I may be in the minority here, but I feel that SG-1 is one of the few shows--if not the only show ever--to successfully survive a major re-invention when Richard Dean Anderson left around the same time they elimited the Goa'uld threat. Bringing on a new team leader, new general, and a new enemy race in season 9--and at the same time have one of the lead actors on maternity leave for the first 6 episodes--was risky. And yet, they handled it much better than ever could have been expected.
Like several in this thread, I am also a very late bloomer into SG1. Fact is, I never really watched it --- my roommate did --- and boy did he watch it. He caught all the reruns on SciFi when he got home from work (usually when I was home) as well as the episodes as they aired on Friday. I had no choice but to know about the show from being home when he was watching it. He was a HUGE fan.
Ironically, I never got into the show --- until the Atlantis spinoff. It was at that time that I started watching SG1 and Atlantis on Friday nights. I realize this was into SG1s 8th or 9th season...but I really felt the show was tired at that point. I enjoyed Atlantis a lot more and liked the characters better.
Recently I've started watching the SG1 DVDs starting from Season 1. I have to disagree with the comment about the show doing well after being reinvented --- I'm not sure it has or that it has ever found its legs since O'Neal and Hammond left the series. After watching some of those early episodes (and I still prefer Atlantis over early SG1) I don't think the new Ori threat is nearly as cool. In fact, its kinda lame and tiring. I also am not a big fan of how we went from romping around with machineguns to having spaceships that can take us to another GALAXY in 2 weeks. Yes, I know the little grey guys helped with that, but still its TOO much and really stretches things. I also dont think the new characters have settled in. I like Browder in the show, moreso than Anderson, but he didn't FIT as well as he could. Claudia Black brings some fun to the show --- but probably a little late in the game. I think this show was stronger earlier on. But as I said above, I do believe Atlantis was better from Day 1 than SG1 ever was. I really enjoy that show and its characters (even if their threat of the Wraith is kinda weak, and they are now getting into having replicators there also? even more weak).
There's supposed to be an announcement later this week about the future of the Stargate franchise. A producer has hinted that SG-1 is not dead, and I've read that having two simultaneous productions sharing writers, producers, directors, sets, special effects staff, etc., helps with cost, so my hope is that there will be a third Stargate show starting up with at least one SG-1 actor joining Atlantis and at least one other joining a new show. Maybe that's asking for too much.
Possible. I also find it ironic that the 200th episode was making fun of their own show, and about doing a movie. There were nods to all sorts of shows in that episode (Firefly, Star Trek, Team America, and more) but it might be a bit of foreshadowing if they take SG1 to the big screen.
Can you call that taking them to the big screen? Or is it taking them BACK to the big screen? I know, different actors, but same characters as the original movie that spawned the series in the first place.
