• aeronmelon@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    The ultimate irony is that all Stargate series were filmed and produced in Canada!

    Is it a good thing or a bad thing that Canadian writers so perfectly zeroed in on the American mentality of shooting everything until the problem goes away?

    I may be mis-remembering, but I think it’s a plot point of the early seasons that the Americans try to be American on other planets and slowly realize how badly that works out, forcing them to change their strategy going forward.

    There are other things that cause this behqvior. Like some outsider coming in and trying to further militarize the SGC, etc. But those people are considered antagonistic by the main cast. Similar to how the crew of the Enterprises don’t take well to visiting Captains and Admirals.

    That said, there are moments, even towards the end where patience runs out and someone stands up and says something like, “That’s it! Where’s the C4?”

    shrug YMMV, but I think your general opinion of both shows will end up being favorable.

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      8 months ago

      For the record it wasn’t going to stop me from giving it a go, just that’s why I never tried it. Didn’t realize that’s why but it was hard to articulate. If there’s some self realization in there then I’m all for it.

      It’s on the list either way. When will I get to it? No clue. Probably within the next couple months. Stargate is the one with the silver fox looking dude, right?

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        8 months ago

        When you say silver fox, do you mean Richard Dean Anderson (the team leader) or Beau Bridges (the base commander in the later seasons)?

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            8 months ago

            Good choice.

            I grew up watching MacGyver, so I remember his Han Solo-looking days.

            Unfortunately, these days, he’s not so much of a fox. I just googled his more recent pictures and didn’t even recognize him.