'Stargate was bad to begin with'... Then why are you watching a spinoff of Stargate if you didn't like the originals? 'Better production values than all of Stargate'... You lost all credibility there. What production values are you referring to, two or three dark and dank rooms? One CG ship model that viewed from different angles ad infinitum. Shaky cam/Voyeur cam with a 'grime' filter over use, and 'sand dunes' / 'foresty' location. If that is your opinion of 'better production values' you seriously have lost all credibility.Compare this with the rich, complex and intricate production values of both SG1 and Atlantis, Universe is a budget/cut price poor version of Stargate. Even the Stargates themselves are a budget version of the original, replacing the moving chevrons and star constellations with a cheap light globe and disco smoke generator, that has no relation to the Stargate design we've come to love...   See 17 other replies

The gates would presumably be made from naquadah, this is true, but depending on how large these ships are, the obvious route would be to have them find a planet with naquadah, strip it clean (or until the ship is at capacity, whatever comes first), turn out however many Stargates it can from the raw materials en route, then rinse and repeat as necessary. The time spent on these mining endeavors is offset by the fact that the seeder ships are either dropping the gates off or simply beaming them to the planet (the Ancients have shown the ability to make Asgard-like transporter tech).To the matter of terraforming, you wouldn't want to gate to such a planet if it were a really big job, but the planets they go to would just require a little atmospheric manipulation to set the rest of the ecosystem on course. Also, if they were terraforming worlds, there'd be more gates. It'd make more sense to establish them in places where their form of life could exist with little trouble.   See 17 other replies

OK, I got turned off on the episode "Life" pretty early on. I wasn't saying that the ships were powered by naquadah (though they could have been), but that is what at least the stargates back on Earth and elsewhere in the Milky Way were made of. OK, Orlin made one of different material, but it was not designed to last. My estimate for "how many gates" came from the assumption of 52 gates/year for 10,000 to 100,000 years, and would actually probably be on the low side. If you're suggesting that the forerunner ships are synthesizing naquadah from other elements, well, maybe, but I would expect even more time to be spent in stars collecting energy if they're doing THAT. It might be better to say that the local area has suffered an ecological disaster, not the planet as a whole -- as seemed to be the case when Carter and O'Neill "discovered" the Antarctic gate. You probably would not want to gate to a planet you're terraforming; it starts off as hostile, and the process itself may be violent or unpleasant. Of course, it could also be the case that the forerunner ships are dropping not only gates, but terraforming equipment as well. The frozen planet may be an example of a place where it didn't work so well.   See 17 other replies

Unlike others I don't suffer from fanboy syndrome and I could care less about the SG franchise. What I do find interesting is a comment on another thread that one of the producers is a big follower of Survivor. That clarifies a great deal. It's BSG or "cheap production values soap-opera drama" plus the tension from a "let's dump a tribe member" Survivor episode and the ever-changing dynamics of the remaining "tribemembers". Sheesh. These fools got funding for this show? Who's signing the checks at the SeeFee Chynnyl, the janitor?This is the sort of show that ruins a career--and rightly so.   See 17 other replies

They cover this in "Life". The seeding ships have placed thousands of Stargates ahead of Destiny, or at the very least have scanned thousands of worlds (not too clear on the quote).As for the crap worlds they are getting dropped on, while humans would have trouble dealing with such atmospheric conditions, the Ancients could likely terraform the entire planet with minimal effort. Plus, with the distance between the seeder ships and the Destiny, it's likely that ecological disasters could befall the planets between their departure and Destiny's arrival.To the matter of mining planets, the seeder ships probably have really good fabrication systems. They don't need much else, after all. No life support, no need for extra room except for maintenance, etc. They're flying factories. Plus, we don't even know if they're powered by naquadah. They may very well be powered just like Destiny. Why make them different? The Destiny, on the other hand, is meant to be crewed, and probably loaded from stem to stern with all sorts of exploratory equipment.Finally, building a fully-powered gate to travel back, while certainly helpful for the current crew, would have been unnecessary for the Ancients. They would have brought a power supply to dial back if necessary. Moreover, they would have gone purposefully, and thus not had much of a need to go back anyway.   See 17 other replies