Do you like Wormhole X-Treme?

[Teal'c]

BAH, for some reason I can't start a poll.... :P

[Dani347]

No.

[xathras]

Yes. I like the in-jokes, and the spoofs on sci-fi cliches.

This is the sort of ep where they belong. I just wish they'd confined the cliches to this intentionally non-serious ep, and not started putting them into every other ep. It was funny when Stargate was still a serious sci-fi series. Not so much now that they seem to be trying to produce Wormhole Xtreme most weeks instead of Stargate.

[SGSlugger]

A big definite yes.

The in house jokes were hailarious. As well as the cliches. Especially enjoyed the spoofs to other sci-fi series.

[Darren]

You can always ask your friendly neighborhood mod. :)

[spg_1983]

i loved the episode. it was just all around good fun and the way they poke fun at themselves is hillarious.

[Slainte]

I liked the episode. The cast, crew and writers had well deserved fun with it. The first time I saw it, it was a little hard to swallow. Each time I see it now it gets better and better.
Slainte gg

[Nolamom]

Oh yeah. It was just so much fun. I loved the behind the scenes and in-jokes. I really loved the Deluise boys.
Nmom

[Norlioness]

Oh yes, I like this episode. One viewing is usually not enough because you cannot catch all the in-jokes/spoofs, as well as the guest appearances of producers, directors, writers, props guy, etc.

[bcmilco]

Short answer: No.
Long answer: after a few viewings it's gotten better, but it's still at the bottom of the list.

Oh yes, and the DVD commentaries definately help. :)

[KayBrooke]

Definitely. Very funny episode. I loved all the in-jokes and walk-ons, especially after I understood them all (though I thought it was funny before I knew about all the little inside stuff). And I love Peter DeLuise. :)


-Kay Brooke

[major_gater]

Definitely. Very funny episode. I loved all the in-jokes and walk-ons, especially after I understood them all (though I thought it was funny before I knew about all the little inside stuff).
-Kay Brooke

Me too!! It gets funnier and funnier every time I watch it.

[GateGipsy]

I did enjoy it, but I don't really see it as part of normal Stargate viewing. Was a tad disappointed that they stuffed the NID in there. But apart from that, loved watching the guys watching the trailer.

[yabyumpan]

No, I thought it was self-indulgent boardering on self-abuse by the writers/directors. For the 100th episode they should have done something which celebrated all that's great about SG1 and not used it as an excuse for mutual back-slapping and puerile in-jokes. If it wasn't the 100th I probably wouldn't feel so strongly about it and just see it as another c*** episode.

[jenniferhailey]

Wormhole X Treme was all right...

I don't really know how to word my feelings about this episode, so I'll just say It was Okay.

Not bad, not anything special.

[thelittlesis]

Yep I like it. Nice to know they're not of the 'taking themselves overly serious' mould!

:D

Sis

[MagnoliaAnaglypta]

No, I thought it was self-indulgent boardering on self-abuse by the writers/directors. For the 100th episode they should have done something which celebrated all that's great about SG1 and not used it as an excuse for mutual back-slapping and puerile in-jokes. If it wasn't the 100th I probably wouldn't feel so strongly about it and just see it as another c*** episode.

My feelings exactly. I detest this epsiode. Is there something stronger than detest? can I revile this episode? I think it should have stayed where it belonged, a cool idea for a cast party. It certainly didn't help that it revisited the character that I had disliked most up until season seven (Felger now has that dubious honour). Marty was a pointless little inadequate trying to make himself feel big by pretending he had an important role to play when clearly no one else ever bothered to listen to him at all. He was clearly a metaphor for some writer's idea of what people in fandom were like, which was insulting as well as being utterly inaccurate. (Yes, I have NO sense of humour about being portrayed as a sad Klingon dresser up with no life just because I go to conventions. Twenty plus years of mundanes and their oh so superior amusement at my expense has completely wiped any vestige of ability I once had to laugh at the majority of fandom portrayed in this way).

To tout this as a special 100th episode and then have the majority of the main cast hardly appear in it at all doesn't strike me as very 'special'. Yes, I 'got' all the in jokes. I know who each member of the cast/crew is and what they really do. I could see they were having fun; good for them - and I don't care. Watching them having fun is something I LOVE doing on behind the scenes documentaries. That is the proper place for it. NOT on a celebratory 100th episode which should have been about the characters we know and love and actually tune in to watch every week.

[Anthro Girl]

I know some people really hate this ep, but I love it, love it, love it! I can't pick an ultimate favorite, but this one is high up there. I really enjoyed Point of No Return, so the tie-in was a treat, and I liked how they managed to weave a NID story arc within the spoofs, in-jokes and while poking fun at the biz. I'm sure we'll never get all the jokes, either. The blooper reel must have been miles long!

[Spaceminx]

I like it.

