"Stargate SG-1" Children of the Gods (1997)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Mario Azzopardi

Writers:

Brad Wright (developer) &
Jonathan Glassner (developer) ...

TV Series:

"Stargate SG-1" (1997)

Original Air Date:

27 July 1997 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

An alien similar to Ra appears out of the Stargate, killing five soldiers and kidnapping another, a year after the original Stargate mission...

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Ra | Goa'uld | Symbiote | Nuclear

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Richard Dean Anderson	...	Colonel Jack O'Neill
Michael Shanks	...	Dr. Daniel Jackson
Amanda Tapping	...	Captain Samantha Carter
Christopher Judge	...	Teal'c
Don S. Davis	...	Major General George Hammond
Jay Acovone	...	Major Charles Kawalsky
Vaitiare Bandera	...	Sha're / Amaunet
Robert Wisden	...	Samuels
Peter Williams	...	Apophis
Brent Stait	...	Louis Ferretti
Gary Jones	...	Sgt. Walter Harriman
Alexis Cruz	...	Skaara / Klorel
Rachel Hayward	...	Guard #3 (as Rachael Hayward)
Rick Ravanello	...	Guard #2
J.B. Bivens	...	Guard #1

Runtime:

92 min | Argentina:60 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:13 | UK:18 (re-rating) (2000) | UK:PG (original rating) | USA:R

Company:

Double Secret Productions

Trivia:

Amanda Tapping ('Samatha Carter') says, "This is how they controlled it. It took us 15 years and three supercomputers to MacGyver a system for the gate on Earth." Richard Dean Anderson played the eponymous lead in "MacGyver" (1985). According to one account, Tapping ad-libbed the MacGyver reference while reading for the part of Carter, and that was what clinched the role for her.

Goofs:

Continuity: On Abydos, the inner ring of the gate does not spin when Apophis comes and goes, but the only way to dial the gate, unless you are ascended, is for the inner ring to spin and the chevrons to lock.

Quotes:

Daniel Jackson: Look, ah, I don't pretend to know anything about astrophysics, but couldn't the planets change? I mean, uh, drift apart or-or something like that to throw this map off?
Samantha Carter: I knew I'd like you.
Daniel Jackson: You mean I'm right?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Sealab 2021: Swimming in Oblivion (#2.3)" (2002)

The Gate to New Worlds

Stargate SG-1 is one of the best sci-fi shows to hit television. I'm a fan of Star Trek and it's spin-offs, and of Babylon 5. Stargate ranks with these fine shows.

Based loosely on the movie 'Stargate', starring Kurt Russell, SG-1 takes the story to whole a new level. Once it's discovered that the Stargate can go to many worlds and not just Abydos (the planet where Ra was killed), the Earth Stargate is reactivated. Colonel Jack O'Neill, now played by Richard Dean Anderson, is called out of retirement to lead SG-1. SG-1 is the flagship unit of Stargate Command (the SGC). Located 28 levels down in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado.

The show's science fiction is cutting edge. Using physics and astronomy coming from the top scientists of today, the writers craft interesting stories and adventures for the well developed characters to experience.

Even the guests are great. People like Dwight Schultz (Barclay on ST:TNG) and John DeLancie ("Q" on ST:TNG) have been and still are guest stars.

Each week I look forward to seeing new and syndicated episodes. Certain episodes, like "Window of Opportunity", where Teal'c and O'Neill are caught in a time loop, are both fascinating and tremendously funny. As they keep reliving the same day over and over again, they begin to have fun. They do things they would never do, like O'Neill resigning and kissing Carter, because there are no consequences. The humor is the other very important aspect of the show that makes it so enjoyable to watch.