STARGATE UNIVERSE #1 & 2:AIR/Season 1/2009

[Mark]

I very much enjoyed the beginning of this new series and look forward to more of it.

I don't think the reference is just about the word for cinema. The show's Kinos look like little mechanical eyes. Russian documentarian Dziga Vertov created the concept of a "Kino-eye." From wiki he is quoted as saying "I am an eye. I am a mechanical eye. I, a machine, I am showing you a world, the likes of which only I can see" Dziga Vertov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's really an unusual reference for Eli to be making and for Lt. Scott to just nod like he understands. Of course Scott might just be nodding to get Eli to explain about the Kinos rather than Russian filmmaking.

It is also the Yidish word for movies. Eli might have (or have had) a grandparent or great grandparent from Europe.

 

[Rykion]

It is also the Yidish word for movies. Eli might have (or have had) a grandparent or great grandparent from Europe.

Eli specifically says "It's a flying camera. I'm calling it a kino, you know, from the Russian."

This bit on page 41 from Vertov's writing really seems to fit with the kinos on the show, and the general set up of the show itself. Kino-eye: the writings of Dziga Vertov - Google Books

 

[Ed_Laprade]

I watched it on Hulu last night. What a crock of sh*t! If there are any 'answers' to the many questions others have brought up about the show, I'm sure they won't make any sense at all. They should have let the senator's daughter kill Russ. Especially after he said he wasn't responsible for them being there. I'd have shot the lying sack of sh*t in the b*lls, then in the head.

Of course, that was after no one checked with Earth after he told them he had. What a bunch of morons!

 

[Mark]

Are the communications stones one-use-only?

 

[Rykion]

Are the communications stones one-use-only?

I don't know that it has ever been said. I can't think of any stone that has been shown to be used multiple times though. I could be wrong as I haven't seen every episode of SG-1 or SG:A. They have more than one stone, so they can definitely still contact Earth. They probably wouldn't want to waste them if they're one use though.

I'd keep them away from Dr. Rush, that's for sure.

 

[Mistwell]

To carry on your observations, there was also no sign of real furniture (for any humanoid type creature) aboard ships.

Yes there was. There were several pieces of furniture, including a built in leather cushy bench at the front of the ship (nobody sat in it, but it was there to the side).

 

[theT0rmented]

Are the communications stones one-use-only?

In one episode of SG-1, O'Neill has visions from the same man (Episode named Citizen Joe, Season 8) for 7 years. I'd say that's more than 1 use.

 

[Mark]

In one episode of SG-1, O'Neill has visions from the same man (Episode named Citizen Joe, Season 8) for 7 years. I'd say that's more than 1 use.

Ah, yes. I do recall that now. I suppose they have more than one so that they can send a team. I also surmise this was a planned thing, since they had Dr Lee seemingly on standby with a receiving stone (do they work both ways?), with a camera rolling on him and an armed guard at the ready.

So why be stingy with them? Why not send Lt. or someone to verify things and keep the chain of sommand more clear? It was the Col. who dumped his backpack rations to make room for the stones originally, right? And Needlenose who swiped them while the Col. was out of commission? If they are a two-way street, why not have someone from home embody someone on the ship and give orders directly?

 

[Merkuri]

If they are a two-way street, why not have someone from home embody someone on the ship and give orders directly?

Hmm, maybe they did that already......

Nah, Rush was the only one who they could've impersonated, and if he was being controlled by somebody else, they did a pretty good Russ-impression.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Hmm, maybe they did that already......

Nah, Rush was the only one who they could've impersonated, and if he was being controlled by somebody else, they did a pretty good Russ-impression.

I think there were five stones, I figure this was a way for them to have SG1 make guess appearances on the show!