Disengaging the Gate

[Anissa T]

Does anyone know how the gate is disengaged?

I was watching an episode last night and noticed that Teal'C came running through the gate and it automatically disengaged. While I have seen other shows where it had to be manual disengaged.

Is this just another inconsistancy in the show?

[Colonel Carter]

I was watching "Shades of Gray" the other night and I noticed something that bothered me. Actually, more than one thing.

First, when Jack wen through the Stargate to "apparantly" start his new retirement off world, they did this little nifty thing that showed him instantaneously arriving on the world after stepping through the Stargate. No, they have established that it takes time to travel through the wormhole, you get that cool little rollercoaster ride, it's never instantaneous, this is not a Star Trek transporter device.

Second, when Jack is hiding out on the world and sees SG-1, when SG-1 leaves to go back to earth, instantly after Teal'c steps into the event horizon, it disintegrates. If that were so, Teal'c would be dead because there's no way he would have reached earth that fast and the wormhole hast to be established on both ends.

I hate inconsistencies. I'm like - I could run a tv show better than that just in making sure they stay consistent. :dantape

[cheriewren]

..and sometimes it disengages after someone steps thru because it knows they're 'done', and other times it stays open because it knows someone WILL be stepping thru in a few minutes...

In the Atlantis episode where McKay gets the little shield device that he can't get off, they figure there is some sort of 'telepathic' component (although I'm pretty sure they don't actually call it that) so that it won't come off till he WANTS it to. Maybe the Ancients were telepathic and other devices of theirs have telepathic components as well. The gate can telepathically tell when someone is planning to go thru...

As to the 'shades of grey' episode, I never thought that meant he actually stepped thru instantaeously, I just thought it was a cool effect, to shorten the screen time...

Does the gate shut off at both ends simultaneously? I thought maybe it shut down at the 'starting point' and the stuff dribbled thru to the other end... ::grin:: ...unless there is an energy surge like in '48 hours'

cherie