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28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Smooth and seamless, 9 Feb 2006
I totally disagree with the previous reviewer. Compared to other sci fi tv series, any new Stargate SG1 has to be a good thing and these first episodes go to show that a new team leader (the excellent and extremely charismatic Ben Browder)and a new overall commander (a fabulously believable Beau bridges)can only help breathe new life into the show. My only niggle is that in these first few episodes, the programme seems a little too Daniel heavy but that is put right in later episodes and I'm not so keen on the new baddies, the Ori. All in all, as a fan of the show from the very beginning and a collector of every episode so far (how sad am I?), I'm ecstatic the show carried on into a 9th series and am overjoyed that there is going to be a 10th!!
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Uncertain, 21 April 2006
Where has Stargate gone?
The opening of this - the actors, characters, plots, etc... it wasn't bad. I can't say I hate the cast or the characters because I don't and over the first four episodes, they did grow on me. The two characters in Stargate history I've really hated have been Felger and Vala, so I wasn't impressed to see her return. However, she was a vast improvement on the horrifically bad Series 8 episode she appeared in.
It would help if the Linguist (who in Series 5 proved he had understanding of Welsh) could actually have learned how to pronounce the Welsh name he mentioned correctly this time around. And I'm afraid I did say that if Excalibur put in an appearance I'd never watch Stargate again. Fortunately, the stupidity that is the American obsession with the Mallory verion of Camelot (hardly historically accurate and Daniel should have known that) seemed to be nothing more than a plot-device to get to the real point of series 9.
Which is the Ori.
So far, the Ori are looking good. If it doesn't go over the top, or the humour doesn't get too childish, they do have the potential to be a very good twist on an old theme we've seen in Stargate since Series 2 - the whole Ancient arc.
And I like the twist of seeing Daniel now defending the Ancient attitudes and policies, as if he's finally accepted and understood the point of them in the face of what the Ori stand for, do and believe. If the Ancients are capable of producing anything even vaguely analagous to the Ori Priors, then Daniel is that figure, and it's good to see the way he's being used against the Ori because of this.
For now, I'll reserve judgement on this series. If you're long-time fans of Stargate who got into the series because you'd seen the original film in the cinema, you'll already be adaptable to change (you'd have to be to have put up with Stargate this long and like the series and film alike). However, you'll also notice this is far, far from the Stargate it used to be.
It's still the best Sci-Fi out there, which is both a good thing and a bad thing. It shows the quality of the show-that-used-to-be for it to still impress but it also shows how far the standards have dropped since the height of the show in Series 1-3.
Part of me still feels the series should have quit after Series 7, but as long as the Ori arc lives up to its early promise, there is definitely a place for Series 9 in the Stargate collection. That part of me, however, feels sad that I look towards the rest of the series with uncertainty rather than excitement.
Give the series a chance, but don't be surprised if your attitude is as ambivalent as mine has been.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not the best opener, 1 May 2006
Id have to say that this season opening aint the best one. Its well filmed and the acting is great but the show doesnt flow right without Amanda Tapping and Richard Dean Anderson. But having Claudia Black and Ben Browder in the episodes help. I wouldnt suggest buying this dvd if you are nto familar with the show because it lacks the feeling of the show in the earlier seasons.
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