On 5/30/2023 11:55 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
> On 5/30/2023 10:21 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>> Stargate: SG-1 S5E16 'Last Stand'
>>> "At the Goa'uld summit, Daniel ensures Osiris does not recognize him by
>>> administering the same drug he used on Yu. Despite Jacob Carter urging
>>> to release the poison gas, Daniel is unable to do as he does not wish to
>>> harm Osiris' host, his friend Sarah Gardner.
>>
>> THERE she is!
>>
>> And what’s this “friends“ nonsense? They were… Dare I say it… Snuggle
>> bunnies!
>>
>>
>>
>> Osiris claim a seat at the
>>> negotiating table and tells the system lords that she is representing
>>> another - Anubis, who hasn't been seen in over 1000 years and was
>>> assumed dead. Daniel needs an escape plan of his own. At the Tok'ra base
>>> O'Neill, Carter, Teal'c and Lt. Elliot - who is carrying Lantash's
>>> symbiont - try to find a way out of the tunnel system."
>>>
>>> Dr. Daniel Jackson: Yeah, you would think that a race smart enough to
>>> fly around in space would be smart enough to have seat belts.
>>> Jacob Carter: I just prefer not to crash.
>>
>> They may have complete faith in their initial dampeners.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Trivia: The shot of the System Lords biting into "live" Goa'uld
>>> symbiotes was filmed by the actors biting into long burritos filled with
>>> noodles, which were later turned into symbiotes by CGI.
>>
>> Great. Now I’m hungry.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Commentary: Director Martin Wood, writer and Exec Producer Robert Cooper
>>> and, do I even need to say his name?
>
> Are the initials P.D.?
>
James Tichenor.

> The poison in this and the first
>>> part ('Summit') is referred to as "The Nude Bomb" and Daniel's poisoned
>>> ring is The Prick Ring.
>>
>> And Shanks is the guy who refuses to use a Zat because he thinks it looks
>> too much like a penis.
>>
>>
>>   *eyeroll*  They discuss how important mythology
>>> from prior episodes is to this two-parter.  Part of why the Tau'ri
>>> allies get so decimated in season 5 is they weren't sure they were going
>>> to get a sixth season so wanted to "wrap up" a number of storylines.
>>>
>>
>> Speaking of looking too much like a penis, I joined a STARGATE group
>> on the
>> Facebook. There must’ve been a recent convention or something because
>> people are posting pictures they had taken with various cast members.
>> Jack
>> looks old and unkempt. Sam looks great! Shanks is unrecognizable. And
>> apparently he and tealc hate each other.
>
> Details?!?
>
>  Browder has held up well.
>>
>>
>>> ---------------------
>>>
>>> Stargate: SG-1 S5E17 'Fail Safe'
>>> "After an amateur astronomer discovers a 137 kms long asteroid on a path
>>> to strike Earth, SG-1 is tasked to find a way to destroy it before it
>>> hits in 11 days time. O'Neill seeks the assistance of the Asgard but the
>>> protected planets treaty forbids intervening in the case of natural
>>> disasters. They decide to try and change the asteroid's path using a
>>> nuclear device but to get there in time, they will first have to repair
>>> the Goa'uld cargo ship Daniel and Jacob Carter crashed on the Tok'ra
>>> world. When they finally arrive at the asteroid the cargo ship
>>> malfunctions and they realize that they've been had by the Goa'uld.
>>> Carter comes up with a way to ensure the asteroid doesn't hit Earth but
>>> it means they may not survive."
>>>
>>> Sam Carter: [explaining the contents of the asteroid and how the bomb
>>> will affect it] The explosion will be enhanced by the naquadah, probably
>>> to the force of a small nova. This close to Earth, it would be enough to
>>> set the atmosphere on fire and boil the oceans.
>>> Jack O'Neill: Okay, this was not in the movie.
>>
>> That movie apparently being EARTHSTORM!
>>
Armageddon.

