OT: The irony of SG1

[Renegade 13]

Unfortunately, there really is a Science Fiction void at the moment, with no good shows on (with the possible exception of Atlantis, which is good enough for me to waste an hour of my time on, though it could be better).

It seems that the majority of the viewing public just wants more "Ooo, shiny 'reality' TV show...crime drama...medical drama...soap opera... *drool, drool mindlessly*"

Maybe in another decade we'll have a good scifi show again

[Fyron]

Maybe if the writers for sci fi shows didn't suck these days...

[Randallw]

The topic in question seems to be a corollary of what the creator of B5 said when asked how fast the starfuries were.

"They move at the speed of plot"

so the ability of SGC members to handle alien tech is a result of them being as intelligent as the plot demands. Probably also related in some way to the fact that everyone they meet is human basically. I was actually surprised the one time I saw an epsiode where they participated in a space race, not withstanding it was a Voyager rip off, because there were actually aliens. It seems SG explains why everyone is human, but never explains why they all speak english, while ST doesn't explain why everyone is humanoid, apart from maybe the only epsiode of STNG I've never seen, and conveniently glosses over exactly how the universal translator works. I say this beacuse of it's apparent inability to always translate Klingon. It's like when the Klingons want to make a point they press the "Do not translate this bit" button.

[Fyron]

Stargate had the human aliens speaking all sorts of different languages in the early seasons, and used it as a plot device numerous times. The real aliens always had a native tongue of their own, but were presumably learned enough to speak English. You can only write stories based on language differences so many times without repeating yourself, so after a while its easier to just assume a common language.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

The stargate dumps the native language into your head, of course! (Or at least, that would be one way to handle it)

And the early episode problems were because they didn't have a DHD.

[Black_Knyght]

All in all, I was seriously disappointed in the series finale for SG1. It seemed little more than just another episode to me, instead of and end to a long-running and popular series.

I greatly enjoyed Stargate SG1, though it did admittedly have it's high and low points. But still, I really think the Sci-Fi Channel dropped the ball on how they decided to end it.

[Suicide Junkie]

Its like a "what happens to the characters afterwards" thing while still being open ended.

[Romulus68]

Maybe its a set up for some Movies to be released in Theatres??

[geoschmo]

I saw a clip for next season's Atlantis and it looks like Carter is moving there to be part of that team.

Teal'c aged 50 years in the finale so he's probably about ready to find a nice quiet planet to settle down on.

Jackson can't be a regular on Atlantis for some reason having to do with licensing and intelectual property. O'Neill and Jackson being characters in the original movie can't appear in more than guest roles in any spinoff series.

Mitchell and Shepard are both O'Neill clones and so cannot exist on screen at the same time without mutually self-destructing.

[Atrocities]

I just want to see Curt Russel guest star at least once.