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[DrForester]

So despite loving the original movie, I have never bothered to watch more than a few random episodes here and there of SG1. Now, thanks to the power of Amazon prime, I am starting a watch.

Past the halfway point of season 1, and so far the show is entertaining, but mostly entertainingly bad. Every episode so far seems like a knock off of a early TNG episode (which were mostly knock of original Star Trek episodes.). I am continuing with the promise that it gets better, and becomes the good entertaining, not the bad entertaining.

So far the only negative is "Fire And Water" where we get to see outside Cheyenne Mountain, and that it's not Colorado Springs. But apparently Colorado Springs got them back by making the NOT Stargate fountain at the base of the Mountains.

There have been a few episodes I've enjoyed outside laughing at it. Enemy Within, The Torment of Tantalus, and The Nox (Hey Kids! It's Quark!).

 

[PhoncipleBone]

It gets better as it goes on. I liked the series because it took all the parts about the film that I loved (the alien cultures and the rule through tech) and runs with it, while abandoning the regular Emmerich/Devlin cheese.

The show never achieves greatness like TNG or BSG would do, but it never really has a truly horrible period either. It was consistently entertaining.

The closest the show ever gets to greatness is Window of Opportunity (season 4), Heroes, and Lost City (both from season 7).

EDIT: And as it goes on, Michael Shanks makes the character of Daniel Jackson his own instead of doing a James Spader impersonation like he did for the first season.

 

[Htown]

First season is ass.

Gets better, though. Part of it is the quality of the writing goes up, part of it is that it stops taking itself so entirely seriously all the time.

 

[ComputerMKII]

Stop before Season 8.

 

[Zod the Bear]

The closest the show ever gets to greatness is Window of Opportunity (season 4), Heroes, and Lost City (both from season 7).

Those are all favorites, but they fall behind Abyss for me.

The show had its highs and its lows...but I loved it. Admittedly, 9 and 10 were more of a sequel show once RDA left.

Peak SG-1 and early SG:A were pretty great.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Stop before Season 8.

I really like Prometheus Unbound in season 8. The chemistry between Claudia Black and Michael Shanks was great.

 

[DrForester]

Storywise the biggest negative so far is Apophis. I hope he's offed soon, or at least get a new actor. The guy is just terrible.

 

[Fragamemnon]

Gets uniformly better the second season onward, like others have mentioned. I agree that it has very few "highs", but it is very consistent.

 

[MikeDip]

Love stargate.

And yes, gets much better after season 1. I love Michael Shanks and Amanda Tapping.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

I think most will agree that Window of Opportunity is a great damn episode though. Right?
You could show that to anyone without any knowledge of the show and it still works.

Storywise the biggest negative so far is Apophis. I hope he's offed soon, or at least get a new actor. The guy is just terrible.

I have bad news for you...

On the plus side, better villains do come along, and the mythology gets expanded a LOT.

 

[Htown]

It's never quite as good as the best of Trek, but it eventually becomes a really fun adventure show in its own right.

 

[krae_man]

Storywise the biggest negative so far is Apophis. I hope he's offed soon, or at least get a new actor. The guy is just terrible.

He's the main villain for the first 4 or so seasons.

 

[Htown]

though I will say Window of Opportunity is a better comedy episode than any attempt Trek ever managed.

 

[Tacitus_]

Storywise the biggest negative so far is Apophis. I hope he's offed soon, or at least get a new actor. The guy is just terrible.

:|

 

[ComputerMKII]

Storywise the biggest negative so far is Apophis. I hope he's offed soon, or at least get a new actor. The guy is just terrible.

Apophis cheats death so often it might as well be a running gag.

 

[MikeDip]

Don't worry about that! Even if he is the main villain, there isn't extreme focus on him. As someone already said, the lore gets greatly expanded, and things become amazing.

God I love stargate. IMO it's the best Star____ franchise. Screw you Wars and Trek.

 

[Cipherr]

S1 is rough. I rewatch Stargate all the time, but very rarely does any of season 1 get played, so that should sort of tell ya.

But it does get better, possibly peaking in season 4, and by that point it has fleshed out enough of its universe to be an entertaining watch clear through the end of the 7th season or so.

Keep watching, all it does is get better for the next 6 seasons. If you like the movie and the ideas behind it, you will be entertained. But at season 8 and beyond, it seems only the few of us that are hardcore SG fans enjoyed those last 2 seasons.

 

[Mama Robotnik]

Gets loads better.

There But For The Grace Of God - which is very near the end of Season 1 - is the series Best of Both Worlds - as in its the turning point when quality increases dramatically.

 

[MoxManiac]

Apophis was best gou'uld.

 

[DrForester]

Apophis was best gou'uld.

shit...

 

[Mama Robotnik]

Apophis was best gou'uld.

Ba'als.

 

[MrBig]

Fantastic series, but end with season 8 and watch Atlantis if you wish to continue with stargate. Was originally intended to end with 8, the Ori stuff in 9-10 is all bad filler.

 

[MikeDip]

Any one in here also like Universe? I enjoyed it, it's a shame it got ended early. I loved Rush.

 

[Tacitus_]

Ba'als.

