I think both had excellent casts. McKay is the wild card for Atlantis. There's no one like him in SG1 and he could make or break an episode. Some of my favorite feature him but some of the worst episodes also feature him
David's acting is fantastic, but McKay is the reason I can't watch the show. I'm not a fan of Weir either, but for me McKay is just too much of an asshole to enjoy the show. What I loved about SG-1 is how well the main characters get along with each other; I love the lack of manufactured drama between the main four, plus Hammond and the main recurring characters.
The complaining was too much for me. Even if I could ignore the sexist stuff, he's just exhausting. I think if he came on occasionally I'd be fine with him, but having someone so arrogant as a main cast member didn't work for me. To me the team dynamics on SG-1 were perfect, SGA was just too different.
Oh yeah don't get me wrong, while I like the character I absolutely understand how people could really dislike him lmao.
Even as a fan of the character by season 5 it's all getting pretty old, and don't get me started on his relationship with Doctor Keller when Ronan was RIGHT THERE and their dynamic WAS PERFECT
ahem
I think part of it was that SGA was written in the time when writers weren't super confident in audiences being able to see every episode or see every episode in order - it's still got "monster of the week" energy in its DNA. So the characters can't change that much because each week needs to be a reset: the team off on another adventure. So Rodney as a character could just never go from being a little shit to a pleasant person to be around.
The episodes focusing on him are particularly annoying because he'll develop over the course of the episode but then he's back to being the same person he was on the next one.
I really feel like everytime he gets paired with Sam he loses 6 seasons worth of character development and goes back to being the massive asshole we first met in SG1 - I absolutely fucking hate it. He's a character I really warmed up too after awhile in SGA but I cannot stand him whenever Sam is involved.
Which is a shame because Sam is my favourite character :(
However, im also in the minority that doesnt think it was bad. The 1st season was pretty soap opera-y but I thought the 2nd season hit its stride and was pretty solid. Really sucks we didnt get a 3rd season.
I started with Atlantis when I was younger and just couldn’t turn it off, binged the entire first 2 seasons in a very short amount of time. Atlantis also felt the most “sci fi” to me as well. Right from the get go seeing the gate room of Atlantis and the power failing, the panic ensuing than when all seemed lost the entire city released from the ocean floor to resurface. I was in absolute awe.
SG1 and its not even close. I like Atlantis too but it just doesn't hit the right spots sometimes. SGU was ok, the first season was pretty bad, the second one was a lot better but it didnt feel like Stargate to me.
It felt like they wanted to do something completely different and slapped a few stargate Labels on it.
I never understood how that was supposed to work. If i love Stargate i dont want to see something completely different and if i want to see something different then there are plenty of other shows out there i can watch, i dont need Stargate for that.
Same with Star Trek nowadays. They kept the terminology but threw everything else out of an airlock.
They tried to make a BSG Reboot clone.
So mostly soap opera drama, romances, betrayals etc. They saw how popular BSG was. They cancelled Atlantis Season 5 for it...
Most SG fans wanted something more similar to SG1 and Atlantis though. And BSG Reboot fans kind of ignored Universe for some reason as well. As a result, it flopped hard. They tried making it more similar to older shows in S2, but fanbase was already gone.
"Main quest" of the Destiny was intriguing though. I wanted to know the truth about the origins of the universe. And to explore completely foreign galaxies and alien cultures. Instead, 80-90% of screen time was soap opera drama, especially in Season 1.
SG1 forever! I like Atlantis, but it falls off after a certain someone dies and I couldn't get into the rest of it. SGU... meh. Just didn't really care about any of them or what they're doing. SG1 I can watch over and over and never get tired of it. It's just right.
SG1 is the flagship, the goat, it’s the best all around show. That being said, Atlantis was great in its own right, it explored the ancient technology and survival aspects SG1 didn’t have. Universe tried to bring more emotion, and deeper characters. It wasn’t done super well and at the time I hated it but after about 10 years of blaming it for killing Stargate I watched it and it was very good by the time season two came around, especially the second half of it.
I’m looking forward to the new things that will come from the the next jaunt through the old orifice
SGU was done dirty. Season 1 lost it's shine very early on, and anyone who wasn't a die hard fan dropped it. Queue season 2 which was fantastic, nobody watched it because they'd already given up on it. Such a shame it never got picked back up.
Everyone watches stargate for the SG teams. That ship lacked an SG team.
From what I remember, the people on SGU really weren't all that likeable. Say what you want about it being "gritty" or "more realistic," but that wasn't what I was looking for with a Stargate show.
SG-1 and Atlantis were cheesy '90s sci-fi action with likeable good guys who [almost] always came out on top. The shows didn't need to be deeper than that, though, because the characters were interesting. That's "soft" sci-fi in a nutshell, and SG-1/SGA did it perfectly. There was a sense of fun to it, and nowadays it seems like a lot of shows forget how important that is.
I could not find a single character i cared about in SGU. Not one of them was likable. Plus they all seemed to hate or mistrust each other. (They do get better by the end of Season 2, but by then it was too late)
There was no comradery or found family, which SG1 and SGA did so incredibly well. SGU had so many fake out deaths for dramatic impact, but it all fell flat because the audience hadn't been given a reason to care for these characters.
I’ve never heard that take, but I think there’s something to that. They had too big a cast and too different a direction for it to feel familiar. That and the filming was too shaky for me.
I had the same feelings with SGU, didn't really care for it when it came out, but enjoyed it more on the first rewatch. Watched it again last year, first few episodes are good but wow I forgot how bad it gets for a while in season 1.
I've noticed it's a lot better when you binge it. When it was one episode per week, I lost interest before the first season was over, sadly, but when streaming I'm able to forgive the overall hopelessness of the first season.
At least that confirms they did have a cohesive story to tell, it just started out way too slow.
SG1 has a special place in my heart but around the time Atlantis came out it felt like they had nailed down the formula. Atlantis was solid all the way through
Yeah, I can't get past that. I've seen a lot of comments about him getting better, but I watched Trio (plus a few other later episodes recently) and he's still a total asshole and sexist.
Yeah, that's how I feel, even as someone who didn't like Atlantis at first. I prefer the cast of SG1, but I prefer the writing on Atlantis. I think it benefits from everything they learned from SG1 while also being able to tell new stories in a way that, I think, SG1 struggled with (understandably so) as the series got into its later seasons.
I love SG1, but I struggle with the amount of random filler episodes that bloat out the series and don’t add anything to the overall story. And there are so many of those episodes.
Out of just the TV series alone SG1 and Atlantis if I had to choose it would be SG1 And technically without SG1 you would not have Atlantis the OG is Gold.
SGU is epic as fuck and my favorite show. This sub has a lot of people who don't like it but think it did so many awesome things: the music, the imperfect characters, the special effects and visuals, the depressing lonely tone of being stranded all alone on the other side of the universe.
