[Thorn]

In terms of firepower, sure. But it has massive recoil for a handgun, and the .50 rounds (I think it can take .357 too) can tear through more than one target. Plus it's bulky, nearly twice the size of a Beretta, with a lower ammo capacity. 7 rounds iirc, where the Beretta has something like 17.

[Liberator]

*wonders why they didn't have any Zats*

Something else that bugs me, the city is floating(hovering), has a working stargate along with lights and God only knows what else and they're powering it all with a half a dozen portable Naqita generators when it took 3 ZPEs before?  Plus, why not rip the power cells out of the Puddlejumpers?

[WMCoolmon]

Possibly shields take an enormous amount of power, which isn't the case with antigrav technology?

Remember that Asguard/Replicators cannot fire weapons or raise shields in Hyperspace, but *can* maintain antigravity.

[Nuke]

it was ok, kinda funny i thought. it might just work. they are probibly not gonna be able to play off mythology very much anymore seeing as they are in another galaxy. i just dont like those damn uniforms. i owuld have accidently left the thing on the bus and wore my black jeans and t-shirt through the gate. frankly i dont think theyd mind, new galaxy and all.

[neo_hermes]

what if they brought a transportable closet full of those uniforms?

[Ace]

Originally posted by Liberator
*wonders why they didn't have any Zats*

Something else that bugs me, the city is floating(hovering), has a working stargate along with lights and God only knows what else and they're powering it all with a half a dozen portable Naqita generators when it took 3 ZPEs before?  Plus, why not rip the power cells out of the Puddlejumpers?

From what it seems like (the power restoring when on the surface) either:
A) The N. Generators can power everything except for the defense systems, when the shields weren't needed everything else turned on.
B) Atlantis has solar power backups that can handle everything but its defense systems.

Definately finding new ZPE generators is going to be a big plot-point in the series.

[Liberator]

At least till the Not-Carter-but-still-very-smart guy figures out how to make one.

Here's something my brother was wondering, Carter is pretty much the smartest person on the planet when it comes to alien technology right?  So why didn't they send her instead of the other guy?

One cool thing, the Frasier replacement in Atlantis is a nervous Scotsman!:thepimp:

[an0n]

O'Neill didn't want any of SG-1 going along because he knew it was a stupid, risky idea.

Also, they need Carter, Daniel and Teal'c back on Earth to figure out the Ancient Weapon and organize the fight against Baal.

[WMCoolmon]

I get the feeling that they sent a bunch of newbies because they figured there were two likely outcomes - one, the Ancients would be there and all that would be needed would be diplomacy (hence Dr.Weir). Or, the Ancients would all be dead and the team would be pretty much screwed.

[Stunaep]

Well, the story was a rehashed Children of the Gods, but with the added bonus of having Robert Patrick in it (whom I love in a heterosexual male-bonding way), and Weir, who is so unspeakably hotter than Carter, that words cannot express that.

Also, it had a geeky scottish guy, and a few good one-liners, courtesy of O'neill mostly, with exceptions. ("He's canadian." "I'm sorry.")

Of course the bad thing being the Wraith, who are about as cheesy as villains come. At least the Goa'uld were menacing back in the great old days of Apophis and Sokar. They are just silly.

As for the one thing that makes Atlantis different from every other show on the air - the production values. Aside from one encounter too many with the Columbian Pine(tm), they were lavish. Movie grade SFX, sets the size and quality of the Empire State Building, and so on and so forth.

And much big explosions. That's always good. And some of the cast has the potential to reach at least some level of SG-1'ness. Bar the token black guy, who similarly to enterprise seemed to have only 5 lines.

[Thorn]

"Now I'm thinking about a nice turkey sandwich..."

[an0n]

Originally posted by Stunaep
Well, the story was a rehashed Children of the Gods, but with the added bonus of having Robert Patrick in it (whom I love in a heterosexual male-bonding way), and Weir, who is so unspeakably hotter than Carter, that words cannot express that.

I want - to have - your babies.