[MR_T3D]

the main thing that bugged me was that the rush character seemed an AWFUL lot like baltar, and...

Spoiler:

...i bet he totally tipped off the ha'tak's

seemed alright,

and i liked seasons 9&10, mainly 10 because I frankly liked Vala.
but yeah, they were taked on, maybe they should have been on atlantis, but O-T.

[Blue Lion]

I think the characters will be fleshed out as they go. They can't have it more like SG-1 where everyone loved each other.

[deathfun]

SG-1 was an almost complete reversal from the movie.

I thought differently, but then again it's been a while since I've seen the movie and the

[carbine7]

SG-1 had really nothing to do with the movie except for the concept of the Goa'uld, the Stargate, and Colonel O'Neil and Daniel Jackson[despite the former being played by a different actor having a totally different take on the character]

[The E]

Both were played by different actors. It has been implied that SG-1 exists in a prallel universe to the movie.

[Dark Hunter]

That actually makes some sense in the series canon, given that alternate universes are apparently all over the place.

[carbine7]

Both were played by different actors. It has been implied that SG-1 exists in a prallel universe to the movie.

Shows just how long its been since I watched the movie. Never really liked it anyway.

[Thaeris]

Kind of a lame rationalization... the parallel universe->movie factor, that is. I liked the movie a good deal, actually. Didn't have all the cheesy aspects that tend to afflict the sci-fi drama series.

...I thought the actor who played Jackson in the series was the same as the movie Jackson... but that's not too important. O'Neil was definately noticable as being different from the film, but it's all good: ...we've got freakin' MacGyver... you're already one paperclip-in-rubber band's-width away from defeat!!!

[carbine7]

The original Daniel was played by James Spader, who did look at lot like Michael Shanks. But yeah, MacGyver FTW!

[Liberator]

Shanks has copped to aping Spader's performance in the film for the first 2 or 3 seasons till he realized that it wasn't going anywhere.

[Fury]

There was a difference after 2-3 seasons?

[Mefustae]

When did he get the haircut?

Oh, and Stargate: Universe? I love it. I more than love it. It's what you get when you suck about 75% of the happiness out of the Stargate verse and put desperation and poor lighting in its place. Seriously, I'm looking forward to this. I can't wait to see the characters fleshed out, the Destiny explored, and the awesome additions to the Stargate mythos.

That said, it's not without its problems. It dragged slightly in one or two places, and the cutting between timeframes was a bit jarring without any real indication it was happening. But the latter was probably just because I was viewing it without the benefit of ad breaks. I also found myself shouting at the screen in certain places, namely "use the goddamn Asgard beams you nit", but at the same time I was smiling my ass off at all the little allusions to SG-1 and Atlantis. It's the little things that really place it in the universe, and help keep it grounded in the Stargate mythos. No matter how much the direction, cinematography, and style has changed, it still came across as a Stargate show. So it really wins in my mind from that alone.

[Nuke]

i thought it was pretty good. its still on the dvr so im gonna probibly watch it again

[NGTM-1R]

I also found myself shouting at the screen in certain places, namely "use the goddamn Asgard beams you nit"

I'm still waiting for a return to the ultimate VLS nuke spam we saw at Atlantis' Battle of the Abyss.

[starbug]

I have just watched the pilot of SGU and thought it was very good, well written, liked the new highly detailed Go-auld hataks! Also nice to have another fellow scottish actor on the stargate universe. Wish that sky would ave shown the 3rd episode as well but hey. I think that this could turn out to be a very good series indeed.

[General Battuta]

Topics merged.

[Topgun]

in the movie, apophis Ra was an energy being, not a snake.

[MR_T3D]

in the movie, apophis Ra was an energy being, not a snake.

yeah... that's weird, but snakeheads>energy-crazy-being ****.
i don't think it counts as 'cannon' when it conflicts with the series.

[Mongoose]

What about counting as "canon"?

[Akalabeth Angel]

in the movie, apophis Ra was an energy being, not a snake.

Yeah and Abaddos was supposed be halfway across the universe in another galaxy.

Of course there are inconsistencies, it's just a tv seris adaptation. One has to throw out some of the original movie to make it work . . .