Canon Now Closed (except if they do that movie)

[deelaundry]

Bye, Stargate: Atlantis!

You had up times and down, but you'll live on in our hearts and keyboards forever.

Comments

[bironic]

I never could tell from the series how big the city was supposed to be. They probably mentioned it in some episode or another.

Also, didn't the city land near Hawaii on the SGC map?

[deelaundry]

That map did show it landing near Hawaii, but maybe the calculations of the SGC were off. Except that's a HUGE mistake to make, and somebody would probably need to be fired over it. Oh well! :D

[deelaundry]

I just had a thought: they land in frickin' SAN FRANCISCO and they can't throw us a reveal on the gay character? COME ON!

Also, why did Amelia get to hang out for the end shot but not Lorne? Or Radek? *stomps feet*

[hannahrorlove]

No. The bay's not as big as movies would make it out to be - you could row across in a couple of hours on a calm day. They could park it a short ways out in the Pacific, though, and say "San Francisco Bay" when they meant "San Francisco bay area." But that's a bit of a stretch.

[deelaundry]

Did you see the ep? The folks were out on an Atlantis balcony, and the Golden Gate bridge was right there. *rolls eyes*

[hannahrorlove]

No, I didn't - I've given up on a lot of SGA-related media, and that includes the show itself.

Given that the city can fly, it could be hovering on the ocean side...yeah, I got nothin'.

[darsynia]

tbh, though, it looked like maybe they were far enough away from it that they could be in open water. Now, whether there exists enough open water that can be protected by the US Navy with THAT particular view of the bridge, that's definitely up for debate. I haven't been there since I was was a 1 year old, so I can't help, there.

[vexed_wench]

I thought in "The Rising" Rodney mentions that it is as big( bigger than Manhattan) then again it may be a fic , but I thought that's what he said.

[deelaundry]

I thought it was supposed to be really big, too. Maybe as Hannah said, TPTB were exaggerating the size of SF Bay.

[nightdog_barks]

... not to have started a tidal wave that would swamp the West Coast of the US.

I love this.

WOOLSEY: We've saved Earth from the Wraith, sir!
THE PRESIDENT: But the tidal wave you created inundated the United States all the way to Reno, Nevada! YOU MORONS!

[deelaundry]

As Atlantis was heading through the atmosphere and Carter and random military guy whose name I forget were all worried about Atlantis' survival, I turned to Mr. L and said, "Um, it's a city, right? They'd better hope it doesn't hit a major populated area and start the next ice age."

[hannahrorlove]

Could they pilot it through the hole in the ozone over Antartica? That'd be pretty badass.

[perspi]

*snerk*

[pwcorgigirl]

I think the requisite for being a TV writer is that you failed geography in high school, as the writers of House also prove every time any distance is mentioned.

It really bugged me when they couldn't get Sheppard from the Cheyenne Mountain Complex to New Mexico in time to save the earth because the chair had been moved from Antarctica. (A map reading challenge: You are in Colorado. Which is closer, New Mexico or the South Pole?) And then they conveniently sent him up into a jet for a dogfight over where the chair was now located. Jeeze.

*edited because I should use nouns*

[deelaundry]

The "flights cancelled from Baltimore to Princeton" was particularly amusing. Driving from Baltimore to Princeton is faster than air travel, once you factor in waits at the airport and then cab/car from either Philly or Newark airport to Princeton.

I admit I'm not great at geography either, but I do know how to use Google Maps!

[pwcorgigirl]

I particularly liked the promo voice over for "Failure to Communicate" that had Baltimore "thousands of miles" from Princeton. :D

And even my young'en, who is no great shakes when it comes to the reality of time and distance, realized one could not drive from New Jersey to Kentucky in one day.