They had a ton of epic ideas that were going in crazy directions. I wish we could've gotten more. It's a glass is half full series: so much potential. In some ways, not getting more episodes has allowed it to flourish in my mind as I wonder what could have been and where it could have gone
It's because in my opinion, SGU has none of the movie spirit the other two series had. It relies heavily on the advanced lore created by them and kinda always felt like it's own thing far away from the story that created it.
I mean, I wouldn't say SGA had any of the movie spirit either. It's more accurate to say SGU was a major tone shift and style shift from the other shows. The lack of humor (except for Eli), more bleak color correction and shot composition, and heavier use of melodrama just made it a completely different type of show.
I agree it had a lot going for it still, but there was a lot of wasted potential.
Same opinion here. I don't blame the people, but I think its very much a personal preference - I wouldn't say that SGU was a bad show.
I practically binged all three shows in a single go, and after 15 seasons of SG1 and SGA, I got really positively surprised (it was refreshing). Also, it felt like they figured their audience grew up enough to appreciate the more serious direction, which I personally think is often a good idea. So I wholeheartedly agree with you - very sad we didn't see more of it!
I wouldn't call it bad but I also wouldn't call it good. It showed the worst humanity has to offer. If you took Eli out of the show I would call it nearly unwatchable.
I wouldn't call it "growing up" to see more serious stuff as I really don't enjoy SGU during my yearly rewatch of the shows. I love Battlestar Galactica.
To me SGU wasn't "Stargate". It was it's own show with a wormhole generator in it. It didn't embody anything that every Stargate before it did.
You nailed it, SG in general felt like nothing will happen to main heroes, they have too much plot armor, so to me it got boring fast. In SGU it felt real and dangerous, well, at least at Season 1, then they started to listen to SG fans and it went downhill imo.
The premise was great, but I still can't get past how incredibly unlikable the leads are, especially Rush. It seems every decision he made was selfish, and he had virtually no redeeming factors beyond being the most knowledgeable of the crew. In fact, he'd regularly conceal that knowledge making his character that more unlikable. Take him out and it would have been way more enjoyable imo.
With that said, I'll plead ignorance to his character development through S2 because I just couldn't get into it. Did he soften up or become likable in later episodes? Genuinely curious cuz I could use an excuse to give it another try!!
I'll have to watch it again. I haven't seen it since it came out so my memory is fuzzy. From what I remember it felt a lot like Battlestar Galactica, which was just too dramatic for me. Not enough of that lighthearted SG1 charm. For me SG1 is still holding up very well, but Atlantis is definitely lagging. Maybe SGU will have aged better for me
ur favourite scifi galaxy exploration show going through wormholes exploring new planets and adventures is sg1. . . . because it takes place on earth? XD jk i love sg-1 as wel but episode to episode atlantis was definitely more fun and polished, sg1 was stil finding itself in the beginning
SG1 (seasons 1-8) will always be special to me as it was a huge part of my childhood.
SGA is also great but does not make me feel such a nostalgia.
SGU felt like Stargate had a child with Battlestar Galactica. What made SG1 and SGA entertaining was its light-heartedness and humour. And SGU lacks it imo.
That’s a surprisingly hard question. For years I would have easily said SG-1 but after my many rewatches made me a bit burnout(making me overly critical of episodes) my favorite to rewatch now is Atlantis. It’s just often more fun, visually appealing, the stakes feel higher, etc. That being said my favorite cast is the og SG-1 cast(I loved General Landry played by Beau Bridges and Claudia Black as Vala was a fun addition later on.) and I still lean towards saying SG-1 is my favorite overall primarily because of the cast.
It's a lot tougher than it seems to me because Rodney McKay is by far my favorite character among all the franchises. RDA is a close second, and while I love the majority of SG-1, I like Atlantis more than the last few seasons of the show. And I also think SGU's Season 2 is underrated in the canon and deserved more than it got.
I deeply love SG-1 but Atlantis is my favorite. I much prefer story arcs to episodics where very little changes and most episodes don’t actually have a lasting impact on the main characters.
I tried to like SGU—I’ve been saying for years that I should give it another shot without SG1 and Atlantis fresh in my head, but realistically it’s too low on the priority list.
I couldnt get through SGU. I went in with the expectation to see a stargate series, but it just didnt live up to it for me. Instead i got a series that started off with typical stargate comedy, the way rush and oneill looked at each other after eli closed the door in their faces was very on point. But after that both the acting and camera work felt somehow more like watching a documentary than a series. The edginess and all the who am i going to have intercourse with today ruined it for me. Yes sg1 and atlantis knew how to be serious when it was appropriate, but the lightheartedness and the always hoping for the best (in the 5th race after oneill returns from othala "i think we're going to be okay" comes to mind) and things somehow working out most of the time is just so essential to stargate for me that i just couldnt get into SGU. I want to like it, but i just cant.
So after that monologue its hard to decide between SG1 and SGA. Both series have excellent episodes. I think SG1 wins though because i just have so much nostalgia for it. Also the Tau'ri having no clue about anything outside of earth and slowly learning it all and getting more advanced is so good. Like the moment when the x-303 leaves its hangar and you can see from teal'c facial expression that for the first time he actually thought they migh have a real chance against the goa'uld. Also hammond arriving just in time on the Prometheus is one of the best moments in the whole series (close second being caldwell arriving with the daedalus in SGA).
Until 2021, I only watched Atlantiss, I grew up watching it with my mom on Friday nights. I always saw SG1 pop up on my Hulu feed but I'd always ignore it saying that its old and couldn't be as good as Atlantis
Then 2021 came around and covid was still going strong and I looked at SG1 and thought, ah what the hell it cant be that bad if they made a spinoff (Atlantis).
I was so into SG1 I would literally spend 4 to 8 hours a day watching it and all I could feel was this:
I grew up with SG-1. Atlantis is exciting and SGU had so much potential. I think way more often about SGU, but that's probably because it has no ending. And I love Rush.
I don’t want to decide between SG-1 and SG-A. And I really, really wanted to like SG-U but I couldn’t in the first season and when it became good it got canceled.
The shaky camera work, the actors, basically almost everything felt way off in SGU. To me, it is still to this day the 8th wonder of the world that even a single person likes SGU.
I like them all and asking me to pick a favorite is like asking me to pick a favorite child.
That being said, P-90 to my head, I'd say Atlantis. I feel like with Atlantis they really nailed the formula they were trying to put together in SG-1 - fun but serious sci-fi stories. Like they got there with SG-1 but with Atlantis, because they were less constrained by what the movie had done, they were really able to go off on it.
