Who else thinks the SG-1 franchise is crap?

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C'mon don't tell me that you've hasn't been annoyed by the premise...decive the pulbic from the wonders of the universe for its own good at hands of the USAF military (The same guys that put people or better say corpsicles into Irak... ) only for an smalll elite of privligied ones to enjoy its secrets, and mostly nerdy scientists or impossibly noble-and-good militars, when you've seen a noble-and-good militar since Abu Ghraib? Since Vietnam and the Napalm bombardments? Since the Granada invasion? Since Bahía de Cochinos? Since the Iran takeover of the '50? Since Bush Jr. leaves Darfur to its own luck? Are they the people we want going to the stars or it's just that the Asgard are as delusional as us?

I liked the characters in the original SG-1 but hate Atlantis and watch none of it now.

big load of crap

Big SG-1 fan, and Stargate Atlantis. They do lose something though when dubbed into Hungarian.

Ed Almos

Didn't like it at first, because I saw the movie and don't like when different actors are suddenly playing the same characters -- and how the hell did Daniel Jackson end up back at SG-1 when he was supposed to have stayed behind?! Lately I still prefer the movie. I'm not massively into the series but I do like watching the occasional episode.

Point 1: The United States Armed Forces is infamous for it's skill at hiding things from the public - every time a new document is declassfied it's something you had no idea they were thinking about trying when they were testing it for over three decades.



Point 2: The actions of a few do not represent the whole. Though parts of the USAF are indeed corrupt I have no doubt most of them are good people who merely want to serve their country (or make money for college) not monsters.

Point 3: Bush has been the leader who's done the most about the Darfur issue, while the U.N. dodges calling it Genocide (So they can avoid having to do anything - U.N. Law requires all member nations to declare war on nations supporting genocide) Bush publicly called it a genocide and though it was only token he did something (Embargo) and after our fun little romp through the middle east Bush couldn't send a dozen troops to get ice cream without public outrage and it's unlikely they'd do anything but make it worse. Darfur's only hope rests in the hands of PMCs (Private Military Contractors) who could easily deal with the fighting (Think Excutive Outcomes style company going in and picking off the leaders on both sides.)

Not fond of Atlantis, but I enjoyed the first half of the movie, and like to tune into the sg-1 series whenever Star Trek, Air Farce (canadian show) Rick Mercer Report or the Simpsons isn't on.

I've met a couple corrupt military people, but on the whole them seem like just ordinary people, who have a better concept of following the rules that most people. A lot also have the strong urge to protect their countrymen, and would die to save them.

Who would you rather be in control of something that could mean our end that is highly scientific than Nerds, geeks, a few military personel for safety?

. . . I guess you could say the UN, but I don't think that'd work very well . . .

Bushy wanna save Darfur to be remembered by doing something good after the Irak fiasco

I mainly watch it for comedy and don't take it too seriously, but couldn't the Goa'uld be a metaphor for what's going on in Iraq, and the NID for the corrupt politicians, after all the Army just follow orders, regardless of who gives them, Plus they may a point of not making Bush the President in the 'Gate Universe.
The Ori can also be a metaphor for religious extremists, of which there are in any religion unfortunately!

Yeah, once you see it too carefully you realize how a mess it is