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Fun fact: the 5.7mm round the P90 uses was not being produced as a blank. So the armorers bought TONS of live 5.7mm and made those into blanks.
This actually caused a supply bottleneck for none other than the US Secret Service, who were also using P90s at the time. They actually had to ask, or buy, not sure which, several thousand rounds from the show armorers for training until ammo production could ramp up stateside IIRC.
Secret service: "hello, bullet store? Yes, why are our bullets on back order?"
Bullet store: "oh, sorry, the space people bought most of our stock."
SS: "The... what?"
BS: "The space marine people. They travel in portals, fight aliens. Yeah they bought like 80% of our ammo"
SS, voice shaking: "Sir please hold for a moment, Im going to have to fetch my supervisor..."
Imagine if somebody fucked one of those up like they did with the set of Rust...
The fact that they didn't makes one wonder how much one would have to fuck up to actually end up firing live rounds on set.
That is a very fun fact!
I read it they had trouble getting ammunition for the P90 because of the Iraq war so they switched to different weapons towards the end of the show. I'm not totally sure though I'm too lazy to look it up.
Yes! "This is a weapon of terror. And THIS is a weapon of WAR." Love me some SG-1 maybe I'll fire it up later tonight hmm.
It's ridiculous and over the top but I love every second of it.
"The United States is not in the business of interfering in other people's affairs"
"Since when Sir?"
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NGL, Sam carter was probably my celebrity crush in middle school
She's one of my go-to examples of a "strong female character" that Hollywood has completely fucked up in the last ten years or so. Carter is smart, resourceful, quick on her feet, and more than capable on the battlefield.
But not a superhero who can beat up, say, Teal'c or other Jaffa 3x her size. She's also very much a woman and exhibits feminine traits accordingly. You know, like how real normal people behave.
Also on the list: Sarah Connor, Dana scully, Laura Roslin, Captain Janeway despite her flaws, a few others...
The doctor was also one of the crushes for me. She had that friends hot mom feeling in the show.
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Indeed.
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This.
I agree with this so much that even undomesticated equines could not remove me.
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The perfect blend of action and comedy
There’s another Colonel O’Neil with only one L, and he has no sense of humor at all
Im watching Stargate for the first time at the moment and im really surprised by how good it is. on season 7 at the minute and cant wait to see whats coming.
Are Atlantis and SGU just as good or is there a dip in quality?
If you like SG1, you will like Atlantis. They're both the same level of fun sci-fi.
I personally loved SGU. It was spiritual kin to the first two shows with the same thoughtful sci-fi world building, but it dialed the whimsy down to 1 and the drama up to 7. But it was still a Stargate show in every way. It respected established canon while building it's own lore independent of the other shows. I was legit mad when it was canceled.
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SG-1 is one of my all time favorite shows! It changes so much over the years but everything works IMO, even 9 and 10 which are typically lower rated than the rest.
Atlantis is watchable but nowhere near as good IMO. Characters aren't nearly as memorable, there's a lot of plot threads that go nowhere, the cast turnover is quick, things like that. To be fair I heard there were a lot of production issues and unexpected issues, and it's a miracle SG-1 was as good as it was given all of their numerous issues.
Fuck everything about Universe, I couldn't stand that show. YMMV
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SGU is very different but I enjoyed it for that, some interesting home/away comparisons andmore in the SG universe (pun not intended) is welcome.
Atlantis is great, Christopher Heyerdahl in multiple roles too.
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SG1 is a show that I feel never made a mistep to the point where I can call out a bad episode. Unlike various star trek series that had their WTF episodes that are generally disliked.
I always hoped for one more piece of the story with the original team, details were floating around of the final movie and I think covid killed that off.
"Emancipation" is pretty fucking cringe.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0709075/
Fun note, same writer as that terrible TNG episode with the same plot.
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Sg1 will probably be one of my favourite series ever. But from my perspective it really didn't age that well. Not talking about graphics or CGI here, but more on a action POV. A few jokes I probably wouldn't bring today anymore, a few weird decisions regarding the plot and the cast and, because of the episodic character of the show quite a few plot holes. SGA on the other hand is a great show, which aged just as well and is the one I actually recommend people nowadays if they want to take a look at the franchise.
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I will always remember that one day I ~~skipped school~~ was home sick from school and just happened to catch my first episode of SG1.
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I actually just recently re-watched SG1 for the first time in probably a decade or more now. I was half expecting to have my fond memories ruined, but that wasn't even remotely the case. I still love it, and probably always will.
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Man, this show was three fries short of a Happy Meal.
In the middle of my backswing, General?!
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Shit maybe I need to finally do my SG1 rewatch
There was a puppet episode? Team America Space Police?
Not the whole episode, but yes. The puppets were made by the same people who made the Team America ones.
The episode is wild, the puppet sequence isn’t even the most over the top part.
That whole episode was gold.
Your post has me wanting to do a rewatch of the series. I should see if any of the streaming services I'm on has that series on there.
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