Best Stargate SG-1 Season...

[Wicca who Wonta]

^ I haven't watched season 10 yet, but is season 10 better than season 9?

I didn't think season 9 was as good as seasons 1-8. I'm debating whether I should watch season 10 at all but I guess I will because I'm curious of how they will wrap up the show.

My favourite season so far is probably season 6 or 7.

 

[Jax]

So excellent that the writers had NO idea what storyline to give them in Ark of Truth, so instead decided to fill up half the movie with replicators.

The actual Ori were dead by Ark of Truth though, were they not?
I'm not defending the choice to use the Replicators again, just pointing it out.

I'm not certain which season I'd go for. I did like the fact they went in a new direction with Season 9 and 10, but I guess I'd go with season 5.

Another lame anti-climax, especially considering the writer's clearly didn't know whether they wanted them dead or not until they had to write Ark of Truth. And then when AoT did air... they had nothing interesting or 'excellent' to do with the Ori, and instead gave us yet more replicators.

Lets see you wrap up a plot intended for 20-40 more episodes in a 90 minute movie. They did a decent job with it, blame SCI FI not the writers who like us never knew SCI Fi was not going to bother keeping SG around and just wanted 2 more years to make a quick buck and then stick the fingers up to the whole fanbase.

 

[Kemaiku]

But dude, this is the great Gate Messiah kpnuts!, here to spout how much he hates anything after a certain year/season every five minutes no matter how many times we've heard it before, in total disregard for simple mortal appreciation of Different Things(TM) and other opinions, such is his greatness!

 

[MNM]

^ I haven't watched season 10 yet, but is season 10 better than season 9?

I think so. They had a better handle on the newer characters and how they interacted with the established ones which gave a better dynamic and I enjoyed the stories more. Plus Vala is great.

 

[Kpnuts]

Lets see you wrap up a plot intended for 20-40 more episodes in a 90 minute movie. They did a decent job with it, blame SCI FI not the writers who like us never knew SCI Fi was not going to bother keeping SG around and just wanted 2 more years to make a quick buck and then stick the fingers up to the whole fanbase.

You're missing my point.

If there was SO much for the writer's to wrap up... why did they waste half the movie on replicators? The Ori storyline was so weak in the first place (especially after they were all killed, OFF SCREEN!), that there was nothing to wrap up, certainly not enough to fill a two hour movie, so they just plugged in replicators...

 

[Harvey]

I haven't watched season 10 yet, but is season 10 better than season 9?

Hard to say. Season ten started stronger than season nine, and its strongest episodes (The Pegasus Project, The Shroud) were better than the strongest episodes of season nine...but it also had a few episodes that were completely boring. I actually fast forwarded through parts of two of them, which I never thought I would do. I'd rate them about the same--season nine was more consistant, but season ten had stronger individual episodes. IMO.

 

[Harvey]

Lets see you wrap up a plot intended for 20-40 more episodes in a 90 minute movie. They did a decent job with it, blame SCI FI not the writers who like us never knew SCI Fi was not going to bother keeping SG around and just wanted 2 more years to make a quick buck and then stick the fingers up to the whole fanbase.

You're missing my point.

If there was SO much for the writer's to wrap up... why did they waste half the movie on replicators? The Ori storyline was so weak in the first place (especially after they were all killed, OFF SCREEN!), that there was nothing to wrap up, certainly not enough to fill a two hour movie, so they just plugged in replicators...

For all the talk of fighting the Ori, they were basically off-screen villains, anyway. The real presence was always the Priors, the Doci, Adria, and the soldiers who worshiped the Ori, and all of them were in the movie already.

Which is not to defend the Replicator story, which felt tired and not to mention unnecessary, considering how many replicator stories that have been on Atlantis in seasons three and four.

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

I haven't watched season 10 yet, but is season 10 better than season 9?

I'd say they were about the same. Although, honestly, I found the Priors in Season 9 more threatening than the giant Ori army in Season 10. Season 10 also had a few lame stand-alone episodes, whereas I agree with Hirogen Alpha that Season 9 was more solid overall.

 

[DWF]

I haven't watched season 10 yet, but is season 10 better than season 9?

