Stargate Altantis Season 3 *Discussion Thread* 8/11

[Volaran]

I would have to say the view of Asuras made the episode for me. Just the fact that the ship section of the city was so comparitively small...

 

[Tuzenbach]

You know, everything was going fine until we find out their Replicators. Do we really need Replicators on Atlantis? I think they were doing fine with the Wraith & the Genai.

It'd have been better to have them face The Daleks! Or better yet, bring in the Sontaran warriors!!!

Actually.....Daleks......I wonder. I know they're not owned by either BBC or Doctor Who, but belong to the Terry Nation Estate. What's keeping Daleks out of other Science Fiction shows?

 

[BrooklynKnight]

They arent TRUE repicators though, more like anscestors of them.

Frankly it makes perfect sense and I love the idea and the connection, I just hated the betrayle

 

[DM_Matt]

Not Replycons....

REPLICATORS!!!!!!! I KNEW IT! I FREEKING KNEW IT!!!!

No, Replicylons. They are replicators, but their backstory is that the were machines created by man as tools, rebelled, there was a war, they left, then after a very long time they return with the intent of wiping out their creators. Is that not famiiar? Thus RepliCYLONS.

 

[DMH]

They arent TRUE repicators though, more like anscestors of them.

Why would nanite based machine (the ones created by the Ancients) "evolve" into the block form? As much as Rodney might think they are related, I doubt it. The android that created the replicators might be an Ancient device, but it wasn't in the same league as these machines.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

I think its pretty clear from the way they are presented to us that we're ment to infer they are directly related to one another and have a shared origin.

 

[Rackhir]

It's a pity that the Atlantis team didn't know their mythology better or they would have been better prepaired. Asuras are divine beings, not quite the same thing as demons in Hindu mythology, but also not exactly friendly cuddly folks either. Here's desciption I found.

Asuras
by Stephen T. Naylor
The asuras are usually called demons, but this is not a terribly good translation, for it denotes a sinister quality which is not always in the character of these beings. Strictly speaking, the asuras are the powerful beings who are opposed to the devas. In early Vedic times, they were originally another class of gods, but who were incorporated into the new pantheon. Such important Vedic gods as Varuna and Mitra were classified as asuras. By the end of the Vedic period, however, the asuras had attained their more demonic role. Certainly some of the asuras were quite evil, such as Vritra, but some of them were also as pious if not more so than some of the gods. They would, at times, even be more powerful than the gods, forcing them to flee in the face of their power until some way of dealing with them could be found. On the other hand, in certain instances they were known to work alongside the gods for a common goal.

 

[PatrickLawinger]

Well, the harddrive on the DVR died while I was at GenCon. In other words, I have no clue what happened, so if someone wants to spill, please do it. thanks.

 

[Wayside]

It's a pity that the Atlantis team didn't know their mythology better or they would have been better prepaired. Asuras are divine beings, not quite the same thing as demons in Hindu mythology, but also not exactly friendly cuddly folks either. Here's desciption I found.

Asura is a Sanskrit word, so you can find it in the texts of all the religions that have roots in Sanskrit and related Indo-Aryan languages, where it can designate a number of different beings. In fact the positions of Devas and Asuras are reversed between later Hiduism and Zoroastrianism. You actually get a little of this in modern English: devil and divine both derive from Deva.

 

[DMH]

I think its pretty clear from the way they are presented to us that we're ment to infer they are directly related to one another and have a shared origin.

Then draw me a family tree.