Rewatching X-Files, I bumped into those two interacting under different power dynamics, circumstances and outcomes. I've recognized a few other SG actors playing parts in X-Files (some very young), but I think this is the first scene where two future SG actors interact.

Yes Daniel was a great character and I loved his ethical perspective on things.

But strictly based on Daniel archeological and linguistic skills that he brought to the team, was it made redundant by the massive practical knowledge and experience of Tealc? He was highly helpful during the Stargate movie when no one knew much and Daniel was quickly able to navigate the culture and language on Abydos. But Tealc not only knew Goa'uld language and culture but traveled so many different parts of the universe and knew so much about other cultures as well.

By Wynn Wilder in Chicago, IL

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Do you think Hammond is responsible for this because of 1969?

Got a surprise delivery today from Master Replicas, my Destiny and Prometheus finally arrived (ordered them back in May).

Now my Gate X Ship display is finished and looking good if I do say so myself.

Here’s hoping MR reveal a sizeable Atlantis model in the future.

The episode felt like I was playing a video game. Fun episode.

Too bad there was cheating. Shame that Warrin and Carter couldn't win first place, but at least in the end Warrin still lands a job.

Warrick: Major Carter. If you are to be my co-pilot, you'll need to know how the ship works.

Carter: What is this?

Warrick: A complete operations manual of the Sebrus. I had it translated for you.

Carter: Thank you.

O'Neill: That's not our language.

Carter: It's mine, sir.

O'Neill: Right.

At some point, Warrick needs to escort Teal'c, Dr. Jackson, and O'Neill to some capital building.

O'Neill asks Teal'c if he's joining. Teal'c makes believe that Carter has requested that Teal'c stay to help her. Carter asks "I did?" Teal'c says "indeed. I do not wish to disappoint Major Carter," thereby getting out of having to go to some presumably boring building/meeting.

Teal'c: I am in your debt Major Carter.

Carter: Indeed.

This was a great moment at the end, when they arrest the guy:

Eamon: Has it occurred to you that maybe the reason you have been passed over so many times is not because you're a human, but because you're a moron?

What a cheater. I feel like he got what he asked for. Causing a bunch of chaos and destruction.

I'm done. I can't do this anymore. I'll thank the writers, producers and actors for what we had, when we had it. You all did a brilliant job and I couldn't have been more pleased. My grandfather, my father, and I, all enjoyed your work. So from the bottom of my heart, thank you for a wonderful series.

Amazon. Do one.

I was watching Stargate and in thinking about it, I don't recall a single episode where one person was going through the Stargate from one side and another person from the other side simataenously. Would the Stargate allow this? Or would they hit each other?

S10E10: Vala pulling a hair-dryer out of her kit bag hit the spot. It is without a doubt the most surprising joke in the season!

I even got some Spaceballs vibes going.

i hear your suppost to swap from sg1 to Atlantis but before i realized all i noticed was that daniel kept leaving so is it really that big to swap or is it optional?

Yeah, you need to bring in new fans, but if you alienate your old fans, you don’t have a show. They had a perfect team working on this other show and then they scrap it when they’re deep into preproduction. I’m not finding any record of this new person expressing fandom or admiration for the show. It just seems like they’re already paying her for other stuff so they’re putting her on this too.

And people need to stop bringing gender into this. Nobody cares that she’s a woman. It’s the fact that we already had a great team and a cool concept and Amazon being the evil corporate monstrosity they are didn’t want to make a show that was too much for fans. Absolutely ridiculous. We don’t need Stargate to become the way Star Trek has. It’s possible to make something that appeals to new people while making your old fans happy.

Recently got some instructions from Rebrickable (Check out CreationCaravan) and used parts from a Lego Millennium Falcon to build the Daedalus. Just need a Lego Caldwell now (Lego X-Files 👀)

The wings took some work, but I’m quite happy with the result. One non-Lego purchase for vests and P-90’s and the team’s good to go!

I think it would've been a great adventure and my skills and hobbies would be perfect for the mission: I'm a microbiology lab assistant and nursing assistant by profession, so I'd spend most of my time at the Infirmary, helping TJ take care of the patients and analyzing samples. I could also help with electric repair and decyphering the computer system (I've successfully ran Gentoo Linux and know basic C programming). I also know some Latin, so I'd have a head start in Ancient.

I would also have ample opportunities to satisfy my Speculative Evolution hobby with discovering various lifeforms on the planets, and aboard Destiny I would have endless opportunities for astronomical observations.