I liked SGU, but it was clear from the get go they were trying something different. I think given a few more seasons it would've really found its footing, but for the tone I want from Stargate shows, Atlantis is the one that nails it the most.
SG-1 is my favorite overall. It established the whole franchise and the characters are all top notch and we get some interesting storylines over the seasons.
SG-A was interesting at the start but for me they turned away from the "lost alone in another galaxy" way too early. Teyla wasn't that well developed, I didn't like how they dealt with Ford or Weir and the whole Michael deal was just annoying to me and the ending sucked.
SG-U was an interesting approach, I really liked the start but the whole communication stones was dumb/icky and the Lucian Alliance story wasn't my favorite. I really liked the exploration bits, the "creating a society out of a random group of people", the timeline story and the overarching discovering the secret the Destiny was sent out to find seemed interesting, but it ended way too early. It had a lot of potential.
I wanted to like Universe soo badly. But they made it too much of a drama. I did like the episode where they went back in time and created a new society on an alien world, and their descendants met them in the present. But that was about it.
SGA: I have to be in the mood to watch, but I love it too.
SGU: I watched the first season when it aired and didn’t continue. I’ve been telling myself the last 5 years that I’m gonna finish it. I’ll see a post here praising it & think maybe I should watch it again. But then I’ll finish a rewatch of SGA & it will be in the “up next” options and I’m always like “nah, maybe later”. Later has not arrived yet.
Sg1 for the characters, the story and the content (tho I’m not a fan of the Ori-parts). SGA for the Wraith - there was a lot of wasted potential there imho. SGU - nope. I made myself watch it all, and will never rewatch.
sg1, sga got close but the first season was weak and rewatching it is kinda harsh especially seeing how low budget it looks. sgu sucks and i wish it was never made instead giving sga a proper ending
SG-1 set the standard and is infinitely rewatchable. Each character is well-crafted, well-acted, and the world is fully realized (eventually). Its only flaw was getting just two seasons (and a movie) to cover the entire Ori saga, which could have easily been a 3-5 season arc, deep diving into Ancient lore, fully realizing humanity's position as the Fifth Race, exposing the Stargate program to the world, expanding the "starfleet" for exploration and galactic defense, etc. Everyone's quick to mention the Furlings, but I would have liked to see humanity's response to filling the power vacuum in Ida and Ori (Alteran) galaxies. Former followers of the Ori led by former crusader and Vala's ex-husband Tomin? Surely that could have been worth half a season...
SGA ended up being a bit derivative, but a close second to SG-1. The advent of reliable interstellar FTL travel for humanity in its first season kinda wrecked the idea of SGA being its own isolated outpost with its own unique challenges and solutions. Seeing them run out of Earth weapons, ammo, having to adapt to life without contact with Earth could have been interesting? Greater societal integration and alliances in Pegasus that actually mattered? Honestly it didn't take very long for the Wraith to cease being a threat. While I completely loved the crossover episodes and always loved to see more BC-304 action, the constant "will they, won't they find a Z(ed)PM" McGuffin grew a bit tiresome. Like SG-1, it probably needed at least one more season to fully realize the remaining stories. Wonderfully deep characters and some epic moments, always part of a rewatch.
SGU had too many flaws to even be in the running, unfortunately. The writing failed the series by using CW-esque tropes like immature reactions, unrealistic miscommunication (or non-communication between professionals, specifically), and just all-around needless emotional baggage that would not manifest at such high rates among such an elite group of individuals. It felt like two shows in constant conflict with one another: a sci-fi exploration show vs. emo/YA drama. Some really compelling performances and stories around Grier, Rush, and others, but what made it so terrible was that you literally have people that must rely upon one another, but still aggressively bickering and backstabbing for the most petty crap imaginable. Literally the worst of humanity representing the worst qualities of humanity. Complete contrast (not in a positive artistic way) to the aspirational missing of Destiny to discover the fundamental answers to existence beyond the CMB.
Has to got to SG-1 because Richard Dean Anderson absolutely killed it.
And the fact that Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, and Christopher Judge were all able to shine in their own roles to the point it really felt like a team of actors instead of one main lead that everyone acted in support of... even better.
Don S. Davis's raises hand to forehead Hammond of Texas has some of my favorite bits in that entire series. Like "Son, do you know what color this phone is?"
I love all of the casts. But I prefer the more optimistic tone of SG1 and SGA. Rewatching SGU is a harder sell, especially during stressful years. I also don't like the Ori or the Wraith as villains, they seemed more 1 dimensional and flimsy.
SG1 then SGU. SGA was too cheesy, Sheppard was trying too hard to be O'Neil, McKay was too obnoxious and pathetic and they killed off the best two characters.
Sg1 is incredible. SGA is also pretty fun and the characters grow on you, but season 4 and 5 felt like it had lost its luster a bit. I don't care what the people in here say, sgu is unwatchable. The characters are bad, there is no chemistry, and it doesn't feel at all like stargate.
My feelings exactly. Love SG1. I’m rewatching now and am on season 10. I got bored with SGA pretty early on but still watched most of it. And I was pissed at the first episode because they killed off Robert Patrick. SGU was yuck.
SG1, followed by SGU. A lot of the time Atlantis felt like a half-assed imitation that kept refusing to have any consequences for things that happened.
I grew up watching SG-1 every week as it aired and later SGA back when SyFy was still called The Sci-Fi Channel, and at one point you'd have Andromeda, SG-1, SGA, and BSG on Fridays IIRC. What a time that was.
Love both shows dearly but Atlantis always wins out to me. It benefits from the world building of SG-1 and the development the Tauri went through. More space battles, the BC-304's, Aurora classes. Lantean tech and architecture. Just awesome. Also an awesome cast with good chemistry. Just all around such a solid show.
SG-1 and SGU were my favourites. SG-1 because it is the original, told some great stories and really dived in to a lot of themes with a great character dynamic.
SGU I enjoyed because it explored the subject in a different way. Not everyone's cup of tea, but when you stop comparing apples to oranges and enjoy it for the more serious story being told I feel it holds its own.
SGA I just didn't enjoy that much. There were some solid episodes but the life sucking space vampires just irked me and I don't know why when you consider the main antagonists from SG1. I just couldn't get in to it the same way.
SG1 after Jack left felt almost like a spin-off or sequel series.
But for me? SG1 and Atlantis are tied, I love them for different things.
SG1 I felt had the better overall story. Started as the scrappy underdogs in danger of extermination by technologically superior foes, but still determined to be explorers. It had roots in real mythology and felt grounded. We had great characters, and felt very immersive in its way.
Atlantis is prettier, a natural by product of coming into being with computer effects being more affordable. It has a faster pace and more quippy characters, and was in general a more fun adventure.
SG1 feels like visiting good family while Atlantis feels like a drinking+gaming adventure with the boys. Both are great in their own ways.
