In the Seventh Season SG-1 episode 'Grace', Sam Carter was knocked unconcious and awoke to find herself alone on the Prometheus and experienced strange things.
In 'Grace Under Pressure' Rodney McKay is knocked unconcious on a Puddle Jumper and awakes to find himself alone and experiences strange things.
Someone must have had that idea after a whole five minutes and congratulated themselves. I would expect more from fanfiction writers. Actually maybe they were shippy fanfiction writers because what he experiences in his hallucinations are his unrequited love interest - Sam Carter - in a wet bra and pants.
Some are going to say that it was a great chance for Rodney to do his thing, and there are some great funny moments, but Rodney has done his thing in a number of episodes now and when I last looked it is still Stargate Atlantis, not the Rodney McKay Comedy Show.
Some are going to say that it was great to see the Puddle Jumpers under water - they can go to 1,200 feet underwater and at least 27 atmospheres - to those I would ask isn't it about time? Atlantis is built on what is practically a Waterworld, and the city is designed to submerge. There must be a reason for that. It cannot be a coincidence. Yet by not exploring under water they have left 99% of the planet unexplored.
I enjoyed seeing Rodney do his thing, but it doesn't make up for the actual premise of the story. Everyone knew he wasn't ever going to die so the story has no tension. Anyway, someone being stuck on/in a sinking boat/submarine/lifeboat/spaceship is a very tired old formulae, and they actually used almost all the clichéd things that could happen.
One thing they didn't use, but that I was waiting for was how they would manage to re-surface in the 30 minutes of power they had left without getting the Bends, but I guess the working Puddle Jumper's life support can handle the decompression. I expect that would take a lot of power though.
I also noted straight off that this was a repaired Puddle Jumper that was destroyed. So, they didn't lose another one this week, but they do need to do more work on how to repair them correctly.
In 'Grace Under Pressure' Rodney McKay is knocked unconcious on a Puddle Jumper and awakes to find himself alone and experiences strange things.
Someone must have had that idea after a whole five minutes and congratulated themselves. I would expect more from fanfiction writers. Actually maybe they were shippy fanfiction writers because what he experiences in his hallucinations are his unrequited love interest - Sam Carter - in a wet bra and pants.
Some are going to say that it was a great chance for Rodney to do his thing, and there are some great funny moments, but Rodney has done his thing in a number of episodes now and when I last looked it is still Stargate Atlantis, not the Rodney McKay Comedy Show.
Some are going to say that it was great to see the Puddle Jumpers under water - they can go to 1,200 feet underwater and at least 27 atmospheres - to those I would ask isn't it about time? Atlantis is built on what is practically a Waterworld, and the city is designed to submerge. There must be a reason for that. It cannot be a coincidence. Yet by not exploring under water they have left 99% of the planet unexplored.
I enjoyed seeing Rodney do his thing, but it doesn't make up for the actual premise of the story. Everyone knew he wasn't ever going to die so the story has no tension. Anyway, someone being stuck on/in a sinking boat/submarine/lifeboat/spaceship is a very tired old formulae, and they actually used almost all the clichéd things that could happen.
One thing they didn't use, but that I was waiting for was how they would manage to re-surface in the 30 minutes of power they had left without getting the Bends, but I guess the working Puddle Jumper's life support can handle the decompression. I expect that would take a lot of power though.
I also noted straight off that this was a repaired Puddle Jumper that was destroyed. So, they didn't lose another one this week, but they do need to do more work on how to repair them correctly.