>>
>>>
>>> Jack O'Neill: ...And after that, I kind of lost my temper.
>>> Major General George Hammond: What exactly does *that* mean?
>>> Dr. Daniel Jackson: Let's just say Jack made a reference to Freyr's
>>> mother.
>>>
>>> Dr. Daniel Jackson: Well, we have a couple of options. Number one, we
>>> give up. We use what's left of power and life support to make it to the
>>> nearest unoccupied gate world. There's a small chance we'd make it. From
>>> there we head to the Alpha site.
>>> Jack O'Neill: Number two?
>>> Dr. Daniel Jackson: We take off and hope that our radio signal can be
>>> picked up by the Asgard in time to inform them that this was a Goa'uld
>>> attack disguised as a natural disaster.
>>> Sam Carter: There isn't enough time for that.
>>> Dr. Daniel Jackson: I know.
>>> Jack O'Neill: Is... there a number three?
>>> Sam Carter: There's no three.
>>> Dr. Daniel Jackson: Well, maybe there is. Teal'c, you said naquadah
>>> wasn't native to our solar system.
>>> [Teal'c nods in acknowledgement]
>>> Dr. Daniel Jackson: Which means that the Goa'uld must have towed it
>>> through hyperspace by ship.
>>> Teal'c: A mother ship.
>>> Sam Carter: Daniel, that's it!
>>> Jack O'Neill: What's it?
>>> Dr. Daniel Jackson: We don't have a mother ship.
>>> Sam Carter: But the effect only has to last a few seconds.
>>> Jack O'Neill: What only has to last a few seconds?
>>
>> This is disturbing Lee similar to the solution when they had to toss the
>> Stargate into hyper space before it exploded.
>>
>>
>>   What?
>>> Sam Carter: Choice three, sir. We expand the ship's hyperspace field to
>>> encompass the entire asteroid. We take it out of normal space long
>>> enough to avoid the collision with earth.
>>> Jack O'Neill: [Long pause] Is there a *four*?
>>>
>>> Trivia: When boarding the downed Al'kesh, Carter assigns priorities of
>>> repair. One crewmen asked for "the bathroom" as that's his "priority".
>>> Likely a nod to sci-fi (very) rarely featuring places for people to pee
>>> on a ship or station. (Babylon 5 bucked this trend, as did Star Trek
>>> Enterprise, sort of.)
>>
>> So only terrible shows have bathrooms.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> I watched:
>
> Close Encounters of the Third Kind (4K disc) 1977 sci-fi movie directed
> by Steven Spielberg about a man (Richard Dreyfuss) who has a mental
> breakdown after meeting an Extra-Terrestrial.  The disc has 3 different
> versions of the movie, and I had no idea which version to watch but
> according to the internet The director's cut is the only version worth
> watching so that's the version I watched.
>
>
> E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (4K disc) 1982 sci-fi movie directed by
> Steven Spielberg about a boy (Henry Thomas) who has a Close Encounter of
> the Third Kind.  As far as I can tell the plot involves aliens sending a
> military scout party to test out their biological weapons on a human
> child.  The evil alien tricks a group of gullible children into helping
> it.  The gullible kids actually believe these aliens "forgot" one of
> their own when they left.  What, these creatures can invent faster than
> light travel, but they can't count?  Fortunately, these hostile aliens
> are chased off the planet by the U.S. government, but not before the
> "forgotten" enemy scout can "phone home" and relay Earth's defensive
> capabilities to the invasion force.  This is one of the first movies I
> remember going to see in the theater when I was a kid, and I remember
> the creepy monster scared me.  I still remember being scared to turn the
> lights off for fear the monster would jump out of my closet and get me.
> This horror film was *not* meant for children!  I'll never understand
> why it was marketed that way.   I doubt there's a child alive who saw
> this when it first came out and didn't have nightmares.
>
>
> Cloak & Dagger (4K disc) 1984 spy movie starring Henry Thomas as a boy
> who gets mixed up with real life murder and spies after his video game
> turns out to contain a top-secret government plans.  This was a
> childhood favorite that never got a blu-ray release.  I was shocked when
> the 4K disc was announced.  I watched with the commentary from writer
> Tom Holland (Fright Night and Child's Play).  It was an interesting
> commentary, but a good chunk of it was spent discussing all the stuff
> that was in the movie that wouldn't be in the movie if it was made
> today.  In particular, all the guns and danger the kids were put in.
>
>
> West Side Story (4K disc) 2021 remake of the classic musical directed by
> Steven Spielberg.  Thanks to the magic of closed captions, for the first
> time in over 30 years of watching this movie and listening to the
> soundtrack, I now know that in the high school gym dance scene they are
> in fact saying, "Mambo" and not "Rumble!"  Blew my mind!!!!
> I love the original version, it's one of my favorite movies.  But upon
> reflection and a second viewing, Spielberg's version is better.  It just
> is.
>
>
> The Adventures of Tintin  (3D blu-ray) - 2011 CGI action movie directed
> by Steven Spielberg and based on the classic comic strip. Jamie Bell
> voices Tintin, a Belgian reporter who stumbles upon a mystery involving
> a hidden treasure.  I saw this when it first came out but had no memory
> of the movie.  I could have sworn it was better than this.  I found the
> movie to be very boring.  But the 3D sure looked nice.  It was reference
> quality.  A shame it wasn't in a better movie!
>
>
> American Born Chinese (Disney+) "What Guy Are You" and "A Monkey on a
> Quest" - I forgot to mention I watched the first episode the other day,
> then episode 2 last night.  This series (which shares a chunk of the
> same cast with "Everything Everywhere All at Once" is about a modern day
> high school kid who gets caught up in a power struggle being waged by
> supernatural beings.  First up the son of the Monkey King is hiding out
> on Earth pretending to be a human teenager and he befriends the lead
> character because he believes the human will help him on a quest.  So
> far the human kid doesn't know what's going on yet.

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