[an0n]

For some reason the station that has Atlantis (but not SG-1) for Canada has started up the second half of Season 2, beginning the customary stupid gaps between the airing of the two series across the US, UK and Canada.

Which means I've just 'got' and watched The Hive.

Spoiler:

And it was ****en awesome. Best Atlantis episode so far.

It fleshed out the Wraith and brought them into the realm of 3-dimensional enemies, made them look smarter and more cunning, gave them some new neat tricks and exploitable weaknesses and showed that Sheppard is now apparently immune from probings by Wraith Queens (probably due to him being quasi-bugged a few episodes previous).

And the battle-royale was ****in' sweet. It was extremely BSG-ish, what with loads of tiny fighters spewing from big motherships. And there was even a trench-run of sorts.

But the most impressive thing about the episode is that it subtley shows the SGA people have learned from SG-1's experiences and are smart enough to employ basic military intelligence. If you don't get that, think about how Heru'r died and compare it to this episode.

Actually, it had a Star Wars vibe too, once the ships opened up on each other.

All in all, fricking excellent and an awesome start to this hemi-season.

[Mefustae]

Spoilers, mate, SPOILERS!!! *Smacks an0n over the back of the head*

[Fury]

Added spoiler tags. Please use [ spoiler ] when you post content that may contain spoilers.

[Black Wolf]

You'd think it was obvious there were going to be spoilers, and plenty of lead in text. Oh well, ho hum.

[Setekh]

the customary stupid gaps between the airing of the two series across the US, UK and Canada.

Yeah, what's with that? I never understood it.

Oh well, good to hear that Atlantis is still kicking and not waning. I have to brush up on my old System Lords to get the Heru'ur reference...

[an0n]

Spoiler:

Basically, Apophis and Heru'ur were having a meeting in the Tobin system - which is full of mines that attack certain energy signatures (IE, weapons fire) and thus presumed to be neutral territory.

Heru'ur had earlier captured Teal'c at a meeting of rebel Jaffa on Chulak and had brought him along to give to Apophis as a gift to secure their new alliance against the other System Lords. But Raknor got talked around by Teal'c during his torture sessions, so when Heru'ur was supposed to ring Teal'c to Apophis' Cheops class mothership, all Apophis got was a dead minor Goa'uld.

Then a Tok'ra aboard Apophis' ship activated a signal which attracted one of the mines that SG-1 had just reprogrammed.

So Apophis never got Teal'c and then his ship starts rocking and thudding like it's been fired upon. So he powers up his ship's super-cannon and blows the ****ing crap out of Heru'ur's mothership. Then all the mines - having detected weapon's fire - start swarming all over Apophis and he has to use like 12 other (previously cloaked) motherships to keep the mines from getting to his ship so he can get away.

As for the ep-gaps:

The US shows the first half of the season, then breaks for new programs to air in September and picks back up in January/February with the second half of the season. All of which is on Sci-fi, IIRC.

In Canada, two different stations have the rights to SG-1 and Atlantis. So one station ignores the winter break or has a shortened break and world-premiere's Atlantis about 2 months before it airs in the US and a month before the UK. Then the other station picks up SG-1 about the same time as the US.

The UK does the same as the US, but has a shorter break than the US and a longer one that Canada's Atlantis break.


Use the spoiler tags please. -Fury

[an0n]

It's from like 6 seasons ago, for **** sake.

[Fury]

Remember that some countries might be currently airing at anywhere between seasons 1-6. So not everyone has necessarily seen the particular episode yet. The spoiler tag's there and its not any more difficult to use than your usual bold or italics tag, so you might as well use it.

However, I'm not going to strictly enforce that since people are expected to have some common sense when reading threads like this. In other words, you're bound to run into spoilers concerning older episodes.

[Prophet]

What is this Stargate Atlantis? I don't think I have heard of it, and I usually hear/read about this stuff at some point...

[an0n]

Remember that some countries might be currently airing at anywhere between seasons 1-6. So not everyone has necessarily seen the particular episode yet.

If they're that far behind, they shouldn't be reading threads about Atlantis. As Jethro there just demonstrated.

[Ace]

I'm glad to hear that the episode was good. I was getting a little worried about Atlantis since other than 'The Siege' there has been little action. I was really hoping to see some stuff like the Genii blowing up a hiveship on the surface of a planet, etc. So there might still be hope for that if this episode was good

[IceFire]

It's from like 6 seasons ago, for **** sake.

Just so you know...unless you get "The Movie Channel" (an expensive speciality channel) nobody in Canada has seen (unless you download) Stargate Atlantis Season 1 yet.  Season 1 starts on SPACE in January...

Fortunately we have the DVD...of season one. But even that has a rotten lining as the last disc (5) is a copy of the first disc so the end of the season is still a complete mystery.  We're awaiting our replacement.

So please use spoiler tags please.  Not all of us are quite so lucky yet...

[Bobboau]

It's from like 6 seasons ago, for **** sake.

the last disc (5) is a copy of the first disc

oh my god! I can't beleive that suckage of the degree was posable, they actualy sold millions of copies of a DVD set and shiped it with the last few eppisodes missing. I mean that sucks on so many levels to such a degree that I'm worried that a quantum vacume colapse is about to occur killing us all.

[Bobboau]

oh, and the torrent from pirate bay is on ****ing fire right now, this is the fastest download I've had in at least a good long while.
the
Stargate.Atlantis.S02E11.HDTV.XviD-MiNT.avi
one is anyway.

[kode]

It's from like 6 seasons ago, for **** sake.

Just so you know...unless you get "The Movie Channel" (an expensive speciality channel) nobody in Canada has seen (unless you download) Stargate Atlantis Season 1 yet.  Season 1 starts on SPACE in January...

then why reading a thread with the "second half of season 2" in it's title? makes no sense to me not to expect spoilers in such a thread.

[an0n]

oh, and the torrent from pirate bay is on ****ing fire right now, this is the fastest download I've had in at least a good long while.
the
Stargate.Atlantis.S02E11.HDTV.XviD-MiNT.avi
one is anyway.

**** you. **** you. **** you.

I spent 30hrs getting that. For the first day and a half the speed ****ing blew.

[Bobboau]

funny, I got it in like an hour and a half, isn't that interest'n.

[IceFire]

It's from like 6 seasons ago, for **** sake.

Just so you know...unless you get "The Movie Channel" (an expensive speciality channel) nobody in Canada has seen (unless you download) Stargate Atlantis Season 1 yet. Season 1 starts on SPACE in January...

then why reading a thread with the "second half of season 2" in it's title? makes no sense to me not to expect spoilers in such a thread.

I'm a moderator...its my job.

[IceFire]

It's from like 6 seasons ago, for **** sake.

the last disc (5) is a copy of the first disc

oh my god! I can't beleive that suckage of the degree was posable, they actualy sold millions of copies of a DVD set and shiped it with the last few eppisodes missing. I mean that sucks on so many levels to such a degree that I'm worried that a quantum vacume colapse is about to occur killing us all.

Yep...it really does suck.  They haven't replied to my request for replacement yet...as per instructions at GateWorld.  Its a pain...Season 8 of Stargate SG-1 is also a bust...they forgot about 30 minutes of the extra long episode "Threads".

[Setekh]

The extra 30 are worth it, btw. That's one of my favourite eps.