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== [[Fridge Brilliance]] == |
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* In ''SG-1'' and ''Atlantis'', the prime method of destroying enemy ships is teleporting nukes right past their shield to blow them the hell out. You know, exactly like was done to the first Goa'uld ship in the entire 'Verse; Ra's, in [[Stargate (film)|the movie]]. After 15 years, still the most effective way. |
* In ''SG-1'' and ''Atlantis'', the prime method of destroying enemy ships is teleporting nukes right past their shield to blow them the hell out. You know, exactly like was done to the first Goa'uld ship in the entire 'Verse; Ra's, in [[Stargate (film)|the movie]]. After 15 years, still the most effective way. |
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=== Stargate SG-1 === |
=== Stargate SG-1 === |
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== [[Fridge Brilliance]] == |
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* At the start of the ninth season of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', I was expecting Mitchell to be nothing more than a flawless O'Neill clone to try and buy our affection. It got bad when Landry talked about how Mitchell apparently had no flaws as far as he could tell. But after getting to know Mitchell, it hit me. The writers were ''reassuring'' us that Mitchell would have flaws and like Landry, we would figure them out. The very fact that they were aware of the fear of Mitchell being flawless was a great comfort to me. --Green Dragon |
* At the start of the ninth season of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', I was expecting Mitchell to be nothing more than a flawless O'Neill clone to try and buy our affection. It got bad when Landry talked about how Mitchell apparently had no flaws as far as he could tell. But after getting to know Mitchell, it hit me. The writers were ''reassuring'' us that Mitchell would have flaws and like Landry, we would figure them out. The very fact that they were aware of the fear of Mitchell being flawless was a great comfort to me. --Green Dragon |
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** It only just occurred to me that in the fan favorite, groundhog day-inspired episode "Window of Opportunity", every time time resets O'Neill finds himself in the cafeteria eating a bowl of froot loops. Froot LOOPS! [[User:Dai-Guard|Dai-Guard]] ([[User talk:Dai-Guard|talk]]) |
** It only just occurred to me that in the fan favorite, groundhog day-inspired episode "Window of Opportunity", every time time resets O'Neill finds himself in the cafeteria eating a bowl of froot loops. Froot LOOPS! [[User:Dai-Guard|Dai-Guard]] ([[User talk:Dai-Guard|talk]]) |
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** And hey, I can have two [[Fridge Brilliance]] moments at once. In ''Continuum'', Ba'al goes back in time and alters history so that he becomes lord over all the Goa'uld system lords. At first this just seemed to me to be an easy way to bring back some of the dead villains for a cameo in the film, especially Yu and Apophis, but then I realized which of the Goa'uld Ba'al uses as his default lieutenant. Cronos. Basically, Ba'al built himself a time machine and then used it to make the self-proclaimed god of time his bitch! [[User:Dai-Guard|Dai-Guard]] ([[User talk:Dai-Guard|talk]]) |
** And hey, I can have two [[Fridge Brilliance]] moments at once. In ''Continuum'', Ba'al goes back in time and alters history so that he becomes lord over all the Goa'uld system lords. At first this just seemed to me to be an easy way to bring back some of the dead villains for a cameo in the film, especially Yu and Apophis, but then I realized which of the Goa'uld Ba'al uses as his default lieutenant. Cronos. Basically, Ba'al built himself a time machine and then used it to make the self-proclaimed god of time his bitch! [[User:Dai-Guard|Dai-Guard]] ([[User talk:Dai-Guard|talk]]) |
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*** Sorry to be a wet blanket, but to be accurate, [[wikipedia:Cronus|Cronos]] (in mythology) was the former lord of the universe (the Titan equivalent of Zeus, essentially) before his sons Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon overthrew him - no relation (surprisingly, for ancient mythology) to [[wikipedia:Chronos|Chronos/Chronus]], the personification of time. |
*** Sorry to be a wet blanket, but to be accurate, [[wikipedia:Cronus|Cronos]] (in mythology) was the former lord of the universe (the Titan equivalent of Zeus, essentially) before his sons Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon overthrew him - no relation (surprisingly, for ancient mythology) to [[wikipedia:Chronos|Chronos/Chronus]], the personification of time. |
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**** Given the proliferation of both spellings for an intended meaning of "time," this is more likely to be writers not knowing that there's a difference between "c" and "ch" as far as Ancient Greek is concerned. |
