I kind of love how Futurama did the inverse of the whole "aliens influenced the ancient Egyptians" trope by making it so aliens were influenced by the Egyptians.
"We learned many things from the mighty Egyptians, such as pyramid building, space travel and how to prepare our dead so as to scare Abbott and Costello"
Linkara: Wants to do a history of Stargate. Also Linkara: "If I do that, they'll bring back the IP and make new stuff..." Me: "Do it. Sacrifice yourself for the fandom."
For the franchise I personally loved between the two sides of Star Wars and Star Trek playing tug-of-war, honestly, I can think of no nobler goal for Linkara to pursue than to drum up further support and acknowledgement of just how good we really, really had it with Stargate. If the man is prepared to fall on his sword for us, I'll be there next to him to fall on mine.
honestly, I would watch the Hell out of that! SG is still my favourite Scifi-Franchise with most of Star Trek in second Place. And if he can bring it back to life with this, I'm all the more for it! But please not like Origins, I just watched that recently and it's just awful...
MGM's IP was recently bought out by Amazon, and one of the old show's creators has been shopping around a proposal for a while now, so it's at least possible that a quality Stargate project may be in the relatively near future.
Linkara in the Batman v Superman review: Truth be told, I kind of wish I was reviewing Man of Steel instead. Much as I hate this movie, Man of Steel is *much worse* to me! Linkara now: THAT WAS NOT AN INVITATION!
As a general in the United States military, Hammond should know better than to have his finger on the trigger of his firearm unless he planned to shoot the next person he saw...
my favorite twist on the "aliens built the pyramids" trope was when Futurama said the Egyptians actually told the aliens how to build pyramids, travel through space, and prepare their dead to scare Abbot and Costello.
Considering that this is a comic from Avatar Press, I think that Linkara missed a joke opportunity with the giant Hammond head: "General Hammond has mastered all four elements and has become the Avatar!"
Counterpoint: if you DO make a 'History of Stargate' then they DO make a new series or film out of it, that just means you have the power to revive old beloved shows or films!
It’s interesting that two Dean Devlin/Roland Emmerich movie projects, despite not being good films, have spawned into TV shows and such that ended up more successful than the movies they spun off from. Not only had Stargate spun off into a massive franchise, but Devlin and Emmerich’s Godzilla film got a Fox Kids cartoon that was much closer to what fans expected from a Godzilla series. It’s ironic that those two tried and failed to do that with Independence Day.
If only they tried to do an Independence Day tv show. In a decade, you’d have to explain to everyone under 20 that it’s a spin-off and the original was a big deal in the before-times.
And even stranger, I would argue that Stargate is actually the best Roland Emmerich film. Sure, it's cringe with all the "Ancient Aliens" stuff that the show tried to kind of fix by making sure the "Ancient Aliens" didn't just affect non-white cultures, but I think it's better than Independence Day, which I find pretty fun in its own right. Everything thereafter is a slide into awfulness and fading relevance. He got it right the first (two) times, and then just kept trying to chase the rabbit, only to get stuck in the rabbit hole.
Doesn't help much that whoever did the Godzilla cartoon far outclassed both of them in talent. I don't think we would have needed an Independence Day cartoon. We got one based on the better Will Smith Sci-Fi movie and even then, that cartoon outclassed its movies sequel, even though that movie came out after the series ended.
Yeah while it’s hard to pit The Clone Wars against Stargate during the period they overlapped, Stargate was a very healthy contender against Enterprise, but late DS9 was pretty strong for SG-1’s opening stretch. The simultaneous SG-1/Atlantis era definitely overpowers Enterprise’s final season (Atlantis premiered July ‘04). By the time Star Wars continually has a TV presence (gotta throw in the Lego stuff for a good spread), Trek is long absent, Stargate freshly so
@@DGilVids Kind of? SG-1 seasons 8-10 and Atlantis 1-3 were right alongside each other. Think FBI Tuesdays, Chicago Wednesdays and Law and Order Thursdays. Stargate Universe was on its own. Honestly, it’s very Enterprisey in that way, and probably would be Enterprise without seasons 3 and 4 I’d say Star Wars has actually most served the thinking you described, but in its animation, specifically the Filoni throughline: The Clone Wars->Rebels->Resistance->The Clone Wars season 7->The Bad Batch
@@DGilVids The major takeaway of this: Star Wars, Star Trek and Stargate are mere heads of some Star Hydra being. I’m sure StarCraft, Starman, Star Fox, Starbucks and Star VS The Forces of Evil are heads of the creature too.
Those people who think ancient civilizations couldn't make shapes are also the people that probably still think Fred Durst was a lyrical rap genius and also built the Pyramids single handly which they might be right
First off, thank you for doing a stargate episode, it’s my preferred sci-fi series and shaped my love of the genre. 2nd off, more big head Hammond jokes! In honor of Bra’Tac, ‘General Hammond of Texas, I did not realize you be as big as Texas’
Ah, "Legend." I was a kid when they filmed some scenes of that in the warehouse next door to my grandfather's house. I remember going to visit him one morning and seeing the "Legendmobile" parked in front of his house.
I love Stargate SG1 and the movie it spun-off from. O'Neill was my favorite of the series as well as General Hammond. The stand-alone episodes are my favorite, especially the "Wormhole Xtreme" satire episodes.