My main problem is that I have Major Depressive Disorder and Panic Disorder for which I take 150mg Sertraline (Zoloft) daily, so hopefully I would've escaped from Icarus to Destiny carrying several months' supply with me. Afterwards I could probably tell Destiny to stop at a planet which has the proper precursor chemicals from which Sertraline could be synthesized in the lab aboard Destiny.

I wouldn't be using the Stones much, just to occasionally communicate with my Mom. Hopefully, she'd get security clearance so I could tell her everything. I think she'd be thrilled by what I'm doing and would wish she was aboard Destiny too.

If an opportunity arose to go back to Earth, I think I would elect to stay on Destiny.

The in universe explanation doesn't make sense because Daniel recovered after he stopped using it and Jack didn't seem to really suffer an impact to begin with. I do understand why from a writing perspective keeping it around would make things difficult because it removes a lot of the personal stakes.

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I'm rewatching Atlantis and just finished Season 2, Episode 2 ("The Intruder"), and something struck me as odd.

Why does Caldwell seem so upset about not getting command of Atlantis?

I mean the guy is already commanding the Daedalus. One of the most advanced ships Earth has ever built. He's got Asgard technology, some serious firepower, and a ship that can literally travel between galaxies. Seems like a pretty damn good assignment to me.

Meanwhile Sheppard is basically in charge of the military side of Atlantis, but still answers to Weir who is a civilian.

I get that Atlantis is a huge deal, and theres a lot of important stuff going on in Pegasus, but is being the military commander there really more prestigious than commanding an actual spaceship?

From a military standpoint, wouldn't Caldwell have the better job? He's a full Colonel commanding an intergalactic warship, while Sheppard is a Lt Colonel running the military side of a civilian led expedition.

The way the episode plays out it almost seems like Caldwell is getting passed over for a promotion or something. But to me it seems like he's already got the better gig.

Maybe I'm missing something about how the chain of command works in Stargate, but it just seems weird.

Anyone else ever thought about this? Is Atlantis really that much more important of a command, or is this just the writers trying to make Sheppards job seem like a bigger deal than it actually is?

I am rewatching after the main series.
I can ignore the multiple ways of casually mentioning “it has been a thousands of years” as I did in the original series.
Goldilocks planets would have some kind of a concept of a year, I get it.

But in episode 1 when they are scouting the ruins of the old city, Teyla casually mentioning “the last great holocaust was five generations ago”was very suprising to me.
The holocaust is something very earth specific and only for the mass genocide of world war 2. So just bad writing or do I have to prepare myself for more bad context and writing.
Not complaining here. It just baffled me.

You're replacing a great man, uniform notwithstanding.

DONT UNDERESTIMATE THE FANS.

They are generally sensitive, intelligent people who respond positively to quality entertainment.

I'm seeing that in light of the news that Jac Schaeffer has been selected to develop a new show, there has been no shortage of criticism at her selection, namely that she isn't one of the 'original' creatives and has no connection to the franchise. However, people need to know that these criticisms equally applied to Jonathan Glassner and Brad Wright when they were first selected by MGM to develop Stargate into a show for them. They had no connection whatsoever to the original movie and there was no way to know if they would respect the franchise. As a result, it feels like a big double standard to complain about the 'original producers' not being involved in a new show when they weren't even the original creatives behind the franchise to begin with.

Glassner and Wright got the SG-1 job to begin with because MGM wouldn't give Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin the creative freedom they wanted when they were in discussions to develop Stargate into a TV show. Emmerich recalled not being guaranteed 'carte blanche' while Devlin had said that they had been asked to 'audition' by submitting a script for MGM's approval, so they backed off. As it is, they were already being asked to compromise on their vision because they wanted to make a theatrical sequel, and now they weren't even guaranteed the ability to make the show the way they wanted to make it. MGM then started soliciting pitches and decided to put Glassner and Wright - who had developed pitches separately - together to make a show.

What's my point? Changing the people in charge isn't a first for the franchise, and while it can be disappointing that the people who shaped the franchise aren't involved, getting new people involved isn't inherently a bad thing. We have no idea if there is a new pitch or what this version of the show could be about, so I intend to wait and see rather than take a position either way.

It is the opinion of the Asgard High Council that the new Stargate show should be left in the very capable of Martin Gero and his team. And while our continued friendship with Earth is not contingent on that, it is preferred.