A tie between those two. While Ba'al was probably better, Apophis was the villain for so long it was kinda sad to see him finally completely defeated.

 

[Mama Robotnik]

I thought Atlantis was mostly rubbish. Never bothered with watching a single episode of Universe because of how rubbish I thought Atlantis was.

 

[D3RANG3D]

Storywise the biggest negative so far is Apophis. I hope he's offed soon, or at least get a new actor. The guy is just terrible.

Shol'va!

 

[Won]

Season 1 is quality TV. You are all haters!

 

[Mama Robotnik]

Season 1 is quality TV. You are all haters!

HATHOR HATHOR HATHOR HATHOR EMANCIPATION HATHOR

 

[DrForester]

HATHOR HATHOR HATHOR HATHOR EMANCIPATION HATHOR

I just finished Hathor, and it was hilarious.

Ive also already referred to Emancipation as "Angel One Two" (though I guess it's more the unholy offspring of Angel One and Code of Honor).

 

[Meteorain]

I love SG1. Fucking one of the best Sci-fi's I've seen. I just love the relationships between the characters, that was the best part about the show.

I would have Jaffa Kree'd the shit out of Amanda Tapping and Teryl Rothery if ya know what I mean!

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Stargate Atlantis, Stargate Universe, and Stargate SG-1 Season 9 and 10 are decent spinoffs.

The last few episodes of Universe are incredible though. Not just incredible Stargate episodes but incredible sci-fi stories in their own rights.

 

[Cipherr]

I thought Atlantis was mostly rubbish. Never bothered with watching a single episode of Universe because of how rubbish I thought Atlantis was.

I thought Atlantis started strong. Those episodes at the start,

Spoiler

like the one with the old Elizabeth Weir from the other timeline in the stasis pod.

That stuff was neat, but they just went buckwild. Show got crazy, Wraith were a terrible 'enemy', fucking rebel Asgards came out of nowhere, and borrowing replicators from SG1 and bringing them into the Pegasus galaxy just seemed lazy as fuck.

The idea pool just seemed dry at that point and the show was shuffling staff like mad. Elizabeth gone, Amanda Tapping in.... Amanda Tapping out, Woolsey in... Doctor dead, Doctor cloned and back, Rainbow Francks gone... Kaley from Firefly out of fucking nowhere (I didn't mind that one) Ugh.

 

[Mama Robotnik]

I just finished Hathor, and it was hilarious.

Ive also already referred to Emancipation as "Angel One Two"

Haha yeah. SG-1 season one does really parallel TNG season 1.

At least SG1 builds up to the brilliant "Within the Serpents Grasp" - whereas poor TNG shat "The Neutral Zone" onto our screen as reward for putting up with the whole first series.

 

[cheststrongwell]

Such a fun show with really great, likable characters. I miss shows like this.

 

[Won]

HATHOR HATHOR HATHOR HATHOR EMANCIPATION HATHOR

You just don't like the women at SGC kicking ass!


There is some garbage in there, but there also too many episodes I always enjoyed to just hate on it like many others do.

 

[The Librarian]

Wooooo! Thread!

The closest the show ever gets to greatness is Window of Opportunity (season 4), Heroes, and Lost City (both from season 7).

You're forgetting great stuff like "Enemy Mine" (also in season seven).

Apophis was best gou'uld.

Nope. Anubis.

 

[Tacitus_]

Hallowed are the Ori

 

[Zod the Bear]

Wooooo! Thread!

You're forgetting great stuff like "Enemy Mine" (also in season seven).

Nope. Anubis.

Ba'al totally wins.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Apophis was best gou'uld.

No...

Ba'al is.

This is the correct answer.

Look at that suave mofo!

And I think the biggest missed opportunity was Sokar.

Great build up and set up for him. Dude chooses the equivalent of Satan as the deity he represents. He was badass, but did not last long.

 

[Zod the Bear]

We all know that Ba'al managed the cards he was dealt and hid out on Earth, surviving off tips.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

We all know that Ba'al managed the cards he was dealt and hid out on Earth, surviving off tips.

Not him:

Ba'al would not stoop so low as to be a dealer. He would be playing that table or running the damn place.

 

[Wag]

Fucking replicants.

 

[luxarific]

I actually liked Stargate Universe. Rather wish that had made it to a third season.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Fucking replicants.

Replicants were SG-1s attempt at a Borg type villain. They were cool at first, then it just got tired and silly.

 

[The Librarian]

Anubis.

 

[Tacitus_]

Replicants were SG-1s attempt at a Borg type villain. They were cool at first, then it just got tired and silly.

Human replicants were kinda stupid, yeah. When they were still made of lego bricks and eating through ships they were cool.

 

[Purkake4]

Stop before Season 8.

But dat series finale...

 

[CarbonatedFalcon]

SG-1 definitely peaks with the S7 finale and isn't quite the same afterwards, but there's still some good stuff to watch in S8 and beyond.

 

[Astra]

Replicator bugs were pretty boss. Still prefer the Goa'uld as the villains for SG-1. Wraith were the best of all series.

 

[Htown]

Hallowed are the Ori

I'd h..hallow her Ori if you kn...



Wow, I hate myself.