Stargate was my first major binge project of quarantine. I left it unable to see Willie Garson without screaming “WORMHOLE XTREME!”, and so his death hurt
Ah Big Head Mode. A relic from a simpler time when you got the cheat codes for free when you bought the game and could use them whenever you wanted. They could help you, hinder you, or just be used for the Lulz.
this brought back warm high school memories of watching this show with my mom (she’s not dead, to be clear, but i moved a long way away) and honestly, your Teal’c impression gave me a good chuckle. reminded me of the Groundhog Day episode. as for next week… honestly, i’d have patreon-ed it sooner if i could’ve. and very few people will be as keen to have you rip it asunder as i am.
I remember the animated series titled Star Gate Infinity. It was aimed at a much younger audience about a team of young cadets and there older commanding officer who during an attack by a force called the Tla-Kahn had to jump through a Star Gate set to random to escape. Now the group is lost in the Galaxy trying to find other Star Gates hoping the planet they end up on next is Earth. All while being hunted by the Tla-Kahn. And since the target audience was young children this series was labeled as educational with each episode teaching morals and life lessons.
I've been introduced to Star Wars at 5 years old and loved it ever since. Much much later the TNG triggered me to dive into Star Trek franchise for the time being. But it was Stargate SG-1 that captivated me unlike any other sci-fi series during my teenage years and has become one of my most favourite shows of all time alongside with Atlantis.
Linkara - your reason for not doing a History of Stargate is the exact reason you should do it. Imagine the power you have and the number of fans who'd bow to you for bringing it back.
Between the three Star based shows Stargate was my favourite for a long while. When it aired the newest Star Trek show for me was TNG and I could not really warm up to it as much. I liked the military science fiction approach of the show and its characters. It is the reason why I picked this nickname, though misspelled back in the day because I was still a kid.
While I never watched any Stargate, I have seen constant commercials for SG-1. As such, for the longest time, I thought that was the only Stargate thing. Years later I found out about the rest of it and was surprised. This may be weird but something about the name of this show just sounds so cool and has gravitas: SG-1, something about the combination of the letters and numbers, much like Star Trek Deep Space Nine and its DS9 acronym.
If you ever decide to watch SG-1, I'd suggest watching season 2 or 3 first, maybe start with the last multiparter of season 1. Season one is...well it's kind of rough to get through and should only really be watched when you're invested in the show. Just like any Star Trek series actually.
Season 1 has some fundamental episodes though that I think are worth watching in isolation if nothing else. Thor's Hammer and Torment of Tantalus both set up the single biggest plotline throughout the show's run for example. And the build-up to the S1 finale is both gripping and chilling in showing just how slanted the stakes are against Earth.
@@Jokie155 I agree, but season one is still on the whole an acquired taste. I meant more that season 1 is not indicative of the quality of the rest of the series and starting on the later stuff might help new people get hocked, maybe skipping around season 1 for the important ones.
@@mikegates8993 Yeah, plus it was clear that they were kind of doing catch up with Star Trek TNG and DS9. Plus some of the content in season 1 felt really out place not just with the tone of season1 but the entire series in general. Especially with that full frontal nudity scene in the pilot that felt (for the lack of a better) very rapey, something the franchise in general never did. TBF though, the creators said that they were forced to add that scene and the directors cut shortened that scene and removed the nudity.
Cameron Mitchell: No, you're dark side intergalactic encyclopedia salesmen. but Unfortunately, the home office hasn't been quite upfront with you. Jack O'Neill: I can't help you there. That's between you and your god. Oh, wait a minute. You are your god. That's a problem. “Maybourne, you are an idiot every day of the week. Why couldn’t you have taken one day off?” - Samantha Carter “My name’s not Kirk… It’s Skywalker. Luke Skywalker.” - Jack O’Neill
cool video. I can't complain much, I actually worked on a pitch packet working to get the license of the series for comics 21 years ago before all of this. We didn't get it back then and really have no clue how far we would have gone, since it's a lot of wishes that never got anywhere than some designs for posters.
During this time, Stargate wasn't the only other contender in the Battle of Stars! Kirby of the Stars was also around this time, later redubbed Right Back At Ya! while much of the show's terms stuck. Yeah. It was pretty crowded during this era.
To me personally, the best thing about Stargate is its worldbuilding. They do an excellent job of creating explanations for how 21st-century Earth can stand up to and eventually surpass FTL aliens, and make that progression feel natural and earned rather than a "[Earth] humans are just better at stuff" vibe.
I think the best thing about Stargate is Christopher Judge's ability to completely deadpan everything as Teal'c. Also the single episode "Window of Opportunity". (I have simple pleasures.)
Next time, Linkara reviews Captain Hero: The Movie. Zod: "I'll never stop!" Captain Hero: "Well maybe a little neck-snapping will make you stop!" (snap)
I instantly thought. Wow Linkara is gonna review John Byrne's Man of Steel miniseries, then quickly realized with Linkara's look that it wasn't that Man of Steel the patreon was talking about.
Regarding the recapping to other characters: One thing I really liked about _Stargate Universe_ was a series of recordings Daniel Jackson made explaining the _Stargate_ series' backstory and relevant lore. As time went by, people in-universe would learn about the Stargate, and they'd have to have these things explained to them. I guess the people doing the explaining got so tired of going through that song and dance over and over again, that they decided to just make some recordings of Daniel laying it all out, and then handing those out to people instead of taking the time to sit down and give exposition themselves.
I heard the Egyptians also liked to back a truck into people's legs of course this was before expansionism and all that but they really liked those trucks.
