicator problem in the Asgard's galaxy!?!
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They pretty much eliminated the Replicators in the Asgard's galaxy. The only ship left was Fifth's and he set out for the Milky Way, hellbent on revenge.
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"I thought there was one bit that was stretching things - the fact that Teal'c talked about capturing T'akara and that ALSO happened to be the ONE place in the galaxy that had that Ancient weapon."
It's not that strange. They attacked Ta'kara because it was the #1 Goa'uld "holy site". And the reason it had that distinction was because of the weapon. The knowledge of why it was important had simply been lost with time.
Am I the only one to whom the first letter in "Ta'kara" consistently sounded like a 'd'?
And, on a similar note: Was it just me, or did it seem like Amanda Tapping pitched her voice a little higher than usual when playing the Replicarter?
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Yup. She was playng the character younger and more innocent-sounding, and it worked.
Ta'kara was mentioned as the place where the first Jaffa was created, and where Anubis rose form the dead (this latter was probably much more recent). Both imply technology capable of altering life at its most fundamental level, so having the Ancient Gensis Device there is more serendipity than anything else.
Dunno why some people seemed to be calling it "Da'kara". Maybe it's the same thing as why people keep saying "gould" instead of "Goa'uld". I just keep hearing the name of a popular Japanese scale model manufacturer.
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I don't see why they couldn't have gotten the Asgard to fight off Baal. Or, rather, I would have liked it if the Asgard had come to fight off Baal. I mean, they've said that the only reason they haven't done more against the Goa'uld is because they've been busy with the Replicators, and that's no longer an issue. Not to mention that this turned out to be their big shot to wipe out the Replicators. Of course, the plot problem is I guess obvious, namely that the Asgard could easily dispatch Baal's fleet with plenty of time to spare. But didn't he (or Anubis, I'm sketchy on the past few seasons) specifically harden his ships against Asgard weapons? So it wouldn't necessarily have thrown off the tension required by the story. I don't know.
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Well, since they likened the eighth chevron to an area code and it lets them into other galaxies, maybe the ninth chevron is like an international code, and it lets them get to other galactic groups, or something.
We know it isn't for time travel, anyway.
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