Stargate SG1 (Seasons 1-5) Retrospective/Review - Stargate Retrospective, Part 2

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The show lasted so long that the "reproductive organs" line became a joke within the show itself before the end.

this is a weapon of terror ,THIS is a weapon of war

I am a simple man. If I see Stargate on YT, I click on it! Thank You Rowan!

SG1 is my neighbour's favourite tv show. She's 96.

My wife is American and served in the army as a linguist, she loves SG1 and O'Neill and has told me many times how his attitude toward the more nerdy people in the armed forces is accurate. That many times she was subjected to the wit of a more front line soldier, not in a bad way, not in a put you down sort of way, but just that they were trained to think of things in one very focused field of vision. Also I think O'Neill worked so well because we all saw that underneath his flippant attitude was a very serious and emotional man which made the times that emotion broke through all the more impactful.

The thing I loved about O'Niell was that he had a core element of darkness to his character. His sarcasm, tendency to self-sacrifice, and his almost intentional ignorance of technobabble were all fed by it.

I'm going to partially agree with you about O'Neil. On one hand, as a former military guy, I do like his portrayal of a military guy. On the other, in the black hole episode you mentioned, their explaining to him about something about the black hole and he basically says, "Yeah, yeah the accretion disk." and when everyone looks surprised he knows what that is he says, "Did you think the telescope on my deck was just decoration?" He was smart, he just wasn't quite as smart as the two scientists on the team and he was more focused on practical matters than theoretics. In later episodes he just became Zoolander. "The files are in the computer?"

Undomesticated Equines could not drag me away from your YT channel.

What I loved about SG1 is that it combined so many great elements across the best Star Trek series. It had the adventure and character chemistry of TOS, the philosophy of TNG, and the moral struggle of DS9. And it could poke fun at itself in so many ways, including hilarious jumps through the fourth wall. And the Ori are some of the darkest antagonists in all of science fiction.

They do actually address the fact that all the planets they visit seem like Earth. In one episode, and I am paraphrasing here, O'Neill comes through the gate and sighs 'Trees, lots of trees' to which Samantha explains that because the Stargates were seeded on planets capable of supporting the human life form it makes sense they would have the same ecosystem. :)

"All your gods are fake, here are machine guns" damn

Nicely done. Favorite line when thor corrects kinsey who calls him commander. And thor says, "Supreme Commander." And puts his little finger up. Still makes me smile.

I loved SG-1, but the lore consistency and generally successful humor are what truly sets it apart from most Sci-Fi of its era and put it among my favourites.

A little bit of trivia: General Hammond was Scully's father for exactly 1 episode where he immediately died.

Man in the early 2000’s, this show was inescapable on the sci-fi network… simpler times

33:09 can you imagine the accountants trying to work that one out? "Hey why does Jack have two weeks of overtime this month?" "Oh that's not over time, that's time dilation, 2 weeks passed for him last tuesday?" "So is that overtime then or just regular pay?" "Ya know what, he saved the planet. Let's call it time and a half."

My mother’s name is Janet Fraser….needless to say we were instant fans of Stargate SG1 😂 I was roughly 12 when SG1 first aired and it’s one of the first shows I can remember watching from beginning to end. I felt like a major part of my life had come to an end when the show finished its run. Still a great show to this day!

One of my favorite shows. My whole family would sit in the living room and watch it when it was on showtime. Also thought Shanks and Spader were the same until I was a teenager.

The fact that folks weren’t and still aren’t, crying “Mary Sue” at Carter shows both that Tapping is an excellent actress and the writing and direction was stellar.