I'm a little bias since I grew up watching this show; I have literally seen the entire series more times then I can count, since it is one of my favorites, but maybe that's why I am also qualified to review it.
If you watch Stargate Atlantis first and then try this one; you wont like it. Stargate Atlantis was made beautifully and has more action and go to it. Stargate SGI is a little slower and can get boring after awhile, compared to today's newer Sci-Fi series it has a hard time standing up. But there are so many good things about this show as well, that I recommend you give it a fair chance before crossing it off the list. The idea behind the series; being able to travel to any limit of planets, and what you might find on those planets is beyond endless for possibilities. I find Stargate SGI did a very good job with coming up with creative stories to tell in each episode. They also did an extraordinary job of building each episode off of the last. You can't just watch this show from anywhere, you need to start from the beginning for it to make sense.
The cast in this show and their characters were very well chosen, they play off of each other beautifully, adding lots of humor to each episode, but not too much to make it goofy. Instead each episode has a perfect amount of heart and grit, making you fall in love with each character.
The first episode does contain explicit content, but ONLY the first episode. There is no other nudity in the entire show. As the seasons progress, I do find the last two seasons are the best in the entire series. It's to bad that they faze out Richard Dean Anderson; he truly was the heart of the team that made the show, but by introducing Claudia Black and her wicked humor it made up for the loss that was felt.
