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[–] 139 points 3 years ago (4 children)
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  • [–] 59 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I really love the episode where they go "this is a weapon meant to intimidate" * blasts * "this is a weapon meant to kill" fire p90

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Such an iconic scene, but I never would have thought that when I first watched it for some reason.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I actually liked the premise of the Ori because basically up to that point they were fighting people who claimed to be gods but were really just aliens with advanced technology, whereas with the Ori they were fighting beings that basically were gods so it was a whole lot harder to convince anyone to side with them. The biggest problem I had with it was that the show seemed to run out of money before they could properly tie everything up, a bit reminiscent of the final season of the Expanse (over which I am still very bitter, though at least it motivated me to read the books, which do satisfyingly tie everything up). In particular, in the episode

    spoilerwhere they kill all of the Ori by sending the bomb thing through the portal
    they have basically a huge dramatic victory that merited some kind of visually impressive spectacle and instead all that happened was basically that they just turned to each other and said, "Well, so I guess that means we succeeded. Yay."

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    My favourite detail in that is when —i think it's Jack— gets a bit lax with gun safety and waves his rifle at Sam, and she visibly flinches.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Fun fact: the 5.7mm round the P90 uses was not being produced as a blank. So the armorers bought TONS of live 5.7mm and made those into blanks.

    This actually caused a supply bottleneck for none other than the US Secret Service, who were also using P90s at the time. They actually had to ask, or buy, not sure which, several thousand rounds from the show armorers for training until ammo production could ramp up stateside IIRC.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago*

    Secret service: "hello, bullet store? Yes, why are our bullets on back order?"

    Bullet store: "oh, sorry, the space people bought most of our stock."

    SS: "The... what?"

    BS: "The space marine people. They travel in portals, fight aliens. Yeah they bought like 80% of our ammo"

    SS, voice shaking: "Sir please hold for a moment, Im going to have to fetch my supervisor..."

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    I read it they had trouble getting ammunition for the P90 because of the Iraq war so they switched to different weapons towards the end of the show. I'm not totally sure though I'm too lazy to look it up.

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    [–] 43 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    NGL, Sam carter was probably my celebrity crush in middle school

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago

    She's one of my go-to examples of a "strong female character" that Hollywood has completely fucked up in the last ten years or so. Carter is smart, resourceful, quick on her feet, and more than capable on the battlefield.

    But not a superhero who can beat up, say, Teal'c or other Jaffa 3x her size. She's also very much a woman and exhibits feminine traits accordingly. You know, like how real normal people behave.

    Also on the list: Sarah Connor, Dana scully, Laura Roslin, Captain Janeway despite her flaws, a few others...

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    [–] 38 points 3 years ago (1 child)
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  • [–] [S] 15 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The show took a lot of shots at the military, but it never dwelled on it. I feel like it took just the right amount.

    The uniforms did add a USAF patch on the sleeve in season 5, which is often called the “Area 51 Apology Patch”. Might be seen as cheap brownie points with the military, but it also makes sense within the show, so not immersion breaking.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago

    There’s another Colonel O’Neil with only one L, and he has no sense of humor at all

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago

    The perfect blend of action and comedy

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (13 children)

    Im watching Stargate for the first time at the moment and im really surprised by how good it is. on season 7 at the minute and cant wait to see whats coming.

    Are Atlantis and SGU just as good or is there a dip in quality?

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    If you like SG1, you will like Atlantis. They're both the same level of fun sci-fi.

    I personally loved SGU. It was spiritual kin to the first two shows with the same thoughtful sci-fi world building, but it dialed the whimsy down to 1 and the drama up to 7. But it was still a Stargate show in every way. It respected established canon while building it's own lore independent of the other shows. I was legit mad when it was canceled.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    SG-1 is one of my all time favorite shows! It changes so much over the years but everything works IMO, even 9 and 10 which are typically lower rated than the rest.

    Atlantis is watchable but nowhere near as good IMO. Characters aren't nearly as memorable, there's a lot of plot threads that go nowhere, the cast turnover is quick, things like that. To be fair I heard there were a lot of production issues and unexpected issues, and it's a miracle SG-1 was as good as it was given all of their numerous issues.

    Fuck everything about Universe, I couldn't stand that show. YMMV

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    [–] 13 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    Sg1 will probably be one of my favourite series ever. But from my perspective it really didn't age that well. Not talking about graphics or CGI here, but more on a action POV. A few jokes I probably wouldn't bring today anymore, a few weird decisions regarding the plot and the cast and, because of the episodic character of the show quite a few plot holes. SGA on the other hand is a great show, which aged just as well and is the one I actually recommend people nowadays if they want to take a look at the franchise.

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    [–] 12 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    SG1 is a show that I feel never made a mistep to the point where I can call out a bad episode. Unlike various star trek series that had their WTF episodes that are generally disliked.

    I always hoped for one more piece of the story with the original team, details were floating around of the final movie and I think covid killed that off.

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    [–] 8 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    I actually just recently re-watched SG1 for the first time in probably a decade or more now. I was half expecting to have my fond memories ruined, but that wasn't even remotely the case. I still love it, and probably always will.

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    [–] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Man, this show was three fries short of a Happy Meal.

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    [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    There was a puppet episode? Team America Space Police?

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  • [–] [S] 14 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Not the whole episode, but yes. The puppets were made by the same people who made the Team America ones.

    The episode is wild, the puppet sequence isn’t even the most over the top part.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    Shit maybe I need to finally do my SG1 rewatch

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