Thursday, October 28

 The Second Season of Stargate SG-1 begins immediately after Season 1, it is technically part two of the season one finale. The story again follows Jack O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping), Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks), and Teal’c (Christopher Judge) and all of their doings while in the team SG-1.

The team is back for some more crazy adventures

The second season consists of 22 episodes that run roughly 40 minutes. Season two is essentially season one part two, literally if you consider the first episode. It continues what season one did with traveling to various planets with the plan to meet new species/cultures, bring back new technology, and still trying to find some people they lost earlier on. However the emphasis in season two is more geared towards trying to create alliances to fight the Goa'uld rather then just going to new worlds with the hopes of learning cultures.

An awesome episode... with sweet music and transitions

What season two does do somewhat differently then season one is that is involves more fighting. There are more conflicts with the Goa'uld, especially since season two introduces even more Goa'ulds. Also there is more time spent on earth covering the SGC’s (Stargate Command) conflict with other earth-based groups.

While many of the episodes in season two are quite interesting, there are a couple of them that will leave you questioning why you just spent 40 minutes watching something so useless. However, these kinds of episodes are very few and far between. Only 2 episodes stick out in my mind. So for the majority of season 2 the episodes are actually very interesting and fun to watch.

Yeah, this episode is terrible...

Season two of SG-1 has the exact same reasons to be watched as season one did. These reasons being the “new” worlds and interesting earth history, great actors, and the production values. If anything season two improves on season one by improving some of the production values, some very nice special effects are added in season two.

Much like season 1, missing Season 2 would later be partially/extremely detrimental. You could definitely pick up what you missed, but it would be quite confusing. Season 2 introduces some things that will have a large impact on the entirety of Stargate SG-1.

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Wednesday, October 13

The first season of Stargate SG-1 starts roughly one year after the events of the movie Stargate. It then follows the story of Jack O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping), Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks), and Teal’c (Christopher Judge) and all of their doings while in the team SG-1.

From Left to Right: Amanda Tapping, Richard Dean Anderson, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, and Don S. Davis (General Hammond)

The first season consists of 21 episodes that run roughly 40 minutes with the pilot being has long as two episodes. During this season you see the formation of SG-1 and the SGC (Stargate Command). After being formed SG-1 travels to various planets with the plan to meet new species/cultures, bring back new technology, and even finding some people they lost earlier on. Another major part of season one is the renewed fight against the Goa'uld, who were the antagonists in the movie. The pilot shows a brand new Goa'uld, Apophis, and how he becomes SG-1s new major villain.

New worlds lay beyond a "puddle"

Season 1 is a great introduction to the world of Stargate. In the early episodes the happenings during the movie, in case you missed, are explained (for the most part). The show also starts to delve into the primary four protagonists back-stories, primarily Jack and Teal’c. This helps to flesh out and understand each person’s motives and story. The episodes that do delve into the characters back-story are actually quite good. It is a nice change of pace compared to the usual repeated actions, which are going to a strange new planet, find a problem, fix the problem.

What happens most often in Season 1 is the exploring of new worlds. This helps keep Stargate from getting old since with almost each episode the viewer will see something new and interesting.

Season 1 was shot during the 90

What makes Stargate SG-1 Season 1 worth watching is really three separate things. The first being the world of it all. As the watcher you get to explore all the “new” worlds with the team and you also get the earth history to go along with it (mythology is a major part of Stargate). The second being the cast of characters. Each actor does a fantastic job at being believable, which is what Stargate needs since it is supposed to take place in our current (slight past) reality. The third being the production values. Many of the special effects in Stargate seem to be a bit higher quality than most TV shows, but still lower quality of movies. Along with that the music fits into each scene extremely well and even all of the other audio is quite good.

Hair and clothing styles give away the decade

Stargate is a great show for anyone that likes Mythology (Greek, Egyptian, and Norse in Season 1) or just like history in general. But even if you don’t this is still a fun show to watch just for the exploring and the character interaction. Even though it is only Season 1 it has many, many gripping moments in several episodes that will keep people coming back to see the outcome. Unfortunately Season 1 does have quite possibly the worst cliff hanger is television history.

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-         Must See