It's funny because after watching the series a few times, now I think it's the movie that was badly cast.
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Daniel from the tv show is so freaking good. The one in the movie was not bad, but the cast on tv is so good in comparison.
The one in the Movie…
Don’t do James Spader so dirty
Atlantis is great too.
https://www.gateworld.net/news/2024/09/optimized-stargate-watch-order/
Loved Atlantis. Tbf, I loved Universe. Stargate is awesome.
Another lover of Universe here.
I want to enjoy it, but I've tried multiple times and I just can't make it through.
What helped me is having no expectations and not looking at it as a Stargate show. It is kinda good that way. Come season 2, Stargate vibes start to shine through, especially in the second half. It really got cancelled just as it got really good.
I've watched a few episodes. It's just very different vibe and show. After some episodes I started to care for what was happening a little, but yeah, it's not for everyone. I don't even remember anything about it besides that they were on the edges of what is known and there was Oneil being a badass.
My issue with Universe was the vibe and tone. It was very far from the kinda cozy, friendly and adventurous group of SG-1. Universe was filled with drama, assholes and was very gloomy.
On its own, Universe was okay. Especially season 2, but it just didn’t fit “The Stargate universe”.
It was around the time SciFi was becoming dark and moody (i.e. BattleStar Galactica and stuff). This just kind of followed the formula.
Thanks! My wife and I will watch Atlantis together one I finish sg1. She is a trekkie and is vaguely interested and when we saw mamoa was in it, I think she was sold.
It might be worth watching them together. There are a few SG-1 and Atlantis crossover episodes, and the stories affect both series, rather than being one off gimmicks
Thanks for the heads up!
I think it might be too difficult to do that though as I’ll have to coordinate which episodes of sg1 to watch and wait for my wife to catch up on atlantis 😂
I, too, am on my first watch thru. Most of the way through season 8, and thanks to this, I'm concurrently watching season 1 of Atlantis. 5/7, would recommend.
Edit: ducking autocorrupt
I envy you
Stargate SG-1 is awesome! It's my favourite Sci-fi show and I've probably rewatched it 4-5 times 😅
Same here, I need to get back into Minecraft so I can rewatch it for the X time.
I mostly consume media while playing Minecraft, I have a map I have played for many many years in singleplayer/creative mode while watching sci-fi series in VLC in a tiny window in the corner of my screen...
I love sg1. I think I first got hooked on Atlantis and eventually properly picked sg1 later since I only knew it from watching some random eps passively on tv I think.
I freaking love it. It's one of my favorite shows. The mythology and character development over so many seasons is amazing and exactly what I want from a story, specially for long running ones.
You are in for an amazing trip, since the first episodes are usually the weakest when a new show starts until the characters and the actors are properly in sync and comfortable with each other.
I've only watched it 2 or 3 times. I should probably plan a new rewatch.
The Stargate series literally have the best tool for storytelling: The Stargate itself. You can literally tell any story you want, because anything could literally be on other end of the wormhole.
I don’t understand why we haven’t gotten any proper Stargate games yet…
Please no spoilers.
I tecommend not being too worried if you do see a spoiler about the show because it is done vey well overall and the way the episodes play out tends to be far more important than any twists or reveals.
I envy you.
Recast? I thought O'Neil was in the movie O'Neill was in the TV show.
Richard Dean Anderson is not Kurt Russell
^ missed the joke
D'oh.
Burns as Goa'uldIt's a good show. Have fun!