Always a successful mission - Good or bad?

[ShadowMaat]

The big stories don't always involve Earth being in direct mortal peril. I just think that it'd be interesting to see what happened. Maybe you're right and it wouldn't work, but I'm still curious.

[LtLisa]

not to mention the mortality rate of the average SG team. and aliens...just look at how many people die in each episode. I agree that the ascension thing in Full Circle weakened the power of that episode; I would've been more affected by all of them dying. The only one I could see ascending (as something believable) was Ska'ra.

[Hubble]

The problem is not that we haven't seen screw-ups; the problem is that we haven't had sufficient consequences for the screw-ups.

Exactly. I'd like to see them have to deal with the consequences of some of the decisions they've made, either collectively or individually.

Jordan

[ShadowMaat]

The problem is not that we haven't seen screw-ups; the problem is that we haven't had sufficient consequences for the screw-ups.

Must've missed this before. Yes. Maybe that's the problem. SG-1 does get away with screwing up, but they never have to pay the price for their mistakes. "Oops, we destroyed your atmosphere. Good luck! Quick, Daniel, dial us home!"

I'm not a very nice person, so maybe I just want to see the team suffer.

[Mr Prophet]

I agree that they do fail from time to time, but as well as the consequences of their failures, I'd like to see more episodes in which they get honestly beaten.

Successful enemies have to walk a fine line between two questions: "How are you still alive?" and "Why haven't you killed them yet?" The sheer size of space and the multitude of concerns facing all parties allows plenty of room for some of the major System Lords to score definitive victories every once in a while without wondering why they haven't finished the job, so I'd like to see that every now and then.

[jenniferhailey]

I guess Stargate is and always has been more of a "how are they going to get out of this mess" show rather than a "are they going to get out of this mess" show.

But I'd like to see them screw up a little more, and not be able to fix it for once. It creates more angst. Angst be good. Especially the Sam variety, cause she rocks.

[Mr Prophet]

But I'd like to see them screw up a little more, and not be able to fix it for once. It creates more angst. Angst be good. Especially the Sam variety, cause she rocks.

Ah yes, pain. Always time for a little pain.

Of course, having said all this, I'm not sure many of my fanfics end in untriumphant (is that a word) circumstances, but they do quite frequently have a lot of pain.

[Anubis]

I think that in season eight they should really screw up at least once. If SG-1 is to be a 3-person team then perhaps without O'Neill they aren't as a strong team. It can be disappointing that it always ends up with Earth winning yet another battle so maybe the Wraith in Atlantis should kick some butt

[ShadowMaat]

I think that in season eight they should really screw up at least once. If SG-1 is to be a 3-person team then perhaps without O'Neill they aren't as a strong team.

OK, that I patently disagree with. If they're going to fail, they're going to fail as a team, not because the Almighty Jack isn't there to Save the Day. Setting it up that way just leaves it wide open for vindicating all the Sam-bashers who think Sam is incompetent and "She's going to get them all killed!" and "She isn't capable of command!" and many much less polite things...

[crono2004]

There are plenty of unhappy endings, i.e Janet's death, Martouf dying, those were all pretty unhappy if you ask me, but i think the occasionay bad ending is needed and not happy all the time, and the show has done a great job of keeping this balance so far

[angsty_otaku]

well yes there are eps. where it shows some bad effects of what going around in the stargate has done around the galaxy. but the thing is, sg-1 almost always fixes it and things turns out for the best. there are a few exceptions like in season 7...and D&C in season 4 (?) and the other side (season 4)but for the most part it's find someplace where everything basically sucks (like under goa'uld rule or some other hideous tyrant, or some disease has struck etc...) and then save the people from whatever is ailing them... >.<

[thorshammer]

I like the unsuccesful missions because you never expect it. So if they always win its not as entertiaing.

[Ote_4_T]

We need to have like half of the read being downhill and then need to gid out of the whole by our selves rather than geting help from our allys. Ok i'm done.

[SimilarCadence]

I think that in season eight they should really screw up at least once. If SG-1 is to be a 3-person team then perhaps without O'Neill they aren't as a strong team. It can be disappointing that it always ends up with Earth winning yet another battle so maybe the Wraith in Atlantis should kick some butt

You got your wish as far as Season 8 goes----
Spoiler for season 8
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"Gemini" delivered big time in the unsuccessful "missions" department, with major repercussions.......

[ApophisOfTheStargateRealm]

the only thing is earth is at stake...i cant wait for them to expose the whole sg-1 project to the public...