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[FatherRob]

Hello everyone,

I am a brand new fan of Stargate, having finally (after many years) decided to give the show a chance.

I've now watched the entire first season (along with the movie) and will be getting S2 to watch on a business trip (DVD Laptops are great for lunchtime pitstops!).

At any rate, I am really looking forward to getting caught up on SG1/Atlantis.

I think I am pretty much primed and pumped for it all, but can someone tell me when we meet the Asguard? I know they are mentinoed in S1, but it's not until later that we actually see them (I know they also figure in the S8 premire, saw the second half).

Rob+

[aAnubiSs]

Season 2 - Thor's Chariot, a continuation on the people of Cimmeria from Season 1s Thor's Hammer.

And you shouldn't cheat by watching Season 8 now. Watch everything in order, that makes the show even better

[Elwe Singollo]

Many welcomes You can introduce yourself further in the 'forum play zone' i think . Although i recommend you watching S1-S7+, i think i wouldn't be able to do that, but i did started watching show from the beginning, so i wouldn't know about it, haha... But its entertaining to watch newer episodes, than go back and watch the episodes you haven't seen, and say, "oh, i get it now"

[VirtualCLD]

Normally I would agree with watching the show in order from S1 to S7+, but if you don't watch S8 now, you'll have to wait to watch it again. You could always record it for viewing later, plus Sci-Fi will show repeats when they end the first half of S8 for a couple months. I just don't know how long it will take you to go through the first seven seasons. I jumped on board at the beginning of S6 Second Half (I believe that was the Prometheus continuation). I ended up watching S1 through S5 in under four weeks, which might be a little fast for you.

Go ahead and continue watching S8, I'm sure you'll catch on pretty quickly.

[Elwe Singollo]

SG1 is pretty good on showing 'previously on sg1' if they are doing an episode that is connected to a previous episode, so you shouldn't be too confused on whats happening.

[Ugly Pig]

SG1 is pretty good on showing 'previously on sg1' if they are doing an episode that is connected to a previous episode, so you shouldn't be too confused on whats happening.

True, but if the episode is a 'climax' of a long-running story arc, it just won't be as satisfying without having actually gone through the whole thing. Correct viewing order rules!

[aAnubiSs]

And then you don't see all the character development.

[jeffa]

I think you'll enjoy the "Oh I get it now" aspect of trying to catch up. Keep watching season 8.

[Elwe Singollo]

True, but if the episode is a 'climax' of a long-running story arc, it just won't be as satisfying without having actually gone through the whole thing. Correct viewing order rules!

I never said it would be 'just as satisfying', i said that you wouldn't be completely clueless on whats going on, and you would know what generally has happened in the past.

[Anthro Girl]

Welcome, Rob! My recommendation as someone who has watched from the beginning in '97 is, of course, to watch from the beginning. I just can't imagine it any other way. The story arcs get longer and more complicated the further on you go, but they do a pretty good job of keeping it simple for the casual viewer so you should be able to catch on. Enjoy the ride!

[Anthro Girl]

I ended up watching S1 through S5 in under four weeks, which might be a little fast for you.

Wow. I'm impressed! What did your opthalmologist think of that?

[aAnubiSs]

I watched season 1-5 in one week.

Gotta love those SG1 marathons with friends and a computer=)

[VirtualCLD]

Wow. I'm impressed! What did your opthalmologist think of that?

Well, they were DVDs, so high quality there. Plus, sometimes we got control of a "smart" classroom and used the LCD projecter and the giant screen, so no big strain on the eyes.

Did i mention my vision is already bad? My uncle blaims it on my parents not uprgrading from CGA to VGA fast enough.

BTW: I am aAnubiSs that IS impressive. (Starts to think in his head I wonder what's the shortes time a person could watch S1-6 without sleeping (you can eat watching the show as long as food is brought to you, or you can prepare it while watching the show))

[Anthro Girl]

Well, they were DVDs, so high quality there. Plus, sometimes we got control of a "smart" classroom and used the LCD projecter and the giant screen, so no big strain on the eyes.

Hmmm...I control the smart classrooms...hmmmmmmmm... Now why didn't I think of that? Oh...I know...no food allowed. I could break that rule and have Stargate movie-oke! hehehe...

And aAnubiSs...that's whacked!

[Larry]

I'll also give you a hearty welcome aboard. I saw the Stargate movie when it came out, but only caught episodes of SG-1 here and there on syndication. The channel that showed it locally would move it's time slot around depending on which basketball or football game they were showing, so I never was able to get any continuity. I finally got frustrated, and ordered seasons 1-4 on dvd. I went through those in a hurry. I also got seaons 5 and 6 as soon as they came out, and have seen all season 7 episodes. Being framiliar with both ways of watching the show, I would recomend going through them in order. Either way, it's the greatest Science Fiction ever on TV (sorry Trekkies, one man's opinion).