Overall favorite is SGA for me, this is also because it is long enough to get fully emerged into the story. SGU is just too short, the moment you get sucked into it, it's already over.
SGU will always be my favourite. I remember when it came out. I was 11 and I had binge-watched SG-1 and Atlantis. This was the first 'new' Stargate for me. I felt the whole franchise had advanced to the next level in terms of ambition, creativity, character work. Rewatching it again recently only confirmed that my kid self knew what he was talking about. Incredible show.
Atlantis. I love SG-1 too but I’m young and the CGI and overall quality of SGA feels more fitting to watch, plus I LOVE ancient civilization mysteries. But I’ve never been one for older shows/movies. (Except this series apparently, the movie is easily in my top 5 at least 😂) And we don’t talk about SGU.
SGU as I've gotten older. To the point where I honestly don't enjoy watching the other 2 over and over. The music, the atmosphere, the acting etc... not the same. In my last rewatch just a week or two ago I completely missed Eli's confession to Chloe in the season 1 finale and she replied "I know". So yeah as I've gotten older and experienced more defiantly SGU
SGU 100%. The other was like "we are all good. We get along so well. We can solve everything."
SGU showed sometimes things can go wrong. You can't solve everything. There will be personal issues.
And also the idea of Destiny was much much better than the other two.
SGU by far. One of the most underrated TV shows of all time. They are all great, but SGU takes the cake. Great acting, great storyline. And it’s a shame no one is even considering bringing them home. Or finishing the story overall either one would be great.
And just to be even more controversial, I think my opinion of SGA has gone down a little after my most recent rewatch. I honestly think they fumbled their premise just a little to become SG1 lite. They settle into a familiar vibe and reuse sooo many storylines and plot beats. I also think it doesn't really use any of its cast outside of Sheppard and McKay all that well. Tayla and Ronon are sooo underused outside of the occassional dedicated episode and the Atlantis staff outside of Zelenka are too often minimised. I still adore Atlantis, but that rewatch really revealed a lot of rough patches.
On the other hand, I enjoy SGU more with each rewatch. Season 1, especially that first half, is hella rough, but season 2 locks in and becomes top 5 seasons of Stargate, maybe one of the best seasons of a sci-fi show in general. I really appreciate how it chooses a new vibe and really commits to it. Everyone complained about how much of a departure it was and sure, it didn't work, but I appreciate that they tried. A franchise can't survive if it's just SG1 again and again and again.
SG1 no contest, but, and I’m gonna get flamed for this…SGU has my favorite lore and story line. I cannot begin to describe how badly I wanted that show to continue.
Sg1 is the original. 90s TV. Great concept, some filler episodes.
SGU great new adition. Immersive, anxious, realisticly dramatic interpersonally.
SGA I love but I couldnt help myself and feel like this series was tailored in order to be succesful. I know all show are but SGA felt schematic. Sometimes not so believable and I dont mean the scifi parts, i mean characters. As a teenager though I looooved the "aero" art style.
SG1 is definitely my favorite. Atlantis is a close second but I think SG1’s cast takes the cake. SGU was surprisingly good in my opinion.
True and well said🤝
I think both had excellent casts. McKay is the wild card for Atlantis. There's no one like him in SG1 and he could make or break an episode. Some of my favorite feature him but some of the worst episodes also feature him
David's acting is fantastic, but McKay is the reason I can't watch the show. I'm not a fan of Weir either, but for me McKay is just too much of an asshole to enjoy the show. What I loved about SG-1 is how well the main characters get along with each other; I love the lack of manufactured drama between the main four, plus Hammond and the main recurring characters.
To be fair to McKay he never really starts any drama or anything, he just complains alot.
The complaining was too much for me. Even if I could ignore the sexist stuff, he's just exhausting. I think if he came on occasionally I'd be fine with him, but having someone so arrogant as a main cast member didn't work for me. To me the team dynamics on SG-1 were perfect, SGA was just too different.
Oh yeah don't get me wrong, while I like the character I absolutely understand how people could really dislike him lmao.
Even as a fan of the character by season 5 it's all getting pretty old, and don't get me started on his relationship with Doctor Keller when Ronan was RIGHT THERE and their dynamic WAS PERFECT
ahem
I think part of it was that SGA was written in the time when writers weren't super confident in audiences being able to see every episode or see every episode in order - it's still got "monster of the week" energy in its DNA. So the characters can't change that much because each week needs to be a reset: the team off on another adventure. So Rodney as a character could just never go from being a little shit to a pleasant person to be around.
The episodes focusing on him are particularly annoying because he'll develop over the course of the episode but then he's back to being the same person he was on the next one.
eh tbh I ALWAYS enjoyed when he was proven wrong or missing ideas
his face was perfection
I really feel like everytime he gets paired with Sam he loses 6 seasons worth of character development and goes back to being the massive asshole we first met in SG1 - I absolutely fucking hate it. He's a character I really warmed up too after awhile in SGA but I cannot stand him whenever Sam is involved.
Which is a shame because Sam is my favourite character :(
Now thats a hot take. Haha.
However, im also in the minority that doesnt think it was bad. The 1st season was pretty soap opera-y but I thought the 2nd season hit its stride and was pretty solid. Really sucks we didnt get a 3rd season.
I’m going to have to rewatch SGU to try to see what so many people see in it. It was by far my least favorite
Atlantis!!!
I loved Atlantis
I started with Atlantis when I was younger and just couldn’t turn it off, binged the entire first 2 seasons in a very short amount of time. Atlantis also felt the most “sci fi” to me as well. Right from the get go seeing the gate room of Atlantis and the power failing, the panic ensuing than when all seemed lost the entire city released from the ocean floor to resurface. I was in absolute awe.
I loved the premise of exploring another galaxy with a blend of soldiers and civilian scientists. Also loved all the Ancients lore and technology
SG1 and its not even close. I like Atlantis too but it just doesn't hit the right spots sometimes. SGU was ok, the first season was pretty bad, the second one was a lot better but it didnt feel like Stargate to me.
SGU has potential, but it goes around in circles a bit too much, it ends up feeling more like reality TV than inspiring dreams.
It felt like they wanted to do something completely different and slapped a few stargate Labels on it.
I never understood how that was supposed to work. If i love Stargate i dont want to see something completely different and if i want to see something different then there are plenty of other shows out there i can watch, i dont need Stargate for that.
Same with Star Trek nowadays. They kept the terminology but threw everything else out of an airlock.
It felt like battlestargate-voyager
They tried to make a BSG Reboot clone. So mostly soap opera drama, romances, betrayals etc. They saw how popular BSG was. They cancelled Atlantis Season 5 for it...
