Anybody honest will admit this series over-stays its welcome, but most of this series is certainly worth watching if you are a fan of Sci-fi.
You can tell this show has a budget. The choreography and writing isn't perfect, but the characters are generally likeable and endearing. This series also has something most other Sci-Fi never bother with; a linear narrative that makes use of things that happened in previous episodes. The connections are not always perfect, but even attempting something other than adventure of the week is worth praising.
I also want to give praise to the only character that challenged the military focus of this series, Daniel Jackson. I loved seeing a character who had morality similar to that of a Star Trek captain thousands of years into earths future contrasted with the needs and desires of our modern earth. I think the portrayal of the US military was a bit... more tame than what it would be like realistically, but there was still plenty of moral conflict to go around. The flabbergasted look that Daniel would give to military generals and world leaders as if he wanted to shake the nonsense out of them was nice to see.
If you can get over the budget constraints and campy nature of older sci-fi than this series is worth watching, at least until the Ori show up.
You can tell this show has a budget. The choreography and writing isn't perfect, but the characters are generally likeable and endearing. This series also has something most other Sci-Fi never bother with; a linear narrative that makes use of things that happened in previous episodes. The connections are not always perfect, but even attempting something other than adventure of the week is worth praising.
I also want to give praise to the only character that challenged the military focus of this series, Daniel Jackson. I loved seeing a character who had morality similar to that of a Star Trek captain thousands of years into earths future contrasted with the needs and desires of our modern earth. I think the portrayal of the US military was a bit... more tame than what it would be like realistically, but there was still plenty of moral conflict to go around. The flabbergasted look that Daniel would give to military generals and world leaders as if he wanted to shake the nonsense out of them was nice to see.
If you can get over the budget constraints and campy nature of older sci-fi than this series is worth watching, at least until the Ori show up.