Stargate Rant

[BeBMan]

How exactly did this mediocre show make it to, what, 10 (???) seasons? And nBSG gets only four? B5 - five? Even the various ST shows had less.

Proof that the world is unfair I'd say!

[BlackCat]

Eat a bratwurst evil kraut - nothing wrong with SG

[MarkG]

Re: Stargate Rant

Originally posted by BeBro
How exactly did this mediocre show make it to, what, 10 (???) seasons?

short answer

[LordShiva]

WTF is a Cylon?

[MarkG]

havent watched SG for years, i'm not reading up cast profiles

Dr. Daniel Jackson.... after sacrificing his worldly existence to save millions of lives in Kelowna, a country on the planet designated P9Y-4C3. He didn't die, however, so much as he "Ascended" to a higher spiritual plane of noncorporeal existence. Even before this, he had been considered like a deity to the people of Abydos, the planet on which he'd chosen to stay following the first SG mission. Later banished from Ascension, with no memory of the experience, he returned to human form and rejoined SG-1.

is this the equivalent of the "my brother is actually my lost dead mother in another body" soap opera plot?

[MarkG]

the newly created federal department of Homeworld Security

priceless! how do they come up with this stuff?

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by BlackCat
Eat a bratwurst evil kraut - nothing wrong with SG

I have no bratwurst

WTF is a Cylon?

[Solver]

BSG gets 4 seasons because the show's creator refuses to milk the story and tack on stuff just for the sake of prolonging the show's life. Tell your story and be done with it

SG-1 should have ended after Season 8 anyway. I disliked Season 9 and liked Season 10, but even so, it still should've ended after Season 8, that'd be great in every sense.

[Proteus_MST]

If it had ended with Season 8 we wouldn´t have the pleasure of seeing Vala (Claudia Black) in the team, therefore it is definitely good thing that it went on for 2 additional seasons

[Solver]

They could've brought her to Atlantis instead or something

[Lord Avalon]

SG-1 started out on Showtime (5 seasons), then got picked up by Sci Fi, so that had something to do with it. Also wasn't it one of Sci Fi's top shows, if not #1?

[Lorizael]

But Atlantis is a bad show. SG-1 was good for a long time but then became repetitious. Atlantis has never been good. I wish they'd been able to keep the original actor that played Weir.

[Solver]

I think Atlantis picked up a lot during the last season. The first two seasons were meh... too much bad writing, too many stories similar to SG-1, some outright horrid character development or lack thereof. Season 3 did have a few stinkers but was, IMO, much more solid overall.

Now that they're getting rid of Weir, Season 4 should be good I just can't help it, but the character really annoyed me on Atlantis.

[Eli]

Babylon 5 was a great show. Personally I would've like it more if it had four seasons instead of five.

[The diplomat]

Re: Stargate Rant

Originally posted by BeBro
How exactly did this mediocre show make it to, what, 10 (???) seasons? And nBSG gets only four? B5 - five? Even the various ST shows had less.

Proof that the world is unfair I'd say!

Shows last based on popularity which is not necessarily equal to quality. TV shows can be of poor quality and still be very popular.

SG-1 was far from bring a cinematic masterpiece but it was very popular because it was so entertaining. There was a lot of humor, fun and action.