Most SG fans wanted something more similar to SG1 and Atlantis though. And BSG Reboot fans kind of ignored Universe for some reason as well. As a result, it flopped hard. They tried making it more similar to older shows in S2, but fanbase was already gone.
"Main quest" of the Destiny was intriguing though. I wanted to know the truth about the origins of the universe. And to explore completely foreign galaxies and alien cultures. Instead, 80-90% of screen time was soap opera drama, especially in Season 1.
I just watched BSG for the first time this past year and thats a surprisingly good comparison I never put together. Definitely had those vibes.
S2 was a lot better and I think it s3 could have been pretty good.
so agree why change something that work so well
I agree it love sg1 an Atlantis but its different an sgu I don't like at all
SG1 forever! I like Atlantis, but it falls off after a certain someone dies and I couldn't get into the rest of it. SGU... meh. Just didn't really care about any of them or what they're doing. SG1 I can watch over and over and never get tired of it. It's just right.
Atlantis has its moments, i always rewatch them both.
How the fuck is this not the top voted comment. SG1 CREE!
My feelings as well.
SG1 is the flagship, the goat, it’s the best all around show. That being said, Atlantis was great in its own right, it explored the ancient technology and survival aspects SG1 didn’t have. Universe tried to bring more emotion, and deeper characters. It wasn’t done super well and at the time I hated it but after about 10 years of blaming it for killing Stargate I watched it and it was very good by the time season two came around, especially the second half of it.
I’m looking forward to the new things that will come from the the next jaunt through the old orifice
SGU was done dirty. Season 1 lost it's shine very early on, and anyone who wasn't a die hard fan dropped it. Queue season 2 which was fantastic, nobody watched it because they'd already given up on it. Such a shame it never got picked back up.
Everyone watches stargate for the SG teams. That ship lacked an SG team.
That show veered off course and landed in a ditch.
From what I remember, the people on SGU really weren't all that likeable. Say what you want about it being "gritty" or "more realistic," but that wasn't what I was looking for with a Stargate show.
SG-1 and Atlantis were cheesy '90s sci-fi action with likeable good guys who [almost] always came out on top. The shows didn't need to be deeper than that, though, because the characters were interesting. That's "soft" sci-fi in a nutshell, and SG-1/SGA did it perfectly. There was a sense of fun to it, and nowadays it seems like a lot of shows forget how important that is.
So very much this!
I could not find a single character i cared about in SGU. Not one of them was likable. Plus they all seemed to hate or mistrust each other. (They do get better by the end of Season 2, but by then it was too late)
There was no comradery or found family, which SG1 and SGA did so incredibly well. SGU had so many fake out deaths for dramatic impact, but it all fell flat because the audience hadn't been given a reason to care for these characters.
Yeah, they weren't likable. Now that you mention it I can't think of a less likeable character than Rush.
I’ve never heard that take, but I think there’s something to that. They had too big a cast and too different a direction for it to feel familiar. That and the filming was too shaky for me.
I had the same feelings with SGU, didn't really care for it when it came out, but enjoyed it more on the first rewatch. Watched it again last year, first few episodes are good but wow I forgot how bad it gets for a while in season 1.
I've noticed it's a lot better when you binge it. When it was one episode per week, I lost interest before the first season was over, sadly, but when streaming I'm able to forgive the overall hopelessness of the first season.
At least that confirms they did have a cohesive story to tell, it just started out way too slow.
SGA
SG1 has a special place in my heart but around the time Atlantis came out it felt like they had nailed down the formula. Atlantis was solid all the way through
Honestly I think it dropped off a bit at season 3 and 4 but then picked up again at season 5
Space vampires was a bit cringe but somehow SGA was still awesome regardless.
Space pharaohs was less?
With space tape worms
My tapeworm tells me what to do
i actually really enjoyed the mythological explorations throughout the whole series
🤣🤣🤣
But it had Rodney.
Anyone that calls Sam a dumb blond can never be redeemed.
U named a whale after me Rodney??
Yeah, I can't get past that. I've seen a lot of comments about him getting better, but I watched Trio (plus a few other later episodes recently) and he's still a total asshole and sexist.
Yeah, that's how I feel, even as someone who didn't like Atlantis at first. I prefer the cast of SG1, but I prefer the writing on Atlantis. I think it benefits from everything they learned from SG1 while also being able to tell new stories in a way that, I think, SG1 struggled with (understandably so) as the series got into its later seasons.
Atlantis is what led me to SG1
Same
Same I’m going to post how I got into it in a minute
Yes SGA for me too.
I love SG1, but I struggle with the amount of random filler episodes that bloat out the series and don’t add anything to the overall story. And there are so many of those episodes.
SGA has them too, but not as many.
Well said fellow brother of culture
It depends on my mood. Lately it has been Atlantis
SG-1. The original will always be the best
Atlantis definitely
Definitely Atlantis, as that is the first SG I ever watched. Blew my mind!
Out of just the TV series alone SG1 and Atlantis if I had to choose it would be SG1 And technically without SG1 you would not have Atlantis the OG is Gold.
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SGU is epic as fuck and my favorite show. This sub has a lot of people who don't like it but think it did so many awesome things: the music, the imperfect characters, the special effects and visuals, the depressing lonely tone of being stranded all alone on the other side of the universe.
They had a ton of epic ideas that were going in crazy directions. I wish we could've gotten more. It's a glass is half full series: so much potential. In some ways, not getting more episodes has allowed it to flourish in my mind as I wonder what could have been and where it could have gone
It's because in my opinion, SGU has none of the movie spirit the other two series had. It relies heavily on the advanced lore created by them and kinda always felt like it's own thing far away from the story that created it.
I mean, I wouldn't say SGA had any of the movie spirit either. It's more accurate to say SGU was a major tone shift and style shift from the other shows. The lack of humor (except for Eli), more bleak color correction and shot composition, and heavier use of melodrama just made it a completely different type of show.
I agree it had a lot going for it still, but there was a lot of wasted potential.
I love it.
But I’m still sad it ended.
If SGU had 3 more seasons it would have been considered the best of the franchise.
Same opinion here. I don't blame the people, but I think its very much a personal preference - I wouldn't say that SGU was a bad show.
I practically binged all three shows in a single go, and after 15 seasons of SG1 and SGA, I got really positively surprised (it was refreshing). Also, it felt like they figured their audience grew up enough to appreciate the more serious direction, which I personally think is often a good idea. So I wholeheartedly agree with you - very sad we didn't see more of it!
I wouldn't call it bad but I also wouldn't call it good. It showed the worst humanity has to offer. If you took Eli out of the show I would call it nearly unwatchable.
I wouldn't call it "growing up" to see more serious stuff as I really don't enjoy SGU during my yearly rewatch of the shows. I love Battlestar Galactica.
