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The show perfectly developed the promise of the 1994 movie and ran with it.
They start blowing up stars, building spaceships and having space battles all over Earth.
Alien battles, towns being taken over, extra-terrestrials in broad daylight.
Luckily, journalism doesnt work in this universe and the smart phone is considerably less smart.
Its a believable, understandable premise.
As the series rolls on it increasingly betrays its brilliant modern day, real Earth premise.
You just cant suspend your disbelief watching it now in the same way that you could when youre young.
It also showed just how far removed the series had come from its more serious beginnings.
The skits, particularly theFarscapehomage with former cast members Ben Browder and Claudia Black, were a masterstroke.
No number ofSG-1cast appearances could save it however and no concluding television movie was released.
Longevity can be a curse and in the case ofStargate SG-1and the franchise it spawned this became evident.
Even the beautifully mysterious music failed to ignite the sinews again.
Or maybe it was MacGyver leaving.
Something was lost and as time went by, the show never got it back.
The great rumor of modern times is thatIndependence Daywas meant to be the sequel toStargate.
The show was brilliant, from the opening pan of Ra to the softer credits at the end.