I'd say they were about the same. Although, honestly, I found the Priors in Season 9 more threatening than the giant Ori army in Season 10. Season 10 also had a few lame stand-alone episodes, whereas I agree with Hirogen Alpha that Season 9 was more solid overall.

I can't agree with that season nine started out as a bit of a mess they had reintroduce Vala, introduce Landry, Lam and Mitchell as well as the Ori and their priors, I didn't think they got the season together until the final batch of eps.

Season ten however started out on all cylinders and they added Vala as regular, the visual effects were notched up and Mitchell became a more rounded character.

Still it's impossible for me to pick a favorite season of the ten.

 

[archeryguy1701]

Season ten however started out on all cylinders and they added Vala as regular, the visual effects were notched up and Mitchell became a more rounded character.

Emphasis mine. That is the one thing that I noticed the most when I first watched season 10... the effects were incredible! In particular, all of the external shots of the ships were so phenominal.

 

[TedShatner10]

Season 8 feels like a lot of filler. There are some good episodes here & there but not a whole lot that's worth spending a lot of time on. The good thing is that Jack O'Neill actually feels like a more substantial presence here than he was in Season 7. I think that's a combination of consolidating his shooting schedule to put more of his scenes at the SGC and cutting the number of episodes down from 22 to 20 (and it feels like even less than that).

I'd say Season Eight was the best out of the later seasons and had less padding than much of Season Six and Seven, when it tied up most of the overlong storyarcs established in the first two or so years of the show.

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

I haven't watched season 10 yet, but is season 10 better than season 9?

I'd say they were about the same. Although, honestly, I found the Priors in Season 9 more threatening than the giant Ori army in Season 10. Season 10 also had a few lame stand-alone episodes, whereas I agree with Hirogen Alpha that Season 9 was more solid overall.

I can't agree with that season nine started out as a bit of a mess they had reintroduce Vala, introduce Landry, Lam and Mitchell as well as the Ori and their priors, I didn't think they got the season together until the final batch of eps.

Well, it's a bit jarring going from "Mobius, Part 2" right into "Avalon, Part 1" since so many things changed between the 2 seasons, to the point where it almost feels like the pilot to a new series. I sometimes feel that if Mitchell had been introduced prior to Season 9, the transition might have been easier. However, the episodes themselves are solid and work a lot better if you try to consider it an entirely different show.

 

[Harvey]

I think the episodes that begin season nine are pretty solid on their own, but in the context of the first eight seasons of SG-1, they don't make sense, at least character-wise. Daniel Jackson should finally be moving on to Atlantis, where he's wanted to go since before he descended. Teal'c should finally move on to leading his people, after the snakeheads have finally been defeated. And Carter should move on (or move in) with Jack. It's hard for him to always be there if she's running away on dangerous missions (and, later, to Atlantis). I never really bought this team being back together after season eight. And now, if there's a third movie, I'd be curious to see how they get the team back together again (or if they just throw them together with no explanation).

 

[MNM]

^^Jackson was going to Atlantis at this point though. Only the stuff that happened when Vala showed up stopped that as he missed the ship's departure.

The only thing I found a little jarring is that in the episode "The Ties That Bind", Teal'c tells Mitchell he is not rejoining SG-1 and is only there to help Jackson, but in the very next episode, "The Powers That Be", he has rejoined without saying why.

 

[poundpuppy29]

Seasons 1 was awesome and Season 10 would be second for me

 

[Lonemagpie]

I gave up halfway through season 9...

seasons 3-5 were the best, and I voted 4.

Season 1- Meh, didn't hook me. Later I enjoyed it.
Season 2- better, but I still only watched about two episodes originally
Season 3- A rerun of Out Of Mind/Into the Fire hooked me. I went back and caught up, then stayed a regular viewer.
Seasons 3-5 - Fab
Season 6- OK, didn't hate Jonas, though missed Daniel
Season 7- Um, OK
Season 8- Clearly past its sell-by date, but has its moments
Season 9- Zzzzzz... Didn't this show finish ages ago? Vala started off great, but quickly got muted to comedy sidekick and totally wasted CB's talent
Season 10- Never saw it, cos season 9 had put me right off...

