O'Neil likes The Simpsons. But does he like South Park? Just wondering. Hope so.
What is the name of the actress who was the frozen ancient woman Ianna found in Antarctica? She's beautiful.
I think it would have been a lot of fun to have the 3 (or more?) million year old frozen woman survive. Of course, that would cause a huge plot problem: She might know too much about the ancient past and too many mysteries about the ancient past would be solved just by her saying what she knows. Well, I still think the writers should have found a way to keep her alive longer. After all, she supposedly couldn't remember anything from the past. Or she could have fallen into a coma and then she could have gotten up when no one was looking and walked thru the Stargate. The Stargate could have magically dialed itself when she approached. It could have been tuned to recognize her kind. Then she'd have still been out there somewhere for the crew to once again run into in some future episode. Or she could have run off into the snow and disappeared and they wouldn't have been able to find her for a seaons or so.
However, this brings up another problem I have with the plausibility of a lot of science fiction shows involving ancient species: That they would be such a mystery for those who came later. Look at our ability to make high density storage media. Look at the projections for future storage media that are literally orders of magnitude more dense. Well, storing informaton is cheap and getting cheaper. Some methods of storage are very durable. Some ancient spacefaring civilization would have the ability to make recordings that would last for millions of years.
Jonas Quinn: What reason should she have for hiding anything?
Me: The whole point of hiding something is because you don't want someone else to know.
One problem with this episode: Okay, so Ianna gives them a disease. They get really sick and are going to die. Ianna lays on the hands. They get better. Well, why don't they each immediately get infected again and sick again? A member of the cast speculated that maybe Ianna invoked an immune response in them that allows them to fight off the disease. So maybe reinfection isn't a possibility.
Also, Carter was on an upper bunk when Ianna came into the room to heal her. Why would someone who is sick be placed on an upper bunk? There were empty bunks in the room. The director probably wanted to be able to pan down from one sick woman to the other. But seems like an implausibility.
Posted by Randall Parker at September 06, 2002 11:48 PM