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Some of my flist may enjoy this: Come With Me, a fanvid for the original Stargate movie, set to "Take a Giant Step" by The Monkees. Awww, man ... I remember watching the movie as a teenager, being so excited by it, and yet so disappointed that they never developed the characters as I wished they had. And then my excitement later, in college, when I found out that it was being developed as a TV series starring one of my favorite actors (I had such a crush on MacGyver when I was a kid. *g*) and maybe now we'd get the character development that I'd wanted. And we did!

It's a little disconcerting to realize that I've been watching Stargate since before I moved out of my parents' house. Half my life. There are other ongoing series that I've been involved with for that long (Discworld, X-Men), and I've shifted in and out of love for Stargate over the years, but there is just something about the fact that I watched the movie when I was right on the cusp of becoming a young adult, and then grew up as the series grew up. There's just a sense of limitless potential to the vid that's all tied up, for me, with the potential of being a young adult about to move out on my own (as well as, okay, a certain disconcerting datedness, because the f/x in the movie haven't really aged all that well, but that's part of growing up, too).

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Oh wow, does this bring back memories. I guess it's one of the reasons that the sudden cancellation of SGA hit so hard. The SG world had become such a part of my life for so long that not having it was like, hey, what, where did the universe of sense go?

On a separate note, I'm sorry I haven't read your story yet, but I've been swamped. I have seen it and once I get some breathing room I promise to read it. I'm so excited! :-P And can't wait!!!

No worries on the story; I know things get busy, and I hope you enjoy it when you read it. :)

And, yeah, while I haven't always been as fannish about Stargate as I became when I got into SGA, I've been watching it and enjoying it for a long time. It's nice to look back on those pleasant memories, but so sad that it doesn't look like we'll have any more on TV.

Or any worth while I'm afraid. I have heard that they are doing some kind of series of books that take place after the fifth season of SGA called legacy but I have no idea if they're any good. It's the end of an era for me, and I find myself bereft of shows that draw me in. The only one I watch religiously is Grey's Anatomy, but even my interest in the Mentalist, Chuck, Supernatural, NCIS, Brothers and Sisters and others have waned. But not so much in the fandoms. I read a lot, but watch not so much.

Well, the Legacy books and the other tie-in books are (published) fanfic; it's nice to have fanfic, but it's not the same as new canon -- seeing the characters on the screen, knowing what TPTB had planned for them. (I wish, if they're not going to make the movie, that they'd at least release the script; I don't know if it would be good or not, but I kinda just want to KNOW!)

The only show I'm following with any enthusiasm right now is Sanctuary. I will be the first to admit that it's not a terribly good show, but it's got some of the same kind of appeal that Stargate does -- light fun plots, likable characters. And it doesn't hurt that it's a lot of the same actors too. :D

You know I tried watching it, but as soon as Amanda opened her mouth and a British accent come out I was like, huh, I don't think I'm going to like this. Sadly at the moment there is no Sci-fi show that's captivated my imagination. I want action/adventure shows. I want fun and funny and brother's in arms and friendship and kick ass aliens that want to eat you and not procreate with you because that's just, eeck!

Hee, yes, the accent does take some getting used to! If you did want to give it another shot, I would say skip ahead and try season two, maybe? The cast has started to gel better, and the writing is stronger in season two (though that's still not saying a whole lot *g*). Because Sanctuary *does* have a lot of what you're looking for; it's just that it also wobbles along through some very weak episodes to get there.

Any eps you'd rec?

Well, I'll tell you what worked for me, following recommendations from my flist about which eps to watch. :D I watched the premiere (it's kind of a slog, but it sets up the general premise and introduces the characters). Then I skipped forward to "The Five", a later season-one ep that introduces Tesla and more of the series' meta-arc mythology, then went forward to the end-of-season two-parter and the two-part premiere of the next season. Those are very solid episodes, very fun, but you kinda need the setup episodes first.

(I also watched some other sporadic episodes in season one, but I don't really recommend them. They're fun once you're already invested in the characters, but pretty iffy otherwise. Well, except "Nubbins". That's a very silly but very fun stand-alone ep, just pure goofy adventure fun.)

I'm not sure if that's more effort than you want to put in for a show you're not sure about, but I was hooked by the end of the season two premiere.

Hmm, I just might check it out. You have me intrigued!

