Who is with me? 7th Chevron Edition

Finished both Ark of Truth & Continuum, so the SG1 part of this run through sadly comes to an end. Onwards with Atlantis, & I watched the excellent "The Shrine" episode last night, where Rodney develops an Alzheimer-like condition. David Hewlitt did a fantastic job acting this out, not that that means much, he's always fantastic!

Jernal wrote: »

How they resolved his illness with the drill and stuff was kind of silly

Yeah, true, I agree there. It also would have been interesting to explore the die a lingering undignified death v quick & honorable way, which they only briefly touched on. But kill McKay? Nah, no way

The Black Oil wrote: »

Saw the second half of the finale of SG1. Having missed most of 8-10 I didn't really know wtf was going on. :P

Indeed. :pac:

The finale to the Ori story arc you missed out on is the movie Ark of Truth, the show itself didn't wrap up the story. You really should watch season 8-10, I really enjoyed the Ori arc

Well, the final two eps of Atlantis are all I have left, "Vegas", & "Enemy at the Gates". I must admit, the show has dragged for the last two seasons, while it's still good & likeable, I feel ideas were in short supply.

And I'm done. Atlantis complete. One thing I failed to realise last time, is that there's a scene just before the end where Sheppard goes into the holding area where Tod is being kept, & Sheppard asks "...and what's going to happen next time?" {having previously hinted at killing him}, & Tod replies "Is there going to be a next time?"...and that's it.

Sheppard has released Todd before, when he kept up his end of another deal they made. So I imagine after Todd kept up his end of the recent deal they made, by providing some ZPM's, that Sheppard would have let him go back to the Pegasus galaxy had there have been another season. Todd is such a great character :cool:

Universe beckons.

somuj wrote: »

Cant recall which episode it was, Eli and Chole in a nightclub really irked me. Stargate not star nightclub with drunken romantic comedy love scene. Whole episode grrrrrr.

Yeah I remember it, don't remember the ep name but it didn't bother me much. As i said, I'm finding the change in direction hugely refreshing, not that I didn't like the original format of SG-1 & Atlantis, but because by the end of Atlantis, something different had to be done, it was tired, worn out, & most ideas had been done by then.

Sure, Universe could have been done better, but it needed more episodes to establish itself. Imagine SG-1 having been cancelled after two seasons, look how it turned out.

Did try to photoshop the writing tho :-)

Huh?

Myrddin wrote: »

Ok folks, the time has come. Over the last year I've fully watched Star Trek ENT, DS9 & Voyager, and most recently Space: Above & Beyond. Sufficient time has passed for me to do only my second ever viewing of all things Stargate...& you know what? I cannot f**king wait :cool:

In about half an hour I'm gonna kick off with the original feature film, Kurt Russel fan that I am. Then from tomorrow I'll start SG1, eventually merging in Atlantis, the two SG1 features, & then Universe. Lets see how long all of that will keee me busy!

So, has anyone yet to embark on such a quest? Is anyone part way through a run-through? Speak!

And 9 months later, I'm done. Finished up the Universe finale last night. That's the original move, all of SG1, Ark of Truth & Continuum, Atlantis, & Universe. What an incredible show, & I think I've concluded, that it overtakes Star Trek for me. I don't say that lightly, I'm a huge fan of Star Trek, but Stargate pips it.

Loved the original movie, & SG1 expanded upon it so well. Such memorable characters in all the shows, loved the Goa'uld story arc, the Ori arc, & the replicators. O'Neil, Jackson, Carter & Teal'c worked so well together on screen & made the show what it was. Obviously around the time of the X303/4's, there was less emphasis on exploration, & that I felt was probably the wrong direction.

I really enjoyed Atlantis, & the Wraith arc. It did have some flaws, like the dumbing down of the Wraith, the connection to home via the Daedalus etc...but on the whole, I thought Shepard, McKay, Ronan & Teyla were very good on screen. McKay was a standout character in the show, & superbly acted I thought. A somewhat disappointing end to the show, though in the last season ideas seemed low on the ground. A direct to dvd film would have been really good.

Loved Universe. I know it gets a lot of flak, but while its fresh in my mind, I thought I'd say just how refreshing it was. A new direction for Stargate, & a badly needed one at that. A much darker show, & this is perhaps the tone Atlantis should have had, real isolation, tension, & survival. Like the others, it had its flaws, the communication stones were convenient, & I think perhaps they could have gotten more mileage out of not being in control of the ship, before Rush cracked the master code & discovered the bridge. Chloe too, was poorly implemented. However, Robert Carlyle was just incredible as Rush...what a screen presence. Without doubt the standout character. Louis Ferreira as Young too was really, really good I thought. David Blue as Eli is another standout character for me, really really well acted. It's a crying shame, & a travesty in fact, that Universe didn't get at least one more season...it would have come good, I'm convinced of it.

Anyway, there's little more I can say now that I'm finished. So thanks to those who posted in the thread, & contributed