To me SGU wasn't "Stargate". It was it's own show with a wormhole generator in it. It didn't embody anything that every Stargate before it did.
Show is about the ultimate question, and people said it's to much, like wtf
This
You nailed it, SG in general felt like nothing will happen to main heroes, they have too much plot armor, so to me it got boring fast. In SGU it felt real and dangerous, well, at least at Season 1, then they started to listen to SG fans and it went downhill imo.
The premise was great, but I still can't get past how incredibly unlikable the leads are, especially Rush. It seems every decision he made was selfish, and he had virtually no redeeming factors beyond being the most knowledgeable of the crew. In fact, he'd regularly conceal that knowledge making his character that more unlikable. Take him out and it would have been way more enjoyable imo.
With that said, I'll plead ignorance to his character development through S2 because I just couldn't get into it. Did he soften up or become likable in later episodes? Genuinely curious cuz I could use an excuse to give it another try!!
I'll have to watch it again. I haven't seen it since it came out so my memory is fuzzy. From what I remember it felt a lot like Battlestar Galactica, which was just too dramatic for me. Not enough of that lighthearted SG1 charm. For me SG1 is still holding up very well, but Atlantis is definitely lagging. Maybe SGU will have aged better for me
SG-1 got me into the franchise.
ur favourite scifi galaxy exploration show going through wormholes exploring new planets and adventures is sg1. . . . because it takes place on earth? XD jk i love sg-1 as wel but episode to episode atlantis was definitely more fun and polished, sg1 was stil finding itself in the beginning
SG1
Me getting my friends to watch SG-1.
Yes.
Legitimately the best answer here. I can't pick pick. My favorite season is in SG-1. My favorite episode is an SGU. And my favorite cast is an SGA.
SG1 (seasons 1-8) will always be special to me as it was a huge part of my childhood.
SGA is also great but does not make me feel such a nostalgia.
SGU felt like Stargate had a child with Battlestar Galactica. What made SG1 and SGA entertaining was its light-heartedness and humour. And SGU lacks it imo.
SGA then SG-1
That’s a surprisingly hard question. For years I would have easily said SG-1 but after my many rewatches made me a bit burnout(making me overly critical of episodes) my favorite to rewatch now is Atlantis. It’s just often more fun, visually appealing, the stakes feel higher, etc. That being said my favorite cast is the og SG-1 cast(I loved General Landry played by Beau Bridges and Claudia Black as Vala was a fun addition later on.) and I still lean towards saying SG-1 is my favorite overall primarily because of the cast.
It's a lot tougher than it seems to me because Rodney McKay is by far my favorite character among all the franchises. RDA is a close second, and while I love the majority of SG-1, I like Atlantis more than the last few seasons of the show. And I also think SGU's Season 2 is underrated in the canon and deserved more than it got.
It has to go to SG-1 overall though.
Sg1
Atlantis and SG-1 ar3 the only good ones
I deeply love SG-1 but Atlantis is my favorite. I much prefer story arcs to episodics where very little changes and most episodes don’t actually have a lasting impact on the main characters.
I tried to like SGU—I’ve been saying for years that I should give it another shot without SG1 and Atlantis fresh in my head, but realistically it’s too low on the priority list.
SG-1 , I never bothered rewatching the others.
I couldnt get through SGU. I went in with the expectation to see a stargate series, but it just didnt live up to it for me. Instead i got a series that started off with typical stargate comedy, the way rush and oneill looked at each other after eli closed the door in their faces was very on point. But after that both the acting and camera work felt somehow more like watching a documentary than a series. The edginess and all the who am i going to have intercourse with today ruined it for me. Yes sg1 and atlantis knew how to be serious when it was appropriate, but the lightheartedness and the always hoping for the best (in the 5th race after oneill returns from othala "i think we're going to be okay" comes to mind) and things somehow working out most of the time is just so essential to stargate for me that i just couldnt get into SGU. I want to like it, but i just cant.
So after that monologue its hard to decide between SG1 and SGA. Both series have excellent episodes. I think SG1 wins though because i just have so much nostalgia for it. Also the Tau'ri having no clue about anything outside of earth and slowly learning it all and getting more advanced is so good. Like the moment when the x-303 leaves its hangar and you can see from teal'c facial expression that for the first time he actually thought they migh have a real chance against the goa'uld. Also hammond arriving just in time on the Prometheus is one of the best moments in the whole series (close second being caldwell arriving with the daedalus in SGA).
Atlantis but it stood on the shoulders of SG1 to achieve awesomeness
Honestly it constantly Shifts between Atlantis and SG1 both are amazing but offer somewhat different things
I would almost argue I would have to select favorite seasons than shows. All of Atlantis in my opinion beats the last two seasons of SG1.
SG-1 its not even a competition in my opinion.
SG1 is my absolute favorite! So many childhood memories from this show!
The OG.
Ten seasons of fun with only handful of misses in the mix, show doesn't get much better than that.
Until 2021, I only watched Atlantiss, I grew up watching it with my mom on Friday nights. I always saw SG1 pop up on my Hulu feed but I'd always ignore it saying that its old and couldn't be as good as Atlantis
Then 2021 came around and covid was still going strong and I looked at SG1 and thought, ah what the hell it cant be that bad if they made a spinoff (Atlantis).
I was so into SG1 I would literally spend 4 to 8 hours a day watching it and all I could feel was this:
It's really hard.
I grew up with SG-1. Atlantis is exciting and SGU had so much potential. I think way more often about SGU, but that's probably because it has no ending. And I love Rush.
I don’t want to decide between SG-1 and SG-A. And I really, really wanted to like SG-U but I couldn’t in the first season and when it became good it got canceled.
SG1 and SGA are very close.
The other is something else. It wasn't good and I still have yet to watch beyond episode 4. It was bad.
Same. It's weird how so many people in here "love" it nowadays. It was the final nail in the coffin, it was jut plain bad
The shaky camera work, the actors, basically almost everything felt way off in SGU. To me, it is still to this day the 8th wonder of the world that even a single person likes SGU.
Thank you. Finally someone with sense
I like them all and asking me to pick a favorite is like asking me to pick a favorite child.
That being said, P-90 to my head, I'd say Atlantis. I feel like with Atlantis they really nailed the formula they were trying to put together in SG-1 - fun but serious sci-fi stories. Like they got there with SG-1 but with Atlantis, because they were less constrained by what the movie had done, they were really able to go off on it.
I liked SGU, but it was clear from the get go they were trying something different. I think given a few more seasons it would've really found its footing, but for the tone I want from Stargate shows, Atlantis is the one that nails it the most.
SG-1 is my favorite overall. It established the whole franchise and the characters are all top notch and we get some interesting storylines over the seasons.
