No reason someone like Everett couldn’t have come around and been much more liked and valuable if writers had decided to keep him. This was done with Rodney’s character. Rodney was vile at the beginning! And then to see him in ‘last man’ as the hero worker he turned out to be was awesome. Reminds me of the doctor in star trek voyager; another terrific story arc.
Yeah, the ai ended up as last man on voyager for more than one reason. The doctor had to be adapted to handle emergency situation without crew in ship.
Rodney didn't have a significant amount of his life force drained by a wraith. It's a bit easier to stay part of the show when you are not the equivalent of an old man. (At least that's what we can assume. They never really showed the long term affects of having large amounts of energy drained from you by a wraith.)
@@Ragitsu I wonder though if they would fair better with more intense medical care than Beckett could provide. Care like what can be provided on Earth.
He was an ass, mostly through pride and lack of information, but he didn't deserve this fate. Shepard knew this more than anyone, he was willing to live with Everett hating him for the rest of his life instead he saw a strong man broken and defeated.
I only partly agree about the ass bit. He arrived with the objective to defend Atlantis, with precious little time for preparations, and came off a bit strong with his demands. But he clearly wasn't all that bad, which we got a glimpse off when he shielded Dr. Weir from the dart explosion on the top of the tower. A typical ''protect the civilian'' attitude, from a man who did in fact complete his objective to defend Atlantis.
@@uberjens When he arrives, he takes control of the situation which comes across heavy-handed but he is in fact following his orders to take command. He sees the Athosians as civilians who he rightly (for his understanding) puts out of the way until Teyla demonstrates her value by informing him of Wraith in the city and he doesn't pass up the extra manpower when it's offered. His beef with Sheppard is completely understandable because he's only read a mission report which really cannot do justice to the Wraith or the feeding process. From his point of view, a Wraith wounded his friend and this insubordinate major then shot him... Now he understands. He apologises in his own way.
Here's a man who came through an alien stargate to another Galaxy, not knowing what he would face or if he would get back. He took COMPLETE command of Atlantis, overriding everyone else there and their plan to evacuate --- ORDERING them to stand their ground and fight for the survival of Atlantis, the last city of the ancients with more technology than Earth could ever hope to possess. Atlantis' survival saved Earth. Sumner was a great character in the show.
He came with orders of General Jack O’Neill. The execution part could have been done more diplomatically but he did what he was ordered to and completed the mission in defending Atlantis.
Nothing like the near-death experience of a Wraith with a gnawing hunger feeding on an arrogant (though focused) asshole to humble said person. Least Everett now understood what Sheppard had to do when Sumner was being as used as food for a Wraith- the Mercy Kill
@@overthinkingstargate Not Really.The Asurans were a much larger problem.Had they never had their programming altered before the Expedition beamed that Lantean crew aboard the Daedalus,the wraith likely would’ve been defeated within 5 years as the Lanteans would’ve literally had an army of billions to combat them and an arsenal that dwarfed anything they had the entirety of their war with the wraith.
The gift of life while intriguing made them less formidable, hard to fear a life-sucking race when all you have to do is point a gun at their head and make them give it back. Over time most villains in sci-fi end up being seen as weaker. Cylons (modern BSG), Borg, Dominion, Wraith, Goa'uld. It's a shame really.
They usually OP enemies in the beginning... then realize that to keep them returning and yet make sure that the good guys win they have to neuter the bad guys. I think the show could have benefitted from the Wraith winning a few battles and maybe even reach earth.
Not worth the experiment. Let's say it can reverse the process, between regenerating from a fresh lethal wound or restoring lost life-force, it's evident which may cause the more side-effects. I know that normally, only long time exposure to the Sarcophagus technology should leave dangerous mental side effects, but my guts tells me that even one time use could have side effects if paired with mental trauma from being eaten by a wraith.
Makes you wonder if when he got back to the SGC, they could've used some sort of acquired tech from the Tok'ra, or Asgard to heal him up again. OK maybe not restore his age, but at least healed him enough to have him back on the show in future series.
The Vanir, a Pegasus off-shoot of the Asgard live in fear of the Wraith. Don’t think they ever found a way to counter the complications & symptoms from surviving a wraith feeding.
to be honest that maybe the only way he would survive the complications of recovery as beckett later says many of those that survive a partial feeding die anyway
What the hell kind of "salute" is that? An OFFICER would know how to salute by now, once he's made field grade. What's he doing, looking for buzzards or something? Fingertip to the tip of the eyebrow or tip of the glasses if you're wearing glasses, when you're uncovered - and he is (he should be covered, he's under arms). Geez, where he hell is the military advisor for that crew??
... Right, your critique means a lot more than the cooperation of the USAF that loved the show and actually did provide consistent and strong advice to both SG1 and Atlantis throughout their runs.
Sheppard is expressing his deep respect for a man that has been permanently scarred by literally having the life sucked out of him and who *still* finds the strength to both admit when he's being wrong *and* continue fulfilling his role of a leader, and you're seriously upset because his fingers are a few contimeters off??
@@Korohpu People who watch Zulu Dawn wonder how the stores officer could be denying ammunition requests because the messengers lack the proper paperwork right up until the moment he gets run through by an assegai... It's because of people like this.
Why doesn't anyone go for the head ? I told Thor go for the head but he went for the chest and see what happened .. At least he took my advice the second time around
I was about the say that. Even in humans shooting them in the torso in not a guaranteed kill, they can take multiple hits especially with adrenaline spiking. So why you going to dump bullets in the torso of a stronger being who can heal from normally deadly wounds on a human and snack on people to heal even faster. I'm betting with the Wraith a bullet to the brain is as much of an off switch as it is for humans.
