Stargate Sg-1...

[JohnnyBgood]

Anyone ever watch this show? I just recently bought the first season of it on DVD, and although theres nothing special to write home about, which I mean, the actual stuff included,(its rather dull, theres nothing but thrown together five minute interview bits, a little costume design, special effects and conception and like i mentioned, short interviews with cast and crew) but the actual episodes themselves are worth it.

In my opinion, the movie Stargate was not too shabby but the series has out-entertained it for some not too bad episodes and some very great ones like the opening one, Children of the gods, or Broco Divide, Thor's Hammer, Cold Lazarus etc...

And, by the way, Im definitely picking up season two...;)

[spiderman_2k]

Yeah its one of my Fav shows on TV now...I have seen every episode and is the show i have watch most regulary....
Series...7 i think it is, is starting soon in the UK...The last series did'nt end with a cliffhanger..But knowing Daniel will be back this series is great.

[tedward]

Im a fan its good to watch every so often, Occasionally there are some bad episodes but it has more good shows than bad.

Its the second longest running u.s sci-fi show now, is that right?

[JohnnyBgood]

Yep, right behind the X-Files in fact.;)

[asterdis]

Babylon 5 is far superior to it. It does have some great episodes, though. But the stroyline is far too simplistic.

[Alien]

Originally posted by spiderman_2k
Yeah its one of my Fav shows on TV now...I have seen every episode and is the show i have watch most regulary....
Series...7 i think it is, is starting soon in the UK...The last series did'nt end with a cliffhanger..But knowing Daniel will be back this series is great. Soon? It's started... Sky One 8 O'clock Monday episode 2 is this Monday coming.

[spiderman_2k]

Oh sunnova*****..:mad:
It used to be on Wednesdays, so i have been keeping an eye out for it...:mad:...****!!!

I'll check if it is repeated anytime this week

[Alien]

It's on again tomorrow... I wish they hadn't moved it too but it was kind of hard to miss all the trailers Sky showed for it.

[spiderman_2k]

Well i dont watch Sky One since Buffy and Angel ended...
Well if i cant catch it tommorow its on saturday on Sky One Mix...So i will see it at some point.

[Alien]

Originally posted by spiderman_2k
Well i dont watch Sky One since Buffy and Angel ended...
Well if i cant catch it tommorow its on saturday on Sky One Mix...So i will see it at some point. Oh... Wait a min. Attack of the Friday feeling there, I thought tomorrow was Satuarday.

[spiderman_2k]

Oh well, thats okay then.

[mistaste]

Episode 2!!! what the ****!! Sky One said it STARTS Monday at 8.00 yesterday:| little bastards, so ive missed the first episode, ****ing brilliant, can someone tell me what happened? do them black strip things if other people dont wanna hear about it

[Miasma]

This show's pretty good, but I don't like O'Neil much. He seems a little too stupid to be a Lt. I mean, he knows nothing about anything, and relies on his teammates to figure everything out. His stupidity is emphasized by the fact that he reminds me so much of a guy who was always able solve any problem with a paperclip and some duct-tape. Now when I see him asking someone else to disarm an alarm system or hack into a computer system it just seems wrong. Other than that, though, it's a good show. I'm not saying I want him to be a genius, but just a little less brain-dead at times might be nice-- something to make him seem like a qualified leader.

[spiderman_2k]

He is a great leader...He has a great belief in his team..He never leaves anyone behind...It is'nt his job to be smart when it comes to alien languages/technology and computers....He knows about battle plans, weapons...hes a great shot..It all adds up...

And Mistaste, like i said it is repeated tommorow (saturday) at 8pm on Sky One Mix.

[mistaste]

he's supposed to be thicker than the rest of the team, that's why they've been put in teams, Carter has the brains for technical stuff, Daniel has the languages and cultures, Tea'ulc (i think that's how it's spelt :s) he's the Goa'uld type expert, and O'Niell is just a kick ass killer and team-mate now Quinn i dunno, i suppose he's just the eye candy for the women?

i didnt see where you wrote that before Spidey but yay thanks!!:p

[Alien]

Is it Tea'ulc or as I thought Tel'c? I don't want to say you're wrong coz I'm crap with spelling but it doesn't look right.

[spiderman_2k]

Its Teal'c

[spiderman_2k]

Well...I just finished watching the first episode of the new series...Pretty good..Good cliffhanger...Looks like its going to be a great series.