To be fair, the Roman Colosseum was both closer to us than to the pyramids in terms of when it was built (seriously, it is hard to wrap your head around how ancient the pyramids are), giving humanity more time to up its game, and also much less spectacular. But yeah, the whole ancient aliens nonsense is predicated on the idea that ancient people didn't know how to do math, basically.
01:10 I do think the comparison with Rome has the "issue" that we tend to have far better actual sources about Rome than about the fourth Dynasty and before, the fourth Dynasty being the one of Khufu/Cheops and his father Sneferu, who built the Pyramids at Giza. Meanwhile outside of Greece and Rome, aside of stuff like Stonehenge (which, for the most part, just isn't really visually impressive enough to wonder "How did they do that?!") in Europe there weren't many epc buildings until well into the first century BC or even far further into the ADs. So, for Europe, there just isn't that much prehistoric material to go "ALIENS DID IT!", aside of, as before, Stonehenge and such, who do attract some theories. And between the Cheops Pyramid and the Colosseum are around 2600 years, that has to be kept in mind. We, today, are closer to Cleopatra VII. Philopator and the building of the Colosseum, then either were to the building of the great Pyramids. While racism most likely plays a role, the reason for why we don't have nearly as much humbug about the Colosseum and co. is probably mainly that we have a much better picture of 1st Century Rome than of 26th century BC Egypt. Although that isn't the only fringe Theory about the Sphinx (and the Pyramids)... there is also the one where they are actually like... 2,000 to 8,000 years older and where they were built by a civilization nobody ever found evidence to have even existed. 23:30 and the support of the French, Spanish and Dutch, and a prussian officer whipping the Continental Army into shape.
@@TheLetterJ0 Bitch, don't even try. There are countless cases of ancient astronaut theorists expressing open racism, the whole thing is basically a new take on the "whites built Zimbabwe because of course blacks can't", and there's no justification for thinking Rome is not alien influenced while attributing well documented technological processes like Mesoamerica to non-human factors.
Linkara's a gater, I knew it ! I'm surprised he doesn't mention the common points between "Emancipation" (SG-1 1x03) and "Code of Honor" (ST:TNG 1x03).
@@AT4W I fully understand (and agree). Actually I'm more surprised you didn't mentioned that both the effects of gate device put by Skaara/Klorel and the way Sam Carter tries to deactivate it are similar to the two-parter opening of season 6 with Anubis' gate-destroyer.
I remember discovering SG1 during the 5th season while randomly flicking through tv channels looking for something to watch and seeing John De Lancie, being a big fan of Q from Star Trek I gave the show a watch and was intrigued. I looked into it some more after that and was quickly hooked, Stargate becoming my favourite of the “Star” franchises. For years I watched it almost religiously with my dad and just a couple weeks I even introduced my mom to it and have been rewatching it from the very beginning.
I know linkara said in the credits that he doesn't think a History of Stargate would be a fruitful endeavor but if he had the time, I would enjoy seeing him do a "Stargate SG1" retrospective. Only as long as he enjoys going through all that stuff, I wouldn't want him pushing himself too far and spoiling an enjoyed series.
Man, you had me rolling iwth the Big Giant Hammond Head jokes. It's been a couple of years since my last watch-through of the series, but I loved the shout-outs. And yep, gotta imagine the Aschen would've had a really bad day when they eventually decided to dial up P3W-451 (and if they managed to survive that, the list they got from SG-1 gets progressively darker after that).
Saw this pop up and clicked it. This was my childhood and honestly is where my love for the stars originally started from. Even now going back to it, its kinda refreshing and a nice change of pace.
I only got into Stargate recently because I'm a big fan of Farscape, and I found a RUclips clip of a Stargate parody of Farscape (most likely done because of Ben Browder and Claudia Black's presence), and I thought: "Yeah, this show gets me."
I'm a big Stargate fan. I grew up on it and Stargate Atlanta, I even sometimes marathon some of my favorite seasons of sg1 and Atlanta from time to time. So this is awesome. Also who ever patreon linkara to do this thank you. And linkara I hope you do a episode on one of your favorite season or of Atlanta one day. Hear to the the show one day get a comeback
so glad you covered this! this series was a fun one to watch on reruns and its said that its been sidelined. also fun fact for the newbies: the badass teal'k is voiced by Kratos so take that info for what you will.
23:47 If you want to be REAL technical, there is the story of the Captain John Paul Jones, an American Naval Officer who sailed to England and attacked various ships off their shoreline, even capturing some before returning to the safety of the Colonies. I do not think that is what the writer meant by that though, it's probably a poor choice of words detailing how American Rebels went on the Offensive. But there you go.
fun fact, one of the producers of the tv series is the son of Dom Deluise. yes, THE Dom Deluise. also for Beast Wars fans, Optimus Primal is in the tv series playing a russian general, in fact there's a clip of him shown at 5:55
I completely forgot this series existed. Always got it mixed in my head with Battlestar, which I didn't watched either. Memory is strange that way. Interesting review Lewis, would love to see you talk more about the show in the future :)
I have no big attachment to starwars or star trek, I like them both but... Stargate holds such nostalgia for me, I really love the SG1 series and its characters.
Really loved this episode. There were definitely some missed opportunities. But that is because I am a big stargate nerd. And the symbiote that took over skaara was named klorel
All the giant head jokes really killed me. Loved this one. I never got into Stargate aside from the movie, but it's on the never ending "To watch" list. I usually hear pretty positive things about it.
OH GOD HAHAHAHAHAHA! The slew of giant hammend jokes where just...OH GOD I CANT HAHAHAHAHAHA! Linkara I think that was one of youre funniest moments ever, I had to pause because I lathed so much! Loved the vidio, keep up the great work!
