Ugh, I hate, hate, HATE the concept of those communication stones in SGU!
Admittedly, I did not follow the past Stargate shows so maybe this sort of magical nonsense is part and parcel of the franchise, but couldn't they at least half ass some sort of semi-believable psuedo-science sort of way for them to communicate with Earth like Voyager did with the micro wormhole just big enough to shove a signal through?
@Motoki: They were used in SG1. Jackson and Vala switched bodies with a couple in the Ori's galaxy. It's what caused the Ori invasion of our galaxy. The stones cause instantaneous transfer of consciousness between two people.
My question (assuming Rush really used the stone) is what Dr. Lee did on Destiny while he was in Rush's body.
@GreyHammer: But we actually don't see them work. We see a flash back of them working. Right? And I don't see O'neil giving command to a guy like that.
Now, according to the prequels (pretending that they exist for just a minute), there are only two sith lords at any one time.
Yoda: "Always two there are, no more, no less. A master and an apprentice" or something like that.
So if you are a Sith lord, why would you want to train more Sith? Either they fail, or they replace you. And it doesn't seem to me that the Sith have much of a 401k.
@Dr Emilio Lizardo: That has been kind of disbanded in Legacy of the Force novels, if I remember correctly. Lumiya or the Twilek that was dismembered in New Jedi Order/Hive trilogy (I forget which of these two Sith-lites was involved in the discovery) discovered a planet full of Sith disciples during Jacen Solo's turn to the dark side. Of course, they could care less about the rest of the universe, keeping isolated and to themselves, probably waiting for their turn to strike en masse when least expected... Sith are damn sneaky.
Yet another reason most SW fans hate George Lucas and the prequels. Having two Sith only at any given time makes no sense whatsoever. It's a poor, poor training scenario if you're trying to take over the galaxy.
@Dr Emilio Lizardo: the rule of two exists outside the prequels so there's no need to pretend they exist
you take an apprentice so you don't have to waste your time on buzy work. who wants to be chasing down some orphan and his stolen plans when they could be unraveling the mysteries of the force? sith are much too vain to assume their apprintices could be any threat to them anyway.
@Dr Emilio Lizardo: The show tends to go all EU on us at times. Maybe next episode there will be apprentices with apprentices, and back-up second apprentices plus an army of force sensitives (whatever that is) and cloned jedis turned evil.
Seriously, why haven't we seen evil jedi clones? Mace Wintwo, initiate order 67!
@spidyredneckjedi: @thexpert: Look, all of you, enough with the retconning. Yoda said it. Yo. Da. I think he knows more about The Force than this Lucas guy. So if Yoda says there are only 2, then only two there are.
@Dr Emilio Lizardo: Maybe during the Clone Wars era and before, sure. I'm saying after the Battle of Endor, the Sith handbook seemed to have gotten thrown by the wayside in the Star Wars EU.
I'm not trying to retcon what has been said previously, just pointing out the inherent flaws in the Master/apprentice system of government have been addressed in future works and because they happened in a Star Wars novel, are now part of canon for the future of the Star Wars universe.
Clone Wars era and before, the Rule of Two definitely is still in application.
It's the inherent nature of geekdom to argue these minute points as they come up, is it not?
"We're still waiting for CW to roll out the Wonder Twins episode, so we can stop watching already"
On the contrary. Having Allison Scallioti (aka, Warehouse 13's Claudia) be one of the twins will renew my interest in Smallville. I hope she steals the show as she's done with W-13.
Did anyone else think Flash Forward was kind of redonkuous?
When they got to the part about everyone in the world having a clue about what is going to happen... Then they suggest making a website where everyone can put in what they saw...
While I was very very mildly intrigued by the guy that was still walking around, I can't see myself getting into this show.
Is it wrong to love a show simply because it is so terribly written and the acting is so painfully bad? I'm talking about 'The Vampire Diaries'. The show is AWFUL, and yet I love it. Like cake. Very high calorie, zero nutritional value frosted cake.
And I guess I also ought to confess to kinda loving 'Eastwick', too. At least the acting is better...?
I don't know what's wrong with me. All I can surmise is that since I started working again at the beginning of this month (at a full-time job and a part-time job, which means I have practically no days off ever), my exhausted self can only handle mindless brain candy TV.
...although, this is much more mindless than I ever thought myself capable of.
I don't understand how anyone can take the proposition of Sarah Palin becoming president seriously in any alternate reality... no matter how bizarre. I think there's a better chance of Michael Jackson rising from the dead and becoming president.
@fletchtastic:
I may not agree with every thing Obama has done or not done, but Palin was the huge embarrassment. I cannot imagine mayor of hicksville ever becoming President let alone Vice-President. There were evidently enough people fooled in Alaska where she didn't have to deal with national issues, but I dont see how she could ever win a national election.
