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Official Discussion Thread: Pain (possible spoilers)

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    TuMulTusX

    [21]May 15, 2010
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    torrijos wrote:
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    Yet, nothing had to do with development since everything was an halluzination.


    They all hallucinated thing that concerned them particularly, their own fears/regrets/emotions.

    Still not the best episode for me although I liked (because it would kill me) Volker's claustrophobia, and Rush's angst towards the blueberry aliens, a little bit sad that the scene where the aliens come trough the stargate is from an hallucination.
    Yep, that's quite a letdown if you consider for a moment how it was presented in the teaser trailer. Still, it is more realistic this way, isn't it?
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    someguy0830

    [22]May 15, 2010
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    TuMulTusX wrote:
    Yet, nothing had to do with development since everything was an halluzination.

    Let's all dream that earth blows up because of financial crisis, war, jealousy and any other possible human fault. Following your logic, humanity would stop all the nonsense they do now and develop a healthier attitude / evolve to a better human being. Yep, sounds like reality to me!
    As long as they or we learn something from it, that's development.
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    someguy0830

    [23]May 15, 2010
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    poggie wrote:

    Am I the only one who is crapped off?


    These people were left on a planet with NO way to get off. Scott, Chloe and Nerdboy.


    The NEXT episode is grungeface all hopped up on chairjuice and NOW everyone is back on board?


    DID I MISS SOMETHING? This is the second time this crap show has done this, ignored the last episode to go on with the next.



    BAN IT.. KILL IT.. CANCEL THIS ONE.. god forbid it will go on for 20 seasons now, because it is gibberish.



    GOD DAMN IT.. No continuity. Its South Park in space. Really... Stargate? Pfftt.. the writers need to be shot.
    Yeah, you missed the part where they came back through the gate, obviously. As for Franklin, they mention having called off the search for him. He vanished, what are they to do?

    The continuity isn't being ignored, so much as you're ignoring it.
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    TOCM19

    [24]May 15, 2010
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    I've liked this series so far, but this episode was just so painful to watch. Anyone else think it just seemed to drag on?
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    BarryWeen3

    [25]May 15, 2010
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    TOCM19 wrote:
    I've liked this series so far, but this episode was just so painful to watch. Anyone else think it just seemed to drag on?


    The characters are in pain, you're in pain, see the episode title works...
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    MrBovineOrdure

    [26]May 15, 2010
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    TOCM19 wrote:
    I've liked this series so far, but this episode was just so painful to watch. Anyone else think it just seemed to drag on?


    I'm in exactly the same camp. I've liked everything up to this point. I mean for crying out loud; Space Ticks!?!?


    This episode did very little for me. I missed the fact that they've crossed the void already. I was hoping for at least some time in between galaxies, perhaps some cool observation, but I guess nothing much happened there. The insights into each infected person's head weren't earth shattering, heck, with the exception of snake-skin guy and claustrophobia guy (Both *really* minor characters), the others fears, phobias, and desires were already established or at least expected.


    Next week's episode looks better.


    Mr BO


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    torrijos

    [27]May 15, 2010
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    I agree this episode was a letdown, even worse it uses the scene where the aliens use the stargate (from the trailer) which I hoped to be pretty interesting...

    BUT we have to take in consideration that most recent Sci-Fi shows (BSG was addicted to the process) usually have a few filer episodes near the end of a season in order to save budget for finales so here I am hoping for an epic tale in the final 2 episodes.

    Remember the beginning of BSG third season on New Caprica, in the podcasts Moore explained that the 3 first episodes where light in order to have enough budget for the rescue scenes from the fourth...
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    someguy0830

    [28]May 15, 2010
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    Given the content of the next episode, it'll probably be a straight line of plot to the finale.
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    CaptainHarkness

    [29]May 15, 2010
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    I was kinda happy when Lt. James took out Scott. But he doesn't seem to be annoying me as much as he was in the start of the series.

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    pgsuperfan

    [30]May 15, 2010
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    It looked like a storyline that has been done on other Space type shows like Star Trek

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    someguy0830

    [31]May 15, 2010
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    pgsuperfan wrote:
    It looked like a storyline that has been done on other Space type shows like Star Trek
    It's a storyline that's been in almost every show, ever. It's a terribly common plot.
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    twin1701

    [32]May 15, 2010
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    OK I have been following SGU every week.... Each Saturday morning I look forward to downloading (as I'm in the UK) the latest instalment with excitement. But that excitement's nothing to do with the last weeks episode having been awesome, its simply because I'm still in a state of denial and think this show might actually one day excite me as Stargate, BSG, Carprica, Star Trek etc have done over the years.

    Instead I watch the episode and find myself fighting the urge to keep hitting the skip forward 10 seconds button, its so damn boring, been here before etc.

    I agree absolutely with previous comment "The writers should be shot", the main problem with this show is one HUGE misconception on the writers part, that people are interested in these characters personal drama's, past lives etc, that we want a melodrama in space. Notice whenever they go back to earth using the stone's. Instead of some exciting story we get a wollowing personal story/tragedy played out. Add to that the music they play in the middle of the shows, where they feature people crying in their rooms, it reminds me of the cheesy music they used to drop in the middle of an episode of neighbours, when something life shattering happens like Harold Bishop going missing.