After watching your review of this comic, I have since become an instant fan of Stargate Linkara! I should point out that another star titled show called Starhunter, which was a Canadian produced live-action Cowboy Bebop from 2000, was produced with ancient aliens involved with the plot, although it was canned after 2 seasons. All of it had to do with studio interference, much like another Canadian produced Star show, the 1973 Harlan Ellison penned, Starlost tv series which starred 2001: A Space Odyssey's Keir Duella and guest starred John Callicos, Terry Morse, and Percy Rodrigez, was canned and tampered with by studio interference.
15:00 "Hey..... Buddy, I have a plan to get us outta here. All I need is a rubber band, a paperclip, and a......." Sounds like all O'Neill needs is an Office Max. Hopefully Reed Richards isn't already there buying them out.
Four if you count Starhunter, which is the Canadian equvialant of Firefly; although it pre-dates Firefly by 2 years and is miles ahead of the latter in character and plot.
Much as I love the other "star" sci-fi franchises, Stargate will always hold a very special place in my heart and I really appreciate Linkara giving it the spotlight it deserves ❤️
I had no idea it was a movie. As a kid, I watched SG1 and Atlantis on TV before school with my Dad. Pretty fond memories too. Just chilling with my Dad watching sci fi while I get ready for the day. I'm from Manitoba and we had a channel specifically called "Space" so they aired it there. Weird that the series were on back to back at 6 and 7am, but I just googled the initial release and end dates so it seems I was watching reruns.
I still think you should do a History of Stargate, especially knowing they'll probably do a new show because of it, because then we at least get new Stargate!
I kind of love how Futurama did the inverse of the whole "aliens influenced the ancient Egyptians" trope by making it so aliens were influenced by the Egyptians.
That episode was even sillier if you first watched it without knowing about the ancient alien's theory.
"We learned many things from the mighty Egyptians, such as pyramid building, space travel and how to prepare our dead so as to scare Abbott and Costello"
At least SG1 made everyone on Earth dumb enough to be influenced by the Goa'uld as opposed to just the Egyptians.
That’s what I’m gonna do for any aliens or gods in my own series!
@@Amitlu Not everyone. No Goa'ulds based on the slavic gods such as Perun or Światowid. Meaning, they're the only gods that are the real deal.
Linkara: Wants to do a history of Stargate.
Also Linkara: "If I do that, they'll bring back the IP and make new stuff..."
Me: "Do it. Sacrifice yourself for the fandom."
He say it like it's a bad thing...
For the franchise I personally loved between the two sides of Star Wars and Star Trek playing tug-of-war, honestly, I can think of no nobler goal for Linkara to pursue than to drum up further support and acknowledgement of just how good we really, really had it with Stargate. If the man is prepared to fall on his sword for us, I'll be there next to him to fall on mine.
honestly, I would watch the Hell out of that! SG is still my favourite Scifi-Franchise with most of Star Trek in second Place. And if he can bring it back to life with this, I'm all the more for it! But please not like Origins, I just watched that recently and it's just awful...
MGM's IP was recently bought out by Amazon, and one of the old show's creators has been shopping around a proposal for a while now, so it's at least possible that a quality Stargate project may be in the relatively near future.
Announce a History of Stargate series just so we get new content!
Linkara in the Batman v Superman review: Truth be told, I kind of wish I was reviewing Man of Steel instead. Much as I hate this movie, Man of Steel is *much worse* to me!
Linkara now: THAT WAS NOT AN INVITATION!
The long series of jokes about Hammond's giant head had me laughing so hard my chest hurts...
...I want "Godzilla vs. Hammond" now.
It was far more interesting than the comic was.
I just love when there's a long string of rapid-fire gags on the same theme. That's how Linkara keeps aHEAD of his fellow reviewers~
Ehh for me personally, it's more annoying then clever. Just choose the best joke out of all of them and move on.
As a general in the United States military, Hammond should know better than to have his finger on the trigger of his firearm unless he planned to shoot the next person he saw...
Well, considering one of the people in General Hammonds' office was Lt. Col Samuels . . .
I misread your post and I thought you were referring to yourself as a general.
Hammond is always ready to kill
Oh sure but when Gennette and Pops get fired on by the Base Commander IN HIS OFFICE, *they’re* the fugitives.
@@Skull1Hunter Oops I'm so sorry Lt. Col. Samuels I didn't see you there.
my favorite twist on the "aliens built the pyramids" trope was when Futurama said the Egyptians actually told the aliens how to build pyramids, travel through space, and prepare their dead to scare Abbot and Costello.
Hey, if Linkara making a “History of Stargate” series forever is what it takes to get more of it I think we’re all okay with him making that sacrifice
Considering that this is a comic from Avatar Press, I think that Linkara missed a joke opportunity with the giant Hammond head: "General Hammond has mastered all four elements and has become the Avatar!"
"A member of a race known as the Ja'fa."
Iago: "JAFAH!"
(RIP Gilbert Gottfried)
Funily enough there is a Comic Adaptation of Aladdin....
@@or_gluzman561Peace_IL_PS .I don't care
@@TheHeroOfTomorrow i just thought it's an interesting fun fact for you to know nothing more
22:32: "You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water" - Captain/Major/Colonel/General Carter
Counterpoint: if you DO make a 'History of Stargate' then they DO make a new series or film out of it, that just means you have the power to revive old beloved shows or films!