[Mira]

I loved Wormhole Xtreme especially the 'behind the scenes look' :D

Mira

[GateGipsy]

He was clearly a metaphor for some writer's idea of what people in fandom were like, which was insulting as well as being utterly inaccurate.
really do you think they did that? I disliked Marty and found him boring. I was disappointed as Point of No Return (was that the episode?) had an otherwise good underlying storyline.

(Yes, I have NO sense of humour about being portrayed as a sad Klingon dresser up with no life just because I go to conventions. Twenty plus years of mundanes and their oh so superior amusement at my expense has completely wiped any vestige of ability I once had to laugh at the majority of fandom portrayed in this way).
Now there's a book somewhere - I've not read it but I have had bits quoted at me from people that have, and it is on my 'if only I can remember the title I'd read it' list. Now I'm going to sit back and wait for all the people to tell me I'm remembering it wrong!

It is set in a sci fi convention, and it spoofs fandom but not in a way you'd expect. There is a scene where a writer from a sci fi show that became cult is being questioned. People keep asking all these indepth questions, or coming up with these really incredibly insightful reasons for a lot of the stuff he's written. He keeps reply along the lines of 'for goodness sake it didn't mean anything, I just had to pump out five pages that day and that's what I came up with' until one member of the audience asked him if he'd rather people thought his writing was incredibly insightful, even if it wasn't, or would he rather people think his stories were poorly written, meaningless rubbish?

[Supreme Commander Thor]

Yes, this episode was funny and I liked it. The ship at the end was AWESOME too.

[thor39]

Well I'll say this it's different!
But a good kind of different, one where the show can take a break from the serious issues addressed in the show and toy with the more humorous parts of it. I'm not sure about sliding it into what is it the 150th episode slot? I think they should have put a more serious action packed bonanza in to mark the big achievment. Well I'm glad to know one thing, at least they won't do this for the last episode, that has togo out with a bang ;)

[Captain Amazing]

I liked Wormhole X-Treme

Fun episode!

Murray!

[LoneStar1836]

I didn't really care for the episode when I first saw it in syndication, but it has grown on me since and is one of my favorite non-serious episodes (WoO#1) even if I don't get all the inside jokes. (I'm probably one of the few people left who doesn't own a DVD player so I haven't seen any of the extras that come with the DVDs.) It's an odd episode to mark their 100th show, but you tend to remember that little fact because of its quirkiness.

[Ugly Pig]

I like it, but out of all the humorous episodes the show has had over the years it is really not my favorite.

Favorite bits:

The Wormhole X-Treme colonels catchphrase: "As a matter of fact, it does say colonel on my uniform." (This because I'd noticed and remembered Jacks question in "The First Commandment".) Then, of course, comes the part where he realizes it doesn't say "colonel" on his uniform! I also liked when this whole joke got followed up on in Fragile Balance.

Then there's the dialogue which went something like, "Do aliens eat apples?" - "Why not, they speak English!". :)

[Torley]

My feeling is that this show really rewarded long-time fans of the show specifically and sci-fi fans in general. I haven't seen all the episodes before this one, but I really liked it... that whole thing about the zat gun: once stuns, twice kills, three times does disintegration. And the last part where those two film guys are commenting on the camera panning and stuff as the camera actually does so... ha ha ha. The outtakes at the end dragged on a bit bit they were cute. Obviously the "Jack O'Neill" character in Wormhole X-Treme was meant to be a composite of the real guy and Captain Kirk ;)

[shinyredpants]

i absolutely loved this episode!

[flynn1959]

No!!

[Elwe Singollo]

I thought it would be better since it 'was' the 100th episode.

[Crazedwraith]

I like it, but out of all the humorous episodes the show has had over the years it is really not my favorite.

Favorite bits:

The Wormhole X-Treme colonels catchphrase: "As a matter of fact, it does say colonel on my uniform." (This because I'd noticed and remembered Jacks question in "The First Commandment".) Then, of course, comes the part where he realizes it doesn't say "colonel" on his uniform! I also liked when this whole joke got followed up on in Fragile Balance.

Then there's the dialogue which went something like, "Do aliens eat apples?" - "Why not, they speak English!". :)


The whole Colonel thing was started in "First Commandent" When both Carter and Conner refuse to go back to the SGC.

[Dramaqueen]

Short answer: No.
Long answer: after a few viewings it's gotten better, but it's still at the bottom of the list.

Oh yes, and the DVD commentaries definately help. :)
I was really looking forward to that episode and was kind of disappointed when I watched it. IMO it wasn't as funny as I thought it would be... but yes it got better and better after watching it a few times. And the commentaries do help a lot to understand all the insider jokes.

