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askye at 08:49am on 09/12/2005
askye at 08:49am on 09/12/2005Well, I finally saw a rant against John Sheppard. I don't agree with most of it and I don't know the person so I'm not going to post there.
I will say that I don't think John gets any pleasure from the extreme things he has to do. Like in The Eye/The Storm. He wasn't going to be able to rationally discuss anything with Kolya. Kolya was going to kill Rodney and Elizabeth (who were both aware he was going to kill them), and had basically declared war on Atlantis. Maybe the argument could have been made that John could have tied up the people and not killed anyone, but I don't think that was a good option.
As for putting up the shield and killing the Kolya's men that way -- John couldn't let any more people come through the gate. There were going to be --what 50?, 60?-- after that no one would have had a chance to take the city back.
It wasn't like when Angel locked Darla and Dru in the room full of lawyers.
And I haven't had a chance to see the latest episode yet, maybe tonight I'll have a chance. Last night I stayed late at work and then watched hockey. Tampa won!
I will say that I don't think John gets any pleasure from the extreme things he has to do. Like in The Eye/The Storm. He wasn't going to be able to rationally discuss anything with Kolya. Kolya was going to kill Rodney and Elizabeth (who were both aware he was going to kill them), and had basically declared war on Atlantis. Maybe the argument could have been made that John could have tied up the people and not killed anyone, but I don't think that was a good option.
As for putting up the shield and killing the Kolya's men that way -- John couldn't let any more people come through the gate. There were going to be --what 50?, 60?-- after that no one would have had a chance to take the city back.
It wasn't like when Angel locked Darla and Dru in the room full of lawyers.
And I haven't had a chance to see the latest episode yet, maybe tonight I'll have a chance. Last night I stayed late at work and then watched hockey. Tampa won!