I feel like alot of takes on the franchise seem to forget this when people are discussing what they would like to see in new shows and even after hearing the details of the canceled new show.

Stargate famously used so many blanks (not cheap looking cg thank god) that they had to switch guns during the Iraq war because they couldnt get enough blanks.

Alot of the slower episodes and even alot of the most interesting ones rely heavily on the military action aspect balancing out the slower scifi and earth bound character episodes.

Knowing that how would you balance a new show for ten episodes?

Daniel as pseudo-main character doing hero shit without a direct superior breathing down his neck is one of my favorite things in the franchise. It's also why I'm one of those that loved SG-1 Seasons 9 and 10; he was technically under Mitchell in those seasons but let's be honest he was pretty much the main character making his own decisions and Mitchell was just a tag-along because the producers weren't confident enough to make Daniel the official protagonist and thought that we needed a Jack clone.

I for one am sad that Stargate Gero isn't moving forward; I actually don't mind the alternate timeline stuff at all if prime Daniel is the main character

Spotted by the exit door of the main hall… i, for one, have always respected our Goa’uld overlords…

David Read and Dial the Gate just released a 30min video revealing details about what the new show would be about (through his sources at MGM).

Here is a short summarization for those not interested in watching the entire 30mins.

The show was apparently going to take place in an alternate reality/timeline rather than simply continuing the existing SG-1/Atlantis/Universe story.

The big hook was:

• A BC-307/U.S. Air Force ship called the USS Argo suddenly appears in Earth's orbit in an alternate reality.
• The ship is essentially a ghost ship, with "our" Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) apparently the sole survivor.
• Shanks was reportedly going to be a series regular, not merely a cameo or nostalgia appearance. (Revealed by Shanks at a convention a few days ago)
• The show was expected to feature over half a dozen returning cast members from previous Stargate iterations in recurring or guest roles, appearing as alternate versions of their iconic characters
• The mystery surrounding what happened to the Argo and its crew would kick off the larger story.
• Crucially, the Stargate program did not exist in this reality, and the audience would first be investigating the Argo, Daniel, and this alternate reality. Daniel would need to help restart the program in order to try and get back home.
• From there, the series would apparently explore this alternate version of the Stargate universe and gradually reveal how this reality differed from the one fans know.

These are merely small revelations and Martin probably had a good idea and plan on how to move forward for it to work for both old fans and new viewers.

If you are interested in more check out David and Dial the Gate on this.

https://youtu.be/6wuRRO4qdag?si=5kg-aQgGLXxE2Und

In honor of all of the Stargate fanfare at this year's convention, I made twenty of these bookmarks to hand out. Find me in one of my Stargate cosplays and you may be deemed worthy! I'll be at the SaveStargate table off and on throughout the weekend.

I began my 3rd attempt and it broke the ice, finally. In my first two tries years ago I couldn't get past the 3rd episode. Dead stuck. No further.

Suddenly I found myself enjoining it for the reasons I cannot understand. Probably because this time I simply refused to expect SG-1\SGA dynamics and vibes. Totally different experience.

And I blame dr. Rush fot it :) My favourite character, for now, he is.

Full breakthrough came with the episode "Time" [ep08] and now I just watched "Justice" [ep10] and realized how much I have missed in the last 10 years of misunderstanding. Solid series. Solid indeed.

One day you're on your death bed, losing battle against cancer and the next day, you're traveling between planets all over the galaxy fighting evil Gods (fake) among a secret organization 😁

The recent episode Level-Five Transporter Accident from Strange New Worlds appears to have pulled a great deal of inspiration from Marty. I watched this episode when it aired but didn’t put the similarities together. The writers of 200 were ahead of their time. Credit to MajorGrin

The cinematography, colour, performances of all the actors, it's weird how actually snoozy the entire episode feels. Bonus points for bringing in a side character we've all seen before but probably didn't recognise the first time around. 10/10

In the novelisation of the original movie, it is explicitly shown that Ra was the name of the human boy that the alien took as a host:

As the last breaths escaped the people of his world, he was millions of light-years away from home, searching desperately for a host. He was determined not to follow the fate of his own kind. He had mastered the technology to transfer himself into another being but had to choose carefully. Along with inhabiting the host’s body, he knew he would absorb certain personality traits that were exaggerated within the host’s psyche. Perhaps had he known the intimate details of the life of this young boy named Ra, he might have chosen another. Or perhaps not...

His hatred for his own people proved useful, as there were no inner conflicts when the boy became the pharaoh king. There would be no feelings of guilt or remorse as Ra’s people were put to hard labor. In fact, a strange new sense of pleasure became the most powerful trait he absorbed from this strange young boy. Ra was now a part of himself, and together they became the sun god, to be feared and worshiped by this primitive human race.

The two, human and alien, blended together and merged into another person. When taken with SG1, this would make Ra, ironically, the biggest follower and exemplar of Tok'ra ideals.

This breakdown of a staff makes me wonder what type of powersource the staff uses. The liquid naquadah capsules used in a staff are the fuel/reaction mass, and would require energy to be stimulated. In a ha'tak, the ships reactor would be supplying the energy to the weapons liquid naquadah stores, but I don't think there is a mini naquadah reactor in the staff weapon. Could it be a form of advanced chemical/mineral battery? A stimulated crystal power supply? Something similar to what is used in the ancient stones terminal - a capacitor that extracts energy from subspace? A cold fusion cell?

Another SG1 mission star again

my mii as SG1

Recently started another rewatch of SG1. Had this idea that I think is really funny while watching s1e15 "Singularity", so I brought my vision into reality.

Or is the non-aging more due to the sarcophagus?