You know, I would unironically watch "History of Stargate" if Linkara decided to actually make it.
Also, that was a fun episode.
IMO, Stargate SG-1 has the perfect mix of humor, science fiction, and mythology. I put it up there with DS9 in being some of the best genre TV.
It’s interesting that two Dean Devlin/Roland Emmerich movie projects, despite not being good films, have spawned into TV shows and such that ended up more successful than the movies they spun off from. Not only had Stargate spun off into a massive franchise, but Devlin and Emmerich’s Godzilla film got a Fox Kids cartoon that was much closer to what fans expected from a Godzilla series.
It’s ironic that those two tried and failed to do that with Independence Day.
If only they tried to do an Independence Day tv show. In a decade, you’d have to explain to everyone under 20 that it’s a spin-off and the original was a big deal in the before-times.
And even stranger, I would argue that Stargate is actually the best Roland Emmerich film.
Sure, it's cringe with all the "Ancient Aliens" stuff that the show tried to kind of fix by making sure the "Ancient Aliens" didn't just affect non-white cultures, but I think it's better than Independence Day, which I find pretty fun in its own right.
Everything thereafter is a slide into awfulness and fading relevance. He got it right the first (two) times, and then just kept trying to chase the rabbit, only to get stuck in the rabbit hole.
Doesn't help much that whoever did the Godzilla cartoon far outclassed both of them in talent. I don't think we would have needed an Independence Day cartoon. We got one based on the better Will Smith Sci-Fi movie and even then, that cartoon outclassed its movies sequel, even though that movie came out after the series ended.
Yeah while it’s hard to pit The Clone Wars against Stargate during the period they overlapped, Stargate was a very healthy contender against Enterprise, but late DS9 was pretty strong for SG-1’s opening stretch. The simultaneous SG-1/Atlantis era definitely overpowers Enterprise’s final season (Atlantis premiered July ‘04). By the time Star Wars continually has a TV presence (gotta throw in the Lego stuff for a good spread), Trek is long absent, Stargate freshly so
So where one left, another rose up to take its place.
@@DGilVids Kind of? SG-1 seasons 8-10 and Atlantis 1-3 were right alongside each other. Think FBI Tuesdays, Chicago Wednesdays and Law and Order Thursdays. Stargate Universe was on its own. Honestly, it’s very Enterprisey in that way, and probably would be Enterprise without seasons 3 and 4 I’d say Star Wars has actually most served the thinking you described, but in its animation, specifically the Filoni throughline: The Clone Wars->Rebels->Resistance->The Clone Wars season 7->The Bad Batch
@@DGilVids The major takeaway of this: Star Wars, Star Trek and Stargate are mere heads of some Star Hydra being. I’m sure StarCraft, Starman, Star Fox, Starbucks and Star VS The Forces of Evil are heads of the creature too.
@@myriadmediamusings THAT'S IT! David Bowie was trying to warn us about the Star Man all along!
Those people who think ancient civilizations couldn't make shapes are also the people that probably still think Fred Durst was a lyrical rap genius and also built the Pyramids single handly which they might be right
First off, thank you for doing a stargate episode, it’s my preferred sci-fi series and shaped my love of the genre.
2nd off, more big head Hammond jokes! In honor of Bra’Tac, ‘General Hammond of Texas, I did not realize you be as big as Texas’
"Incoming message from the Big Giant Head!"
@@TitaniaBird
" *SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT!!!* "
Ah, "Legend." I was a kid when they filmed some scenes of that in the warehouse next door to my grandfather's house. I remember going to visit him one morning and seeing the "Legendmobile" parked in front of his house.
I love Stargate SG1 and the movie it spun-off from. O'Neill was my favorite of the series as well as General Hammond. The stand-alone episodes are my favorite, especially the "Wormhole Xtreme" satire episodes.
RIP Willie Garson
My favorite has got to be "Window of Opportunity", the golf scene alone is pure comedic gold 😁
Stargate was my first major binge project of quarantine. I left it unable to see Willie Garson without screaming “WORMHOLE XTREME!”, and so his death hurt
I forgot Richard Kind was in the original movie. He'd eventually re-appear in Atlantis a few times as an alien con-man.
The guy from 'Irresistible'?
The giant Hammond head jokes was PERFECT!
Ah Big Head Mode. A relic from a simpler time when you got the cheat codes for free when you bought the game and could use them whenever you wanted. They could help you, hinder you, or just be used for the Lulz.
this brought back warm high school memories of watching this show with my mom (she’s not dead, to be clear, but i moved a long way away) and honestly, your Teal’c impression gave me a good chuckle. reminded me of the Groundhog Day episode.
as for next week… honestly, i’d have patreon-ed it sooner if i could’ve. and very few people will be as keen to have you rip it asunder as i am.
I remember the animated series titled Star Gate Infinity. It was aimed at a much younger audience about a team of young cadets and there older commanding officer who during an attack by a force called the Tla-Kahn had to jump through a Star Gate set to random to escape. Now the group is lost in the Galaxy trying to find other Star Gates hoping the planet they end up on next is Earth. All while being hunted by the Tla-Kahn. And since the target audience was young children this series was labeled as educational with each episode teaching morals and life lessons.
Was not expecting a Monument Mythos reference to pop up here. Glad to see you're still a man of culture!
Where is this reference?
@@NoahDaArk During the long string of jokes about the giant looming head of Hammond.
