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 Episode 312 - "Echoes", Spoilers |
| KillerMarv |
 Jun 7th 2006, 1:42 AM
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Major General  Group: Members Posts: 3,441 Joined: April 7th 2006 From: Bucharest, Romania Member No.: 11,622 Gender: Male  |
This episode is the first one after the mid-season two parter, again the source is Gateworld:
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| Dafmeister |
Jun 7th 2006, 3:12 AM
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General  Group: Moderators Posts: 11,926 Joined: April 10th 2003 From: North Wales, UK Member No.: 1,340 Gender: Male |
McKay is working on a piece of tech that can translate what whales are saying? That's a bit ridiculous isn't it? It seems a bit cliched for them to translate what animals are saying, I think it is obvious they are going to be speaking Ancient.
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| kordone |
Jun 7th 2006, 3:19 AM
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Technical Sergeant  Group: Members Posts: 233 Joined: November 24th 2005 From: Sydney Member No.: 10,555 Gender: Male |
Whales speaking is already farfetched... but speaking Ancient???
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| KillerMarv |
Jun 7th 2006, 3:42 AM
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Major General Group: Members Posts: 3,441 Joined: April 7th 2006 From: Bucharest, Romania Member No.: 11,622 Gender: Male |
Well, this is the episode that "echoed" everywhere... The one that everybody was saying it is supposed to show us what everybody in Atlantis is doing with their free time, when they're not off-world... They can't just sit around, playing a game of cards, can they?
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| dr lee |
Jun 7th 2006, 7:32 PM
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Lieutenant Colonel  Group: Members Posts: 1,342 Joined: February 16th 2005 From: england Member No.: 8,109 Gender: Male |
maybe this is what came out of that 'day off' idea that martin gero had? To be honest i don't know what to think about this one as the info given is extreamely unhelpful. Hopefully we'll hear more on this soon. |
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| GoVols |
Jun 7th 2006, 9:44 PM
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Senior Master Sergeant  Group: Members Posts: 375 Joined: March 25th 2006 From: Knoxvegas Tennessee Member No.: 11,546 Gender: Male |
I do not think it is that far fetched. Dolphins, which are marine mammels like whales, are the only species other than humans to have sex for pleasure, and they appear to communicate. It is highly likely that on another world, the whales and not the dolphins are a little more advanced. Most people think that whales speak too, not just dolphins. Of course, no one knows....
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| Aussie_Bloke |
Jun 7th 2006, 10:46 PM
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First Lieutenant  Group: Members Posts: 700 Joined: December 16th 2004 From: Melbourne,Vic,Aus,Earth,Solar System,Milky Way Member No.: 7,259 Gender: Male |
So.....looks like by this stage in the season the Atlantis team are not under much of a threat...if McKay has time to talk to Whales....
Maybe they say.... "McKay...there is an underwater hanger with 5 Aurora/Orion ships in it and one big Mothership type thing....il take you..." |
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| GoVols |
Jun 7th 2006, 11:55 PM
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Senior Master Sergeant Group: Members Posts: 375 Joined: March 25th 2006 From: Knoxvegas Tennessee Member No.: 11,546 Gender: Male |
I think it would be funny to see McCay arguing with a whale and have that asgard and sheppard making fun of him in the background.
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| Revan |
Jun 8th 2006, 12:27 AM
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Dark Lord of The Sith Group: Moderators Posts: 4,455 Joined: February 1st 2006 From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Terra Firma Member No.: 11,056 Gender: Male |
Just because whales have not yet risen to the intellectual plateau that allows them to carelessly destroy their environment, they need not be unintelligent.
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| Lancelot |
Jun 10th 2006, 10:43 AM
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Chief Master Sergeant  Group: Members Posts: 496 Joined: December 10th 2005 From: Ireland Member No.: 10,650 Gender: Male |
QUOTE(Revan @ Jun 8th 2006, 6:27 AM)  Just because whales have not yet risen to the intellectual plateau that allows them to carelessly destroy their environment, they need not be unintelligent. Revan i like the way you think. just because a creature doesn't use technology dosen't mean that they aren't intelligent in fact to me it shows that man is intellectually inferior because we need technology which destroys our planet |
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| ancient01 |
Jun 11th 2006, 3:24 PM
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QUOTE(Revan @ Jun 8th 2006, 1:27 AM) Just because whales have not yet risen to the intellectual plateau that allows them to carelessly destroy their environment, they need not be unintelligent. Anyone remember the Nox? |
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| Dafmeister |
Jun 11th 2006, 5:04 PM
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QUOTE(ancient01 @ Jun 11th 2006, 9:24 PM) Anyone remember the Nox? Yes, what is your point? |
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| KillerMarv |
Jun 11th 2006, 5:09 PM
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Major General Group: Members Posts: 3,441 Joined: April 7th 2006 From: Bucharest, Romania Member No.: 11,622 Gender: Male |
I think he meant that the Nox have proven that an advanced society can have all the technology and protect their own environment at the same time... So, either technology can exist without harming it, or an intelligent life can also communicate through other means besides technology or by talking.
