What drew you to SG1 and what keeps you?

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MythingLink

Honestly, for me it was RDA. What has kept me is that it is basically cutting edge what with the special effects, the acting, the writing, the directing. They keep trying to improve things and most of them usually work. I say usually because of Season 4 but I'm not going to go into that now.
Cheers

 

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Sean3w

Mainly it was the Stargate itself. I'm a space fanatic and anything that takes my imagination into space, keeps me hooked. Now I don't like Star Trek though.

 

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padders

I still like ST Voyager (although everyone else seems to hate it???) it is easily the best one.

 

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MythingLink

Well I grew up with ST:TOS and for me it was always the best of the bunch. I did like ST:NG and watched it faithfully for as long as it was running. DS9 I think I watched for one season - same with Voyager. There was just something missing that I can't/couldn't put my finger on.
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padders

Yes, i found that with DS9 a bit. I think it went a bit "fantasy" style which i generally do not like (one bit) so gave up really although i do watch it when it is on. Voyager still has the discovery element that TNG had. TOS was before my time i think and now looks do out dated (and never on tele) that i never seen to get round to seeing it. And as Paramount will only put 2 eps per dvd there is no way i am going to be buying them!

 

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MythingLink

ST:TOS would look outdated and pretty cheesy compared to what they do today with special effects, I agree. What drew me, and what draws me to SG1, is the character element. ST:TOS had three main characters that worked wonderfully off of each other. The rest of the cast worked just as well, too. SG1 has the same thing - a group of people you can really like and want to see succeed in all that they do. You can laugh with them, and get scared with them, and you can care about them in the same way that they care about each other. SG1 doesn't put the viewer on the outside looking in, they invite you in to share what they're going through - to feel with them. That's what I like.
Cheers,

 

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padders

I agree and i think that is why I also like Farscape, it is the same type of thing. What is clever about Farscape is the lack of true heroes in the show. In stargate all of them are pretty much heroes in their own respective lives, Sam the perfect scientish, Jack the perfect military leader etc... they do make mistakes ocassionally but never really an ethical judgement that goes wrong. In farscape it is a little different with only John perhaps taking some sort of hero status with the other characters capable of both dreadful acts as well as amazing comradship.
I know not liking TOS is perhaps shallow because it looks rubbish but never mind, there is a lot of other things avaliable and perhaps i will eventually watch it if it is ever on television.

 

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MythingLink

You could call the characters on Farscape 'anti-heroes' as opposed to our crew on SG1. Like you said, padders, they do heroic acts, but only within their own little world. I've got to admit when I first saw the ads for the show, I thought 'kiddee time', but it really isn't which surprised me.
Cheers,

 

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padders

Hehe, oh i need to get this place sorted so we can get talkfarscape.com going as well! back to sg-1 though for now, i watched "one false step" for the first time last night and really liked it!, one that i have previously missed I think.
Oh and I am goin to set up a Specific Episode board.

It will have each episode with only 1 thread. No more threads will be allowed and you can talk about that particular episode in that thread. Nice i think.

 

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MythingLink

Why don't you just do that within the 'timeline' forum? I'm thinking if you add another forum that is just episode specific, you are going to lose interest in that one. I know in the Series 4 timeline there are a couple of threads started for Divide and Conquer. Is there a way to combine them so that there is only one?
Cheers,

 

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padders

The reason for doing it is so that people can just talk about specific episodes if they don't know huge amounts about the series.
The series sections are really designed for say someone like me would go into the series 3 section and be expected to say what ever we know about the show, ie no need for spoliers. If you go into the series 4 series then you can say anything you want without need for spoilers. Also the series sections i guess are more about the general themes of the series or questions that tie across multiple episodes.

It also means that when say I watch the first ep of season 4 i can talk about it in that episode thread, if you have already posted there it does not matter because it will only be about that episode. see where i am coming from?

 

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MythingLink

Not really. I think it might cause confusion as to where one is supposed to post. If I want to talk about an episode in Season 3, do I go to the Season 3 forum or to the episode forum? From your reasoning I would go into the Episode forum and find that episode in the list. So we're not going to talk episodes in the particular Season forum. I just figured you would have episodes listed for discussion within the Season listing. I think it might get a little confusing is all.
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padders

Ok, i accept that. The only problem would be when those categories get busier with say 100 topics the specific episodes will get further down.
I do understand and will probably move them. There is a new mod that allows me to move discussions so when i have got that installed i will move them all. Will make it easier than setting them all up again!

 

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MythingLink

Okay there's got to be a middle ground here. It's too bad you can only have things two deep.
Cheers,

 

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padders

I know it is a pain. May actually ask about that and see if a mod is possible for it.

 

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Sean3w

Then again, the first episode I saw was Solitudes. Now what about that made me stay I have no clue.

 

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RangerOne SG13 SOR

What struck me about SG-1 was the story line although sci-fi it is not unbelievable as in we find some ancient technology that takes decades to make work which gives us the ability to travel the known universe without the aid of such crap as Megahyperwarp drive etc. When the military brick (team) is out there they adopt good procedure etc so it comes off with a lot of credability. The only worry is the dam Americans are intent of putting some kind of "morale lesson" into the storyline like as in all those Star Trek TNG episodes ( after blowing up all those aliens what have we learned kids ??)
Maybe im just too cynical hehe

 

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MythingLink

Just to add a little spice to the issue <G>, here's a quote from Don Davis.

"Most TV series and films toe the line on hot social and political topics like sexism and racism, but SF has been able to deal with the sensitive issues with very little repercussion. The use of aliens as metaphors for our own real issues has allowed some controversial topics to slip by the censors, and Davis proudly contends that science fiction is the best source for the kind of "meaning of life" stories that has been the core of all great drama."

Cheers,

 

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RangerOne SG13 SOR

Maybe I shouldnt have said those dam Americans hehe. They produce some amazing series B5, ST, etc but after all the effort they put in with special effects and specialist advisors (such as Military for SG) a gripping episode suddenly turns into The Waltons hehehe.
Still, SG kicks ass thats why I watch it.

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padders

I agree with you Mything 100%. What always surprises and annoys me about people who don't like SF is they see it as "silly" or "impossible" etc.. the idea of it is really to take an alternate words, change some elements of what we are used to and then play out the same human situations that we encounter the whole time. The sg-1 team have to go through all the same types of decisions people make just in a different context. It is that different context that makes it interesting.
This is what i see sci-fi as really being when it is at its best. It is not just telling a story with hi tech science words but exploring a concept/value/idea in a different context. The new context will often make it easier to deal with the concept.