Stargate Universe 03/28/2011 "Hope"

Without rewatching to check, my impression was that she was going for supplies, not walking away...

 

I thought it was odd that the Ancient database would know enough detailed human physiology to assist in a kidney replacement surgery.

Eli could have made out with Ginn and Chloe at the same time.

 

I was watching with captions on so I was amused that right before the surgery, when Brodie was playing "Thus Spake Zarathustra" the captions read "Theme from '2001' playing."

 

I guess that settles THAT argument!

 

It would be odd, if they hadn't already established (in SG-1) that Ancient physiology is basically identical to human. One of the worst things they did on that show... they never provided a decent explanation for that. And after going to all that trouble to set up a nice explanation for why the Milky Way was filled with humans, too.

 

I wish I could remember stuff like this.

 

This album from he early 70s by Deodato has the greatest version of Also Sprach Zarathustra ever made in my humble opinion. Lots of jazz heavyweights on this album. The rest of the album is schmaltzy but ASZ is awesome.

http://www.amazon.com/Prelude-CTI-R...4?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1301585368&sr=1-4-spell

 

To me this was another filler episode, entertaining but did not lead us any closer to any answers.

 

I don't see how a combat medic, (in this case, basically a first aid officer) is going to complete a field transplant by herself. It usually takes a team of surgeons. I don't care how many schematics she has, and she's doing both ends of the procedure. (!)

I have a few hours dual time in single engine aircraft. Doesn't mean I could watch a video and pilot Endeavour.

Doesn't matter. They're all gonna die anyway.

 

Not sure if I remember correctly, but the ancients lived on earth and moved away, Atlantis and all that???

 

Yeah, it was a step forward in our understanding of the ship (including finally revealing what we suspected about the guy who disappeared from the chair), and it sets up a huge step forward since now there are people in the ship's brain who communicate with the people outside it.

 

They (at least some of them) lived on Earth at one time, but weren't from there originally... we're supposed to be the "second evolution" of this form... or something. Like I say, they never really explained it properly.

 

True to a certain degree, but it set us up with two intelligences that are capable of helping us communicate with the Destiny's AI (I assume it has one) so we can better understand the ship and its mission. And the two big nerds, Rush and Eli now have virtual girlfriends for company.

 

Stargate SG1 established that humans are descended from the Ancients. Stargate Atlantis established that some humans still contain recognizable Ancient DNA.

 

I kinda felt that way as well, but on the other hand, it wasn't a bad episode either. (As opposed to some of their other filler episodes that were really horrible). I didn't dislike it.

 

The fact that some humans had Ancient genes was established in Stargate SG-1. That was how Jack could operate the Ancient devices and fight for Earth in the old Ancient chair in Antartica.