r/Stargate

Having almost finished the first two seasons of SG1, I’ve come to the conclusion that the President of the United States has the worst job in the entire Stargate franchise/universe.

Early in your term, you’re debriefed on this weird ass gate device that was used by an ancient race of parasite aliens who are extremely technologically advanced, know where Earth is, and are hellbent on wiping out humanity.

So, you have to thread the needle of making sure Project Stargate, probably the most fantastically expensive black project in history, running without congress, the press, or the international community raising too many questions.

If you fail to do that, the cat will be out of the bag. The Russians and the Chinese will figure out what you’re doing, if they haven’t already, and everyone’s notion of human history and religion is going to be completely upended. In short, if the rest of the world figures out what’s really going on in Cheyenne mountain, it’ll be absolute pandemonium.

On top of that, Project Stargate, for all the troubles you’ve gone through to keep a lid on things, has brought back several alien viruses to Earth, nearly destroyed the planet via a black hole, and attracted the attention of two hostile alien battleships who could have easily destroyed the entire planet if not for SG1’s dumbass Hail Mary plan.

In fact, every time the world has been saved, it’s the result of some last minute Hail Mary plan.

The icing on the cake? General Hammond calls you every time the shit hits the fan to brief you on the situation—as if you can do anything to stop the catastrophes waiting on the other side of the wormhole. You’d be better off not knowing what fresh new hell the geniuses at Project Stargate uncover.

I’d rather just scrape roadkill off the iris. Fuck being the president in Stargate.

(Of course, in-universe wise. Not considering actors' contracts or a certain long-serving actor finding new career.)

Rewatched Reunion [4x03] where Carter got assigned, and other than McKay saying "IOA approved the new boss" and thought it was him, they were surprisingly mum about the process. Not saying that Carter was a bad pick, but I've always thought the whole purpose of the Atlantis Expedition supposed to be a civilian oversight (unlike SGC, which runs by Air Force).

Come to think of it, however, they never say the lead of the expedition should be civilian. I got that impression since one of the main friction points in Season 1 boiled down to "civil vs. military mindset."

Maybe the assignment was supposed to be temporary (even though no one says so) since the next person was Woolsey from IOA, which is civilian.

p.s. Totally out of topic, but in Reunion, convesation between Teal'c and Carter before she left SGC is so meta.

>Teal'c: On the day I left Chulak, Master Bra'tac said to me: "Draw from your past, but do not let your past draw from you."
Carter: That's good advice. Still, I know I'm going to miss this place, and all of you.
Teal'c: I would have been offended had you felt otherwise.
Carter: Ten years is a long time.
Teal'c: It has been ten years well spent. We have defeated numerous enemies and overcome many threats.
Carter: It was never dull.

I been making may way through the series for the first time, as Stargate is one of the few major sci-fi franchises I didn't get into.

As I reached season 8, I have also been watching Atlantis season 1. I've watched up to and including episodes 18. For Atlantis, that is The Gift (where we learn that Teyla has Wraith DNA). For SG1 that is Threads.

Thus far I've been enjoying the show as a fun adventure. I'd call it like a consistent B+/A-. Rarely does it the special heights of great moments from Trek or B5, but it also rarely does it dip into levels of cheese or awfulness that those shows do at their worst.

Carter and Jackson are the likable characters. Carter especially becomes a favorite as Jackson disappears for a season. Tapping/Carter are like the heart of the show for me, Atlantis has thus far failed to capture my interest, I'm finding it hard to give a damn about any of these boring characters.

Part of it could just be spreading it out too thin. I believe a major problem with modern franchise entertainment IP is they just don't know when to quit. Hello, Marvel and Star Wars.

A good ending is key to a story and stuff today just don't know how to end.

Threads is the end of the story. All the major Gou'auld (sp?) are gone (granted I didn't see Ba'al's corps but it's safe to project that he died during the off screen battles with the rebel Jaffa). Yu and the other system lords that ever gave our heroes a problem are gone. Well, I guess Osiris might be kicking around? But that is small potatoes after everything. Most importantly, Anubis and the replicators are gone.

