SG-1/Atlantis/Movies/SGU continuity and viewing order

[SGSuzi]

there seems to be so much conflict about the viewing order, personally i don't think we can be bothered swapping over so much, so we have watched the first 2 episodes of seasopn 8 SG1, and the first 2 episodes of SGA, and now we are just going to watch the rest of season 8 SG!, followed by rest of season 1 SGA, and alternate that way, hubby has watched SGA in full before (without ever watching any SG1) so he says if he feels there is a point in SG1 where we need to go to SGA he will let us know, but as far as i was aware, apart from a few crossovers they pretty much run independelntly

[Snowman37]

This really is the simplest way to follow the shows. Really, you could hold off on SGA's premiere until you finish SG-1's 8th season. A few reasons why alternating discs might be more fun...

SGA's "Rising" follows up SG-1's "New Order." SGA's "Letters from Pegasus" prompts the SGC to try to send help by the season finale. SG-1's season finale sets up SGA's season finale. Those are the only crossovers I can think of. Still, if it's easier to alternate seasons, run with this...

SG-1 (Season 8) -> Atlantis (Season 1)
SG-1 (Season 9) -> Atlantis (Season 2)
SG-1 (Season 10) -> Atlantis (Season 3)
The Ark of Truth (takes place after SG-1 finale and between SGA Seasons 3&4)
Atlantis (Season 4)
Atlantis (Season 5) / Continuum (takes place after SGA's 5th season premiere, but the story flows better if you watch it after Ark of Truth)

Nothing overlaps SGU, the show premiered after SG-1 and SGA concluded.

[Dr. D.]

When the shows originally aired and the movies were released, I watched them as they aired and were released.

I've since watched all of it over again, all one show, then all of the next show; and I've also watched all of it over again (multiple times) using various viewing orders alternating between shows.

Then I just went back to watching all of one show at a time, which is ultimately what I prefer.

It's not about changing discs but, rather, to some extent it's the flow of storytelling within each show but it is much more about the styles of the shows themselves.

I prefer the following viewing order:

1st, SG94.
2nd, SG1.
3rd, AoT.
4th, Continuum.
5th, SGA.
6th, SGU.

And I just randomly and occasionally watch "Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods - Final Cut". I never watch the Final Cut prior to viewing the next episode of SG1, season 1, The Enemy Within. When I view the series itself and work my way through the episodes, I always watch the original version of Children of the Gods.

[SGSuzi]

When the shows originally aired and the movies were released, I watched them as they aired and were released.

I've since watched all of it over again, all one show, then all of the next show; and I've also watched all of it over again (multiple times) using various viewing orders alternating between shows.

Then I just went back to watching all of one show at a time, which is ultimately what I prefer.

It's not about changing discs but, rather, to some extent it's the flow of storytelling within each show but it is much more about the styles of the shows themselves.

I prefer the following viewing order:

1st, SG94.
2nd, SG1.
3rd, AoT.
4th, Continuum.
5th, SGA.
6th, SGU.

And I just randomly and occasionally watch "Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods - Final Cut". I never watch the Final Cut prior to viewing the next episode of SG1, season 1, The Enemy Within. When I view the series itself and work my way through the episodes, I always watch the original version of Children of the Gods.

what are the differences in the COTG episodes and why does it make a difference to viewing?

[Dr. D.]

what are the differences in the COTG episodes and why does it make a difference to viewing?

Several small changes between the original and the Final Cut, like in Teal'c's voice, the CGI, brief excerpts of scenes that have been added or removed, and the music, to name a few. The FInal Cut is an enjoyable edit but I see it as somewhat of a standalone, yet it does not completely stand alone. The biggest change is in the end, where they cut a critical moment from the final scene.

[nickblack2010]

Can anybody tell please where have to be placed SGU web-episodes and unreleased movies for stragates in series timeline?

What web-episodes are you referring to? Are you talking about the Kino footage?

[nickblack2010]

Here is my updated version with all the episodes and movies:
Movies: Orange
SG1: Black
SGA: Green
SGU: Brown