[Alien]

If you watched closely, Jonas didn't appear in the opening titles does that mean the death of him? I want to know what happens!!!

[spiderman_2k]

Well, Michael Shanks was put back on..Corin got bumped to the guest starring bit..I dont know if he dies, I think he will be in it from time to time.

[Alien]

Well surely they could have added Shanks back in and left Corin. Why is Jon Davis there he's not in them all.

[spiderman_2k]

U mean Don Davis??

Anyway, i think because Michael Shanks wanted to leave the show, they needed a filler character who did pretty much the same thing as Daniel, now that Shanks has returned, Jonas is not really needed anymore, SG-1 would have 2 of the same type of character....

[Alien]

But I like Quinn Better... (I don't like Jonas it doesn't look right to me)

[spiderman_2k]

I prefer Daniel, i never really liked Quinn...He seemed too much like a back character....Daniel has always been there, and the chemistry between him and Jack is great.

[mistaste]

And ****ing wonderful, i missed the repeat aswell :mad: ****ing great, now im in the **** for what happened, someone tell me this pleeeeaaaaaase :D

[spiderman_2k]

Well, Daniel has been sent back from Ascension...He has no memory of his life...He is found by SG-1 while they are exploring ruins they believe to be the "City of the lost"..It was the last address downloaded into the base computer, when Jack had the Asguard info d/l into his brain 4 years ago....Anubis is looking for the tablet explaning the city of the lost....He has that big weapon that is giving him power over the system lords...Teal'c went to ask Lord Yu to arrange the System Lords attack on Anubis, but he has been locked away...

SG-1 took the X-303 into space and with the aid of Daniel (who is getting his memory back) and Quinn destroy the mega weapon..The cliffhanger ends with Quinn being captured and about to have a brain spike placed into him....

Really good episode.

[tedward]

Originally posted by Miasma
This show's pretty good, but I don't like O'Neil much. He seems a little too stupid to be a Lt. I mean, he knows nothing about anything, and relies on his teammates to figure everything out. His stupidity is emphasized by the fact that he reminds me so much of a guy who was always able solve any problem with a paperclip and some duct-tape. Now when I see him asking someone else to disarm an alarm system or hack into a computer system it just seems wrong. Other than that, though, it's a good show. I'm not saying I want him to be a genius, but just a little less brain-dead at times might be nice-- something to make him seem like a qualified leader.

the new enterprise captain is worse.

[Alien]

Was it just me or did they forget to take the brain spike out of Quinn? If they did take it out how did he survive and Thor went into a coma?

[JohnnyBgood]

Originally posted by Alien
Was it just me or did they forget to take the brain spike out of Quinn? If they did take it out how did he survive and Thor went into a coma?

Thor, believe it or not(well, it is, afterall, Stargate);) was shrewd enough to get his consciousness downloaded into Nub's mothership, which was followed up in season's six's Descent. Nubby didn't have a chance to upload it back into Thor's body, hence, Thor's bodily state elapsed into a coma(apparently).

Quinn must have had his uploaded back into his body(Of course between episodes, in which the viewers didn't get an chance to see it).:clown:

[spiderman_2k]

The last episode in the UK was pretty cool...The Asgard Loki cloned O'Neil and sent his younger clone to earth to replace him for a while...The kid acted like Richard Dean Anderson very well IMO

[JohnnyBgood]

The young actor who played mini-Jack was an riot of course, and his interaction with original O'Neill were filmed well.

And the way they brought the mythology into the episode was done well also. Loki is the god of mischief, as Daniel readily points out, an rebel amongst the Asgard. I've always favored the mythology inherit in the show, so that was swell(Although I don't know jack about mythology).;)

[Alien]

Originally posted by spiderman_2k
The last episode in the UK was pretty cool...The Asgard Loki cloned O'Neil and sent his younger clone to earth to replace him for a while...The kid acted like Richard Dean Anderson very well IMO Reading what happens tomorrow I think that show was a week early. Daniel remembers about O'Neil becoming old which he should have just like that. Tomorrow Daniel has flash backs to why he was 'sent back' so if he remembers that then maybe he could remember O'Neil becoming old. The fact Daniel had lost his memory was a big fact of the opening of the season and they dropped it at the end of the 2nd episode.

