Stargate Atlantis: S01E01: Rising
It started out decent enough with the ancients (stupid name I think… I mean do they call themselves the ancients? probably not) leaving earth by blasting off in a city – I’m not making this up.
It started out decent enough with the ancients (stupid name I think… I mean do they call themselves the ancients? probably not) leaving earth by blasting off in a city – I’m not making this up.
They don’t show up a lot in the series, but they play a pivotal role: Leela’s homeworld. That’s right, Leela is a mutant!
Not a bad episode in general. I enjoyed the brief visit from Lrrr and Ndnd, just because I love their names. I love the way Lrrr’s pupils change after he eats the hippie. A perfectly adequate middle of the road episode.
More Mom, Yay! She’s just an evil old bitch; I love her. Some steamy past romance comes to the forefront and we get to see a side of Bender never seen without mechanical coercement.
Starting out with Benders hatred for can openers and a few well-placed zingers to a defenceless animal, Nibbler chips a fang (by biting Bender’s shiny metal ass).
Turanga Leela is the captain of the Planet Express. She’s a hard as nails fem-mutant, who couldn’t get a second date to save her life.
Bender is a robotic bending unit. But more importantly he’s the Planet Express’s chef and best friend to Fry. He’s sarcastic, blunt, thieving, alcoholic, scamming, lying, dishonest, harsh, cruel, sadistic, opportunistic, greedy.
The crew of Moya find a Paddac Beacon which could broadcast their exact location to the PeaceKeepers Their only way of hiding the signal is to land Moya in the swamp of a nearby planet while they disable the beacon.
Giant bugs that are able to replicate other life forms infest Moya so that they can breed. The ships temperature is increased, but to the detriment of Aeryn – Crichton attempts to save her.
D’Argo convinces everyone to help save some scientists in trouble before their spaceship explodes. They all agree to help transport them to a place where the scientists will be picked up by colleagues.
This Transcript was taken by Ryan Bechtell.
This episode transcript was taken by Ryan Bechtell.
DOOP, or Democratic Order of Planets, is similar to the Federation from Star Trek. There’s also all of the alien life-forms on the space station, some familiar and some not. Of course, there is the entire space station itself and the scene when part of it breaks off into space.
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Love Conquers excelled in all areas of production. The script was fantastic, with jokes spilling out nearly every line, and enough quick B and C plots to keep the “Romeo and Juliet” A-Plot moving along at a steady pace.
(The Sex, Lies and Negatives episode) Entry from Tom’s Diary:
There’s a certain anonymity to the city, a certain coldness, distance—I remember sometimes trying to shake that feeling off.
The Organization readily uses cybernetic implants and other forms of minor bionics.
In this case, Alexander Hale, a member of the Organization, has contacted Tom, gained his trust, and arranged a meeting to find out everything he knows about Hidden Agenda. Unbeknownst to Tom, Hale’s eyes and ears have been replaced with cameras and listening devices, so their entire secret discussion is being broadcast live to a committee.
Who knows how many other people Tom meets are acutally walking recording devices?
They want to cover up the truth about American troops executing rebel prisoners in the jungle of Chile. What else could it be?
An award-winning photo-journalist specializing in war-torn and poverty-stricken areas, Tom made the mistake of taking a photograph of a private military group dressed as US army soldiers secretly executing four young rebels deep in the jungles of Chile.
Thomas Veil’s loving and supportive wife, Alyson, is the reason he wants his life back, at first. But clues about her start to surface and she may not be who he believes her to be.
The Organization (which is never referred to as anything else), is a privately-funded research group with extensive political and military ties but no particular loyalty.
Tom’s psychiatrist when he is first taken to Calaway Psychiatric Hospital for kidnapping Alyson after he is erased. Bellamy is working for the Organization, he also appears to be working with Alyson.
Tom’s photo, Hidden Agenda, is the main cause of the disruption of his life.
It seems inevitable that Tom would run into others who have been affected by Organization tactics in his investigation of the conspiracy.