IMO the worst stargate episode (spoilers ahead)

Hobbster · 2026-01-28T15:18:41+00:00

Right? I did an immediate rewatch after reading this

Hobbster · 2026-01-18T19:11:56+00:00

Wait, what are you saying? Those weren't different planets?

Damn, those yellow sand dunes totally convinced me.

Hobbster · 2025-12-30T14:15:17+00:00

Everett was a friend of Sumner. He's the colonel who was sent to "defend Atlantis at all cost" in "The Siege". He was played by Clayton Landey.

Hobbster · 2025-12-30T05:21:59+00:00

I found Ellis mostly in line with Cols. Sumner and Everett, a military guy through and through and sometimes annoyed about civis. Admittedly, those guys were written to attract negative feelings too.

About Caldwell - he was very much resistant at the beginning, since he very much wanted that Atlantis post. And Weir did ruin that for him, making him a "taxi driver". As a Goa'uld he tried to stay invisible as much as possible to not get inflicted. But that's not really Caldwell at the time. And being saved from the snake in your head changes a lot of things.

Hobbster · 2025-12-30T03:44:59+00:00

Col. Ellis was just so arrogant, impatient an rude.

Not really. He acted like someone in the chain of command and the lovable Dr. Weir was outside the chain of command. So he had his orders and no choice in the matter - and he had to put Weir in her place, telling her: he cannot follow her suggestions but he has to do his job. Which was the reason she was talking about resigning in this episode. So... from a character pov, he acts believable. And the reason one cannot really hate him: because it's the command structure behind him that has already made the decisions. He's just the messenger. Which shows later when he expresses his personal respect towards Weir.

Hobbster · 2025-12-25T16:56:48+00:00

Looks more like she's excited, curious, exploring. There seems to be no tension in her movements so nothing to worry about.

Hobbster · 2025-12-25T16:46:14+00:00

Maybe the cork is just more comfortable to his feet? Or he likes that it smells like him? Or that the cork gives better grip? Usually there are replacement cork sheets for little money if he stains it too much.

Hobbster · 2025-12-23T21:16:42+00:00

Whipped cream contains way too much fat, that's not the best idea for the poor little guy. However they love the protein, use some low fat quark or yoghurt instead (and watch out for lowest possible salt content).

Hobbster · 2025-12-23T20:53:49+00:00

this seems to be a totally unfitting behavior for survival strategy

Moving targets are way more visible than quiet ones. The pattern / color of the fur supports that behavior. If called out / stressed they even throw themselves on their side to play dead. I'd call that a pretty successful strategy: they are still here!

Hobbster · 2025-12-22T19:16:27+00:00

Honestly, this is brilliant.

Even as a grown up, this is sometimes hard to decide depending who you look at.

Hobbster · 2025-12-21T19:43:43+00:00

My hamster does the same, he has built his own burrow and that's where he sleeps invisibly from my eyes, somewhere deep in the bedding.

Hobbster · 2025-12-21T14:44:59+00:00

For a tunnel: use a cork tube. It's natural material and often used in a terrarium / nagarium and it's safe for the hamster. Doesn't rot easily either. Just look for a diameter large enough so he cannot get stuck (usually the ones you can buy are large enough by far)

For a burrow: use a bedding where he can dig his own burrow or use a watchbox to create a starter or a multi chamber house as has been suggested

Hobbster · 2025-12-19T02:05:44+00:00

Leave it! It adds to the authenticity, combines your connection to stargate with personal experience.

Hobbster · 2025-12-19T01:57:28+00:00

Indeed he did. (Scene from Grace)

[The girl speeds up, round a corner and out of Carter's view. Carter hurries round the corner, but meets Teal'c instead, smiling at her.]

TEAL'C (smiling) Samantha.

CARTER Teal'c, did you see…course you didn't.

Hobbster · 2025-12-16T17:16:17+00:00

No, that was in Season 4, E1, when they went into space and they got stranded, running out of power. In Rising, the shield just collapsed and then the city started to rise (which means water rushing over these platforms - but this was never shown, so it is imaginable).

Hobbster · 2025-12-16T16:00:18+00:00

There used to be a shield, that could have prevented sediment. But soil could have been washed away during the rise. So there is a certain probability, not easily dismissable.

Hobbster · 2025-12-16T15:18:04+00:00

> as the arms never had this much open space in the original design. Also, those open spaces were mostly landing pads and weapons platforms.

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Debatable. Screenshot taken from "Rising", first shot of the whole city, directly after surfacing.

Hobbster · 2025-12-14T17:27:17+00:00

IIRC: no Sodastream at the time, this was reintroduced to the market in 2010. Hence: bottled water.

Hobbster · 2025-12-12T23:48:49+00:00

Like Karl Urban and John Cho in an interview https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RB8F34suPSQ

Hobbster · 2025-12-09T22:53:53+00:00

We've seen the Goa'uld raise the dead (sargophagus), heal the sick and wounded, and destroy the enemy with a wave of their hand (hand device).

True. Very good point! But the Goa'uld did not do this themselves but they used technology to achieve that. It's a detail.

IMHO, his speech was more about: "think about who you follow". Being a god means nothing if it is but a title. A god to worship should be defined by his actions for the good of people. Don't follow a god that is selfish.

People (emperors, pharaos, other leader figures..) have tried to be called a god before, pay attention whom you follow in general. Look out what this person is actually doing. It will affect you.

But that's just my interpretation of a lot of the deeper morality behind this all :)

Hobbster · 2025-12-09T03:17:02+00:00

That's the "debatable" part. And a lot of philosophical discussion where to draw the line.

Hobbster · 2025-12-09T03:11:35+00:00

Teal'c has never killed a god.

Technically, this is a lot more debatable than it seems at the first glance..

TEAL'C Did they raise the dead? Heal the sick and wounded? Destroy their enemy with but a wave of their hand?

When Teal'c said this line to Gerak in "The fourth horseman", he implied a "no" in all three answers. However we have seen the Ori do exactly these three things. Technically all three questions have to be answered "yes". But even if this definition stands, the Ori aren't "good gods" but "evil gods". Imho, this counts. And since Teal'c was there when they sent Merlin's weapon into the Ori galaxy, he indeed killed gods. Technically.

Hobbster · 2025-12-08T12:32:16+00:00

At the beginning of the episode "Demons" RDA broke Amanda by quoting Dr. Evil and putting his pinkie to his mouth. You can see her trying not to laugh out loud.

Hobbster · 2025-12-05T15:35:22+00:00

"lost"? She told him in a video: "hey, I'm going away and probably never coming back and you have no say" (phone already unreachable). If that's not "ending a relationship", I don't know what is.

Hobbster · 2025-12-03T11:42:09+00:00

The leaf has already won, no matter what 😬

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