SG-A was interesting at the start but for me they turned away from the "lost alone in another galaxy" way too early. Teyla wasn't that well developed, I didn't like how they dealt with Ford or Weir and the whole Michael deal was just annoying to me and the ending sucked.
SG-U was an interesting approach, I really liked the start but the whole communication stones was dumb/icky and the Lucian Alliance story wasn't my favorite. I really liked the exploration bits, the "creating a society out of a random group of people", the timeline story and the overarching discovering the secret the Destiny was sent out to find seemed interesting, but it ended way too early. It had a lot of potential.
SG1, followed by Atlantis. Never able to get into SGU
Used to be SG1 but Atlantis won me over. It's a great show
I wanted to like Universe soo badly. But they made it too much of a drama. I did like the episode where they went back in time and created a new society on an alien world, and their descendants met them in the present. But that was about it.
Atlantis
Atlantis
SGA by a mile
SG1: I’ll rewatch at the drop of a hat.
SGA: I have to be in the mood to watch, but I love it too.
SGU: I watched the first season when it aired and didn’t continue. I’ve been telling myself the last 5 years that I’m gonna finish it. I’ll see a post here praising it & think maybe I should watch it again. But then I’ll finish a rewatch of SGA & it will be in the “up next” options and I’m always like “nah, maybe later”. Later has not arrived yet.
SG1 for me but Atlantis is a damn close second.
Atlantis. It has a charm and the more remote setting works better for the show's formula.
Atlantis for sure!!!
SG-1 just has such a fun power arc. Going from fledgling scouting parties to an intergalactic superpower is peak sci-fi.
SG-1 all the way up until the Ori.
Sg1 for the characters, the story and the content (tho I’m not a fan of the Ori-parts). SGA for the Wraith - there was a lot of wasted potential there imho. SGU - nope. I made myself watch it all, and will never rewatch.
I just like Stargate in general idc 😭
Gotta go with the og SG-1
sg1, sga got close but the first season was weak and rewatching it is kinda harsh especially seeing how low budget it looks. sgu sucks and i wish it was never made instead giving sga a proper ending
Honestly all great but Atlantis is it
Sg1 and SGa I'm really struggling to finish sgu
SG-1.
I actually watched Atlantis first and then went back to watch SG-1 after.
Atlantis is terrific but they go so much farther and deeper in SG-1 in almost every aspect.
SG-1
Atlantis then SG-1 with Stargate: 90210 bringing up the rear.
Atlantis was peak.
Atlantis ! Besides the original movie, it was my first exposure to stargate
Yes
SG-1 set the standard and is infinitely rewatchable. Each character is well-crafted, well-acted, and the world is fully realized (eventually). Its only flaw was getting just two seasons (and a movie) to cover the entire Ori saga, which could have easily been a 3-5 season arc, deep diving into Ancient lore, fully realizing humanity's position as the Fifth Race, exposing the Stargate program to the world, expanding the "starfleet" for exploration and galactic defense, etc. Everyone's quick to mention the Furlings, but I would have liked to see humanity's response to filling the power vacuum in Ida and Ori (Alteran) galaxies. Former followers of the Ori led by former crusader and Vala's ex-husband Tomin? Surely that could have been worth half a season...
SGA ended up being a bit derivative, but a close second to SG-1. The advent of reliable interstellar FTL travel for humanity in its first season kinda wrecked the idea of SGA being its own isolated outpost with its own unique challenges and solutions. Seeing them run out of Earth weapons, ammo, having to adapt to life without contact with Earth could have been interesting? Greater societal integration and alliances in Pegasus that actually mattered? Honestly it didn't take very long for the Wraith to cease being a threat. While I completely loved the crossover episodes and always loved to see more BC-304 action, the constant "will they, won't they find a Z(ed)PM" McGuffin grew a bit tiresome. Like SG-1, it probably needed at least one more season to fully realize the remaining stories. Wonderfully deep characters and some epic moments, always part of a rewatch.
SGU had too many flaws to even be in the running, unfortunately. The writing failed the series by using CW-esque tropes like immature reactions, unrealistic miscommunication (or non-communication between professionals, specifically), and just all-around needless emotional baggage that would not manifest at such high rates among such an elite group of individuals. It felt like two shows in constant conflict with one another: a sci-fi exploration show vs. emo/YA drama. Some really compelling performances and stories around Grier, Rush, and others, but what made it so terrible was that you literally have people that must rely upon one another, but still aggressively bickering and backstabbing for the most petty crap imaginable. Literally the worst of humanity representing the worst qualities of humanity. Complete contrast (not in a positive artistic way) to the aspirational missing of Destiny to discover the fundamental answers to existence beyond the CMB.
Has to got to SG-1 because Richard Dean Anderson absolutely killed it.
And the fact that Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, and Christopher Judge were all able to shine in their own roles to the point it really felt like a team of actors instead of one main lead that everyone acted in support of... even better.
Don S. Davis's raises hand to forehead Hammond of Texas has some of my favorite bits in that entire series. Like "Son, do you know what color this phone is?"
I love all of the casts. But I prefer the more optimistic tone of SG1 and SGA. Rewatching SGU is a harder sell, especially during stressful years. I also don't like the Ori or the Wraith as villains, they seemed more 1 dimensional and flimsy.
SG1, but Atlantis is a really close second. I prefer Atlantis during the seasons where they overlap
SG1 then SGU. SGA was too cheesy, Sheppard was trying too hard to be O'Neil, McKay was too obnoxious and pathetic and they killed off the best two characters.
SG1 is the only one I watch much of. Remember starting Atlantis, but it never clicked. Didn't even know Universe existed until after it was canceled
SG-1
Sg1 is incredible. SGA is also pretty fun and the characters grow on you, but season 4 and 5 felt like it had lost its luster a bit. I don't care what the people in here say, sgu is unwatchable. The characters are bad, there is no chemistry, and it doesn't feel at all like stargate.
My feelings exactly. Love SG1. I’m rewatching now and am on season 10. I got bored with SGA pretty early on but still watched most of it. And I was pissed at the first episode because they killed off Robert Patrick. SGU was yuck.
SG1, followed by SGU. A lot of the time Atlantis felt like a half-assed imitation that kept refusing to have any consequences for things that happened.
I started with Atlantis, but quickly jumped into SG-1. I love them both. Universe, not so much.
SG-1 is my favorite.
SGA and I live in so cal if anyone wants to FIGHT ME
I love the energy😂 we’re a stargate family😂🤝
SG1>>SGA>>>>>>SGU
That being said, I did love all of them.
I grew up watching SG-1 every week as it aired and later SGA back when SyFy was still called The Sci-Fi Channel, and at one point you'd have Andromeda, SG-1, SGA, and BSG on Fridays IIRC. What a time that was.
