You don't have to have a PhD in astrophysics to know that a year on a planet orbiting another star probably won't be exactly as longs as a year on Earth. It would not have taken much to account for it in the scene writing.
That absolutely everyone in the entire universe speak American English, is something that hurts, but we just have to accept, for easier story-writing. Let's not dumb this even further by assuming every year on every planet is as long as an Earth year. These small details matter.
4 Reviews
"Childhood's End"
allmoviesfan12 April 2024
Warning: Spoilers
An interesting episode.
Crash-landed due to some sort of forcefield, Sheppard, McKay and some of the others find themselves on what appears to be a primitive word, where bow and arrow is the weapon of choice.
When they discover evidence that the Wraith have made a pitstop on the planet, things change, and Sheppard's team learn that the inhabitants kill themselves - a kind of ritual sacrifice - before they turn twenty-five to stop the Wraith from coming back. The Atlantis detachment set about trying to stop this.
I enjoyed the light-hearted moments that McKay got in this episode. He's been ultra-serious in all episodes to date, so this was a welcome glimpse at a different side of the no-nonsense doctor.
Crash-landed due to some sort of forcefield, Sheppard, McKay and some of the others find themselves on what appears to be a primitive word, where bow and arrow is the weapon of choice.
When they discover evidence that the Wraith have made a pitstop on the planet, things change, and Sheppard's team learn that the inhabitants kill themselves - a kind of ritual sacrifice - before they turn twenty-five to stop the Wraith from coming back. The Atlantis detachment set about trying to stop this.
I enjoyed the light-hearted moments that McKay got in this episode. He's been ultra-serious in all episodes to date, so this was a welcome glimpse at a different side of the no-nonsense doctor.
Is Rodney Mad Max?
Kepart23 June 2022
Done Before, But Done Well Here
StuOz30 May 2018
On an alien planet, young people kill themselves when they reach 25.
Interesting that I am the first to review this great episode of the series. Perhaps the hour seems less pleasing to some as this sort of story has been done several times in the past, most famously in the motion picture: Logan's Run (1976)...where people ended their lives at 30.
Lost In Space did an amusing take on the theme with the episode: The Promised Planet (1968).
As would be expected, the Stargate team attempt to put an end to this suicide of people and this is where the episode is most interesting. Also, as always, Mr McKay is great and funny as he is forced into dealing with two little kids...an area he is not comfortable with.
Despite the feeling that we have gone down this road before, Childhood's End is a well acted/scripted hour of TV.
Interesting that I am the first to review this great episode of the series. Perhaps the hour seems less pleasing to some as this sort of story has been done several times in the past, most famously in the motion picture: Logan's Run (1976)...where people ended their lives at 30.
Lost In Space did an amusing take on the theme with the episode: The Promised Planet (1968).
As would be expected, the Stargate team attempt to put an end to this suicide of people and this is where the episode is most interesting. Also, as always, Mr McKay is great and funny as he is forced into dealing with two little kids...an area he is not comfortable with.
Despite the feeling that we have gone down this road before, Childhood's End is a well acted/scripted hour of TV.
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