Gou'uld inspired from the first Predator movie?

[MJheehee]

Hi! New to this forum but have watched every episode of every Stargate at least 3 times..

Sorry if this topic has been done before, but I was watching the first Predator movie and saw some things that were surely used as inspiration for the Goa'uld. The most obvious is that a number of times when building suspense the Predator's eyes flash yellow. The tech that Predator wears on his arms also looks similar, and when he kills himself by self-destructing at the end, the countdown timer on his wrist uses symbols quite similar to the Goa'uld timers. (Mostly in the first half of SG1 on the ships).

Is this a known comparison or just a coincidence?

[thekillman]

Hi! New to this forum but have watched every episode of every Stargate at least 3 times..

Sorry if this topic has been done before, but I was watching the first Predator movie and saw some things that were surely used as inspiration for the Goa'uld. The most obvious is that a number of times when building suspense the Predator's eyes flash yellow. The tech that Predator wears on his arms also looks similar, and when he kills himself by self-destructing at the end, the countdown timer on his wrist uses symbols quite similar to the Goa'uld timers. (Mostly in the first half of SG1 on the ships).

Is this a known comparison or just a coincidence?

i think it's just coincidence. My bet is that the symbol designer looked for existing alien-looking alphabets, thought that egyptian glyphs look pretty alien and used that.

As for eyeflashing: eyes glowing as a sign of evil or power is extremely common, moreso in Anime than anywhere else.