**** Given the proliferation of both spellings for an intended meaning of "time," this is more likely to be writers not knowing that there's a difference between "c" and "ch" as far as Ancient Greek is concerned. |
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** In Episode 6.19: "The Changeling", Teal'c drifts between obvious hallucinations and less obvious hallucinations. It took me a second time watching the episode to realize, that his hallucinations of Daniel Jackson were different, mostly because he appeared independent of the other characters. At that moment it was suddenly obvious, that this is strongly hinted to be the real ascended Daniel Jackson playing an apparition like he did to O'Neill in "Abyss" earlier that season. |
** In Episode 6.19: "The Changeling", Teal'c drifts between obvious hallucinations and less obvious hallucinations. It took me a second time watching the episode to realize, that his hallucinations of Daniel Jackson were different, mostly because he appeared independent of the other characters. At that moment it was suddenly obvious, that this is strongly hinted to be the real ascended Daniel Jackson playing an apparition like he did to O'Neill in "Abyss" earlier that season. |
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** While the Ancients were definitely [[Neglectful Precursors]] overall, the Anubis situation [[Fridge Brilliance|wasn't the horrible neglect it looks like at first glance]]. The seemingly intractable problem - a disembodied Goa'uld with all the [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien|scientific knowledge]] of the Ancients - was finally solved by [[Sealed Evil in a Duel|Oma Desala moving directly to fight him]], meaning that she would be bound fighting him forever. Sounds horrible, but remember, she ''helped him ascend in the first place''. All the ancients were demanding was that she clean up her own mess. Sure, that's hard on all the mere mortals oppressed or killed by Anubis until then, but there is a certain symmetry to it that godlike beings generally like and there's no reason Oma couldn't have done it right away. |
** While the Ancients were definitely [[Neglectful Precursors]] overall, the Anubis situation [[Fridge Brilliance|wasn't the horrible neglect it looks like at first glance]]. The seemingly intractable problem - a disembodied Goa'uld with all the [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien|scientific knowledge]] of the Ancients - was finally solved by [[Sealed Evil in a Duel|Oma Desala moving directly to fight him]], meaning that she would be bound fighting him forever. Sounds horrible, but remember, she ''helped him ascend in the first place''. All the ancients were demanding was that she clean up her own mess. Sure, that's hard on all the mere mortals oppressed or killed by Anubis until then, but there is a certain symmetry to it that godlike beings generally like and there's no reason Oma couldn't have done it right away. |
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* Minor bit of [[Fridge Brilliance]] in the spin off ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]''. In "Grace Under Pressure," McKay is hallucinating Samantha Carter as someone to talk to. At one point, she appears to him wearing only a skimpy bathing suit, and he thinks she's distracting him from finding a way to save himself, and calls her "Lt. Colonel Siren!" At first I thought he was just using Siren as a generic term for a beautiful, seductive woman, before I realized he was actually alluding to the original [[Greek Mythology|mythological Sirens]] who, [[As You Know]], lured sailors to their deaths with their beautiful songs. |
* Minor bit of [[Fridge Brilliance]] in the spin off ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]''. In "Grace Under Pressure," McKay is hallucinating Samantha Carter as someone to talk to. At one point, she appears to him wearing only a skimpy bathing suit, and he thinks she's distracting him from finding a way to save himself, and calls her "Lt. Colonel Siren!" At first I thought he was just using Siren as a generic term for a beautiful, seductive woman, before I realized he was actually alluding to the original [[Greek Mythology|mythological Sirens]] who, [[As You Know]], lured sailors to their deaths with their beautiful songs. |
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* On ''[[Stargate Universe]]'', Rush keeps referring to the ship as his "destiny". He means he's supposed to be there, but the ship is also named the ''Destiny''. So he's really saying it's ''his'' ship. |
* On ''[[Stargate Universe]]'', Rush keeps referring to the ship as his "destiny". He means he's supposed to be there, but the ship is also named the ''Destiny''. So he's really saying it's ''his'' ship. |
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=== Stargate Universe === |
=== Stargate Universe === |
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