Let me start off by saying I love the whole idea of Stargate SG-1 so don't take the title of the thread to heart. I just have some thoughts that I've been pondering for a while and maybe they could be answered as well.
Stargate SG-1 is one of my favorite shows and I will even go as far as saying it is better than Startrek overall (as of now anyways) but I have some things that I have to get off my chest.
Low Budget
Why does Stargate SG-1 seem so low budget? They have the same scenes of the forests in Canada for almost every world they land on and the fact that at the most 3 SG teams will go through the gate to do battle is ridiculous. I would love to see an army of like 100 soldiers coming through to give the bad guys hell! Instead it's always SG-1 with little or no back up when they could have avoided alot of situations of being captured if they had brought more people. They could have even took over the area. Most of all, for all the years I've watched SG-1 it has never been aired primetime. Even before the move to the SC-FI channel the shows timeslot was (and still is) at 5pm on a Saturday afternoon on FOX, and it is shown whenever they feel like it (most of the time not), the sad part is an old boring show like MASH gets priority over SG-1!
Rushed
Why do all SC-Fi shows feel rushed? It feels like the writters are saying "Lets hurry up and cram everthing into an hour" like Paramount is going cut funds or someone is planning to quit. Why can't they take their time and develop detailed story lines and plots? I don't care how many episodes it takes, just tell the story right! I thnk all Sc-Fi shows need to take a page from the book of Alias, it is such a well written show and each episode is intertwined with the last. Each episode in Alias is like a motion picture with so much detail and nothing is left out or forgoten. Another good thing about Alias that SG-1(especially Enterprise) needs to understand is that an episode does not always have to solve a problem presented in that episode. You don't need to start problem and find a solution within the hour! The problem can be solved episodes later or maybe not at all and will be a consequence the characters have to live with. This makes the show more like real life. SG-1 is pretty realistic (what I like best about it) and Avenger 2.0 almost got there but it is not at the level of Alias.
I'm also sorry to say but I don't care much for the characters as much I should. This is because there is no character development and especially little character interaction. I know they're in the military and all but COME ON NOW! It's like the team does their job then goes home. I want to see Jack, Teal'c and Daniel going to a basketball game I want to see Samantha and Daniel go to a party. What are their hobbies, favorite foods, childhood like? I want to see life outside the base, I WANT TO KNOW SG-1. This is where (even though alot of you may hate it) Startrek Voyager was just well done. I knew the close relationships between the Captin Janeway and her crew. I witnessed how the crew acted in akward situations, embarassing or serious. I knew Tom Paris and Harry kim were best friends and I witnessed the fun leisure times they had. I knew 7 of 9's life from Past to Present. I knew they were Human(Alien) too.
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Don't you think this show could be bigger than it is? Or maybe it's the "not so in the spotlight" aspect that makes it so special and keeps it alive to this day?
Well it's going into it's eigth season which is longer than any startrek series but ask any joe schmoe on the street if they ever heard of Stargate SG-1 show and they will probably look at you clueless and throw you some change or spray you with mace.
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Stargate SG-1 is one of my favorite shows and I will even go as far as saying it is better than Startrek overall (as of now anyways) but I have some things that I have to get off my chest.
Low Budget
Why does Stargate SG-1 seem so low budget? They have the same scenes of the forests in Canada for almost every world they land on and the fact that at the most 3 SG teams will go through the gate to do battle is ridiculous. I would love to see an army of like 100 soldiers coming through to give the bad guys hell! Instead it's always SG-1 with little or no back up when they could have avoided alot of situations of being captured if they had brought more people. They could have even took over the area. Most of all, for all the years I've watched SG-1 it has never been aired primetime. Even before the move to the SC-FI channel the shows timeslot was (and still is) at 5pm on a Saturday afternoon on FOX, and it is shown whenever they feel like it (most of the time not), the sad part is an old boring show like MASH gets priority over SG-1!
Rushed
Why do all SC-Fi shows feel rushed? It feels like the writters are saying "Lets hurry up and cram everthing into an hour" like Paramount is going cut funds or someone is planning to quit. Why can't they take their time and develop detailed story lines and plots? I don't care how many episodes it takes, just tell the story right! I thnk all Sc-Fi shows need to take a page from the book of Alias, it is such a well written show and each episode is intertwined with the last. Each episode in Alias is like a motion picture with so much detail and nothing is left out or forgoten. Another good thing about Alias that SG-1(especially Enterprise) needs to understand is that an episode does not always have to solve a problem presented in that episode. You don't need to start problem and find a solution within the hour! The problem can be solved episodes later or maybe not at all and will be a consequence the characters have to live with. This makes the show more like real life. SG-1 is pretty realistic (what I like best about it) and Avenger 2.0 almost got there but it is not at the level of Alias.
I'm also sorry to say but I don't care much for the characters as much I should. This is because there is no character development and especially little character interaction. I know they're in the military and all but COME ON NOW! It's like the team does their job then goes home. I want to see Jack, Teal'c and Daniel going to a basketball game I want to see Samantha and Daniel go to a party. What are their hobbies, favorite foods, childhood like? I want to see life outside the base, I WANT TO KNOW SG-1. This is where (even though alot of you may hate it) Startrek Voyager was just well done. I knew the close relationships between the Captin Janeway and her crew. I witnessed how the crew acted in akward situations, embarassing or serious. I knew Tom Paris and Harry kim were best friends and I witnessed the fun leisure times they had. I knew 7 of 9's life from Past to Present. I knew they were Human(Alien) too.
Unpopular
Don't you think this show could be bigger than it is? Or maybe it's the "not so in the spotlight" aspect that makes it so special and keeps it alive to this day?
Well it's going into it's eigth season which is longer than any startrek series but ask any joe schmoe on the street if they ever heard of Stargate SG-1 show and they will probably look at you clueless and throw you some change or spray you with mace.
Comments?
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