[mistaste]

How much are the big box sets of each series of this aswell:confused:?!?

[spiderman_2k]

No Clue.....I haven't got any SG1 Dvds though I would like to own some...Might have to get round to buying some.

[Col.JackO'Neill]

I watch STARGATE SG1 and I will continue to do so until it's canceled which will be a very sad day for me.

[Col.JackO'Neill]

It may not say Colonel anywhere on my uniform, But it should. For crying out loud, I've watched this show ever since it premiered on SHOWTIME, And I've continued to watch it on SCI-FI. It's one of my favorite, No let me restate that it is my favorite SCI-FI series. I like it better than STAR TREK ENTERPRISE.

[spiderman_2k]

Enterprise sucks ass.

[Alien]

Originally posted by Col.JackO'Neill
For crying out loud, I've watched this show ever since it premiered on SHOWTIME, And I've continued to watch it on SCI-FI.I've watched this show ever since it premiered on Sky1 and I've continued to watch it on Sky1... Ok I'm a few mouths later than you but it's just as good.Originally posted by spiderman_2k
Enterprise sucks ass. That's a bit harsh. Enterprise is an ok show, nothing new.

[spiderman_2k]

Nah, It’s not too harsh, the show really is terrible, Enterprise combined with Nemesis is the reason Star Trek needs to disappear for 10 years or so and make a comeback with new fresh material.

[Rio3d]

Does O'Neill survive? Or is he just taking a series break like Michael Shanks

[Alien]

What was the whole Michael Shanks' series break all about anyway?

[spiderman_2k]

He went off to strecth his wings acting wise...He appeared in an episode of Andromeda and thats all I think....

[lotrfreak]

i have every single episode of stargate in my posession:) it's something i'm very proud of:)...daniels my fave:)

[Alien]

I liked Daniel's replacement. I wish they could have kept him on.

[Skyhex]

i don't even have sky so i am definitely going to miss these new episodes until i get them here on normal tv.

[Rio3d]

Whatever happened with Daniel's grandfather, did they do a follow up episode?

[lotrfreak]

uhh evolution was sort of a follow up episode, but it didnt feature nick(daniels granfather)

[JohnnyBgood]

I've read they are doing a story in season 8 where we get to revisit him and the giant aliens...

Im thinking maybe they are the furlings, does anyone else want to wager a guess?

[Alien]

Originally posted by lotrfreak
uhh evolution was sort of a follow up episode, but it didnt feature nick(daniels granfather) What happened in that one again?

[JohnnyBgood]

In Evolution prt 1, the super soldiers are on the loose so Braytac informs the sgc that our fountain of youth myth holds the key to stopping them. So daniel goes looking for it in south america, and eventually finds it until he's captured by Columbian terrorists who then force Daniel to give it over. Meanwhile the rest of the team are off world trying to capture a super soldier for further interrogation.

Evolution prt 2, O'Neill goes to rescues Daniel while Teal'c and sam hitch a ride with Braytac to Anubus' homebase for further survey of Anubus' full force. Things happen etc and then everyone eventually makes it back home with the fountain of youth artifact intact, and then at the end, Sam and Jack kiss for about 6 seconds on the lips and the credits come up. Okay, that last part is false, but is anyone here a shipper?

moi? you ask? anti-shipper all the way...

[Prysm]

Tonights Ep looks pretty good.

[Alien]

Was that the one about the Gate being unveiled to the world?

[Prysm]

Yep, and unlike the last few times that's been threatened. I guess it really happens in this one

[Alien]

I never saw it I only saw it in the trailer at the end of last weeks Atlantis.

[Prysm]

:up:

Well, this ep, was pretty good, The SGC ended up being able to keep the Stargate a secret once again....*go figure*...any way.. Awesome to see The Trust again, and the fact that they are bringing the NID back.. :up:

[GGGG]

i watch this show but dont know which season... it is like an hour for relaxation for me, but I love it just treat every episode independantly

[secant]

Ben Browder is joining the cast of Stargate for season 9:

SCI FI Channel confirmed that Farscape star Ben Browder will join the cast of SCI FI's original series Stargate SG-1. Browder will join the cast in the show's upcoming ninth season; no information on Browder's role was available. Meanwhile, the show's producer, MGM, is still working on a deal to bring back SG-1 star Richard Dean Anderson (Gen. O'Neill) in some capacity.
from:
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-12/15/11.00.sfc

Never was able to get into Stargate, but I will have to check out next season when I'm able. Just to see Ben. He is a very special actor to me and I hope the show is worthy of him...

