Re: The (possible) NEXT Stargate series

"Pete B" <xxxh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article <ftbg80$nm0$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, hanaram857
> @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
>> I guess with a show like this, that was going to "end" so many times, 
>> alot
>> of this stuff was written without regard to longevity?Furlings is a 
>> stupid
>> name.
>> Did they have in mind the Atlantis spinoff when they did "Lost
City"?The
>> drones in Lost City are far different from the drones in "Rising", like

>> they
>> had to re-adapt the concept the same way the armor was.
>>
>
> They generally don't plan ahead more than a year at a time (nor have
> they ever claimed to do otherwise). They try to remember and respect
> what has gone before to have continuity, though sometimes they change
> things a bit - because they forget (not so good), because they add new
> functionality or we (the humans) didn't know all there was to know on
> the subect(fine) - or sometimes quietly try to forget something because
> they don't really like it (dubious). For instance they have a ton of
> "zat guns" stolen from the goauld, why don't they use them on Atlantis?
> Do they have to kill all opposition with expensive bullets? Well, they
> don't like them so much. And the third zat shot (if you have seen the
> whole series) kills. I don't see a problem with that, but some of the
> execs think it is stupid and just ignore the guns *g*
>


The second kills, the third disintegrates.
:-)