I am way too amused seeing you reccing Sanctuary, especially since this is some of the same ways we were encouraging you at it only a few months ago :)

[I've also had like three or four people on my flist in the last few months go from "I tried Sanctuary a while ago and didn't care for it" to "OMG SHOW" which is amusing me so much]

(Also, I swear I am the only fan ever who didn't have a second of problem with Helen Magnus's accent - I think part of it is that I don't hear accents well, part is that it helped her be even less Sam Carter in my eyes, and part may be that I just instantly rationalized that given Helen's life history there's no way she'd have a standard accent)

Going back to your actual post, I remember eagerly checking out the Stargate movie from Blockbuster as soon as it was on video and thinking it was an intriguing presence that could have been executed better. Oddly, now that I've fallen for the show(s) I like the movie WAY more - I think seeing it as the prologue to an epic story about characters I grew to love instead of a stand-alone movie made it work better for me.

Hee! It's funny how much I've fallen for it, after how much I didn't like it at first. Or, I guess my reaction to it at first was more like a sort of displeased shock, because I'd imagined an entirely different (better) show than it actually turned out to be! But, really, it's the only show on TV that I'm actively looking forward to right now; I'm SO EAGER to get new episodes, even though I have zero faith in the writers to pull off any sort of satisfying conclusion to the cliffhanger! But the steampunk Hollow Earth is completely awesome and I love it and want to see more of it. And it totally has that light-hearted teamy-goodness sort of thing that I've been missing since Stargate went off the air! Augh. XD

I remember eagerly checking out the Stargate movie from Blockbuster as soon as it was on video and thinking it was an intriguing presence that could have been executed better.

Yeah, I think my reaction to it was similar - I was really looking forward to it, and then wasn't too happy with the actual execution. But I thought it had a ton of potential and was delighted to see that potential explored in the show.

I remember seeing the Stargate movie in the theaters! I recall really liking it but thinking it was marketed strangely. There was soooo much depth that they barely scratched the surface. Thank goodness for the series.

I really can't remember if I saw it in the theater or on video, just that I was really looking forward to it from the commercials and the articles on it in Starlog (wow, I wonder if Starlog is still around). I enjoyed it, but I didn't feel like it lived up to the promise of all it could have done with the world and the characters. I'm so glad they went ahead and developed a series so that they could explore all of that (though I read somewhere that the original creators of the movie didn't like the series because it took the universe in a different direction than their vision, but *I* liked it :D).

I loved the movie to bits. It was so nice to see something that I felt was so unique (and I was on a major Egyptian kick at the time, which made it doubly awesome :D). I didn't get into the series much later though because, well, I don't get into any show right away. As usual, I actually didn't like it at first but eventually gave it enough of a chance to let it grow on me ;)

I enjoyed the movie, but didn't fall hard until SG1, and even that took me a number of years. I didn't get big-time into SG1 fandom around, oh, 1999-2000 or so. Then I fell slowly out and didn't get back into it 'til SGA came along.

Mmmm. Nostalgia. :D

While I am, obviously, more of an SGA girl at heart, I always loved the Egyptian-ness of the movie and SG1 -- the general Egypt theme, all the old ruins on the worlds they went to ... it really spoke to something inside me. :) If I could have had one thing on SGA that we didn't get, it would have been more episodes where they got to explore cool old ruins and planets that were really different, which SG1 had a lot of in the first couple of seasons.

I saw the movie at the cinema with my first steady boyfriend. I remember this because two rows in front of us sat a couple who were in their sixties at the very least, clearly enjoying the shenanigans on screen, and I was all, "Huh. Old people like science fiction, too. What a marvel."

Ah, to be sixteen again, when the world revolves around the young. *shakes head*

SG-1 was in its seventh season by the time I got into it. It was the first TV-series I watched in English, and it also got me back to reading fanfic, leading from Jack-and-Daniel friendship stories to Jack/Daniel slash and from there on to John/Rodney when I'd read all the SG-1 fic I could find on Area 52. That got me through a really bad break-up and back into writing fic myself and eventually onto LJ, and now I'm friends or at least acquainted with several dozen people I never would have met otherwise, which is simply marvellous.

So despite the way it ended, I'll never stop being fond of the Stargate franchise. It literally opened the world to me.

Oh, interesting - I don't think I ever knew that you got into SGA by way of SG1!

I have gained SO MUCH through Stargate fandom. I've been writing fanfic since around 2000/2001, and dabbling in fandom (i.e. reading/lurking) for longer, but I never really got involved with the social side of (fanfic) fandom until SGA and LJ. I've made so many friends all over the world, and learned so many new things; I've become a much better writer, and, I believe, a better person as well. Even though it's also brought quite a bit of frustration and hurt at times, it's more than worth it; I'd never in a million years want to go back and not have experienced the things I have, and met the people I have. ♥

I now feel old..... I was several years out of college - more than 5 less than 10 when the movie opened. I saw it in a theater and LOVED it. I got upgraded cable especially for the Showtime Stargate TV series - and paid for the premium service for the entire 4 years it was on Showtime. I loved both SG1 (until Jack left really) and SGA.

That brings back memories!! Thanks for sharing!!

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