    I'm not heartless, I just wanted a sci-fi show, not a soap opera and if it is as it seems a soap opera, I'm certain I could find a far better one, with better acting if I looked outside of the sci-fi genre.

    I like others, were perhaps a bit confused, for a while I figured this was simply character development, a chance for us all to empaphise and understand our cast. But its gone on and on to the point I actually am certain the writers are making a drama in space.

    The stories are LAME. they waste so many oppurtunities in this show to make this exciting, seat of your pants, sci-fi with some action and adrenaline. Its just boring and I'm sick of watching it unfold.

    Unfortunately, I'll remain in denial again, next saturday and download another episode, thinking It all might change, or that indeed, someone does shoot the writers and someone new comes in and says "guys, this has to end, people don't want this crap, they want sci-fi and that means a little more than stars and stargates amongst dribble & depression, it means EXCITEMENT for the viewers"

    If not I guess I will have to wait on Caprica coming back, because that is AWESOME and five minutes of that show, i'd take over the last 17 episodes of SGU in a heartbeat
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    TuMulTusX

    [33]May 16, 2010
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    Well, you can't shoot the writers! It is against the law!
    Also, the complete season 1 is already written, taped and done! Even if you would shoot the writers, this episodes wouldn't be any different, would they?

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    TOCM19

    [34]May 16, 2010
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    TuMulTusX wrote:

    Well, you can't shoot the writers! It is against the law!
    Also, the complete season 1 is already written, taped and done! Even if you would shoot the writers, this episodes wouldn't be any different, would they?


    They might, they might have a dedication bit at the end.
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    haldrey

    [35]May 16, 2010
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    Pain, fair title it was in general a fair episode but with a lot of instances where it was painful to watch. Definitively SGU lack consistency, they have to improve in that area fast. In previous SG they had similar storyline but an entire episode dedicated to just one thing, no way.
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    someguy0830

    [36]May 16, 2010
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    haldrey wrote:
    In previous SG they had similar storyline but an entire episode dedicated to just one thing, no way.
    Ahem, the caveman virus, the people-copying crystals, the episode where they play hostage takers, the episode with the fungus sphere, everything about Machello...

    I could go on. Don't act like SGU is the only thing guilty of this. SG1 and Atlantis abused it far more.
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    TuMulTusX

    [37]May 17, 2010
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    someguy0830 wrote:
    haldrey wrote:
    In previous SG they had similar storyline but an entire episode dedicated to just one thing, no way.
    Ahem, the caveman virus, the people-copying crystals, the episode where they play hostage takers, the episode with the fungus sphere, everything about Machello...

    I could go on. Don't act like SGU is the only thing guilty of this. SG1 and Atlantis abused it far more.
    Hmmm, so, now we use other TV shows as excuse why this episode wasn't great? If anything - since this are the same people which made those other tv shows - they should have learnt something rather than trying to warm up this idea once more.
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    BarryWeen3

    [38]May 17, 2010
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    TuMulTusX wrote:
    someguy0830 wrote:
    haldrey wrote:
    In previous SG they had similar storyline but an entire episode dedicated to just one thing, no way.
    Ahem, the caveman virus, the people-copying crystals, the episode where they play hostage takers, the episode with the fungus sphere, everything about Machello...

    I could go on. Don't act like SGU is the only thing guilty of this. SG1 and Atlantis abused it far more.
    Hmmm, so, now we use other TV shows as excuse why this episode wasn't great? If anything - since this are the same people which made those other tv shows - they should have learnt something rather than trying to warm up this idea once more.


    That's not what he said. The original poster was stating that the other Stargate incarnations had similar storylines but never dedicated entire episodes to that one thing and Someguy0830 was pointing out examples of episodes from the other Stargate series that were similar and were dedicated entirely to the one subject.

    He wasn't making excuses, he was making a counter-argument to the original poster's point.
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    someguy0830

    [39]May 17, 2010
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    TuMulTusX wrote:
    Hmmm, so, now we use other TV shows as excuse why this episode wasn't great? If anything - since this are the same people which made those other tv shows - they should have learnt something rather than trying to warm up this idea once more.
    Barry covered it. It wasn't meant to excuse the practice, only correct the silly notion that SG1 and SGA did not do such things.
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    TOCM19

    [40]May 17, 2010
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    someguy0830 wrote:
    TuMulTusX wrote:
    Hmmm, so, now we use other TV shows as excuse why this episode wasn't great? If anything - since this are the same people which made those other tv shows - they should have learnt something rather than trying to warm up this idea once more.
    Barry covered it. It wasn't meant to excuse the practice, only correct the silly notion that SG1 and SGA did not do such things.


    The thing is that when SG1 ans SGA did such things it was more acceptabel becasue of the episodic nature of those series, with SGU banging on abotu being different and havign a longer plot, the filler episodes feel far more fillery than in shows where there are lots of stand alones.
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