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Open the Iris: Stargate SG1 Confirms Season 7
Nefrayu writes "After false rumors having been posted on the /. forum lately about the 7th season of SG-1, Gateworld.net and the SciFi Channel have now confirmed that the show will be carried on SciFi through the 7th season. Along with this announcement is the "surprise" that Dr. Daniel Jackson (portrayed by Michael Shanks) will be returning full time for the said 7th season. Excerpts from an online chat with supervising producer Joseph Mallozzi at SG1Fans can be found here. "
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It's good that Daniel Jackson is to return to Stargate, but what happens to Jonas (the one who replaced him for season 6)?
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They travel to a world where they are attacked, the scientists screw up dramatically and the military has to go in and save the day, all the while the alien companions know absolutely nothing about the world, have nothing of value to input, and in general get underfoot throughout the entire episode.
We can call this season: Journey to the not-so-parallel universe.
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In the country where I live, SG1 hasn't gone that far yet
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I liked the movie, but the series is the only one I watch at the moment, with the exception of the surprisingly excellent Odyssey 5. Both of the above, IMO, are up there with the greats (B5, Farscape, Misfits of Science, early McGyver, etc).
And what does 'extrapolates too far' mean, anyway? It's a science fiction series. If they didn't extrapolate as much as they did, it'd be a shit series. Everyone'd spend every week staring at the iris, wondering what those occasional 'thuds' were.
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Brad Wright will take the year off to develop the hopeful spin-off series Stargate Atlantis, though he will still write for SG-1.
Anyone know what this is about ?
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I'm not sure where the heck we are locally (Los Angeles, broadcast only -- no cable here); we just got an episode about a pyramid, I mean ziggurat [g] followed by one that was unmemorably Star Trekish in plot. What season is this anyway?? I've only been able to get a channel that carries SG-1 for a few months, so it's *all* new to me.
Daniel Jackson is the character who hooked me in the first place, and is still my favourite. So I'll be sorry to see him go, and glad to get him back!
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I really really hope that they don't pull the whole, Season 6 was just a dream thing. It kind of soured the entire Bob Newhart show when they did that.
What I'd like to know is how much the new season will be like the original story line was supposed to. While not having every detail planned out I'm sure the writters have the story hashed out for the most part, and I wonder how much the viewers loose/gain by the hiatus of one of the pivotal characters.
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You are mistaken e are talking about SG1 not Farscape (aka muppets in space!)
New Twilight Zone is UPN, not SciFi. Maybe you're thinking of the new Outer Limits... which originally was made by Showtime, then after about 4 years Sci-Fi bought it.
SG-1 was also oiginally made by Showtime... and bought by Sci-Fi after about 5 years.
I think Lexx was originally an HBO series, bought by Sci-Fi.
I never watched Lexx, but I watched Outer Limits and SG-1 before and after Sci-Fi. Anyone notice that after Sci-Fi buys something that's still in production (not something in reruns like Lost in Space or Forever Knight), the quality of the show decreases dramatically?
Another example: Sliders. Was orignally a FOX show. It was a good show in it's 1st season, then Fox's execs demanded it be turned to crap, which of course got it cancelled. Sci-Fi bought it, and REALLY screwed it up.
I think the quality of Sci-Fi's writers also hinges on the fact that:
1) they're not a premium network. They make money off commercials and a few product placements, not off monthly subscriptions and product placements.
2) they're owned by USA, which is also known for tons of crap.
I think it's about 70% number 2, 20% number 1, and the rest just general faults of these shows (certain premises last longer than others, and you can only do so many plots on the same general building blocks.)
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4)Profit!!!
(which goes right in line with what I just wrote...)
Farscape was really good, at least for the first couple seasons. This last one was kinda crap. I know I'll be flamed for that, but, seriously, it seemed like the characters could not keep the same personality from episode to episode.
The invisible man gave me some good chuckles, again, mainly in the first couple seasons. When they brought in that person from Black Scorpion and actually started getting serious about the plot, they lost focus. It was a comedy, not a drama! Ugh.
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...has anyone heard who shot JR? I missed that episode.
I mean, I like that Shanks will return as Dr. Daniel Jackson, but what we really need is for this girlfriend Lexa Doig to come on board, she is waste on that other crappy show :o)
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the important thing is ... WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO RELEASE THE NEXT FERSHLUGGINER BOXED SET?!??!!!?
AARRGGHH!!
(I don't EVEN want to hear about how they're already out in the UK. I KNOW they're out in the UK. I want them out in AMERICA!)
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Farscape is cancelled, but SG-1 gets another season? Were we all really bad in a past life or something?
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They actually set that up near the beginning of season 5 (in episode 3, "Ascension"), long before Jackson left the show. It is aparrently easy for any ascended being to become mortal again - it's ascending again that's difficult.
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Another example: Sliders. Was orignally a FOX show. It was a good show in it's 1st season, then Fox's execs demanded it be turned to crap, which of course got it cancelled. Sci-Fi bought it, and REALLY screwed it up.
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Why I'm holding fears for Firefly at the moment. It's *so* good (IMO of course) that I'm scared that the network is going to have to dumb it down, or cancel it outright.
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Shanks left the series at the end of season five, and his character gave up human life and ascended to a higher plane of existence.
Well you know I find it suspicious that the Cordelia character in Angel has also just returned from some higher plane of something-or-other. Maybe her and Daniel Jackson (ascended) were getting it on in some weird posthuman sense?
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I didn't mind him gone. I never really liked his character that much, especially throughout season 6. He was dead weight as far as I'm concerned.
Eh... he wasn't in season 6. What show are you watching?
In any case, I'm thrilled he's returning. As far as I'm concerned his character is what held the show together (he offered the only non-military non-alien input), and without him it just hasn't been the same.
Season 6 has been rather disappointing so far, but with the confirmation of season 7 and Daniel's return, I hope the second half of season 6 will improve. At least 7 will be better with Daniel back.
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