During my teenage years I was a huge fan of SG-1, making sure to catch every episode and I loved to fantasize about being a member of the team. Fast-forward 10+ years later, and the show doesn't look nearly as impressive.I have since seen Star Trek: TOS, TNG and DS9, as well as Babylon 5, Farscape and countless other sci-fi shows. The bottom line is that SG-1 blatantly steals from other (much better) shows and simplifies the concepts behind them to an insulting degree. It also tends to suck the fun of out these ideas, with most scenes consisting of characters standing around in a bland gray room talking.More importantly, many of these episodes seem to run together, especially the season premieres and finales which are "the world is doomed unless SG-1 can save the day from some one-dimensional villain" every time.Furthermore, even Star Trek never got as irritatingly preachy as SG-1 gets. The main characters are completely hypocritical, lecturing aliens for doing things that they would probably due if they were in the same situation, and have sometimes actually even done in previous episodes.They make snap judgments before knowing all the facts, all of course based on "infallible" 20th century liberalism, ideals which naturally apply to everyone in the galaxy. This is moral imperialism and American arrogance at their worst.In the end, there are far better shows out there. I recommend Farscape.

I did not have the opportunity to see this series in past. But after watching two seasons I must say I quite liked it.Considering the time line of the series, it appears that many of the proceeding SciFi series and films have borrowed ideas from SG-1 (and possibly SG-1 from the previous one like Startreck).For example the famous film Matrix has the same idea of an episode of SG-1 season 2. People are attached to life maintenance devices, and the device produces a virtual reality world for those people.I am a scientist and I enjoy and look forward to new ideas (to base research work) and this series was very interesting.

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.

In my opinion, Stargate SG1 began to "jump the shark" in season six with all the ascended stuff. Even the loss of a popular character and the incorporation of the more religious spin didn't stop TPTB from trudging on.I really enjoyed the stories and characters in the first five seasons. Fighting the Goa'uld and helping with the Jaffa rebellion gave many great story lines and situations in which it seemed SG-1 would not survive.After the mostly unwatchable season six, they regained Dr. Jackson and continued forward. Season Seven brought more of the intertwined character relationships that became the cement in the first five seasons.Season eight I saw TPTB slip back onto that jet-ski and prepare, once again, to jump the ever present shark. The only thing in season eight that kept me glued was Jack O'Neill and his sense of humor. O'Neill's jocular machinations, especially with regard to his settling in as commander of the SGC, continued to offset the staggering plots.Beginning in season nine, it appeared that TPTB decided to throw everything into the pot and see how it cooked up. It was the worst dish served at any temperature.The main enemy from the first five seasons (the Goa'uld) were back with a foothold on Earth in the form of Ba'al taking the head seat in The Trust (new/old enemy). We were also introduced to the Ori, more false gods that Dr. Jackson inadvertently introduced to the galaxy. We also met the Lucian Alliance (new enemy) who decided to fill the gap the downfall of the system lords left behind.With three enemies to battle and a pointless fifth person added to the lineup, there were just too many ingredients to provide with a good taste. Former allies who had a more major role in many episodes either disappeared altogether or were diminished to walk-on roles at best.Seasons one through eight I recommend, however, don't waste your time on seasons nine and ten, unless all you want to do is ogle Claudia Black (the only reason I have had people tell me they watched SG-1 at all).