By Paul Steven Brown
Before the series premier of ‘Stargate Universe’ in October of last year, I had only watched one episode of a Stargate series. Out of curiosity, I watched the first episode of ‘Stargate SG-1’ on Hulu. It picked up from the feature film that I saw many years ago in the theater, but I wasn’t really impressed. There were some interesting concepts, but the basic plot and the acting left a lot to be desired. The reason that I never took a hard look at this show or its first spin-off, ‘Stargate Atlantis’ was due to timing. ‘SG-1’ premiered while I was in college and it was on Showtime. When I finally was able actually devote some time to regular television watching; it was already in its sixth season. Also, I held some resentment towards the show since it went on for ten seasons and had spin-offs, while my beloved ‘Farscape’ was cancelled after four. To add insult to injury, ‘Farscape’ stars Ben Browder and Claudia Black became members of the ‘Stargate SG-1’ cast.
