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Stargate SG-1 & Atlantis Renewed
scifi451 writes "Both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis have been renewed for another season, 9th and 2nd respectively. All of the key cast members are coming back for Atlantis, where as SG-1 stars are in negotiations, with Amanda Tapping expecting a baby in March right as filming begins. Also Richard Dean Anderson might look for an even further reduced role in the show.
More news can be found here: Gateworld & Scifi-Wire"
Indeed. This is a cause for much celebration.
Will he disappear for most of the season? You know, be stranded on some strange world without a stargate, until he builds one out of bamboo, chewing gum and duct tape with his trusty Swiss Army knife...oh, wrong series.
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I just hope the main cast is back, even if characters, like Jack, are reduced in screentime. SG-1 isn't SG-1 without... SG-1...
A while back someone on slashdot pointed out to me that Colonel O'neal (sp?) was MacGuyver. I can no longer watch SG-1 with a straight face. I'm always waiting for him to create an event horizon or temporary wormhole out of a bubblegum wrapper or something.
From the past few series 8 episodes of SG-1, its really past its prime and struggling to find a decent storyline. The last episode made it painfully obvious what the entire episode was going to be about in the first 5 minutes, and sure enough it was - talk about a filler episode (Teal'c stuck in that gaming chair). I really wish they didnt make another season of it :(
I love SG-1 (Atlantis is good too) and I'm glad it's coming back, but I hope it doesn't end up going way too long like the X-Files. I've noticed that the production quality has declined somewhat this season. It just feels too routine, there's not much spontaneity in the show anymore. And I don't think it will do better if RDA's role is reduced even further. If they can keep a good show going then it could work, but I'm a bit skeptical at this point.
I only watch either show occasionally (my wife's quite the fanatic), but what I've seen is pretty good, as far as science fiction goes. Acting is definitely above average, Richard Dean Anderson's portrayals as an everyman facing aliens brings a wry grin now and then. Oh, and Amanda Tapping is quite cute, no doubt about that. It's nice that SciFi can make the right decision sometimes. (And sad that they can make the horribly wrong decision other times, c.f. canceling Farscape not so long ago.)
I'm worried that prolonged existence of SG-1 might make it jump the shark. AFAIK, it was never supposed to exist past its 7th season but the ratings that year were so good they scrapped the plans for the movie and made it into that year's season finale (which also explains its awesomeness and why the good Doctor had to die).
SG-1 and SG:A were never meant to coexist, also why Atlantis was moved to another galaxy. The creators/writers never meant for them to show at the same time and they didn't want the easy way out whenever SG:A had a problem and just get SG-1 to fix it. I think this simultaneous rushing for two shows is also why the first half of each of the most recent seasons sucked compared to season 7.
Aye, the guy is from Scotland but has been working in America for ages, and I can tell you that although the accent sometimes seems strained, it's a nice familiar touch for us Scottish geeks.
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Let a million references to the recent potential discovery of Atlantis ensue.
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My wife and I are excited, who's the other guy?
I don't know, but he might be the reason your wife's so excited
One thing I always found interesting was how Enterprise is consistently regarded as a failure even though it gets more viewers than Stargate which is considered a success. I guess Star Trek is held up to a higher standard or something.
That said, I just started watching Stargate a month ago. I blasted through seasons 1 through 7 in that time and I'm just about to start with S1 Atlantis and S8 SG1. I've thoroughly enjoyed the series.
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Dont get me wrong, i dont expect stars and accolades out of a series which barely discerns itself from the likes of zena/hurcules/Beastmaster in some of its episodes (did these guys share their prop guys/ set designers or what?)
But for me, the most endearing part of the Stargate series has for themost part been McGyv..Richard's humorfull character. Without Dean, the show just becomes just another crappy lets fight aliens in fantasy planets with cool ancient civilizations based on old earth.
And Atlantis is pure poo, the characters are all cookie cutter type-casts to the point of stereotyping your viewer audience fan-service, maybe this is what happens when sci-fi channel does..... well just about anything.... but that show is terrible.
Stargate itself has been pretty damn good (with some notable exceptions ... ergo anyone?) and im glad to see it continue on, but atlantis is in dire need of a total abortion or a complete re-write with some more serious characters who actualy act like a military operation.
Anyone remember space above and beyond?
This is why im really happy about the Battlestar galactica series comming this new year... Gritty, realistic, and hopefully... above all else... not more episodal space opera campy bullsh*t.
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It's the difference between cable and broadcast television. Getting a 1.0 rating on cable makes you a decent success. Getting a 1.0 on broadcast makes you the bottom of the barrel.
Because Enterprise generates its fanbase from the horny teens who watch in the hopes of seeing some more Vulcan skin. Writing, plot, acting, can all fall by the wayside when softcore TV porn is involved in getting ratings.
Bad softcore at that, but they don't know that. Nor do they care, apparently.
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That great that there still going but i still wish there was more Firefly not just the movie coming out. :(
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As for filling Jack's shoes, a suggestion I liked from another forum was to let Adam Baldwin reprise his role from "Heroes". He'd be good at providing the aggressive, militaristic mentality that'd help keep the same brain vs. brawn balance that the team had before.
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I hear you man.