I've been introduced to Star Wars at 5 years old and loved it ever since. Much much later the TNG triggered me to dive into Star Trek franchise for the time being. But it was Stargate SG-1 that captivated me unlike any other sci-fi series during my teenage years and has become one of my most favourite shows of all time alongside with Atlantis.
"We were outmanned and outgunned."
Also, outnumbered and outplanned. We had to make an all-out stand.
They're gonna need a right hand man.
And Peggy!
"Make my General GROOOOW!"
::Rita Repulsa voice, throws staff::
Linkara - your reason for not doing a History of Stargate is the exact reason you should do it. Imagine the power you have and the number of fans who'd bow to you for bringing it back.
Between the three Star based shows Stargate was my favourite for a long while. When it aired the newest Star Trek show for me was TNG and I could not really warm up to it as much. I liked the military science fiction approach of the show and its characters. It is the reason why I picked this nickname, though misspelled back in the day because I was still a kid.
While I never watched any Stargate, I have seen constant commercials for SG-1. As such, for the longest time, I thought that was the only Stargate thing. Years later I found out about the rest of it and was surprised.
This may be weird but something about the name of this show just sounds so cool and has gravitas: SG-1, something about the combination of the letters and numbers, much like Star Trek Deep Space Nine and its DS9 acronym.
If you ever decide to watch SG-1, I'd suggest watching season 2 or 3 first, maybe start with the last multiparter of season 1. Season one is...well it's kind of rough to get through and should only really be watched when you're invested in the show. Just like any Star Trek series actually.
Season 1 has some fundamental episodes though that I think are worth watching in isolation if nothing else. Thor's Hammer and Torment of Tantalus both set up the single biggest plotline throughout the show's run for example. And the build-up to the S1 finale is both gripping and chilling in showing just how slanted the stakes are against Earth.
@@Jokie155 I agree, but season one is still on the whole an acquired taste. I meant more that season 1 is not indicative of the quality of the rest of the series and starting on the later stuff might help new people get hocked, maybe skipping around season 1 for the important ones.
@@mikegates8993 Yeah, plus it was clear that they were kind of doing catch up with Star Trek TNG and DS9. Plus some of the content in season 1 felt really out place not just with the tone of season1 but the entire series in general. Especially with that full frontal nudity scene in the pilot that felt (for the lack of a better) very rapey, something the franchise in general never did. TBF though, the creators said that they were forced to add that scene and the directors cut shortened that scene and removed the nudity.
That is called Early Installment Weirdness...
SG1 had a weird LACK of Macguyver references through its run, honestly.
Man for that reason alone you should do it. You will always have content, and we get more Stargate, I fail to see how we loose out on anything
Cameron Mitchell: No, you're dark side intergalactic encyclopedia salesmen. but Unfortunately, the home office hasn't been quite upfront with you.
Jack O'Neill: I can't help you there. That's between you and your god. Oh, wait a minute. You are your god. That's a problem.
“Maybourne, you are an idiot every day of the week. Why couldn’t you have taken one day off?” - Samantha Carter
“My name’s not Kirk… It’s Skywalker. Luke Skywalker.” - Jack O’Neill
And of course.......
TEAL'C: INDEED
@@robstewartstewart98 YES INDEED
That show had some amazing writing sometimes. My favorite is probably almost anything involving Ba'al in the later seasons.
@@mikegates8993 Ba'al and all of his clones
I guess this is what I get for going to a ancient Egypt museum.
cool video. I can't complain much, I actually worked on a pitch packet working to get the license of the series for comics 21 years ago before all of this. We didn't get it back then and really have no clue how far we would have gone, since it's a lot of wishes that never got anywhere than some designs for posters.
It's a shame that Linkara doesn't have an SG-1 outfit.
was thinking the same.
Yet.
During this time, Stargate wasn't the only other contender in the Battle of Stars! Kirby of the Stars was also around this time, later redubbed Right Back At Ya! while much of the show's terms stuck. Yeah. It was pretty crowded during this era.
To me personally, the best thing about Stargate is its worldbuilding. They do an excellent job of creating explanations for how 21st-century Earth can stand up to and eventually surpass FTL aliens, and make that progression feel natural and earned rather than a "[Earth] humans are just better at stuff" vibe.
I think the best thing about Stargate is Christopher Judge's ability to completely deadpan everything as Teal'c. Also the single episode "Window of Opportunity".
(I have simple pleasures.)
Next time, Linkara reviews Captain Hero: The Movie.
Zod: "I'll never stop!"
Captain Hero: "Well maybe a little neck-snapping will make you stop!" (snap)
"Did they find out about the hero-shield?"
"Now if you'd never stop over there, we wouldn't have a problem Zod"
@@mikegates8993 after all, “over there” has to take care of itself
Hammond in this looks like someone tried to draw Paul Heyman from memory...and ended drawing modern day Taz
I instantly thought. Wow Linkara is gonna review John Byrne's Man of Steel miniseries, then quickly realized with Linkara's look that it wasn't that Man of Steel the patreon was talking about.
Yup, it's the Zack Synder MAN OF STEEL!
Regarding the recapping to other characters: One thing I really liked about _Stargate Universe_ was a series of recordings Daniel Jackson made explaining the _Stargate_ series' backstory and relevant lore. As time went by, people in-universe would learn about the Stargate, and they'd have to have these things explained to them. I guess the people doing the explaining got so tired of going through that song and dance over and over again, that they decided to just make some recordings of Daniel laying it all out, and then handing those out to people instead of taking the time to sit down and give exposition themselves.
19:16 Incoming message from the Big Giant Head.