@FiorenzaDampt: That would explain a lot. Although I can't really think of any skeezy, Dorian Gray-esque shenanigans Paul Gross could be up to. He's always seemed so down to earth, wholesome and humble. Or maybe I've always just confused him with Constable Benton Fraser.
Four things Defying Gravity needs to do in order to move from merely watchable to actually good:
1. James Parriott and the other writers need to learn how to show the relationships between the characters without the use of poorly timed flashbacks.
2. James Parriott and the other writers need to stop relying on voiceovers. Anything said in the voiceovers should be worked into the dialog. The voiceovers are mostly annoying pseudophilosophical fluff or rehashes of information already mentioned in dialog.
3. James Parriott needs to stop copying Carnivale. Beta is too much like Carnivale's Management.
4. James Parriott needs to learn how to reach the show's run time without adding musical montages.
5. James Parriott needs to replace his cliched, cardboard cutouts with actual characters.
Too bad Life After Death was so terrible. I highly recommend not watching it if you love Dead Like Me - it might ruin some great memories of the show you have.
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Also Dollhaus looks good this week. Nice to see BSG Fanboy Enver getting more screen time.
10/05/09
Admittedly, I did not follow the past Stargate shows so maybe this sort of magical nonsense is part and parcel of the franchise, but couldn't they at least half ass some sort of semi-believable psuedo-science sort of way for them to communicate with Earth like Voyager did with the micro wormhole just big enough to shove a signal through?
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My question (assuming Rush really used the stone) is what Dr. Lee did on Destiny while he was in Rush's body.
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Oh, Spidey; you deserve better than this.
10/05/09
Yoda: "Always two there are, no more, no less. A master and an apprentice" or something like that.
So if you are a Sith lord, why would you want to train more Sith? Either they fail, or they replace you. And it doesn't seem to me that the Sith have much of a 401k.
10/05/09
Yet another reason most SW fans hate George Lucas and the prequels. Having two Sith only at any given time makes no sense whatsoever. It's a poor, poor training scenario if you're trying to take over the galaxy.
10/05/09
you take an apprentice so you don't have to waste your time on buzy work. who wants to be chasing down some orphan and his stolen plans when they could be unraveling the mysteries of the force? sith are much too vain to assume their apprintices could be any threat to them anyway.
there was not always a rule of two though...
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Seriously, why haven't we seen evil jedi clones? Mace Wintwo, initiate order 67!
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Even Jedi are, on occasion, full of crap.
10/05/09
I'm not trying to retcon what has been said previously, just pointing out the inherent flaws in the Master/apprentice system of government have been addressed in future works and because they happened in a Star Wars novel, are now part of canon for the future of the Star Wars universe.
Clone Wars era and before, the Rule of Two definitely is still in application.
It's the inherent nature of geekdom to argue these minute points as they come up, is it not?
09/28/09
On the contrary. Having Allison Scallioti (aka, Warehouse 13's Claudia) be one of the twins will renew my interest in Smallville. I hope she steals the show as she's done with W-13.
09/28/09
You are dead to me, Caitlyn. Dead.
09/28/09
When they got to the part about everyone in the world having a clue about what is going to happen... Then they suggest making a website where everyone can put in what they saw...
While I was very very mildly intrigued by the guy that was still walking around, I can't see myself getting into this show.
09/28/09
The show lost me when the little girl spat out "I had a bad dream. I dreamt there were no more good days left."
Really? What kind of a 5 year old says stuff like that, besides that little girl from Poltergeist?
I had a revelation. I revealed there were no more good writers left at ABC.
09/28/09
And I guess I also ought to confess to kinda loving 'Eastwick', too. At least the acting is better...?
I don't know what's wrong with me. All I can surmise is that since I started working again at the beginning of this month (at a full-time job and a part-time job, which means I have practically no days off ever), my exhausted self can only handle mindless brain candy TV.
...although, this is much more mindless than I ever thought myself capable of.
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I dont understand how anyone can take the current president seriously. What an embarrassment.
09/28/09
I may not agree with every thing Obama has done or not done, but Palin was the huge embarrassment. I cannot imagine mayor of hicksville ever becoming President let alone Vice-President. There were evidently enough people fooled in Alaska where she didn't have to deal with national issues, but I dont see how she could ever win a national election.
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1. James Parriott and the other writers need to learn how to show the relationships between the characters without the use of poorly timed flashbacks.
2. James Parriott and the other writers need to stop relying on voiceovers. Anything said in the voiceovers should be worked into the dialog. The voiceovers are mostly annoying pseudophilosophical fluff or rehashes of information already mentioned in dialog.
3. James Parriott needs to stop copying Carnivale. Beta is too much like Carnivale's Management.
4. James Parriott needs to learn how to reach the show's run time without adding musical montages.
5. James Parriott needs to replace his cliched, cardboard cutouts with actual characters.
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