Stargate Atlantis - Final Moments of Lieutenant Ford

[phantomarmagedon]

hes not dead he come back and stays for a while

[Ragemaster9999]

really sucks that they killed ford off early as a character... the way they left his fate open and hanging during season 2 and never revisited the character/story was rather dissapointing.

[ItDuz]

shudnt of made ford get taken out of the team he is amazing especially the way he fights fliping around and shiz sheppard still thinks hes alive and tbh me too noway could he of died like that in the hive ship

[willia3r]

I hated that the producers decided to kill off Lt. Ford. Why wasn't he allowed to grow as a professional Marine in the way that Cpt Samantha Carter in SG-1 was able to grow to become a full-bird Colonel?

SG-Atlantis would've been more popular had the story writers stuck to the military orientation that SG-1 had created, rather than this wacky, "Star-trek" style.

*sigh* Whatever the case, Semper Fidelis Lt. Aiden Ford, Semper Fidelis. You fought the good fight, & now it's time to rest. :(

[Usul573]

Eh, I didn't find Ford too interesting or unique

Still, we haven't 100% confirmed that he's dead

Also, something I would of never noticed was that Ford didn't have the gene and yet could pilot the puddle jumper, odd huh?

[willia3r]

Coming from a military background I can identify with Lt. Ford. His character was never given the opportunity to grow in any way, shape, or form.

In our microwave, instantaneous, short-term, flash & no substance culture we westerners seem to forget that that it is the interesting slice-of-life character driven stories that matter.

SG-1 had that aspect very well, but Stargate Atlantis killed that from the start with its flash & splash weirdness & that's why it ended after just 5 seasons.

[DeltaForceSFODD]

I agree 100%. I believe SG1 was given honors or something like that from the U.S.A.F. for it's portrayal of the military. Atlantis did not pull me in as much as SG1 did.

[SteinbrecherBack]

@DeltaForceSFODD The Airforce made Richard Dean Anderson an "honorary Brigadier General"...

[willia3r]

"Also, something I would of never noticed was that Ford didn't have the gene and yet could pilot the puddle jumper, odd huh?"

Just another example of how sloppy the Stargate Atlantis story writers had gotten & why it was inevitable that the show was ending.

I remember when they brought Sgt Bates back as an IOA investigator. It was written that he retired from the USAF, yet his uniform in the first season was clearly that of the USMC. One of the episodes even showed USMC on the nametape!

[Usul573]

Heh, well goofs like that are common in shows really

You wouldn't believe how many inconsistencies there are in Star Trek or whatever else

Well anyway, I found Atlantis quite entertaining the whole way

[willia3r]

So did I. What a drag that Sci-fi wasn't more willing hold on to the show. I just don't get cable/satellite TV these days. Isn't the whole point behind paying monthly for TV is so that there less of a ratings pressure for unique shows?

Now it seems as if Cable TV is trying to be more like primetime, getting into that ratings game. Such a drag...

[daman1233]

well he could've got the gene before the wraith came

[Usul573]

Then again, this is sci-fi, so seriously people take it easy on details

[jamesbizs]

I know this is 5 months ago, but I feel like I should mention it anyways. They were putting the gene into people who didn't have them.

[Usul573]

Well yes, but it's 47% effective I think, and I don't know if they ever gave it to him.

[wantsvictory]

He turned out to be such a cry baby....

[Atstyle]

ithought u would have put his real final moments like when he blow up with the wrait cruiser