Ha. I don't think they did a good job on this at all. I can live with the personal drama, and some of my favorite SG1/SGA episodes have involved no gate travel at all, but thi is going a bit too far. I agree they should meet some sort of hostile alien, like have them enter a new galaxy or something. I mean, we know they have guns on destiny. LOTS of guns, so when will we get to see it firing on another ship?
Also, i think the assholes need to think REAL hard about which episodes they aired. Time pissed me off with its cliffhanger. And Life made me want to choke a baby...okay, maybe not, but it did piss me off...anyway...i can see how they SORT OF made it obvious what would happen, but how about devoting 10 mins of the next episode for some closure? Not like Life had much else going on anyway...I think my favorite part was the IOA girl's visit home.
Overall, i like the show, but they need to get their act together quick or the viewers will riot. Seriously. Maybe they could do something like finally get it over with and leave someone behind...then blow all our minds by having him/her show up a few weeks earlier with a new character from another world or something...idk. Just a suggestion. Not like they're doing better themselves...
Something huge needs to happen, and fast. Even if it kills the show, they at least have to try. Or maybe send someone from earth to the ship via a ZPM...Or find a ZPM somewhere and allow travel, like they did with Atlantis. (Earth brings ZPM to Destiny) But people decide to stay, then they get a REAL storyline...
Sorry...I kinda rambled on there...
-Exile