(SGM-001) Stargate
(SG1-101) Children of the Gods
(SG1-102) The Enemy Within
(SG1-103) Emancipation
(SG1-104) The Broca Divide
(SG1-105) The First Commandment
(SG1-106) Cold Lazarus
(SG1-107) The Nox
(SG1-108) Brief Candle
(SG1-109) Thor's Hammer
(SG1-110) The Torment of Tantalus
(SG1-111) Bloodlines
(SG1-112) Fire and Water
(SG1-113) Hathor
(SG1-114) Singularity
(SG1-115) Cor-ai
(SG1-116) Enigma
(SG1-117) Solitudes
(SG1-118) Tin Man
(SG1-119) There But for the Grace of God
(SG1-120) Politics
(SG1-121) Within the Serpent's Grasp
(SG1-201) The Serpent's Lair
(SG1-202) In the Line of Duty
(SG1-203) Prisoners
(SG1-204) The Gamekeeper
(SG1-205) Need
(SG1-206) Thor's Chariot
(SG1-207) Message in a Bottle
(SG1-208) Family
(SG1-209) Secrets
(SG1-210) Bane
(SG1-211) The Tok'ra, Part 1
(SG1-212) The Tok'ra, Part 2
(SG1-213) Spirits
(SG1-214) Touchstone
(SG1-215) The Fifth Race
(SG1-216) A Matter of Time
(SG1-217) Holiday
(SG1-218) Serpent's Song
(SG1-219) One False Step
(SG1-220) Show and Tell
(SG1-221) 1969
(SG1-222) Out of Mind
(SG1-301) Into the Fire
(SG1-302) Seth
(SG1-303) Fair Game
(SG1-304) Legacy
(SG1-305) Learning Curve
(SG1-306) Point of View
(SG1-307) Deadman Switch
(SG1-308) Demons
(SG1-309) Rules of Engagement
(SG1-310) Forever in a Day
(SG1-311) Past and Present
(SG1-312) Jolinar's Memories
(SG1-313) The Devil You Know
(SG1-314) Foothold
(SG1-315) Pretense
(SG1-316) Urgo
(SG1-317) A Hundred Days
(SG1-318) Shades of Grey
(SG1-319) New Ground
(SG1-320) Maternal Instinct
(SG1-321) Crystal Skull
(SG1-322) Nemesis
(SG1-401) Small Victories
(SG1-402) The Other Side
(SG1-403) Upgrades
(SG1-404) Crossroads
(SG1-405) Divide and Conquer
(SG1-406) Window of Opportunity
(SG1-407) Watergate
(SG1-408) The First Ones
(SG1-409) Scorched Earth
(SG1-410) Beneath the Surface
(SG1-411) Point of No Return
(SG1-412) Tangent
(SG1-413) The Curse
(SG1-414) The Serpent's Venom
(SG1-415) Chain Reaction
(SG1-416) 2010
(SG1-417) Absolute Power
(SG1-418) The Light
(SG1-419) Prodigy
(SG1-420) Entity
(SG1-421) Double Jeopardy
(SG1-422) Exodus
(SG1-501) Enemies
(SG1-502) Threshold
(SG1-503) Ascension
(SG1-504) The Fifth Man
(SG1-505) Red Sky
(SG1-506) Rite of Passage
(SG1-507) Beast of Burden
(SG1-508) The Tomb
(SG1-509) Between Two Fires
(SG1-510) 2001
(SG1-511) Desperate Measures
(SG1-512) Wormhole X-Treme!
(SG1-513) Proving Ground
(SG1-514) 48 Hours
(SG1-515) Summit
(SG1-516) Last Stand
(SG1-517) Fail Safe
(SG1-518) The Warrior
(SG1-519) Menace
(SG1-520) The Sentinel
(SG1-521) Meridian
(SG1-522) Revelations
(SG1-601) Redemption, Part 1
(SG1-602) Redemption, Part 2
(SG1-603) Descent
(SG1-604) Frozen
(SG1-605) Nightwalkers
(SG1-606) Abyss
(SG1-607) Shadow Play
(SG1-608) The Other Guys
(SG1-609) Allegiance
(SG1-610) Cure
(SG1-611) Prometheus
(SG1-612) Unnatural Selection
(SG1-613) Sight Unseen
(SG1-614) Smoke and Mirrors
(SG1-615) Paradise Lost
(SG1-616) Metamorphosis
(SG1-617) Disclosure
(SG1-618) Forsaken
(SG1-619) The Changeling
(SG1-620) Memento
(SG1-621) Prophecy
(SG1-622) Full Circle
(SG1-701) Fallen
(SG1-702) Homecoming
(SG1-703) Fragile Balance
(SG1-704) Orpheus
(SG1-705) Revisions
(SG1-706) Lifeboat
(SG1-707) Enemy Mine
(SG1-708) Space Race
(SG1-709) Avenger 2.0
(SG1-710) Birthright
(SG1-711) Evolution, Part 1
(SG1-712) Evolution, Part 2
(SG1-713) Grace
(SG1-714) Fallout
(SG1-715) Chimera
(SG1-716) Death Knell
(SG1-717) Heroes, Part 1
(SG1-718) Heroes, Part 2
(SG1-719) Resurrection
(SG1-720) Inauguration
(SG1-721) Lost City, Part 1
(SG1-722) Lost City, Part 2
(SG1-801) New Order, Part 1
(SG1-802) New Order, Part 2
(SGA-101) Rising, Part 1
(SGA-102) Rising, Part 2
(SG1-803) Lockdown
(SGA-103) Hide and Seek
(SG1-804) Zero Hour
(SGA-104) Thirty Eight Minutes
(SG1-805) Icon
(SGA-105) Suspicion
(SG1-806) Avatar
(SGA-106) Childhood's End
(SG1-807) Affinity
(SGA-107) Poisoning the Well
(SG1-808) Covenant
(SGA-108) Underground
(SG1-809) Sacrifices
(SGA-109) Home
(SG1-810) Endgame
(SG1-811) Gemini
(SGA-110) The Storm
(SGA-111) The Eye
(SG1-812) Prometheus Unbound
