BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

bluesquirrel2004 10 years since the final episode, and 20 years since the first episode, and I finally watched the series in it's entirety. Although I had previously seen upto Season 7 from previous viewings (TV or DVD purchase) I never did see Seasons 8-10 and the two TV Movies.Wow, 20 years later, and the story lines, the scenery, costumes and the general feel of the show still have a current day feel to it. Certainly does not feel like a 20 year old show. It certainly helps that all the episodes I have are in the 16:9 TV format. Unlike Star Trek TNG (which I tried to watch immediately before SG-1) and three episodes in I was already cringing and rolling my eyes.A show well done! The cast dynamics were critical in it's success. For me, the standout was Richard Dean Anderson and Amanda Tapping. And that is why I felt Seasons 9 & 10 stumbled a bit.. maybe a 7 rating for those two seasons, instead of the overall 9 rating.We haven't had a worthy, long running sci-fi show since... what a shame.

nerminmer If I could give zero star I would without hesitation. Seriously who watches this kind of stuff ? No budget , terrible production quality (because of low budget probably ) , no character development , existing characters are ridiculous one dimensional stereotypes of space heroes or cut out of military clichés known since existence of television with PG rating. Acting is incredibly stilted and banal as well. Most plots or story arcs were ripped from Star Trek franchise and they follow same format and resolution with simplified versions ! Probably to pull audience of that franchise. The words of "predictable" and "formulatic" must have been conceived to describe Stargate SG-1. From technobabble to false god aliens who could not hit a barn door with ray weapons to standart stand alone episodes from timetravel to parallel universes to body swap just to fill airtime. And stupid humor oh boy that awful humor. When Colonel O'Neill or his other sidekicks make a lame joke , slapstick remark or find themselves a hilarious situation I half expect a laughing track from background. At some point series became a self aware parody a mocking of sci-fi genre. Do not expect any quality drama , engaging story (essentially US Air Force always wins and saves Earth) or characterization from this one. This series is just for hopeless homebound sci-fi geeks.

Sjalka Rjadottir Stargate SG-1 starts very well, picking up where the movie ended and keeping the action rolling. The re-casts are excellent, the chemistry well done.It does start positively dark with humans acting from a position of desperation while trying to uphold some moral standard.However during the cause of the series - the show degrades - up to and including a point well past its sell date - so to speak. When the humans grow stronger, the enemies become weaker - and new enemies, while quite strong - just don t do it just as well as the original ones, the show becomes kind of a chore.It all breaks down past season 7 - along with a recast of the lead roles. At that point it becomes kind of aimless. While the Ori are a good enemy in terms of lore, the storytelling just is not as good as it used to be - and the characters are too archetypal, too one-sided-cartoonish.in retrospect it may have done the series well to close the goa uld story much much earlier - and expand on the ancient / ori story a lot more.

andy441970 This review is about Stargate SG1 and not the related / following series.After having watched all 10 seasons I believe there are some major flaws around some admittedly very good basic ideas. Here are some serious objectionable points in no particular order.I liked watching the four main characters on successive missions. However you cannot have a physicist and an archaeologist routinely eliminating enemy combat teams, down to the last episode of the last season. Please.The Goa'uld are a species of immense knowledge and history spanning many millenia of total domination over lesser Earth beings. They possess powers and technology unimaginable to humans of the 21st century. Yet, time and time again, every single SG team, and their dog, can stroll into the Goa'uld starships, and wreck havoc almost unopposed. After a while it becomes comical; instead of being awed by the presence of a Goa'uld on the set, we just want to laugh.Planets are ... planets. It means vast. Yet every time the SG teams visit a planet it seems the whole of the planet is a tiny village situated a walking distance from the Stargate and that's about it. You'd expect the exploration of a planet to take years, decades even, yet the Stargate teams manage to report on a planet and the people that might live on it, after a 10 minute visit.The language, as mentioned by almost every viewer. With a main plot based mainly on ancient Egyptian history, myths and deities, it is incredible that the peoples of every single distant planet on the galaxy speak English.The Asgard, who possess knowledge and technology surpassing that of the Goa'uld, are becoming extinct due to the silliest reasons the writers could come up with, as if their unimaginable technology and knowledge cannot solve the most basic biochemistry problems... And again , completely unnecessary, whether the Asgard become extinct, or not, makes absolutely no difference to the plot, so why add such a weak sideline to the story?I just could not stomach O'Neill's replacement in the last two seasons. He adds nothing to the team in terms of dynamics and the team would be better served with a new member who is not trying desperately to copy O'Neill but rather introduce a completely new personality and/or field of expertise.And Vala. They show so much of her all the time and dedicate so much screen time to her, it is not a sci-fi series anymore but has become a cheap soap opera.No cohesion to the story. The Goa'uld baddies come and go as they please. Sometimes they are dead, then not, they can appear at any episode, regardless if they were dead in the previous one, just to fill in the story lines. Many episodes are side stories of no consequence and with the most casual, if any, links to the main story line. The Asgard, Tok'ra, Ancients, Ori, Goa'uld : any and all may appear or not at any episode at will.