This is going to be a psued-running commentary on Continuum as I watch it:
There will be spoilers!
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Okay, first, let me say that once people starting disappearing, esp'ly when Vala and Teal'c were first, I was pretty sure this was a sort of 'Back to the Future' storyline.
Daniel running smack into Mitchell cracked me up!
I love the idea that SG-1 (well, the part of SG-1 that is 'stuck' - Mitchell, Sam and Daniel) are being told that they can't change 'history', or that they *shouldn't* change it, just b/c it's not 'their' history. I think it's a great twist on the story, b/c they usually run in, make their changes and fix things. (More on this later.)
Daniel's book is 70% off, b/c he's a quack. Jack's son is alive. Honestly, I'm just glad they didn't have Jack married to Sam. I *hate* that 'option'. And Sam was an astronaut - that's cool.
I can tell you that I could really care less about Mitchell. I have no interest in him at all. NONE.
Ba'al captured Apophis. And killed him. Kronos gets a reappearance - that's nice. Teal'c as his First Prime is a little predictable, but fits w/ everything else.
Yay! General Hammond. (R.I.P. Don - we are *so* gonna miss you!)
Dude, Hayes, you need to FIX YOUR HAIR! You look like Gumby gone grey.
The President being offended that Ba'al hung up on him... amusing. Really. Not really a typical 'bad guy' thing to just hang up in the midst of a threat.
Awww - poor Ba'al. Doesn't he know that he should keep a closer eye on his evil girlfriend?
So, Ba'al dead, Teal'c trying to avenge, they run around and find Ba'al's secret hide-out and either they have to go back to the Cretaceous period or hold off fleets of Jaffa until Sam can find a better time.
Now, this whole 'they all die but one before getting through the gate at the last second' thing is a little stale. They did that in 2010 or whichever. As House says: "Ideas aren't soda cans, recycling sucks."
And of course that couldn't be the last Ba'al. No, there was to be another one lingering about so they can do this all again. Really, you know Daniel just wanted his leg back. *g*
Overall - same thoughts as w/ Ark of Truth - an extended SG-1 episode, really. It wasn't bad, it didn't suck, but it wasn't spectacular and 'OMG!'. It was just - good.
So - little discussion point:
** Landry telling Sam, Daniel and Mitchell that they don't have the right to change the timeline. Gotta say he's right. The timeline not matching up with what they know doesn't mean they are 'right' in changing it. Granted, Ba'al changed it first and is planning to take over Earth, but that doesn't mean SG-1 should change the timeline to meet what they know. It's the same as had they gone through the Quantum Mirror and gone back in time to alter timelines in those universes instead.
Of course, if they don't fix it, what we know of the world SG-1 lives in ceases to exist and Atlantis never happens. Odd how that's never mentioned.