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| GoVols |
Jun 12th 2006, 12:42 AM
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Senior Master Sergeant Group: Members Posts: 375 Joined: March 25th 2006 From: Knoxvegas Tennessee Member No.: 11,546 Gender: Male |
QUOTE(Lancelot @ Jun 10th 2006, 11:43 AM) Revan i like the way you think. just because a creature doesn't use technology dosen't mean that they aren't intelligent in fact to me it shows that man is intellectually inferior because we need technology which destroys our planet What a stupid thing to say. It is not our technology that is destroying the world, if it is even being destroied. It is humanity. Remember, guns dont kill people, people kill people. Cars dont destroy the environment, people do it. Clear cutting the rain forrests do far more harm than the internal combustion engine will ever do. |
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| Revan |
Jun 12th 2006, 1:06 AM
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QUOTE(GoVols @ Jun 12th 2006, 1:42 AM) What a stupid thing to say. It is not our technology that is destroying the world, if it is even being destroied. It is humanity. Remember, guns dont kill people, people kill people. Cars dont destroy the environment, people do it. Clear cutting the rain forrests do far more harm than the internal combustion engine will ever do. Impatience does all those things... overpopulation... technology without responsibility..... Yes, it is humanity that does this, but technology helps, it allows us to do the terrible things we do with greater ease Usually it is the hemorrhaging from bullet penetration that kill people, though I have seen what a gun by itself can do GoVols, I do not think you will ever be in a position to tell somebody else they said something stupid In fact, I have a feeling your foot is going to be permanently embedded in your mouth... |
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| ancient01 |
Jun 12th 2006, 6:29 AM
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Technical Sergeant Group: Members Posts: 298 Joined: August 28th 2004 From: Phoenixville, PA Member No.: 6,239 Gender: Male |
SG1's first impression of the Nox was that they were technologically repressed because they were so in touch with nature. In the end they found out how wrong they were. The same could be true for these whales. I doubt that's where they are going, but the first Nox episode came to mind.
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| KillerMarv |
Jun 18th 2006, 3:39 PM
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Major General Group: Members Posts: 3,441 Joined: April 7th 2006 From: Bucharest, Romania Member No.: 11,622 Gender: Male |
QUOTE(KillerMarv @ Jun 7th 2006, 11:42 AM) Well, this is the episode that "echoed" everywhere... The one that everybody was saying it is supposed to show us what everybody in Atlantis is doing with their free time, when they're not off-world... They can't just sit around, playing a game of cards, can they? I take all this back... I was completely wrong... The episode that is destined to be the one about the day-off is called Sunday, and it won't be missed by action at all... See thread over here. |
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| William123456 |
Aug 14th 2006, 3:41 PM
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I have reason to believe that someone is finnally making his return, either that or its a flashback, but yes i think he may have survived that wraith hive ship. I think Lt Aiden Ford returns in Echoes.
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| cosmos |
Aug 14th 2006, 4:04 PM
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Chief Master Sergeant Group: Donating Members Posts: 471 Joined: May 18th 2004 From: UK Member No.: 5,080 Gender: Male |
Could you please share that reason?
I think that the burned man is Becket himself, he has some sort of out of body experience or a dream, that's why he sees other doctors operating on the man who then all of a sudden vanish. Anyway, talking whales? I am not opposed to the idea but it will depend how they'll do it. I think they are bordering trouble. |
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| Dafmeister |
Aug 14th 2006, 4:27 PM
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QUOTE(William123456 @ Aug 14th 2006, 9:41 PM) I have reason to believe that someone is finnally making his return, either that or its a flashback, but yes i think he may have survived that wraith hive ship. I think Lt Aiden Ford returns in Echoes. I doubt it. There has been no word about the inclusion of Rainbow Sun Francks in season 3. If he was going to return, it would have been reported a while ago. |
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| Cornwalace |
Sep 25th 2006, 4:48 AM
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QUOTE(Dafmeister @ Aug 14th 2006, 5:27 PM) I doubt it. There has been no word about the inclusion of Rainbow Sun Francks in season 3. If he was going to return, it would have been reported a while ago. Are you sure about that??? You never know sometimes...  |
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| Dafmeister |
Sep 25th 2006, 9:31 AM
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QUOTE(Cornwalace @ Sep 25th 2006, 10:48 AM) Are you sure about that??? You never know sometimes... No but given the season 3 finale is due to be filmed in the next week or two, I doubt we will see him this season. |
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| tinydancer |
Nov 6th 2006, 12:30 AM
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Airman First Class  Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: June 10th 2005 From: Australia Member No.: 9,252 Gender: Female |
Right, well if you're all done with the philosophical debate about the evil that is man ...
 Clearly whales speak no language we could ever understand, but this is a different galaxy to ours, so I suppose that's the writer's excuse for this remarkable phenomenon. I also agree with Daf about the Ford thing. I doubt he's coming back this season. This post has been edited by tinydancer: Nov 6th 2006, 12:32 AM |
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| frostychocolatemilkshakes |
Nov 29th 2006, 6:30 PM
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Airman  Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: June 29th 2004 From: Alberta, Canada Member No.: 5,390 Gender: Male |
Just watched Echoes on Monday night here is Canada. Episode description follows:
» Click to Show Spoiler « All in all a good episode. 7/10 PS - No sign of Ford This post has been edited by frostychocolatemilkshakes: Nov 29th 2006, 6:32 PM |
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