Stargate episode 200!!!

[Will]

Differences of opinion, then. All I know is that for me, any of the episodes that I happened upon in the past three or so years hasn't really been that great. I can feel the writers streching for new ways to dress up the same old stories, and when I saw the 200 episode (after this thread popped up, and I "found" a copy), I saw that the writers were aware of it too. A lot of the things they poked fun at are legitimate weaknesses in the show; the one that stands out the most clearly is the Team America parody, where they outline the stereotypical SG-1 team throughout every episode, where a "missing" character is replaced with a carbon-copy (smart-*** military guy outside typical command chain, all-American girl science genius, nerdy cultural expert, and strong, silent muscle). And you can only do so much with that before it gets to the point of you know what's going to happen in the episode just from the first five minutes.

Really, it would have been better if Daniel went to Atlantis at the start of the spin-off, and the SG-1 series just died, with occaisional references in the new series.

[Atrocities]

They had an preview show on sci-fi channel before the episode aired where one of the producers, or both, said that they considered this 200th episode to be their "jump the shark" episode. 'So why not just go for it' was their logic behind the episode.

[Spectarofdeath]

It's such a damn shame. IMO it's a great show, I wasn't a very big fan of the movie but when the series first started I got hooked onto it. Now, I might agree it MIGHT be time to kill the show...IF they were going to replace it with something HALFWAY DECENT and thats acutally SCIENCE FICTION. But, seeing as how these companies operate these days it will probably be a stupid *** reality show, maybe, "Survivor: Locked inside a shuttle" or some jackass mentally retarded thing like that. And I'm sorry if your a fan of reality TV but come on, how much reality is it when your competing for a million dollars and you have camera's on you? There isn't enough actually decent shows on TV anymore, it's all becoming reality...guess what, if I wanted REAL REALITY I would just turn the tv and pc off and go mow the damn grass.

[Azselendor]

the producers intentionally jumped the shark with episode 200 to end, for once and for all, all the fanboy ranting of which episode jumped the shark.

But you know what, if SG1 makes a successful movie run, it could lead to a huge revival of the show.

[Atrocities]

Go Stargate GO! I would spend $10.00 to see another Stargate movie. Hell they should get Kurt Russel to do a reoccuring role in either SG1 or Atlantis. That would draw in some ratings.

[Caduceus]

At the very least, enjoy the end of the season.

Then whatever comes, comes.

I *did* enjoy the most recent Atlantis episode with Sheppard and the Wraith in "Common Ground".

[Caduceus]

From TV Guide 9/4-10/06:

There could be good news for Stargate:SG-1 fans. Though SciFi channel has cancelled the venerable space opera, a spokesman for MGM, the sudio behind the franchise, says it's eager to make TV-movies based on the show. And executive producer Brad Wright tells TV Guide that he hopes for a long-anticipated feature film will become reality. There's also talk of another Stargate spin-off series. As for SciFi, it says it hasn't closed its doors either. "If there are other ways to explore this world, we're certainly open to it," says Mark Stern, the channel's original programming exec. "This is not the end of our journey with Stargate by any means.