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(S04E16) Let's shake up this review of Stargate Atlantis a bit by asking a few question's about this week's episode.
Shouldn't the fall into the mine shaft that McKay, Carter, and Keller took have killed or seriously injured them? I know it would have been a very short episode, but would a normal person survive a fall like that without some form of injury? It wasn't like they fell into a pile of pillows or marshmallows -- that ground was hard. Maybe the gravity wasn't as heavy on the planet they got trapped on as Earth-standard gravity.
How was the team able to place all of those crates up high without equipment? Again, I have to go with the lighter gravity argument here, since those crates looked pretty heavy to stack up on one another. And, speaking about the crates...
Why was Samantha doing all the dangerous climbing? Hello, didn't she ever see an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation before? The commanding officer does not take all of the risks because their job is to, well, command. the dangerous stuff is left to another member of the team. In this case, by jeopardizing her life over and over she ran the risk of dying, leaving the task of getting out of the mine room to a very pessimistic man and an untested doctor.
Four Hours and 50 minutes -- Don't you think someone from Atlantis would have tried to contact them? They should have got worried when Colonel Carter and her team didn't report in after an hour or so. Why weren't there jumpers scanning their area to see if they could be found. Especially when the city's administrator was the one not reporting in. On top of morphine and a grappling hook gun they really need to include some emergency communication equipment.
Has Rodney watched every episode of Macgyver? He must have or he wouldn't have been able to build that grappling hook gun. Unfortunately, there wasn't anything to grab onto with the grappling hook. So it was all a moot point. You know, with some chewing gum and a piece of tin foil McKay could have made a portable transporter to beam them out of there.
Was anyone surprised that the room fell just after they all got out? Or that the rope broke just after McKay reached the mine shaft? I wasn't -- it was bound to happen. Anyway, if the rope broke and McKay fell to his death it would take a bit of time to find a replacement.
Steve Carell or Stephen Colbert? Or would you pick Jon Stewart over both of them? I'd have to go with Stephen Colbert because he's going to conquer the world someday.
Despite all of my questions I actually enjoyed this episode of Atlantis quite a bit. I thought I wouldn't with the cast that was appearing, but I thought they all worked quite well together. It certainly helped that the entire episode took place in one room, which allowed them to interact much more than they would in an episode full of action and contact with other actors.
I think my favorite timesin the mine room were the simple conversations they had. The 'Would You Rather' scene turned out quite well and McKay's revelation that he and Katie were pretty much broken up was a nice little moment between he and the two women he was trapped with. Then there was the agreement that, even though Zelenka was a great guy, he was a bit weird. Also enjoyable was the the bar game that Dr. Keller suggested and they all played in order to build a bridge that would get them out of the room.
Speaking about Jennifer Keller -- um, what was that about between her and Rodney? I thought that she was digging Ronon right now, or at least it seemed that way after their near kiss a few weeks ago. Now, she's flirting with McKay? Man, you save one life...
Frankly, I think Keller and McKay would make a better couple than Ronon and Keller. Rodney is a little bit pessimistic and talky while Jennifer is a little bit petrified, yet has a hard-edge to her. Together they could make the perfect couple
And Sam? Well, she tried, but this was really McKay and Keller's show. I'm in agreement with most of you when you say that Amanda Tapping should have never been added to the show. All she seemed to do this episode was to get injured. I can only hope that she will have a meatier role come these last few episodes of the season.
Next week, Teal'c comes to Atlantis to counsel Ronon for his upcoming review by the I.O.A.
| There is no way this relationship could work. | |
|---|---|
| It's a possibility, though we need to see more. | |
| Oh, yeah, they would be good together |
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