Ark Of Truth- Didn't watch it, cos it's tying up a story arc I hadn't followed.

Continuum - great, pretty much the SG1 I remember

 

[TedShatner10]

How did the recently canned Stargate: Atlantis compare to the original SG-1? What little of I saw of it seemed very slick, but I was not hugely impressed, struck me as rather bland, and seemed too much like Voyager (the Atlantis team's leader even reminded me of Janeway).

 

[archeryguy1701]

In my opinion, it wasn't bad, it definately had some good episodes/ strings of episodes, but it certainly wasn't SG1.

 

[Harvey]

Beyond a standout first season (as far as first seasons go), there's little I can recommend about Stargate: Atlantis without strong reservations. That said, even in the worst season I've seen so far (season four) you can get a smart, well-written episode like "Tabula Rasa" that almost makes you forget the reservations.

 

[Darth_Daver]

Well... I've never counted Stargate as a SciFi masterpiece, but as a fun and enjoyable romp...

Season 1 was good, although there were a few episodes that in retrospect feels very campy and downright bad. The end of season arc (beginning with There But for the Grace of God) was awesome though...

Season 2 got better and worse at the same time. The storyline episodes were perfect (In the Line of Duty, Secrets, Fifth Race, 1969,etc), the fillers were mostly awful. (Think Bane or Spirits) too bad they ended the season with a clipshow.

Season 3 was a very stable, strong season, the main episodes were a definate improvement toward a serious storyline. One of the best seasons...

Season 4 had the funniest episode of any scifi show ever (Window of Opportunity), many good episodes (although not as great as s03) and only one or two bad episodes. (First Ones, Light, etc)

Season 5 was the best season in my opinion. Only two not-greats (Beast of "I still don't like this Unas shit" Burden and the Red Sky) and countless perfect episodes (Between two Fires, 2001, Wormhole Xtreme, Proving Ground, 48 Hours, Summit/Last Stand, Meridian (my 2nd favourite episode of SG1), Revelations).

Season 6 was something different. I loved Jonas, I missed Daniel. My other favourite season, three really bad episodes (Nightwalkers, Sight Unseen, Metamorphosis), the best episode of SG1 (Abyss) and of course the epic Full Circle... I loved almost all the episodes...

Season 7 was different again. This is where they started the "we didn't get cancelled this year again" routine... They WASTED Jonas, they had the most epic two parters yet (Fallen/Homecoming, Evolution, Heroes (OMG I LOVED IT), and of course Lost City) and the worst fillers yet (Enemy Mine, Space Race,Grace,Resurrection) and the start of Action!Daniel

Season 8 is where RDA's absence was really felt. They continued the trend of better and more epic storylines with worse fillers in between. (Avatar,Affinity,Gemini,what were they smoking?) But they finished the series with a bang (Reckoning, Threads, Moebius... perfect ending...)

Season 9 is a new series. But I loved it still. Mitchell is funny, smart, and Ben Browder is good. Vala is not. The Daniel-Mitchell scene in The Fourth Horseman is the scene that made this season for me. The Avalon 3 parter was good, Off the Grid and Scourge was horrible beyond words. I've seen better shows than this "Stargate Command".

Season 10 is like a proper Season 2 of a new series. It got better where it was needed (new Vala is better, the storyline is gripping, Pegasus Project, Quest, Line in the Sand,Shroud and Dominion is good. Uninvited, Bounty, Bad Guys and Family Ties are in the bottom ten of SG1 episodes ever. 200 could have been more fun, less in-jokes.
Then, when they finally stopped caring about being cancelled, they got cancelled.

But, I almost cried during the montage of Unending. Almost.

Ark of Truth was good, but WHO THE HELL PUT THE REPLICATORS there?

Continuum was better in style, but even worse in story. Solid acting from Browder and Shanks though....

Atlantis on the other hand is a different animal. They are better in character episodes, better in epic battles, but apart from some McKayism HORRIBLE at funny episodes (Irresponsible, Irresistable, Tower, Trio, Harmony, SERIOUSLY!!!)

But detailed review about Atlantis is for another post...