Re: SGA--The buddy cop ep ("Midway" spoilers)

"jayembee" <jayembeenospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "puzzlrr" <puzzzlrrr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>>> so she should have been there.
>>>
>>> No moreso than he should. And since she's the commander of the
>>> Atlantis base, she's less expendable than he is.
>>
>> Huh?  They guy who knows everything about everything is less
>> expendable? Okay.
>
> First of all, McKay knows everything about everything. So does
> Carter. So on that point, they are equal. But Carter is also the
> commander of the Atlantis base, and McKay is not. So that makes
> her more valuable, and therefore less expendable.
>

Eh, I still disagree.  If you saw that the Wraith were knocking on Earths'

door, who would you send?  Carter or McKay?  Or would you just toss a
coin?

> Her skills as a scientist/engineer are equalled by McKay's.

Agreed, which is what I was saying.

> Her skills as a soldier are irrelevant. They need another person
> who can shoot a machine gun, they can send a grunt who's much less
> valuable. After all, they've got more grunts than they can shake a
> stick at.
>

But why send an ordinary grunt, when you can send someone who can handle a

gun and the tech?

> Simply put: it's not her job. Having Carter go on that mission would
> be like General Petraeus leading insurgent sweeps in Fallujah.
>

So what is her 'job', exactly?  She can't be sent out on missions, because

she's the commander of Atlantis.  She isn't a diplomat.  By your own 
admission, Rodney is her equal in the scientific/tech front.  So what is 
there for her to do?

> The only justification for her going on the mission would be a
> meta-textual one: she's the highest profile cast member, and they
> should get more for their money by having her in the center of
> the action.
>

Or that she can handle a weapon and the tech aspects of the mission.

> And yes, it's frustrating to have a great character like Carter
> sitting on the sidelines, when she's even in an episode. But from
> a tactical perspective within the story itself, sending her on
> the mission would be an egregiously stupid thing to do. And since
> Carter is the only one who can put herself on the mission, she'd
> have to be egregiously stupid to do so, and she's not stupid.

I don't see her as a great character here in SGA, because her role has
been 
filled by John and Rodney.  She's out of place, as evidenced by the fact 
that she should be included in most if not all off world missions.  I
can't 
wait for Woolsey.

Puzz