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I just checked SciFi and it looks like SG-1 and Atlantis are starting their new seasons tonight.

Of course, Battlestar Galactica will not start til October, but there is a blurb about a teaser during tonight's shows.

Tour de France or SciFi?!?! Television, you test me so.

Now I have seen it all, Battlestar Galactica Mastercard .

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It's ok for some people, we only just had the 3rd episode of the 9th season last night http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif. When SE5 comes out I might just play the Followers of Origin. They would of course be religious. Perhaps the Ori guide their weapons http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Edit: I of course referr to SG1. The way the TV handles it here we will probably only get the second series of Atlantis in the same timeslot after SG1 finishes. Luckily though I know someone who gets me the latest episodes of BSG.

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Gah, I want to smack all of you who get Stargate today!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif

I have to wait until October/November before SG-1 and Atlantis start again...and by that time those of you in the States will be almost done those seasons!

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Done with the half season. We won't spoil it [much] for you.

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LEts hope that the 38 minutes of Stargate are worth the 22 minutes of commericals that we must endure in order to watch our 38 minuts of stargate.

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Well they didn't let us down http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif. Two of the better premeirs for both serires in a good long time. Nice cliff hangers too. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif Job well done.

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Definately stronger than last season, but anyone else notice the water mark has now entrenched itself on the bottom third of the screen?

Also, I was disappointed at what happened with some of the ships in Atlantis.

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Both of the Stargates came back with very decent showings. Good stories, nicely done, and left you wanting more...

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Grrrr....now I really want to see them! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

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Stargate programs seem to be getting in the habit of stealing other scifi show actors. First SG1 became Fargate, and now Atlantis is having Star trek actors. Don't know if Connor Trineer is getting to be a regular.

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Stargate and (to a lesser extent Galactica) is the retirement home for scifi actors. I'm waiting for Brent Spiner to show up on Caprica as the inventor of the Cylons.

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Does any one remember when Stargate was about exploration? LOL - Fargate is not bad, and I really like the fact that it also has Mr. Shanks women on it, you know the hot one from that show with that dude that played that strong duded from Greek mythology... can't think of the name of it, Armagedon or drama something...... Still its nice to see her added to the cast of fargate.

As to BSG, well Richard Hatch was in the original was he not?

I think Brent Spiner would make an excellent creater of the cylons. I would watch that.

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You know if they did that with brent spiner, BSG would jump the shark.
Also, blink and you'll miss it, the miniseries had cameos for a lot of the old BSG actors and actresses. Well, for the ones not royally pissed off with Glen Larson.

I remember when stargate was about exploration. They shifted that to "Search for X/Y/Z/etc" and stuck in the rut ever since.

They need to get rid of the uber villians for a while and move on to do some serious exploration and first contact. I would definately like to see what became of a lot of those worlds from the first three seasons.

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Dr. Adama Soong, riiiiight..... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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I was rather uninpressed with SG1's premiere. I'm really tired of the Ori. Actually I didn't much care for them to begin with. The Wraith are a little more interesting because they aren't really invincible, there's just so damn many of them. That makes them a pretty good villian since you never have any shortage of cannon fodder for the good guys to waste.

The Ori suck as an antogonist though. They are so powerful that logically they should wipe up the SGC teams and everybody in the galaxy without so much as second thought. So in order for the good guys to win the Ori have to be really stupid (which makes you wonder how they got so powerful) or the writers have to change the rules and give the SGC some magic weapon or the ancients are going to have to break their own rules and step back in. Ultimatly I'm sure it's going to be a little bit of both.

Sg1 was awesome with the G'auld. They were too strong to take on directly, but they didn't go out their way to come after SGC. It gave us a nice malevolent presence over the horizon to keep the tension ramped up, but they weren't in every dang episode. There is only so many times we can lose "every ship in the fleet" to the Ori and then turn around and have another fleet in the next episode before it starts getting a little predictable.

When they announced the new Sg1 last season it was going to go in this new direction where they investigated the camelot myths instead of the egyptian ones. That sounded cool and the couple episodes they've had along those lines were cool. But they need to wrap up this Ori crap soon or I might stop watching it.

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Personally, I love the Ori storyline. As to why they can't wipe out the SGC without a second thought, their 'treaty' with the Ancients prevents them from direct assaults, forcing them to use their minions instead...who are fallable and weak enough to be defeated, though not without a hell of a fight.

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You know why the Ori are bad villians? Because they are like the Borg. Big, bad, and relentless. As a result, they got a lot of attention form the focus groups and test audiences and the show misunderstood that as a desisre to see more and more.

The Ori should've been handled with the rule of thumb "Less is More".

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I have to say that I too like the Ori idea. Given that I came up with a version of it in my OUTS story nearly four years ago. However, I do miss the exploration aspect of SG and I hate to say it, but I also miss RDA.

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AT supposedely RDA is going to be in 5 or so episodes this season, and its supposed to be more then that 2 second appearence in the begining of season 9. Also they have episode 200 coming up soon, so that should be pretty intresting "Return of Martin :p". As for exploration thing missing, next week's episode seems to be an exploration thing, although it seems to be tied to looking for something to fight the Ori. In any case I am hopeful that it will be pretty good this season, considering I have read some spoilers. From what I read it seems only 3 episodes have direct Ori presence- out of the 7 there is info on.

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RDA is confirmed for episode 200 and there are enough hints to suggest furlings too.

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I honestly stopped watching SG1 a while back, (Still love the earlier ones mind you http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif) I watched the latest seasons and felt pretty disappointed, especially by the Ori storyline.

For me, it should have ended at the end of Season 8 (That two parter was one of my favourites)

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I think the show has evolved. I like the earlier - episodic - nature of the show, but a developing storyline has got to be more interesting to write rather than "reset" back to status quo at the end of every episode.

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I remember an interview with the shows producers where they stated that they originally wanted to rename the show "Stargate Command" with season 9 and onwards to represent the show as a continuation spinoff of the original show. The Syndication Networks refused that change for fear of confusing fans.

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Why is Sci-Fi channel so stuck on Stargate? It's almost a miracle if there isn't a block of episdoes on Mondays and Fridays. I'm not a fan of the show (loved the movie), so I don't see the attraction. There are other shows out there that fans can watch, but not at 2:00 am (like Battlestar Galactica). I'm surprised they're actually going to have a new series on Tuesday nights: Eureka (not counting ECW, which I still don't understand why it's on this channel). I wish whoever is running the show would hire a geek to see what fans would really like.