Archive for ‘May, 2011’

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Entity
May31

Season 4, Episode 20: Entity

by xmoonxhowlerx on May 31st, 2011 at 8:23 am
Posted In: Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Season 4, Stargate SG-1

SGC is sending a MALP to a yet unexplored world. Shortly after arrival the MALP broke off of the control from SGC, after which EMP spikes started jumping through the base, causing it to lose power. Unknown to anyone the SGC actually became infected by an alien probe which downloaded itself into the computers of the base. Now it is running through sensitive information and data of the SGC. Shortly later it is detected and removed from the mainframe, but the alien doesn’t let go so easily, since it downloaded itself once again, this time into the MALP room. Now it is building itself a new body for the vast amount of new data that it managed to obtain. Soon enough, the SG-1 discovers that the “alien” is still present. As always, Jack wants to destroy it, but Daniel and Samantha wish to communicate. This proved to be a mistake, since Samantha got blasted with an energy wave. Jack destroys the alien, but now the entity actually takes over Samantha’s body. It seems that the alien is persistent, and now it takes over the bodies of SGC’s personnel, making decisions much harder.

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Double Jeopardy
May30

Season 4, Episode 21: Double Jeopardy

by xmoonxhowlerx on May 30th, 2011 at 8:17 am
Posted In: Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Season 4, Stargate SG-1

SG-1 goes back to a planet which they already visited and helped free from Goa’uld enslavement. With the assistance of SG-1 the people on this planet rebelled against Heru’ur and won their freedom, but now they face Cronos full of rage and he is determined to punish them. Thus, once the SG-1 came back here, they were immediately cornered and captured, except Jack who managed to slip away. Despite all the happenings, SG-1 is prepared to help them once again and lead them to rebel, but the people don’t seem so keen to act again. Before they were promised that if they bury the gate they would be safe, yet the Goa’uld returned with ships and now they suffer greatly. It is up to the team to somehow win back the favor of the natives and try to defeat Cronos. They have an unlikely ally however, their own robot duplicates.

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Exodus
May29

Season 4, Episode 22: Exodus

by xmoonxhowlerx on May 29th, 2011 at 1:43 am
Posted In: Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Season 4, Stargate SG-1

“Exodus” in a way continues where “Double Jeopardy” ended. SG-1 arrives to the Tok’ra home world via Cronos’s mothership. SG-1 was given orders by General Hammond to lend the mothership to the Tok’ra in order for them to move the Stargate to a new planet which is not on the Goa’uld maps. Jacob Carter also tells the team that thus far Tanith has proved useful in sending false information to Apophis, but with the exodus underway he could prove as a threat. The SG-1 meet up with the High Council and it is there that Tanith has been informed that his true allegiance is known to the Tok’ra. He is imprisoned and awaiting ceremony to remove him from his host, while the preparations for the exodus begin. Somehow Tanith manages to escape and flee to the desert above. Tanith proves quite capable, since he sent a message to Apophis, who has assembled a fleet and is headed for Vorash.

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Into the Fire
May25

Season 3, Episode 1: Into the Fire

by xmoonxhowlerx on May 25th, 2011 at 6:45 am
Posted In: Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Season 3, Stargate SG-1

After a gruesomely bad season two finale, I really didn’t expect much from the beginning of season three. Luckily, “Into the Fire” managed to surprise somewhat. The ace of this episode is the sheer amount of various sub stories going on and the abundance of action. Basically we have happenings around Teal’c on Chulak, the rescue mission of Carter and Jackson, O’Neil’s struggle against the symbiote and scenes on Earth. The swinging between these events is enough to consume your attention and the rapid speed at which everything is being revealed is great

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Seth
May24

Season 3, Episode 2: Seth

by xmoonxhowlerx on May 24th, 2011 at 6:46 am
Posted In: Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Season 3, Stargate SG-1

After the explosive “Into the Fire” episode, it seemed like a good time for the dust to settle a bit. We are greeted with “Seth”, a less action more investigation type episode. Some of the unsettled dust stays in the form of a new possible enemy, Seth, who is a well known figure in Egyptian mythology and thus quite powerful. From the start of the series, I was extremely looking forward to seeing an episode where a Goa’uld would have a grasp over humans via a cult and personally I am very pleased with what was served. A lot of viewers complained about the slow pace and low amount of action of this episode, but in my mind this is the proper way to execute a cult plot such as this. Subtlety is the key and the slow motion of events is justified.

