There are only so many ways to get from ship to surface without being tedious. SG-1 already established the existence of Asgard beaming technology several years ago, so that quibble is specious.

"There is nothing new under the sun, sayeth the Preacher." Sci-fi is a genre littered with tropes; you can't turn around without stumbling over one. Calling the show bad because it relies on those tropes is unfair.