Stargate SG-1

[Rhiannon]

Does anyone watch Stargate SG-1?

[Ms Garthe Knight]

Love the show!

[Monkeesfan1970]

Stargate is my current favorite show. From 1998-June 2002 Diagnosis Murder was my favorite show. Since June 2002 my favorite show has been Stargate. My all time favorite hasn't changed since 1987, my all time favorite is The Monkees.

[Rodeney]

FYI
The show is also seen in Canada on the specialized SPACE channel. It reads comparable with the SciFi channel. The show has the potential to open any gate of science reality in the universe. Stargate is one of those shows (Star Trek was another) that does not insult the intelligence of the viewer' imagination. The realm of possibility is within grasp because mankind has the basic, essential, fundamentals, but just hasn't figured out how to use them yet. The show again presents direction. Roar on MGM.

[TMC]

http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/stargate...vity-its-curse

After a strong start, 10 seasons and multiple spin-offs took Stargate SG-1 further and further away from its original premise...
I’ve recently had time to catch-up on the staple of afternoon television when I was a lad, Stargate SG-1. First launched in 1997, it ran for ten seasons and it’s aged surprisingly well, in no small part due to it being heavily character-driven and fairly horror-focussed for its first two runs. This is most likely thanks to its first five seasons airing on sex-and-guts cable channel Showtime, while its later seasons aired the more clean-cut Syfy channel in the US. All in all, it’s rip-roaring sci-fi; the kind of ‘explore and fight with interesting plots and great character arcs’ storytelling that filled the void left by successive Star Trek series which never quite captured the wonder of the unknown in the way that the Original Series or The Next Generation did.

That said, for all the enjoyment of the memories of watching it at 5pm (or thereabouts) every night after school, one huge issue becomes glaring as the seasons roll by. As the premise becomes established in its own universe, the risk factor diminishes because the good guys keep winning and keep getting further and further away from the original idea of a clandestine military group, way over its head, operating to protect Earth. The plots become complacent, as do the characters, and it loses the risk factor which made the show great to begin with.

The point of Stargate SG-1 was that it was a contemporary military setting thrown in with Star Trek-esque aliens and adventures. The show perfectly developed the promise of the 1994 movie and ran with it. The plots were solid, the aliens were curious, frightening and terrifying (the opening Children Of The Gods Goa’uld snake scene gave me nightmares) and it was confident and established with just enough curveballs to keep you interested and occasionally, blow your mind.

Latterly, the sci-fi takes over the solid, real-Earth challenges and limitations of a modern military up against aliens and bad guys. They start blowing up stars, building spaceships and having space battles all over Earth. The scale of the cover-up of the Stargate from the populace moves away from being a necessary and contained evil to becoming increasingly ridiculous when you consider exactly what is being covered up. Alien battles, towns being taken over, extra-terrestrials in broad daylight. Apparently, journalism doesn’t work in this universe and the smart phone is considerably less smart.

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