(SGA-112) The Defiant One
(SG1-813) It's Good to be King
(SGA-113) Hot Zone
(SG1-814) Full Alert
(SGA-114) Sanctuary
(SG1-815) Citizen Joe
(SGA-115) Before I Sleep
(SG1-816) Reckoning, Part 1
(SG1-817) Reckoning, Part 2
(SG1-818) Threads
(SGA-116) The Brotherhood
(SGA-117) Letters from Pegasus
(SGA-118) The Gift
(SG1-819) Moebius, Part 1
(SG1-820) Moebius, Part 2
(SGA-119) The Siege, Part 1
(SGA-120) The Siege, Part 2
(SGA-201) The Siege, Part 3
(SG1-901) Avalon, Part 1
(SG1-902) Avalon, Part 2
(SG1-903) Origin
(SG1-904) The Ties that Bind
(SGA-202) The Intruder
(SG1-905) The Powers that Be
(SGA-203) Runner
(SG1-906) Beachhead
(SGA-204) Duet
(SG1-907) Ex Deus Machina
(SGA-205) Condemned
(SG1-908) Babylon
(SGA-206) Trinity
(SG1-909) Prototype
(SGA-207) Instinct
(SGA-208) Conversion
(SGA-209) Aurora
(SG1-910) The Fourth Horseman, Part 1
(SG1-911) The Fourth Horseman, Part 2
(SGA-210) The Lost Boys
(SGA-211) The Hive
(SG1-912) Collateral Damage
(SGA-212) Epiphany
(SG1-913) Ripple Effect
(SGA-213) Critical Mass
(SG1-914) Stronghold
(SGA-214) Grace Under Pressure
(SG1-915) Ethon
(SGA-215) The Tower
(SG1-916) Off the Grid
(SGA-216) The Long Goodbye
(SG1-917) The Scourge
(SGA-217) Coup D'etat
(SG1-918) Arthur's Mantle
(SGA-218) Michael
(SG1-919) Crusade
(SG1-920) Camelot
(SG1-1001) Flesh and Blood
(SGA-219) Inferno
(SGA-220) Allies
(SGA-301) No Man's Land
(SGA-302) Misbegotten
(SG1-1002) Morpheus
(SGA-303) Irresistible
(SG1-1003) The Pegasus Project
(SGA-304) Sateda
(SG1-1004) Insiders
(SG1-1005) Uninvited
(SG1-1006) 200
(SGA-305) Progeny
(SGA-306) The Real World
(SG1-1007) Counterstrike
(SGA-307) Common Ground
(SG1-1008) Momento Mori
(SGA-308) McKay and Mrs. Miller
(SG1-1009) Company of Thieves
(SGA-309) Phantoms
(SG1-1010) The Quest, Part 1
(SG1-1011) The Quest, Part 2
(SGA-310) The Return, Part 1
(SGA-311) The Return, Part 2
(SG1-1012) Line in the Sand
(SGA-312) Echoes
(SG1-1013) The Road Not Taken
(SGA-313) Irresponsible
(SG1-1014) The Shroud
(SGA-314) Tao of Rodney
(SG1-1015) Bounty
(SGA-315) The Game
(SG1-1016) Bad Guys
(SGA-316) The Ark
(SG1-1017) Talion
(SGA-317) Sunday
(SG1-1018) Family Ties
(SGA-318) Submersion
(SG1-1019) Dominion
(SGA-319) Vengeance
(SG1-1020) Unending
(SGM-002) Stargate: The Ark of Truth
(SGA-320) First Strike
(SGA-401) Adrift
(SGA-402) Lifeline
(SGA-403) Reunion
(SGA-404) Doppelganger
(SGA-405) Travelers
(SGA-406) Tabula Rasa
(SGA-407) Missing
(SGA-408) The Seer
(SGA-409) Miller's Crossing
(SGA-410) This Mortal Coil
(SGA-411) Be All My Sins Remember'd
(SGA-412) Spoils of War
(SGA-413) Quarantine
(SGA-414) Harmony
(SGA-415) Outcast
(SGA-416) Trio
(SGA-417) Midway
(SGA-418) The Kindred, Part 1
(SGA-419) The Kindred, Part 2
(SGA-420) The Last Man
(SGA-501) Search and Rescue
(SGM-003) Stargate: Continuum
(SGA-502) The Seed
(SGA-503) Broken Ties
(SGA-504) The Daedalus Variations
(SGA-505) Ghost in the Machine
(SGA-506) The Shrine
(SGA-507) Whispers
(SGA-508) The Queen
(SGA-509) Tracker
(SGA-510) First Contact
(SGA-511) The Lost Tribe
(SGA-512) Outsiders
(SGA-513) Inquisition
(SGA-514) The Prodigal
(SGA-515) Remnants
(SGA-516) Brain Storm
(SGA-517) Infection
(SGA-518) Identity
(SGA-519) Vegas
(SGA-520) Enemy at the Gate
(SGU-101) Air, Part 1
(SGU-102) Air, Part 2
(SGU-103) Air, Part 3
(SGU-104) Darkness
(SGU-105) Light
(SGU-106) Water
(SGU-107) Earth
(SGU-108) Time
(SGU-109) Life
(SGU-110) Justice
(SGU-111) Space
(SGU-112) Divided
(SGU-113) Faith
(SGU-114) Human
(SGU-115) Lost
(SGU-116) Sabotage
(SGU-117) Pain
(SGU-118) Subversion
(SGU-119) Incursion, Part 1
(SGU-120) Incursion, Part 2
(SGU-201) Intervention
(SGU-202) Aftermath
(SGU-203) Awakening
(SGU-204) Pathogen
(SGU-205) Cloverdale
(SGU-206) Trial And Error
(SGU-207) The Greater Good
(SGU-208) Malice
(SGU-209) Visitation
(SGU-210) Resurgence
(SGU-211) Deliverance
(SGU-212) Twin Destinies
(SGU-213) Alliances
(SGU-214) Hope
(SGU-215) Seizure
(SGU-216) The Hunt
(SGU-217) Common Descent
(SGU-218) Epilogue
(SGU-219) Blockade
(SGU-220) Gauntlet

