SG:1 - 9x02 - Avalon (Part 2) [SPOILERS]

ixoy

Post your opinions on Stargate: SG-1 - 9x02 - Avalon (Part 2) here. My cousin's chugging away at it currently, but certainly believe he could be a lot faster!

sutty

As average as 2,3,4,5,6 being 4

I have to say, I over all liked it. They seem to be taking it easy at the start of the season. I'd say because the dont want to just dump the new people in the show in the tick of it. Also to have us, the "Viewers" just have to accept them as being there.

I know that the chick from that crappy show andromeadaaaa or what ever its called was in it. That she is also Shanks wife. But is she also goting to be reoccuring as the Doctor? Also the converstation she has with the new genral, Does anyone think she is the Daughter he talked about to Vala?

Venom

Another slow moving episode that seems to be setting the scene for the rest of this seasion. A tad more heavy hitting that the normal sci fi fare but played out well.

Any one else thinking

the new leader of the jafa is not only going to be trouble but maybe a goauld?

Also these

to be continued episodes are starting to bug the hell out of me

Roll on next week.

ixoy

Weak

Didn't quite enjoy it as much as last week and that, I feel, is because it reminded me a little too much of S3's "Demons". I like the idea of the Ori being someone we've met before.

The new doc is, as far as I know, permanent and I'm assuming it's Landry's daughter. I'm waiting for an injoke soon between her and Daniel....

Yeah, I'm going with the Jaffa nation being led by a Goa'uld as well...

Stark

As average as 2,3,4,5,6 being 4

I enjoyed it. Thought it was quite confusing but then I don't have a background in SG-1. Vala continues to impress me, I'll be sorry to see her leave. Mitchell didn't get to do much this time round*. I don't like that guy Landry, he annoys me.


* Only Farscape fans will get this. When he's lying beaten and battered on the ground and about to have a flashback, I could have sworn Harvey was about to appear to him

sutty

As average as 2,3,4,5,6 being 4

Stark wrote:

* Only Farscape fans will get this. When he's lying beaten and battered on the ground and about to have a flashback, I could have sworn Harvey was about to appear to him

Aye it did seem like a Harvey moment, still though I really enjoyed it. The way the ep was done had a very Farscape feel to it.

With Mitchell getting the crap beaten out of hime (just like John) Then the was Vala was killed and broth back to life

Nietzschean

I'd rather re-watching "Emancipation". Ten times. And then a week of 'Andromeda'

i must say , yet more tripe, its just not sg1, its some other show imo.....

What was that rubbish with the sword fighting? the guy having some lame flash back and then stands up after 'getting his limbs mostly cut to shreds' , and kicks yer man's ass.... reminds me alot of childrens cartoons, the impossible come back...

Nukem

Nah didnt like it either!!!!
Goin nowhere fast IMO - retract last weeks statment. Better make with a good plot and i mean sharpish

JohnK

As average as 2,3,4,5,6 being 4

Just finished watching it and I like it. The pace is a bit slow but I dont mind that to be honest as the new characters need time to settle in.

Ivan

One thoroughly enjoyed it, yes.

I quite liked it too.

Pepe LeFrits

Weak

Good episode, enjoyed it.

MrPinK

I was hugely disappointed by the solution to Daniel and Vala's puzzle. You have a 50/50 chance of guessing the right pot to begin with. Then you're allowed to reset the test if you get it wrong and pick the other one.

Worst...test...ever

jor el

One thoroughly enjoyed it, yes.

I thought that was great.

They burned her alive!

I like where they're going with this season, slowly introducing the new threats.

I don't think the Jaffa will have a Goa'Uld leader though, they've already done this with what's his name in that episode so I'm sure they'd probably check now. I think there'll be a Jaffa civil war instead.

The Ori, could they be the forth civilisation that were around in the time of the Asgard, Ancients and Nox? Can't remember the name that the Asgard gave them now, but they could have changed their name, like the Ancients did. Are they good or bad though?

sutty

As average as 2,3,4,5,6 being 4

well they are meant to distroy anyone that does not convert to worshiping them. So I am going to go with bad... vary bad

Stark

As average as 2,3,4,5,6 being 4

MrPinK wrote:

I was hugely disappointed by the solution to Daniel and Vala's puzzle. You have a 50/50 chance of guessing the right pot to begin with. Then you're allowed to reset the test if you get it wrong and pick the other one.

Worst...test...ever

I thought the key was saying what the reasoning was out loud.

mr_angry

Weak

I liked this episode more than the last, but again I thought it was very slow-paced. This isn't really all that surprising considering they dealt with all the major plot lines at the end of the last series. Obviously, its going to take time to integrate a whole new plot line and cast with some of the traditional elements of the show.

Did anyone else think the Ori servent that met them in the courtyard bore a striking resemblence to So'kar? Maybe its just that every pale, hooded figure is going for that look. I was also a little stunned at the graphic nature of Vala's burning. I assumed the director was going to cut away, but he stuck with it instead. Considering the lack of action I almost welcomed it, but it was a bit disturbing at the same time.

The Jaffa high-council is an interesting aside at the moment. As they specified in the episode, it has been decided to give seats on the high council based on military assets. That leads me to think that the leader will probably be one of the first primes we've encountered before - maybe even Anubis', if the military assets were still intact after Dakara. We've seen many times that Anubis' first prime showed a lot of animosity to SG:1, and if anything, he was probably the least likely to support the Jaffa rebellion in the first place. No wonder Teal'c isn't best pleased with the outcome.

MrPinK

Stark wrote:

I thought the key was saying what the reasoning was out loud.

Actually, according to the blog of one of the script writers, they did have a 50/50 chance of guessing but the whole point of the test was to see if they stole the coin after they solved it. That's slightly redeeming, but I still think they could have incorporated that idea into a proper puzzle. Daniel's talents were wasted.

smeggle

Weak

Just watched them today myself - hmm thought it a bit disjointed as usual and I to am getting a bit miffed at the 'To Be Continued' stuff...

I got a distinct impression that your man is a Gou'ald and the jaffa in attendance certainly acts like a first prime.

@ Jor-el the Four races were The Asgard, The Nox, The Furries and the Ancients, the Fifth Race (Potentially) being Humans. (Season 2 episode 15 The Fifth Race - One of my favourites )

Thought the solving of the puzzles a bit lame myself and I think we'll see Omar getting involved with helping out against the Ori - Bit of the old ' Good against Evil' scenario IMHO.