[Alien]

What is up with Stargate these days? I can download the next 5 episodes of Atlantis and I'm guessing SG-1 will be the same yet Sky-One is claming world premier showings of the show. Why has the US stopped showing Stargate, or is Sky lying again?

[secant]

another update on assimilating Ben Browder and Claudia Black into SG-1:

http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/ipw-web/b2/index.php?p=186&c=1p

Season 9 of Stargate SG-1 is shaping up to be the most challenging and interesting of all the seasons to date.

Star Richard Dean Anderson [General Jack O'Neill] has been adamant on the subject of his retirement in recent interviews and this week Sci Fi Channel confirmed on their news service Sci Fi Wire that “the show’s producer, MGM, is still working on a deal to bring back SG-1 star Richard Dean Anderson in some capacity.”

Co-star Amanda Tapping [Colonel Samantha Carter] is pregnant and expecting the birth of her first child in March 2005, just as the show goes into production on its 9th season at the Bridge Studios in Vancouver. Producers have confirmed to fans that she will be missing for at least the first five episodes of the season.

So how have MGM, Sci Fi Channel and the producers at Bridge responded to these huge challenges?

This week, TV Guide Online broke the story of Farscape star Ben Browder joining Stargate SG-1 as a regular member of the main cast. Stargate’s Co-Executive Producer Joseph Mallozzi, posting to the Gateworld forum, has this to say about the casting of Browder:

“Yup, its true. Ben Browder will be joining the cast for SG-1’s 9th season. I met Ben at this year’s Saturn Awards and, while telling him how much my wife and I enjoyed Farscape, he told me how much he and his son enjoy SG-1. In fact, Michael Welch was on the red carpet being interviewed at the time and Ben looked over and noted ‘Hey, it’s Young Jack.’ He’s a terrific actor and we look forward to working with him.”

In response to fan speculation about the as yet undetermined role Browder will play in the production and of course in the SG-1 team, and the incredible physical likeness fans have remarked on between Browder and series star Michael Shanks[Dr. Daniel Jackson], Mallozzi noted, “More on his [Browder's] character in good time but, suffice it to say, as a series regular he should be appearing in all episodes. As for his being DJ’s long-lost brother or other relative...don’t hold your breath.”

Mallozzi went on to confirm that series star and fan favourite Michael Shanks will be back in Season 9 to reprise his role as Dr. Daniel Jackson.

As for Amanda Tapping, a Solutions source said today that she *may* have signed a contract to appear in ‘up to’ fifteen episodes in the 9th season. If officially confirmed, this is a generous gesture on the part of MGM, Sci Fi and Bridge to keep Tapping as part of the production while accommodating her schedule and needs as a new mom. She will therefore take a recurring rather than regular role, offering her some flexibility and freedom. As a regular, she would have been expected to be available for every episode in the season.

A source revealed last night to Solutions staffers that Ben Browder’s Farscape co-star Claudia Black had just that afternoon signed a contract to appear in a recurring role as the alien Vala, whom British fans will see on their screens in the highly-anticipated Season 8 episode “Prometheus Unbound,” on 21st December. Black’s contract commits her to appear in ‘at least five episodes’ of Season 9 – clearly a safety measure put in place by the show makers should Tapping’s new family responsibilities keep her from appearing in the production for longer than expected or for fewer episodes than hoped. The news was confirmed when MGM gave fansite www.gateworld.net the go-ahead to report Black’s casting in a ‘five story arc.’

Co-star Christopher Judge [Teal'c] has not yet been confirmed as a cast member for Season 9, while fans of Don S. Davis [General George Hammond] will be disappointed to learn that although Don is expected to appear in Season 9 [writer, director and producer Peter DeLuise, at London Film and Comic Con] it will not be as the SGC’s original commanding officer. Our source tells us that the producers are seeking to cast a ‘new’ general.

The casting of Browder and Black is both a publicity coup and a possible controversy in the making. The pair are popular with the British and American scifi press and with the influential TV critics of key US publications such as TV Guide, who joined in the very public mourning when low ratings proved the death knell for the original and innovative Farscape. The fannish myth persists that Stargate SG-1, in securing higher ratings, killed off Farscape. How will those critics and the legions of loyal Scapers react to the casting of both of Farscape’s stars in Stargate SG-1?

