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Stargate SG-1, Anubis. A very evil, evil-looking evil guy who is evil and did a bamboozle once. That's all the character depth he has.
Also Cam Mitchell, who is just a non-brand replacement for O'Neill (no offense to the actor).
So. SG-1 was supposed to end after season 8 (hence Moebius). They were planning a new spinhoff series called Stargate Command to replace SG-1, when SciFi got notice from the parent company - I think at the time it was owned by USA Network? - that they needed to drastically cut costs, and the only way they could lose the amount needed was to cancel a series.
Bonnie Hammer, who was president of SciFi at the time the decision had to be made, was a massive fan of Farscape; she wanted to cancel Stargate Command and keep Farscape running. Only there was a bunch of concern that Farscape didn't have the ratings the network would need, and more concern about launching yet another Stargate spinoff - Stargate Atlantis had just launched in 2004 when the decisions were being made, and Stargate Infinity had failed miserably a couple years earlier.
Despite the struggles, they decided that Stargate had more name recognition and staying power than Farscape, and Hammer made the painful decision to cancel Farscape; and also cancel Stargate Command as a spin-off but instead to role it's concepts into a continuing SG-1. With RDA having left, they had cast openings, and Hammer brought both Browser and Black from Farscape over to the revived SG-1 (hoping to also bring in song Farscape fans to boost SG-1's ratings), where it lasted out the contracted two years.
Atlantis ran for another couple years, until Cooper and Wright decided they really wanted to clone the darker themes from Battlestar Galactica and created Universe. But they didn't prep the audiences correctly. A lot of the OG SG-1/SGA fans didn't like the new, darker atmosphere, and a lot of potential fans who would've liked the new series never tuned in because the original series hadn't captivated them. It was on the verge of finding it's audience but time ran out; Universe only lasted two years before it too was cancelled.
mgm was also losing money, which also had a hand in sgu/sga cancellation. SGU writers/showrunners realized thier mistakes too late, season 2 was getting interesting. and allegedly in an interview season 3 was including more of the aliens"threat) that have been missing for almost 2 seasons. the planet builders was suppose to be part of season 3. years later i heard they said, they couldnt reboot or make a new SG series because of current "societal issues" i got this from various posts on reddit over the years.
they had a 2-for-1 deal with claudia black since they both came from farscape, im guessing thats why. i think shes the better actor though.
i think anubis was thier way of making amends for not allowing sokar to last longer in the show. he barely made an impact in his arc, more like side characther than the main protagonist of the show.
Browder's acting was fine. It's the character I didn't like. A third "charismatic, witty, sarcastic leader" archetype was just too much after O'Neill and Sheppard. His tragic background also feels tacked-on, rushed, and inconsequential, and doesn't have the same impact as Cold Lazarus.
Claudia Black, I actually like, mainly because of her stellar performance in the Uncharted games. Vala showed promise early on as a sort of opportunist anti-hero who may help or hinder SG-1 depending on the circumstances, but her inclusion in the SGC's personnel was too much, let alone putting her in SG-1. Teal'c proved his loyalty and reliability, Vala did the opposite.
On the whole, the SGC had turned into a parody of itself. Beau Bridges was fine, but I couldn't take him seriously as a general. Dr. Lee, an obvious comic relief character, did not help. Without Hammond's straight man to counter the shenanigans, I just couldn't take it seriously anymore.
Aw real bummed to see you say this. Cam did the best he could stepping into the shoes he was, and while he's no O'Neill, he grew on me. And I liked Anubis, too!
They killed off Sokar too early in my opinion and then realised the mistake and made Sokar 2
Farscape actors turning up in SG-1 was a disappointment for me. Whatever Claudia Black does for people, she doesn't do it for me.