More important- Jack and Carter dumped their SO's (poor CIA lady that shows up just to be Jack's gf for one ep lol). Now- I really kinda hated that tbh. Carter had that big emotional episode where she realized she crushed Jack as a way to shield herself. It was really poignant and now this negates that. And I'll admit I just think it's lame when the two lead male/female HAVE to hook up (still mad at X-Files). But, regardless, it happened, ok.

Tealc and Brelac saw their crazy dream of Jaffa liberation come true. The Asgard are saved. Daniel Jackson is alive and presumably doesn't have to deal with Oma, Ascension, or any of that nonsense again.

We end with them all fishing! I mean- try to come up with a great final scene.

I don't know if I wanna keep going now. There's two eps left in the season and apparently it's some time travel / alt universe business and I can't roll my eyes hard enough at that kind of stuff (blame Marvel?) Then two whole other seasons.

I know Claudia Black comes back, and if there's ever been a cooler/hotter sci-fi babe than Samantha Carter, it was Aeryn Sun. But her one appearance so far was absurd- yes, I expected sexy badass but it was like a parody of it.

Is Atlantis worth continuing? I understand first seasons are always the weakest. I was fine with SG1's first season. I actually like first seasons for that reason. But Atlantis being a spin-off, that charm is gone. It's just... more content. I'm stunned by how absolutely a bland dud the hot warrior native chick is. The annoying asshole genius science guy has amusing moments but that act wears thin. Weir is the only compelling character (my favorite episode so far was the one with her being super old). Oh yeah, there's "we have O'Neill at home" who talks like Owen Wilson, too.

I know I'm in a Stargate sub and folks enjoy the whole thing, that's cool. But honestly, from the point of view of story telling and getting the best of the show, am I crazy to feel like this is a good place to just... stop?

I always end up in tears with these two.
Watched them last night (for the umpteenth time)

In my opinion they’re some of the most well written episodes, that never ceases to amaze me. Not because of fancy effects, interesting plots, amazing storytelling or beautiful strange alien planets.
But because of the humanity they portray, the “boring” build up, the emotional rollercoaster.

I always start out with hating Bregman, I feel he’s annoying, he doesn’t seem genuine and comes across rather sleazy.

However I agree with his sentiments, and his reasoning for doing his documentary, although I feel like he’s just after the sensationalism.

But as the two episodes progress, I must (like General Hammond) admit that I was wrong.

A scene that always gets to me is the one where Bregman loses the plot and has his little meltdown screaming at everyone; “These people are risking their lives for us! I want to see what they're going through, even if they don't want us to! And I want other people to see it! What do you think they're doing out there? Protecting and defending secrecy?!? That's the world of Mao, the world of Stalin, the world of-of secret police, secret trials, secret-secret deaths!”

The delivery is in my opinion nothing less than flawless.
And even though one can question his motives, to me it felt so genuine.

That and the scene with General Hammond in the end after watching the documentary is definitely some of my favourite emotional scenes in the two episodes.

And obviously the scene with Carter reading the list of names, Daniel talking to Bregman about the tape, and the off world scene, are all very powerful.

Let’s just say I cried a lot (again) 🥲

Absolutely love the show, i’ve been glued to the screen all 10 seasons and i want more. Should i move on to the two movies The Ark of Truth and Continuum, or should i watch Atlantis next? What is the correct order?

Why is **only** his head bronze? Does anyone know the reason for this decision?

In scenes where he’s in desert camo it’s even more noticeable. Why color him at all?

Buenas, quería preguntaros donde veis vosotros stargate desde España y si sabéis alguna web donde pueda verla gratis.

La cosa es que yo estaba revisionandome la serie en una web pirata pero se ha caído y ya no encuentro donde verla.

What about crooked teeth? Is there a Tokra dental plan?

Just watched the end of SG1 again and the thought occurred to me that the Asgard were perfect candidates for a sort of post-biological evolution. They were already experts in consciousness transfer.

Thor even lived in Goa'uld and Asgard mothership computers for a time.

>!Instead of blowing themselves up, why didn't some of them simply transfer their consciousnesses to machines?!<