Plowing familiar ground
Back when Star Trek-Next Gen was on, there was a specific point where the series went off the rails - it was when the writers created the Borg. Here was a race that was too powerful, that basicaly could not be defeated. It took the writers a lot of bad scripts to write their way our of that paper bag. Well, I'm starting to think that the writers for Stargate-SG-1 have created the same problem for themselves with the replicators. The disruptor weapons that Carter and the Asgard came up with don't work - the replicators adapt immediately - hmm, just like the Borg did to phasers. The Goa'uld are busy getting their collective butts hammered, and there doesn't seem to be any way out other than a miracle weapon of the ancients. It's sounding familiar, and not in a good way.


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Borgs in Star Trek
[Yanick] February 28, 2005 4:50:15.242
I thought the first episode(s) with the Borg were fine (up to "best of both worlds" or so). An enemy that could not be defeated; very fearful.
The problem wasn't the creation of the Borg, but their over-use. In each subsequent encounter they had to be "weakened" so they could be defeated before the end of the film or episode. I thought that was where the credibility was lost.
I would agree the "solution" to the replicator problem was similarly implausible...