[Neon Rider]

I didn't mind it all, I thought that it was a little hokey when I saw it the preview for the episode. But other than that having whatsitsname takes those darn pills was kinda stupid. But I did like the end with that cool starship though. And the colonel kinda looked cute in his uniform! :p

[elhSG1]

I must say that I didn't like it the first time I saw it. To me, it didn't seem like an episode that should have been their 100th. But, after I watched it with the commentary I liked it a lot more and it's actually a very funny episode. Also, it's nice that they used the crew members as extras. Peter DeLuise cracks me up as the director, his brother also played a great part.

[Anubis]

I hated this episode to begin with, I think it was a terrible episode to show the 200th episode. But I have grown to like it's humour and comedy

[Elwe Singollo]

I thought Wormhole X-Treme was the '100th' episode?

[Anubis]

Oh dear. I placed a wrong number. It was their 100th ep!

[Elwe Singollo]

Aren't the 100th episode for alot of shows supposed to be like a spectacular episode? Well, maybe to some people, Wormhole X-treme was spectacular, but i didn't :(

[elhSG1]

Aren't the 100th episode for alot of shows supposed to be like a spectacular episode? Well, maybe to some people, Wormhole X-treme was spectacular, but i didn't :(

I agree, I don't think it was spectacular, however I do think they did a nice job in making it a special episode by including the people that are behind the scenes of Stargate in it.

[sgeureka]

I was disappointed after I had watched it for the first time, then it got better with the viewings after that.

I really like it with the audio commentary and watch it frequently, but if they took away the AC from me, I would probably stop watching this episode.

[bcmilco]

I was disappointed after I had watched it for the first time, then it got better with the viewings after that.

I really like it with the audio commentary and watch it frequently, but if they took away the AC from me, I would probably stop watching this episode.

I agree it's much better with the Audio Commentary. But IMO you shouldn't need the AC to 'get' an episode, and I found that to be disapointing, especially considering it was the 100th episode.

[Elwe Singollo]

Yah, i agree, people shouldn't enjoy episode with the AC. Although i did enjoy the episide better with it :)

[stargate barbie]

yes. yes i do.

i actually find that this episode becomes funnier each time i see it, because i've seen old episodes more, and i've learned more about the show and those who work on it, so i get more of the jokes and references every time.

[Bagpuss]

I like W.E.,but have to say,I understand everyone who didn't like the episode as well !
I don't mind the 100th ep being a series of "in-jokes",but then I liked the previous "Marty" episode (Point Of No Return).
I can't watch W.E. very often,but I still find it funny enough,to feel it was a valid idea for a "Special". :D

[Madeleine]

I felt it parodied ST:TOS more than Stargate. Partly that was cos I didn't get the in-jokes much. But ST has been parodied so much that I didn't get a great deal of enjoyment out of WX.

Stargate can do humour really well when they start from a SF premise and a good story (Urgo, WoO, 1969) but there are a couple of eps, WX included where it feels as if someone thought 'hey, lets do a funny episode' and those are the ones I haven't found amusing.

[Greesha]

i really liked it, i thought it was very funny, esp. since they asked all the questions they can't ask on the series (e.g. "why do the aliens speak english?"). and, imo, no matter what they did for a 100th episode some people would be majorly disappointed, so it was better to go for comedy than "let's try to make the best episode ever just because it's #100." as for making fun of fans...i think everyone should be able to laugh at themself.

[shelsfc]

Yes, I do. Not so much when I first saw it, but I like it a lot more now that I get the in-jokes!

[Uncle Dick]

There are some episodes of Stargate that I enjoy not as a part of the Stargate universe, but as an entertaining 44 minutes of television with a few characters that I recognize. This is one of those episodes. Both Martin episodes fit this mold, really. They're kind of funny but do absolutely nothing for the show as a whole.

[berenikee]

I like it. Not one of my favorite, but its good.

[*RA]

I agree with alot of people here, its ok show, best watched with the audio commentary on DVD, with out that you miss alot of the insided jokes.

[Qasim]

Yes

[NowIWillDestroyAbydos]

I liked it. And the Audio Commentary is pretty good to.

[jckfan55]

Stargate can do humour really well when they start from a SF premise and a good story (Urgo, WoO, 1969) but there are a couple of eps, WX included where it feels as if someone thought 'hey, lets do a funny episode' and those are the ones I haven't found amusing.
I completely agree. Some parts were funny but it was way overdone, IMO. I know they did that on purpose, but I'd put in on the bottom of my list of episodes.

[startrekempress]

I loved this episode when I first saw it - for months I had WXT wallpaper (found here (http://www.carterslab.de/)) on my desktop.

I think it's just so great that they did this tribute to celebrate their 100th episode - reminds me of 100 Day in primary school.

Of course, I also love Spaceballs and Galaxy Quest . . . clearly I have a soft spot for spoof. :D

~Sarah

[thor_]

yes i like it; its very good episode ;)