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Fair Game
May23

Season 3, Episode 3: Fair Game

by xmoonxhowlerx on May 23rd, 2011 at 6:55 am
Posted In: Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Season 3, Stargate SG-1

The opening of “Fair Game” shows us an award ceremony and a promotion at SGC. General Hammond announces that Captain Carter is worthy of being promoted to Major. Moments later, O’Neil is called to give a speech, but is soon beamed out of SGC. As code nine is being signaled on Earth, we see O’Neil aboard a space ship, summoned by Thor. It seems that the Goa’uld System Lords are enraged about the death of Hathor and now wish to destroy Earth. Thus, Thor offers assistance for the incoming threat and would attempt negotiating with the System Lords about adding Earth in the protective planets treaty which would prevent the attack. Three System Lords agree to attend the peace session, among them Osiris, Yu and Nirrti. As it is a custom, the session will be held on Earth, the planet in question.

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Legacy
May22

Season 3, Episode 4: Legacy

by xmoonxhowlerx on May 22nd, 2011 at 7:02 am
Posted In: Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Season 3, Stargate SG-1

It seems season three starts off with quite a nice streak of fine episodes and this here is a real jewel. I was a bit skeptical that “Legacy” is going to dramatically deteriorate once Ma’chello was introduced to the plot, but there was no chance for that since the episode thus far paved an amazing road to the end. The style of storytelling in here is probably the best one we have seen in this show and I have nothing but praise for it. All scenes are masterfully captured, Daniel’s schizophrenic state very well transferred to the viewer. From the beginning of the show all actors have been extremely improving their performing skills and this is probably the highlight shown from Michael Shanks. It is a real pleasure watching Daniel in this episode, in both his “sickened” state and otherwise. The rest of the cast performed excellent as well, a real eye candy.

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Learning Curve
May21

Season 3, Episode 5: Learning Curve

by xmoonxhowlerx on May 21st, 2011 at 7:17 am
Posted In: Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Season 3, Stargate SG-1

“Learning Curve” is a very weird episode, but in an interesting sort of way. Somehow I was watching it with a big question mark above my head and a raised eyebrow, yet I still found it to my liking. It is an extremely slow episode and takes a lot of time to build up, but it has a certain something that grasps your attention. The basic plot idea is catchy for a study/research episode and it develops rather nicely. Also the initial cultural background of Orban, the post-Aztec origin is extremely well designed and the ambient is wonderful.

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Point of View
May20

Season 3, Episode 6: Point of View

by xmoonxhowlerx on May 20th, 2011 at 7:27 am
Posted In: Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Season 3, Stargate SG-1

The opening scene shows us a warehouse of sorts in Area 51. We see the peculiar stone slab with a mirror, which took Jackson to a parallel universe in “There but for the Grace of God”. Soon the mirror activates, showing Carter and Kawalsky on the other side, as they make a run from something. They pass through the mirror into our reality, only to sound the alarm in the warehouse and are then taken prisoner by the guards. Both are taken to SGC and soon realize how different things are in this world. Here O’Neil is still alive, being actually killed by the Goa’ulds in the other dimension and was also married to Carter. After these and other realizations, the alternate Carter begins to suffer from temporal distortion and both she and Kawalsky must return to their world or die. Since their world is overrun with the Goa’uld, SG-1 must try and figure out how to sort things out.

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Dead Man's Switch
May18

Season 3, Episode 7: Dead Man’s Switch

by xmoonxhowlerx on May 18th, 2011 at 7:47 am
Posted In: Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Stargate SG-1, Episodes, Season 3, Stargate SG-1

From the very beginning it is important to say that this is a one hundred percent comedy episode. I thought that the humor was just the trait of Aris Boch, but as time passed it was expanded to the whole episode. After some rather heavy episodes in this season, “Dead Man’s Switch” is a nice no brainer. I’m guessing the humor won’t suit everyone, but it was completely to my liking, a combination of humor and sarcasm. It was also funny to see how Samantha managed to poke a wrong spot at Aris Boch and make him seem like a weak little man wearing nothing but a bully mask.

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