I heard the Egyptians also liked to back a truck into people's legs of course this was before expansionism and all that but they really liked those trucks.
I knew i never should of rented the Mummy Returns and then watch the film backwards for the 50th time.
To be fair, the Roman Colosseum was both closer to us than to the pyramids in terms of when it was built (seriously, it is hard to wrap your head around how ancient the pyramids are), giving humanity more time to up its game, and also much less spectacular.
But yeah, the whole ancient aliens nonsense is predicated on the idea that ancient people didn't know how to do math, basically.
01:10 I do think the comparison with Rome has the "issue" that we tend to have far better actual sources about Rome than about the fourth Dynasty and before, the fourth Dynasty being the one of Khufu/Cheops and his father Sneferu, who built the Pyramids at Giza. Meanwhile outside of Greece and Rome, aside of stuff like Stonehenge (which, for the most part, just isn't really visually impressive enough to wonder "How did they do that?!") in Europe there weren't many epc buildings until well into the first century BC or even far further into the ADs. So, for Europe, there just isn't that much prehistoric material to go "ALIENS DID IT!", aside of, as before, Stonehenge and such, who do attract some theories.
And between the Cheops Pyramid and the Colosseum are around 2600 years, that has to be kept in mind. We, today, are closer to Cleopatra VII. Philopator and the building of the Colosseum, then either were to the building of the great Pyramids.
While racism most likely plays a role, the reason for why we don't have nearly as much humbug about the Colosseum and co. is probably mainly that we have a much better picture of 1st Century Rome than of 26th century BC Egypt. Although that isn't the only fringe Theory about the Sphinx (and the Pyramids)... there is also the one where they are actually like... 2,000 to 8,000 years older and where they were built by a civilization nobody ever found evidence to have even existed.
23:30 and the support of the French, Spanish and Dutch, and a prussian officer whipping the Continental Army into shape.
But how am I supposed to feel good about myself for mocking people I disagree with if I can't write them off as bigots?
@@TheLetterJ0 Bitch, don't even try. There are countless cases of ancient astronaut theorists expressing open racism, the whole thing is basically a new take on the "whites built Zimbabwe because of course blacks can't", and there's no justification for thinking Rome is not alien influenced while attributing well documented technological processes like Mesoamerica to non-human factors.
It's not even true anyway. There are plenty of things made by white people that we accuse aliens of making. Stonehenge for one
I absolutely love seeing Lewis and Viga's cats.
Linkara's a gater, I knew it !
I'm surprised he doesn't mention the common points between "Emancipation" (SG-1 1x03) and "Code of Honor" (ST:TNG 1x03).
Long as he's not a Gamergater, we're good.
@@TheHeroOfTomorrow We be better off not mentioning that shit movement, all it does is attract attention.
Does Code of Honor have any Power Rangers? Cuz if not, Emancipation still has it beat (despite still being awful)...
Didn't want to overcrowd the episode by mentioning that, but yeah, I considered it.
@@AT4W I fully understand (and agree).
Actually I'm more surprised you didn't mentioned that both the effects of gate device put by Skaara/Klorel and the way Sam Carter tries to deactivate it are similar to the two-parter opening of season 6 with Anubis' gate-destroyer.
I recall me and my dad watching SG-1 back in the day. I genuinely want to watch it again. I kinda found the Groundhog Day episode really fun. ^^
Star gate, star trek, Dr who, planet of the apes. The ultimate crossover!
Don't forget about putting in Star Wars!
Also Battlestar Galactica
Sounds like the foundation for a Kingdom Hearts sequel. And I can't tell if it would be weirder then what we've already seen from that series or not.
I remember discovering SG1 during the 5th season while randomly flicking through tv channels looking for something to watch and seeing John De Lancie, being a big fan of Q from Star Trek I gave the show a watch and was intrigued. I looked into it some more after that and was quickly hooked, Stargate becoming my favourite of the “Star” franchises. For years I watched it almost religiously with my dad and just a couple weeks I even introduced my mom to it and have been rewatching it from the very beginning.
Robert Picardo was on later in the series, too. And his character was opposed to the cast but not... evil.
I like when he's reading for Hammond talking he mispronounced Goa'uld like his actor did, nice detail
Your Hammond impression is great. Also, I think I prefer the practical effect helmets, partially because of how ridiculous they look.
I know linkara said in the credits that he doesn't think a History of Stargate would be a fruitful endeavor but if he had the time, I would enjoy seeing him do a "Stargate SG1" retrospective. Only as long as he enjoys going through all that stuff, I wouldn't want him pushing himself too far and spoiling an enjoyed series.
Man, you had me rolling iwth the Big Giant Hammond Head jokes. It's been a couple of years since my last watch-through of the series, but I loved the shout-outs. And yep, gotta imagine the Aschen would've had a really bad day when they eventually decided to dial up P3W-451 (and if they managed to survive that, the list they got from SG-1 gets progressively darker after that).
Saw this pop up and clicked it. This was my childhood and honestly is where my love for the stars originally started from. Even now going back to it, its kinda refreshing and a nice change of pace.
I only got into Stargate recently because I'm a big fan of Farscape, and I found a RUclips clip of a Stargate parody of Farscape (most likely done because of Ben Browder and Claudia Black's presence), and I thought: "Yeah, this show gets me."
I'm not there yet, but look forward to this point! I will watch Farscape over Firefly any day. Farscape forever!
