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Stargate is the perfect space scifi series, even better than starwars, startrek and the expanse. The best part of it is it takes part in our time and universe.

by _8j50 3y ago

Stargate is the perfect space scifi series, even better than starwars, startrek and the expanse. The best part of it is it takes part in our time and universe. Unfortunately, not many have even heard of it. I also like how it is scientists today working with alien technology making spaceships and fighter planes.

PrimeMcFly 3y ago
Of course people have heard of Stargate. It's one of the biggest sci-fi franchises there is, with 17 seasons and 3 movies. It's one of my favorite series also, but it's hard to compare to something like B5 which is very different tonally.
- hinkley 3y ago
  > 17 seasons That's not counting the spinoffs right?
  - PrimeMcFly 3y ago
    It is. SG1 was 10, Atlantis was 5 and Universe was 2.
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- _8j50 3y ago
  Most people I talk to haven't, even scifi fans. But it had it's viewership in its time and a following in certain circles now.
le-mark 3y ago
The thing I most enjoyed about the stargate franchise was how the alien tech tree was discovered over time. The series didn’t plan for this (I don’t believe) and in later seasons it all got kinda bizarre and wonky. I don’t know of many other works of fiction that took this approach. I think Perry Rhodan series did (I only read a few installments) and the novel Battlefield Earth had this as an element.
hinkley 3y ago
I fully hated Robert Carlyle's character in Stargate Universe, and still was sad that the show got cancelled so quick.
jasonwatkinspdx 3y ago
Stargate is well known. There's Stargate memes all over reddit and imgur. Some of us simply don't like it. I find it too corny and superficial to watch personally. If you like it that's ok, we're allowed to like different things, but I think you may be overestimating how many people are in fact familiar with the show and do not regard it as anywhere close to the perfect sci fi show. That said, the original Stargate movie was an adolescent favorite of mine. I just find the show unwatchable.
- hotnfresh 3y ago
  I liked the movie and the first season or so of the show. It didn't keep me long past that. Writing was mediocre at best. I gave Atlantis a few episodes and completely failed to discover why anyone was watching it.
- _8j50 3y ago
  Reddit and imgur are not mainstream like say facebook and twitter. Perfectly fine if you don't like it. I was like you though, loved the Stargate movie, didn't get SG1 after like one episode so decided I didn't like it. Much later, it was on streaming so I decided to give it another shot and I couldn't get enough of it. Being able to keep watching episodes is a different experience than one episode a week.
mavhc 3y ago
Stargate SG1 was consistently OK, but rarely great. Atlantis was mostly bad, stopped watching it. Universe had much better characters. Babylon 5 and Expanse were better though, pre planning plotting, still surprising most shows don't bother.
- _8j50 3y ago
  I actually liked Atlantis best, it was really nice to see the human expedition in a different galaxy. You don't see intergalactic travel even in mainstream scifi that often.
- KingMob 3y ago
  Mustn't forget Battlestar Galactica! ...at least the early seasons.
  - mavhc 3y ago
    If BSG had preplanned better they wouldn't have been caught out by the writers' strike and failed somewhat at the end, apart from that, great show.
havnagiggle 3y ago
I am rewatching Stargate with my 9yo. She loves it. It introduces a lot of sci-fi, science, culture, political, and humanitarian topics that are fun to talk with her about. We're somewhere in season 3, so definitely in its prime. TBD how the later seasons go. It can get pretty intense for a 9yo, but it always comes out light hearted and a pretty good message. I intentionally skipped ~2 scenes and maybe one episode from the first season, but really everything else has been fine for a more mature kid. I finished watching B5 and making my way through Farscape. At the moment it just doesn't come close to what I think she gets out of the Stargate franchise. B5 story was good, not probably not for someone new to sci-fi. Farscape I am still reserving judgement.
jccalhoun 3y ago
I really hope that now that Amazon owns MGM that we will get a new Stargate series. I think so much time has passed that it has to be a reboot rather than a spinoff but I'm ok with that if it is good.

by _8j50 3y ago

PrimeMcFly 3y ago

Of course people have heard of Stargate. It's one of the biggest sci-fi franchises there is, with 17 seasons and 3 movies. It's one of my favorite series also, but it's hard to compare to something like B5 which is very different tonally.

hinkley 3y ago
> 17 seasons That's not counting the spinoffs right?
- PrimeMcFly 3y ago
  It is. SG1 was 10, Atlantis was 5 and Universe was 2.
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_8j50 3y ago
Most people I talk to haven't, even scifi fans. But it had it's viewership in its time and a following in certain circles now.

le-mark 3y ago

The thing I most enjoyed about the stargate franchise was how the alien tech tree was discovered over time. The series didn’t plan for this (I don’t believe) and in later seasons it all got kinda bizarre and wonky. I don’t know of many other works of fiction that took this approach. I think Perry Rhodan series did (I only read a few installments) and the novel Battlefield Earth had this as an element.

hinkley 3y ago

I fully hated Robert Carlyle's character in Stargate Universe, and still was sad that the show got cancelled so quick.

jasonwatkinspdx 3y ago

Stargate is well known. There's Stargate memes all over reddit and imgur. Some of us simply don't like it. I find it too corny and superficial to watch personally. If you like it that's ok, we're allowed to like different things, but I think you may be overestimating how many people are in fact familiar with the show and do not regard it as anywhere close to the perfect sci fi show. That said, the original Stargate movie was an adolescent favorite of mine. I just find the show unwatchable.

hotnfresh 3y ago
I liked the movie and the first season or so of the show. It didn't keep me long past that. Writing was mediocre at best. I gave Atlantis a few episodes and completely failed to discover why anyone was watching it.
_8j50 3y ago
Reddit and imgur are not mainstream like say facebook and twitter. Perfectly fine if you don't like it. I was like you though, loved the Stargate movie, didn't get SG1 after like one episode so decided I didn't like it. Much later, it was on streaming so I decided to give it another shot and I couldn't get enough of it. Being able to keep watching episodes is a different experience than one episode a week.

mavhc 3y ago

Stargate SG1 was consistently OK, but rarely great. Atlantis was mostly bad, stopped watching it. Universe had much better characters. Babylon 5 and Expanse were better though, pre planning plotting, still surprising most shows don't bother.

_8j50 3y ago
I actually liked Atlantis best, it was really nice to see the human expedition in a different galaxy. You don't see intergalactic travel even in mainstream scifi that often.
KingMob 3y ago
Mustn't forget Battlestar Galactica! ...at least the early seasons.
- mavhc 3y ago
  If BSG had preplanned better they wouldn't have been caught out by the writers' strike and failed somewhat at the end, apart from that, great show.

havnagiggle 3y ago

I am rewatching Stargate with my 9yo. She loves it. It introduces a lot of sci-fi, science, culture, political, and humanitarian topics that are fun to talk with her about. We're somewhere in season 3, so definitely in its prime. TBD how the later seasons go. It can get pretty intense for a 9yo, but it always comes out light hearted and a pretty good message. I intentionally skipped ~2 scenes and maybe one episode from the first season, but really everything else has been fine for a more mature kid. I finished watching B5 and making my way through Farscape. At the moment it just doesn't come close to what I think she gets out of the Stargate franchise. B5 story was good, not probably not for someone new to sci-fi. Farscape I am still reserving judgement.

jccalhoun 3y ago

I really hope that now that Amazon owns MGM that we will get a new Stargate series. I think so much time has passed that it has to be a reboot rather than a spinoff but I'm ok with that if it is good.