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Massive Stargate Post
Nov. 22nd, 2008 11:09 amFrom the time I was 12ish to the time I was about 15ish and discovered The West Wing, Stargate SG-1 was my absolute favourite show in the whole wide world. Let's see, a show about an elite team of intergalactic space heroes (Alt!Sam's words) who save the planet from mythology-steeped alien threats and that doesn't take itself too serious - of course I loved it.
As a result, for me Earth defending teams are always judged against SG-1 standards: they have to be competent, for the most part professional, snarky, genre-aware and, most importantly, like each other. Because, really, it's that last bit that makes SG-1 work so well as a show. Jack, Sam, Daniel and Teal'c (and later Cam and Vala) actually enjoy each other's company and work so well as a team and generally don't screw each other over unless there is some major thing going on.
Unfortunately, somewhere around season seven due to bad scheduling and the cast changes I lost interest and I never really made an effort to watch the later seasons. That was, until now…
( Cue vaguely organised rambling thoughts )
Now I'm going to have to watch Ark of Truth and Continuum.
As a result, for me Earth defending teams are always judged against SG-1 standards: they have to be competent, for the most part professional, snarky, genre-aware and, most importantly, like each other. Because, really, it's that last bit that makes SG-1 work so well as a show. Jack, Sam, Daniel and Teal'c (and later Cam and Vala) actually enjoy each other's company and work so well as a team and generally don't screw each other over unless there is some major thing going on.
Unfortunately, somewhere around season seven due to bad scheduling and the cast changes I lost interest and I never really made an effort to watch the later seasons. That was, until now…
( Cue vaguely organised rambling thoughts )
Now I'm going to have to watch Ark of Truth and Continuum.