The enthusiastic response of the stars themselves to Stargate SG-1 is unequivocal. Browder is a self-avowed fan who watches the show with his son, and he and co-star Black were joking with fans at recent convention appearances about her ‘new leading man’ Michael Shanks, with Browder wanting to kick his [censored] in at least a ‘three story arc’. Now Browder will have all season to kick Daniel Jackson’s [censored], while Black has been raving about her experiences on set filming “Prometheus Unbound” with Michael Shanks.

“When I guest starred on Stargate I was one of those people who was in awe of everything around me,” Black told TV Zone for its 2004 Yearbook issue. "It was an absolute blast and I was lucky enough to bring with me all that I had learnt as an actress from doing Farscape. It was wonderful to be able to walk onto a new set in a foreign country and be able to get on with the people and do the work quickly as well as deliver a solid performance. It was just an amazing experience and the cast and crew were very good to me.

"As soon as I read the script, I fell in love with the character of Vala. She’s a hoot. I thought it would be a wonderful acting challenge for me. What I especially liked was that the action...was very much self contained. It was its own story within the episode, and that allowed me to be introduced into the Stargate world, at a comfortable pace. To top it off, I was working mainly with Michael Shanks and the director Andy Mikita, both of whom are extremely kind and giving.

"Fortunately, as with Farscape, the onset environment is both encouraging and collaborative. For example, I noticed that Michael Shanks had a great deal of excellent input and Andy Mikita respected his opinion and was keen to listen to him. As an actor, it’s preferable to be thought of as part of the wheel that turns as opposed to something that makes the wheel stop.

“I can’t tell you what a buzz I got from working on Stargate. It allowed me to test my acting wares and get out there in front of the camera and really takes some risks. At one point Michael Shanks said to me, ‘It’s all up to you now’, meaning that I had made some very specific choices and was either going to fall flat on my face, or make it work. Andy Mikita was terrific about it. The more he encouraged me, the more I pushed. We were all working together to achieve a common goal and I loved every minute of it.”

Black loved it enough to step in for the absent Tapping and accept an ‘at least’ five episode arc in Season 9, with the inherent uncertainty of balancing out her recurring role as Vala with Tapping’s dual commitments to her new baby and to her own recurring role as Carter.

The show makers have without a doubt made a casting coup within the scifi world, with Browder and Black worth their weight in gold in publicity terms to a show which is reeling from the double-blow of losing Anderson and Tapping as regulars and which has never been courted in the press as the cool, critically acclaimed scifi success Farscape was. The hope may be that along with the additional press attention and coverage their casting will garner, Browder and Black will draw in even the disaffected Farscape fans who have never watched Stargate SG-1 or have abandoned it in the wake of Farscape’s loss.

It’s possible that in creating this hybrid ‘Farscape SG-1’ MGM, Sci Fi Channel and the producers at Bridge may have given the Stargate SG-1 franchise an infusion of new energy and creativity which will see it run and run, a powerhouse continuing to buck the customary television trend with increased ratings into a 9th season and beyond.

Michael Shanks and Ben Browder are confirmed as regulars for Stargate’s now pivotal 9th season. Claudia Black is confirmed in an open-ended recurring role in order to balance out Tapping’s reduced availability or replace her if called upon to do so. Chris Judge is expected to sign as a regular but has not yet been confirmed. Don S. Davis is expected to reprise his role as Hammond but now the producers are seeking to cast a ‘new’ general in command of the SGC. MGM continue to court departing star Richard Dean Anderson, who remains obdurate about not appearing after the Season 8 finale, “Moebius,” perhaps robbing the producers of the opportunity to write out his character O'Neill on-screen.

All that can be said with any certainty at this point is that the fans' beloved SG-1 team no longer exists as we know it. Daniel Jackson, Teal'c and likely Ben Browder’s new character [logically, with the loss of SG-1’s military team leader, an Air Force officer] will form the new SG-1, aided in their turn by either the manipulative alien Vala or the absent Samantha Carter, with the SGC commanded by an as yet unknown general who may prove to be antagonist or sympathiser.

[Rio3d]

Will Richard Dean Anderson pull out as producer for the show?