Amph Mankind's Greatest Ongoing Adventure: Stargate SG-1 (and Origins) (Spoilers Allowed)

I was just watching SG the movie and had forgotton that Ra was an "alien". Did the producers ever say anything about that and the diff between the other Goa uld?

 

Well that alien that you saw Ra as was actually an Asgard, that's the retcon anways. Why Ra turned back into his old Asgard host at times... well we still don't know. Just look at it like Luke's lightsaber changing colors in episode IV

 

Ra was Supreme System Lord, so he must have been the uber boss of the other, regular system lords, who then are bosses of the regular Goa'uld wannabe system lords, lackeys, and vassals.

 

Well the source for the Asgard host comes from an online supplement to the Stargate SG-1 Roleplaying game, so it's 'cannon' by an official source. And trying to explain as many differences between the movie and show is a good thing in my opinion, wish they would just pull a Lucas and redo the movie to fix the differences.

 

Anubis was 'dead' for the first 4 or 5 years of the show, so out of the picture until the show needed to amp up after killing (finally and forever) Apophis. Sokar was a rival system lord who only outranked Apophis after snake-head lost too many battles to the Earth humans. Only Ra was ever referred to as Supreme System Lord.

 

OK, so I've finished rewatching the series and The Ark of Truth.

Season 7 was definately the worst. 10 also had some really bad episodes. TAoT should have been the season finale. Would have been much better to strip away some of the lamer episodes (Valla's Father and the last Everyone Gets Old story) and put that story in.
The show needed the fresh blood of season 9, though it took a while to get back on track, and while good, it wasn't enough (obviously) to last. Top that with the lame series ender story (which seems to have accidentally been the founding of the SG Universe series), and it was (sadly) time for the show to end.
TAoT was a... very non-sensical and padded storyline. Why to the replicators create the terminator/zombie? Really? Where is the advantage for them? Why not just spray acid in Mitchel's face like they do when in bug form.
Originally, you could shoot the replicator and blow the bug apart, and the bricks would reform. Now they just fall apart with a single bullet? Um, then why don't guns work on the human-form replicators?
As a villain, the replicators were pretty lame and annoying (to me, as I've already bitched), and bringing them back YET ANOTHER TIME, was something I could have done without. Sadly, they would be back in Atlantis. I'm sure Universe will also feel the need to bring them in at some point, just to try to boost sagging ratings.

 

I will. I remember that one being good. But I wasn't going to last night. Turns out I was stuck awake unti 5am, so I might as well have. Only good thing was I watched the Spectacular Spider-man cartoon, which was amazingly good.

 

Finished watching that. Enjoyable. Mostly works, except that it repeats the same error of cause&effect from the 2-parter earlier (season 9 or 10). The alternate timeline where the goa'uld invade earth has been done how many times now? It's almost a cliche for the series.

 

lol thats great stuff.

 

Man, I so wished to get that third SG1 movie. It would of been great to see O'Neill again! (Would of been great to get a SGA movie too)

 

Wow...and just think if they would've invested in that instead of scrambling to keep a show on Siphy.

At this point, RDA is past the "world jumping, alien thumping" age window...and as much as we liked seeing his cameos on SG-U...that's not the O'Neill around which a full story can revolve...not in this franchise.

Besides...I heard the whole "It's focused on O'Neill" when they were making Continuum. Uh huh...

Gate fans are starting to remind me of Firefly Devotees...'gotta keep it alive. Still Hope! Still Hope!'

Don't beat a dead horse...and don't make it a zombie horse either...we should be bronzing this franchise as the masterpiece of the last decade.

Instead, we're so desperate to be fed, we'll take inferior product and cheap spin off pulp to satiate the craving.

Not every franchise can be time-proofed like Star Wars...in fact, most go the path SG is now on...it was encapsulated in our world and our time...something that gave it a unique appeal. But it was knit up by this, and on a timer until the world changed around it.

Fact is...they do the reveal in season 8 of SG-1...they may have been able to jump beyond the connection to real life. Alas, the blessing became a curse.

Oh well...moving on.

 

Nah...I remember seeing a sneak peak thing about Continuum saying where AOT was a wrap up of the series and the challenges to that SG-1, Continuum was focused around O'Neill and his importance to the ongoing adventure. Then they went on blubbering about how similar O'Neill's importance to SG-1 was mirrored in RDA's importance to the series...etc, etc...

I think it was one of those "Hooray, we are filming in the Arctic" things.

I think they know there are plenty of fans who don't even stir unless the name "O'Neill" is mentioned...it was a name drop then.

Would Revolution (dumb name...Revelation would've been better) been more of the same? Who knows...but as I said, with RDA getting older and less of operational weight...it only makes sense that the Fargate entourage would continue to act in the forward capacity...I'm not saying I wouldn't watch it...I'm just not deluded into thinking O'Neill is gonna be leading SG-1 on some imperative mission.

I'm actually working my way through Season 8 right now, and I'm remembering how much I was already missing his presence off world...and moreover, how much they kept things on world just to include him.

Oh well...as I said...we really need to celebrate this series as complete now...the final chapter is written but the adventure never ends.

And lets be real...does anyone want to see Geriatric Gate?

 

Good for him...I hope it's a substantial role and not a background extra.

 

Hey Adalia do you have a paten for the hathor costume, i'm trying to find a good paten can you help me.

PS: Love the costume, got anymore pic of the costume?

 

Is Stargate: The Ark of Truth worth watching if hadnt watched the whole series?