For anyone else who was wondering, the author said the project used approximately a dozen (cubic) yards of concrete. Prices seem to be on the order of $150/yd3, so $1800 for just the concrete.
having just one seems like it's not going to help much tbh. he needs a second why to teleport to.
also not sure if concrete based gate will work... never tried that.
Stargate. The original movie was cool but I never could get in to the TV show, even during its heyday with Richard Dean Anderson. That said, if they ever did a reboot I'd probably check it out!
I've watched seasons 1-5 this year. It's basically my first run through, I'd only watched a couple of random episodes back in the day and not been impressed, so there's no nostalgia at play here.
It absolutely holds up, and does things that seem to be impossible for streaming-era TV shows in terms of building the characters and the universe.
The first season is very obviously done on a shoestring budget, but the production values will start improving after that. I honestly can't imagine what value a reboot would bring.
You're right around the point they got renewed for two seasons at once, so they had a lot more freedom for extended plot/setting development. I forget exactly which two seasons they were, though.
If you're continuing and at all interested in the timing, SG-1 season 8 has a two-parter premiere, and Stargate Atlantis begins immediately after that, not before or at the same time.
I'd actually decided to re-watch the series this year and am just finishing the 8th season right now.
Yes, I was intending to continue at least until Atlantis so that I can check that out with the proper context as well. Thanks for the details on viewing order.
Yes, I think universe is one of the most innovative sci-fi ever written in terms of using plausible science to form a plot.
I also appreciated they went into a lot of effort to explain, technically, how each plot element worked. For example they explained the science behind the gates in great detail, the shields, the air system, the stones, the vastness of space between the galaxies, etc.. don’t need to go into more detail it’s kind of spoilers.
By doing it that way they made sure that all the plot twists were simple and obvious in hindsight but difficult to predict beforehand, which was very satisfying.
Universe was the only series I watched (due to Scalzi being a technical advisor), but I found it infuriating that they let Tim Roth's character continue to have the run of the ship after he proved himself a psychopath.
the plot arcs don't hold up very well, but I highly recommend watching the monster of the week episodes. some of those one-off episodes, like the black hole episode, expanded my concepts of time and space in ways that I have not experienced while watching other sci fi shows.
I really wouldn't go for a reboot. SG: Origins was kinda bad even. There's a bunch of lore they could build on top of that people love and new viewers could learn to love. They could find all new cast and everything, like Atlantis was for a while and do cameos.
The issue will likely be that the streaming format does not encourage character building the way it was. They'd likely make a really long movie split into seven parts. Which is not Stargate, with it's weekly monsters, overarching plotlines and occasional gags.
I didn't start watching until the first couple of seasons were available on ... gasp ... DVD (remember those)?
Got the first season because I was bored. Laid on the couch all weekend watching the entire set of shows. Called in sick on Monday and Tuesday so I could go buy and watch the second season.
I used to own the movie, all ten(?) seasons and the SG-1 movies. I rewatched them a couple of times.
It holds up surprisingly well. I wouldn't argue against a reboot, but I would want to see something different rather than just copying the old shows with a different cast.
I think maybe the last couple of seasons were kind of a bit of stunt casting and while it eventually sort of worked, those were the worst shows since it was just sort of a rehash of the "Well, we pissed off yet another super-alien race by existing so lets kick their asses" idea. New villains, same as the old villain.
Which is why you don't tell people about having an elevator descending into a bat cave .. cool DIY build project (if you happen to have an old tourist cave on your land) but it's a nuisance dealing with the looky Lou's and drive by Penguin's..