Love both shows dearly but Atlantis always wins out to me. It benefits from the world building of SG-1 and the development the Tauri went through. More space battles, the BC-304's, Aurora classes. Lantean tech and architecture. Just awesome. Also an awesome cast with good chemistry. Just all around such a solid show.
I love Atlantis the most, because it would stand equal with Sg1 but you can always get with the futuristic look it brings.
Stargate 1994
All of them
SGU
SGU
Growing up it was always Atlantis but having rewatched SGU again as an adult now.. I love that show.
SG1 had the highest highs. Some slow parts.
SGA was consistently really fun.
Nothing against SGU, it's not in the running.
I think SG1. But not by much
I will probably get downvoted, but it’s SGU.
SGU
It was great, esp. s2 which is probably why I'm still so warm to it, longing for a conclusion.
SG-1 and SGU were my favourites. SG-1 because it is the original, told some great stories and really dived in to a lot of themes with a great character dynamic.
SGU I enjoyed because it explored the subject in a different way. Not everyone's cup of tea, but when you stop comparing apples to oranges and enjoy it for the more serious story being told I feel it holds its own.
SGA I just didn't enjoy that much. There were some solid episodes but the life sucking space vampires just irked me and I don't know why when you consider the main antagonists from SG1. I just couldn't get in to it the same way.
SGU I was furious when it was cancelled
I have the movie, SG-1 (10 seasons + 2 films), Atlantis (5 seasons), Universe (2 seasons) on disc.
Which one is my favorite? YES!
Atlantis, just feels like theres not many weak episodes.
SG-1
OG. SG1
It's difficult I love seasons 1-7 of SG1, but I equally love seasons 2-5 of SGA. ITS TO DIFFICULT TO CHOOSE!.
Atlantis, but love the others as wel
SG1
SG1
Yes.
Sg1 season 2-7
SG1!
SG1
I feel like SG1 needs a split.
SG1 after Jack left felt almost like a spin-off or sequel series.
But for me? SG1 and Atlantis are tied, I love them for different things.
SG1 I felt had the better overall story. Started as the scrappy underdogs in danger of extermination by technologically superior foes, but still determined to be explorers. It had roots in real mythology and felt grounded. We had great characters, and felt very immersive in its way.
Atlantis is prettier, a natural by product of coming into being with computer effects being more affordable. It has a faster pace and more quippy characters, and was in general a more fun adventure.
SG1 feels like visiting good family while Atlantis feels like a drinking+gaming adventure with the boys. Both are great in their own ways.
SG1 all the time and then....Atlantis ( but SGA was 6/10 only maaaaaby 7 with closed eyes)
All of them, because they all have something special. I hope the new one will be great as well.
Overall favorite is SGA for me, this is also because it is long enough to get fully emerged into the story. SGU is just too short, the moment you get sucked into it, it's already over.
SG-1
Happy Cake Day.
SG1 will always be special to me, but Atlantis is my favorite. I love the dynamic between Shep and Rodney.
1 and 2 . 3 was kinda meh and didnt like some of the actors
SG1 but I honestly rewatch SGU frequently
SGU will forever be the pinnacle of the franchise.
SGU
SGU will always be my favourite. I remember when it came out. I was 11 and I had binge-watched SG-1 and Atlantis. This was the first 'new' Stargate for me. I felt the whole franchise had advanced to the next level in terms of ambition, creativity, character work. Rewatching it again recently only confirmed that my kid self knew what he was talking about. Incredible show.
SGU
Both
SGU
SGU, but specifically the last episodes of SGU.
SGU
Atlantis. I love SG-1 too but I’m young and the CGI and overall quality of SGA feels more fitting to watch, plus I LOVE ancient civilization mysteries. But I’ve never been one for older shows/movies. (Except this series apparently, the movie is easily in my top 5 at least 😂) And we don’t talk about SGU.
SGU
sg-1 and atlantis. not fan of universe one
SGU as I've gotten older. To the point where I honestly don't enjoy watching the other 2 over and over. The music, the atmosphere, the acting etc... not the same. In my last rewatch just a week or two ago I completely missed Eli's confession to Chloe in the season 1 finale and she replied "I know". So yeah as I've gotten older and experienced more defiantly SGU
sgu,atlantis,sg1no fckt it i can't pick lolSGU, sg1 (seasons 2,4,6,7) , SGA (seasons 1,4)
SGU, and I've watched all of Stargate.
SGU 100%. The other was like "we are all good. We get along so well. We can solve everything." SGU showed sometimes things can go wrong. You can't solve everything. There will be personal issues. And also the idea of Destiny was much much better than the other two.
Looking forward to new show. SG???
I really loved the slightly more serious tone Universe took. It felt fresh because of that.
SG-1, but damn I loved SGU for different reasons. SGA got slow and predictable, SGU was anything but.
SGU by far. One of the most underrated TV shows of all time. They are all great, but SGU takes the cake. Great acting, great storyline. And it’s a shame no one is even considering bringing them home. Or finishing the story overall either one would be great.
Ofc SGU, after so many years still nr 1. Rewatching right now.
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(I'm joking)
Has to be SG1 with SGU second then SGA
And just to be even more controversial, I think my opinion of SGA has gone down a little after my most recent rewatch. I honestly think they fumbled their premise just a little to become SG1 lite. They settle into a familiar vibe and reuse sooo many storylines and plot beats. I also think it doesn't really use any of its cast outside of Sheppard and McKay all that well. Tayla and Ronon are sooo underused outside of the occassional dedicated episode and the Atlantis staff outside of Zelenka are too often minimised. I still adore Atlantis, but that rewatch really revealed a lot of rough patches.
On the other hand, I enjoy SGU more with each rewatch. Season 1, especially that first half, is hella rough, but season 2 locks in and becomes top 5 seasons of Stargate, maybe one of the best seasons of a sci-fi show in general. I really appreciate how it chooses a new vibe and really commits to it. Everyone complained about how much of a departure it was and sure, it didn't work, but I appreciate that they tried. A franchise can't survive if it's just SG1 again and again and again.
SG1 no contest, but, and I’m gonna get flamed for this…SGU has my favorite lore and story line. I cannot begin to describe how badly I wanted that show to continue.
Sg-1 but Atlantis is really only a little behind. Ofc last is Universe, only because of the romance and not finishing the story
Atlantis is my absolute favourite, but all were good, SGU would have been better if it wasn't cancelled the moment it got good.
Sg1 is the original. 90s TV. Great concept, some filler episodes. SGU great new adition. Immersive, anxious, realisticly dramatic interpersonally. SGA I love but I couldnt help myself and feel like this series was tailored in order to be succesful. I know all show are but SGA felt schematic. Sometimes not so believable and I dont mean the scifi parts, i mean characters. As a teenager though I looooved the "aero" art style.
SG-1 then Universe.