:(
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You want cross over switch to Andromeda. Not only have/are the actors crossing back and forth,
Daniel Jackson Married Rommie. The reason why Rommie isn't in much of this new season is because their child was born recently.
I am to busy(lazy) to look up the actual actors names at the moment.
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Enterprise is viewed as a failure because it is an abomination that only gets higher ratings because there are more viewers on its network and trekkies would eat treeble shit if it was labelled "Star Trek". Enterprise is a failure compared to TNG.
Stargate on the other hand does not have almost forty years of fandom and generations of geeks propping up its numbers. Stargate is a success because its not built on the back of a franchise.
Don't mention Firefly though...
I'm still waiting for MacGyver to do a guest appearance. :-)
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That would be Rimmer.
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TNG was awesome only because of its characters.
Agreed, it had good storylines too -- but then so does Enterprise, for that matter even (eww) Voyager. But the way the characters handled it was what made it better.
I mean, I simply love Patrick Stewart's speeches, and the way he handles situations. It's... impeccable. Ditto for Brent Spiner and a lot of other characters.
The characters in ST:TNG were strong, and they felt real. The characters in Voyager felt ridiculous. Enterprise tries, but sadly they do not have the kinda cast that TNG did.
I guess that's one of the reasons SG:Atlantis is failing too. While SG-1 had a good cast -- not exemplary by any standards, but good for sure -- SG Atlantis has a mediocre cast. The difference shows.
And whos' the guy behind the camera of SG:Atlantis? Half the time he's showing the sky and not the faces.
It's a far gate.
It has nothing to do with that syndicated television show, or that really good movie.
That I haven't seen.
But it's a good movie.
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Things are going to heat up in the latter half of this season, but there are still some threads that need tying up. Klorel for one, he needs to be dealt with to fully resolve the Apophis storyline. The Aschen arc was supposed to be three episodes. I also don't see the Replicators being finished up this season. And... Think back to "The Fifth Race". I think it would be a great final episode for O'Neill, Thor, the Nox chick, some Furling, and Oma Desala to meet at Ernests planet, or perhaps the place where O'Neill first downloaded the ancient library, to restore the old alliance and admit humanity.
Sci Fi airs each season of Stargate in two chunks, one over the summer and the next several months later when they are done rerunning all the first chunk episodes. So the renewal has nothing to do with whether or not you will see the sequel episode to The Storm.
"I basically like the show, but I get annoyed by the fact that every body they encounter speaks English. On Star Trek they explain this through their universal translator comm badges or something, but I've never heard of the explanation for SG1. It's like every mission they have to painfully explain that they come from "Earth", but otherwise they have the same names for everything. it's stupid."
The MGM FAQ explains this. They don't want to spend 15 minutes every episode working through the language barrier, so they ignore it unless its particularly important to that episodes plot. Personally, I'd rather it be ignored than have some sort of universal translator that never has its basis of operation explained.
"Also, if the gate is there and they've made all sorts of contact with other worlds, why aren't there more aliens wandering around the SGC? and why arent there more earth people permanently relocating to other worlds like Daniel tried to do when he fell in love in the original movie? Wouldn't it be a better show if there was regular travel between different people in different places? How about establishing regular trade between worlds? Stuff like that."
Most "aliens" are aliens in the earth legal sense- they are human, just born somewhere else. Several have taken up residence on Earth. There have been very few species encountered that are obviously different, and most of them simply have no interest in simply hanging out on Earth. Others, such as the Enkarans, would suffer serious medical problems if they stay on earth more than a few days. Just because humans can survive in their environment doesn't mean they can survive in humans environment- look at Earth species for instance. Humans can survive in the tundra and in the desert. But take a tiger from the deserts of africa and throw him in northern canada, he won't last long. By the same token, a polar bear won't last terribly long in the desert. The main biological advantage of humans is adaptability... we have a body design and mental capacity that allow us to function in a much wider variety of environments than most other species. It is quite possible that this advantage would hold over other sentient species on other planets.
As for earth people staying offworld, there aren't many earth people who even know of the Stargate, much less have an opportunity to go through it and find a place they want to move to. Col Maybourne an exception...
"and I think they should resolve and kill off the ancient egyptian stuff once and for all. it's a crutch for the series, it's boring and lame at this point. the threat of the goauld should be reduced in importance and they should do more exploring. the way the series looks, it's like the goauld has a big presence in almost every other planet than earth."
The reason the Goa'uld are on almost every human planet is referenced constantly... It was the Goa'uld who transported humans to other worlds as slaves in the first place.
No Wraith in '38 minutes', no Wraith in 'Hide and Seek', no Wraith in 'Home'...
That means slightly less than half the episodes could have taken place without the Wraith at all.
Of the other six, half those just had the Wraith as a long term enemy that had effected society: the Jenii, the 'Don't trust anyone over 25' world, and the world that was poisoning itself and thus the Wraith. It was 'How would the Wraith affect society', not 'Let's go and fight us some Wraith'. You know...the kind of questions science fiction asks?
One remaining was about a spy, and would have literally worked in a non-scifi enviroment.
And the other two were the opening of the series, where, duh, they needed to explain the Wraith.
I have no idea how someone could watch that series and think it was all about the Wraith.
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