[Snowman37]

Did we really need to bring up a 20-month-old thread? Regardless... Most people will not care enough to alternate episodes as you propose. Though Continuum is referenced in "Search and Rescue," the narrative flows better if viewed after The Ark of Truth. I'd recommend...

Stargate
SG-1 (Seasons 1-7)
SG-1 (Season 8) / Atlantis (Season 1)
SG-1 (Season 9) / Atlantis (Season 2)
SG-1 (Season 10) / Atlantis (Season 3)
The Ark of Truth / Continuum
Atlantis (Seasons 4&5)
Universe (Seasons 1&2)

Alternating seasons and pairing up the SG-1 movies... it's just simpler this way.

[Community of Ascended Beings]

I don't know if this was mentioned already, didn't read the whole thread but Continuum takes place at the end of season four of SGA after Carter leaves. She mentions in passing just before returning to earth that the tok'ra caught the last Ba'al clone and the want SG-1 there when they remove the symbiote.

[Snowman37]

This happens at the end of the fifth season premiere (Search and Rescue), not the end of the fourth season. I still much prefer the placing of the movie after The Ark of Truth and before SGA "First Strike."

[Gen. Chris]

Has anyone else realized the guy who first posted this hasn't posted again?

[Bagpuss]

He was around till January 2008.Not a big deal, because the topic's still valid and a frequently asked/answered question.

( That's why the thread got "Stickied" years ago,in case anyone wondered!)

[Gen. Chris]

Oh I know. I just find it interesting (and sort of depressing) that this guy only came to the site for one question and didn't stick for the glory of the site

[GateGipsy]

Is kinda cool though. Do one post, and have it live on for nearly 5 years.

[Bagpuss]

No worries,Chris.

I think some people genuinely join up because one particular question or interest bugs them,but then they just settle for reading and lurking.

It's nice (imo) to get to know newbies ,and I doubt we'll ever know if he found the order that suited him.

Ah well.Still a good thread !