I'm a big Stargate fan. I grew up on it and Stargate Atlanta, I even sometimes marathon some of my favorite seasons of sg1 and Atlanta from time to time. So this is awesome. Also who ever patreon linkara to do this thank you. And linkara I hope you do a episode on one of your favorite season or of Atlanta one day. Hear to the the show one day get a comeback
Stargate Atlanta would be… interesting
Fun fact: Emancipation, that terribad episode, shares not only a plot but a writer with that terribad TNG episode, Code Of Honor.
Stares at the giant Hammond head:
Where's Link from Majora's Mask when you need him?
so glad you covered this! this series was a fun one to watch on reruns and its said that its been sidelined. also fun fact for the newbies: the badass teal'k is voiced by Kratos so take that info for what you will.
Ah, it's just so nice to be able to revisit Stargate. Now I want to rewatch the series again, for the third time.
23:47 If you want to be REAL technical, there is the story of the Captain John Paul Jones, an American Naval Officer who sailed to England and attacked various ships off their shoreline, even capturing some before returning to the safety of the Colonies. I do not think that is what the writer meant by that though, it's probably a poor choice of words detailing how American Rebels went on the Offensive. But there you go.
Stargate SG1 was my entire childhood. And as such, you have my thanks for covering these comics Linkara. B)
Finally someone else who understands the joy of Stargate
14:13 Or in the case of the later seasons: "you guys have P90s but I have _TWO_ P90s!"
Thank you.
fun fact, one of the producers of the tv series is the son of Dom Deluise. yes, THE Dom Deluise.
also for Beast Wars fans, Optimus Primal is in the tv series playing a russian general, in fact there's a clip of him shown at 5:55
Fuck, I love both shows, and I never realized that! o.o
I completely forgot this series existed. Always got it mixed in my head with Battlestar, which I didn't watched either. Memory is strange that way. Interesting review Lewis, would love to see you talk more about the show in the future :)
Absolutely Sg1 doesn't get the recognition it deserves.
I would love to see you do more videos about Stargate!
More! More SG content!
24:01 That perfectly round head made my day. How come Linkara didn't comment on it?
So this what I get for feeding that hippo
I still have never understood why ancient god fuel and lust and crave for the power of the sun
I have no big attachment to starwars or star trek, I like them both but...
Stargate holds such nostalgia for me, I really love the SG1 series and its characters.
Really loved this episode. There were definitely some missed opportunities. But that is because I am a big stargate nerd. And the symbiote that took over skaara was named klorel
All the giant head jokes really killed me. Loved this one. I never got into Stargate aside from the movie, but it's on the never ending "To watch" list. I usually hear pretty positive things about it.
Stargate was my favorite series for so long. I would love a history of stargate so much.
Hammond of texas, because he's the size of texas
Loved SG-1, it and Farscape were some of my favourite Sci-Fi shows on TV aside from DS9.
Have you read the Farscape sequel comics?
@@gentlemanlygeeky4088 Not yet but they're on my wishlist
@@Arkus Farscape forever!
Oh man. Thank you, Lewis, for the giant Hammond head jokes.~ I laughed through the whole thing, it was great.~
OH GOD HAHAHAHAHAHA! The slew of giant hammend jokes where just...OH GOD I CANT HAHAHAHAHAHA! Linkara I think that was one of youre funniest moments ever, I had to pause because I lathed so much! Loved the vidio, keep up the great work!
This episode has achieved what my dad has failed to do for years, actually make me interested in watching Stargate.
Not enough C4.
SG:1 is based as fuck and I will never let anyone tell me otherwise.
I love seeing Linkara's cats snuggling up to him during the reviews!
After watching your review of this comic, I have since become an instant fan of Stargate Linkara! I should point out that another star titled show called Starhunter, which was a Canadian produced live-action Cowboy Bebop from 2000, was produced with ancient aliens involved with the plot, although it was canned after 2 seasons. All of it had to do with studio interference, much like another Canadian produced Star show, the 1973 Harlan Ellison penned, Starlost tv series which starred 2001: A Space Odyssey's Keir Duella and guest starred John Callicos, Terry Morse, and Percy Rodrigez, was canned and tampered with by studio interference.
15:00 "Hey..... Buddy, I have a plan to get us outta here. All I need is a rubber band, a paperclip, and a......."
Sounds like all O'Neill needs is an Office Max. Hopefully Reed Richards isn't already there buying them out.
I'm so glad to meet another nerd who felt that Stargate was the winner of the three "Star" franchises.
Four if you count Starhunter, which is the Canadian equvialant of Firefly; although it pre-dates Firefly by 2 years and is miles ahead of the latter in character and plot.
Me: Who uploads at 1:30 in the morning?
Linkara:*springs about of bed* OH BOY, ONE THIRTY AM! TIME TO UPLOAD!
Much as I love the other "star" sci-fi franchises, Stargate will always hold a very special place in my heart and I really appreciate Linkara giving it the spotlight it deserves ❤️
Nearly died laughing from the "SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT!" Bit
Waking up to this made my day
I had no idea it was a movie. As a kid, I watched SG1 and Atlantis on TV before school with my Dad. Pretty fond memories too. Just chilling with my Dad watching sci fi while I get ready for the day. I'm from Manitoba and we had a channel specifically called "Space" so they aired it there. Weird that the series were on back to back at 6 and 7am, but I just googled the initial release and end dates so it seems I was watching reruns.
I still think you should do a History of Stargate, especially knowing they'll probably do a new show because of it, because then we at least get new Stargate!
If anyone deserves a 5 minute riff, it's "Hammond, of Texas".