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pitiable_sandwich540@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Meh, imo compared to most of Star Trek or Babylon 5 it was kinda mid (even Star Wars - The Clone War was better). Just basically American mil-prop but in space.

Let me remind you of the original premise: A ~~conspiracy theorist nutjob~~ eccentric professor (thinks aliens build the pyramids, but is somehow still allowed to lecture at an university) is hired by the military to help them explore an unknown world where they have to save ~~uncivilised savages~~ helpless slaves (using, you’ve guessed it: guns) from an ~~evil dictator~~ all powerfull god (who still needs slaves tho).

The more I think about it, it’s not even mid, it’s crap. It has no wonder for what’s beyond the stars, just a constant psychotic fear of anything that could even remotely be considered a danger to ~~America~~ Earth. And the only solution to it is shoot at it.

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Jesus_666@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
They’re not all that afraid of what’s out there. They spend most of their time trying to make friends and messing things up by acting like American tourists.

In fact, most of the reason for why humanity is so powerful towards the end of the show is that several of the powerful species have befriended humanity and have given their tech to them.

It’s still milprop but milprop that places a surprisingly large emphasis on diplomacy and dealing with people in good faith. You know, what the USA typically don’t do.

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- Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Instructions unclear: Revolt, enjoy your new dictator, and ignore the CIA agents out back unloading cocaine.
  
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- pitiable_sandwich540@feddit.org ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  They’re not all that afraid of what’s out there.
  
  That’s why they are always sending armed soliders first?
  
  Milprop is often like that: Oh no we’re the diplomatic good guys forced to fight. Why are they making us do this? We could’ve been friends, if you just ~~allowed us to install our puppet~~ signed our trade agreement. Now we unfortunately have to raze your cities and salt your fields. I hope you’re sorry :'(
  
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  - FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I mean, that argument can be applied against Star Trek too, they always send an armed warship to make first contact.
    
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    pitiable_sandwich540@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    They don’t go in with guns/phasers ready, heck most of the times they don’t even raise shields beforehand.
    
    And they have a whole protocol and rules for this:
    
    Before engaging alien species in battle, any and all attempts to make first contact and achieve non-military resolution must be made
    
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  - lath@piefed.social ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    They’re sending a robot with a camera first.
    Then it’s two soldiers + two scientists.
    
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iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It’s okay to be wrong =p

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- pitiable_sandwich540@feddit.org ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I know, I don’t hold it against you :D
  
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mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Daniel Jackson was lecturing to like five people in a hotel lobby at the start of the movie. He was a known crank. He just happened to be right.

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- pitiable_sandwich540@feddit.org ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Ah, okay my bad. Whatched that movie 10+ years ago and that’s how I’ve remembered it.
  
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  - pwalker@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    you certainly have very strong opinions about something you can’t exactly remember. It’s ok to be wrong though we won’t hold it against you :-)
    
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    pitiable_sandwich540@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Oh absolutely, and I’ll happily admit it. I know almost nothing about SG, but then again I have some strong opinions about christianity without having read the work of fiction they base their whole lives around.
    
    I just remember that your mother should stone you to death, if you wear clothing woven from two types of fabric or sth along those lines. Who cares about details of a mediocre work of fiction?
    
    And the military not even consulting a real scientist makes its antiinterlectualism worse lol
    
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cybervseas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
If you watch too many episodes at once you realize they all end in shootouts, and then you feel sad.

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- TurtleTourParty@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  “I do not understand why everything in this script must inevitably explode”
  
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- lath@piefed.social ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  That was because we like shootouts. It’s sad yes, but also fun.
  
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