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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>> Eh, I still disagree. If you saw that the Wraith were knocking on
>> Earths' door, who would you send?  Carter or McKay?
>
> All else being equal, I'd send Carter. But that's my point: not all
> else is equal.
>
>>> 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?
>
> Because her having to shoot Wraith might distract her from dealing
> with the tech.
>

So she can't walk and chew gum at the same time?

>>> 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?
>
> What was Jack O'Neil's job when he was promoted to Brig General and
> took command of the SGC? She's the "military governor" of Atlantis.
> And as such, it's not her job to be going on missions, just as it
> was no long O'Neil's job to lead SG-1 missions when he was promoted.
>

I dunno, as I didn't watch SG-1, sorry.  Having a beefy Jackson, kinda 
turned me off.  Imo, he should have been more nerdy, like the Jackson from

the movie.

> Quite frankly, this was a point that I made when Tapping was first
> announced as joining the Atlantis cast. The only reason she's on
> the show was because the producers had another year on her contract.
> But she brought nothing to the table. They already had McKay for
> scientific genius, and Sheppard as military leader.
>

Agreed.  I wish they hadn't gotten rid of Weir/Higginson.

>>> 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.
>
> But not both at the same time.
>

Why not?  Isn't she the 'best'?  I'm sure that if they wanted to, they
could 
have written her into this episode as a gun-totting, tech-wielding, 
Wraith-ass kicking babe.  But they didn't.

>> She's out of place, as evidenced by the fact that she should be
>> included in most if not all off world missions.
>
> No, she shouldn't. Once again: it's not her job.

tomato, tomahto

Puzz