Science Fiction

Fun fact: the 5.7mm round the P90 uses was not being produced as a blank. So the armorers bought TONS of live 5.7mm and made those into blanks.

This actually caused a supply bottleneck for none other than the US Secret Service, who were also using P90s at the time. They actually had to ask, or buy, not sure which, several thousand rounds from the show armorers for training until ammo production could ramp up stateside IIRC.

Yes! "This is a weapon of terror. And THIS is a weapon of WAR." Love me some SG-1 maybe I'll fire it up later tonight hmm.

It's ridiculous and over the top but I love every second of it.

She's one of my go-to examples of a "strong female character" that Hollywood has completely fucked up in the last ten years or so. Carter is smart, resourceful, quick on her feet, and more than capable on the battlefield.

But not a superhero who can beat up, say, Teal'c or other Jaffa 3x her size. She's also very much a woman and exhibits feminine traits accordingly. You know, like how real normal people behave.

Also on the list: Sarah Connor, Dana scully, Laura Roslin, Captain Janeway despite her flaws, a few others...

The doctor was also one of the crushes for me. She had that friends hot mom feeling in the show.

Indeed.

This.

I agree with this so much that even undomesticated equines could not remove me.

If you like SG1, you will like Atlantis. They're both the same level of fun sci-fi.

I personally loved SGU. It was spiritual kin to the first two shows with the same thoughtful sci-fi world building, but it dialed the whimsy down to 1 and the drama up to 7. But it was still a Stargate show in every way. It respected established canon while building it's own lore independent of the other shows. I was legit mad when it was canceled.

Atlantis is a quality show. Takes a little bit to get going but is satisfying.

The opinion is really divided on SGU. I personally feel that it started to get good by the end of the second season (when it was canceled) but lots of people disagree. The writers wanted to try a different direction, but it's up to you to decide if you like it.

SGU had a shakey first season and was hitting its stride in the second when they cancelled it. apparently there is an official comic that wraps the story up, but tbh where they left it... it kinda works...

SG-1 is one of my all time favorite shows! It changes so much over the years but everything works IMO, even 9 and 10 which are typically lower rated than the rest.

Atlantis is watchable but nowhere near as good IMO. Characters aren't nearly as memorable, there's a lot of plot threads that go nowhere, the cast turnover is quick, things like that. To be fair I heard there were a lot of production issues and unexpected issues, and it's a miracle SG-1 was as good as it was given all of their numerous issues.

Fuck everything about Universe, I couldn't stand that show. YMMV

Depends on your expectations... I personally liked Atlantis but SGU somehow failed to captivate me. Both shows somehow fizzled out without really leading anywhere (you could say the same about SG1 but at least they closed up the main plot lines before opening a bunch of new ones which didn't really have clear purpose).

"Emancipation" is pretty fucking cringe.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0709075/

Fun note, same writer as that terrible TNG episode with the same plot.

In the middle of my backswing, General?!

Not the whole episode, but yes. The puppets were made by the same people who made the Team America ones.

The episode is wild, the puppet sequence isn’t even the most over the top part.