I lost track of the show a long time ago but have started watching again so as not to miss “Doctor Who”. Apparently I’ve missed O’Neill’s promotions (is he even in the first two episodes of Season 9?) and Hammond’s departure.
Check wiki .
There is always some crazy fan out there willing to put their obsession there.
Ah, thanks. Should’ve thought of that.
The shark was jumped before O’Neill “got promoted” and Hammond “retired.” They now have a new Super BadGuy Set, and now we have the old SG-1 plots being recycled (along with Star Trek and Farscape plots) in SG: Atlantis.
Grrr. Grrr I say.
Hmm… I’m going to have to disagree, here. While Atlantis hasn’t quite grabbed me (I think the baddies are pretty ridiculous), the new Big Bads in SG1 are much scarier than the Goa’uld ever were.
I’m enjoying the new ‘baddies’ a lot more, too, and I’m looking forward to Season 10. Looks like some good stuff coming down the pike.
OTOH, I’d rather gouge my own eyes out with industrial staples than watch Atlantis. I can’t stand that show.
E.
Sorry to highjack the op but I really like ST:A. I think it’s a well written and funny show. While I have to admit I don’t care for the new klingon wana-be, the show it’s self is much better than what SG:1 has become. May I ask what you don’t like about it?
Do what I do and DVR it. Then you can watch it at high speed and waste only a few minutes. 
I just caught the tail end of an ep of SG1 where they were taling with some ?Goauld? through the 'gate, the Goauld says “Prepare to meet your doom!”
i immediately responded …
“I’m gonna’ sing the Doom Song, doom doom doomdoomdoom, doomy doomy doomy…”
I can’t even take it at high-speed!
t-mobileguy, I can’t get through the first fifteen minutes of an episode without rolling my eyes at the writing and acting. I think that’s a pretty good indication that I don’t like it. I’m not too thrilled with some of the writing on SG:1, either, but the actors are at least enough for me to stick with it, and the writing has a few moments where it shines.
E.
I think the biggest problem is the writing. The actors aren’t bad and have nice chemistry but they have to deliver awful clunky lines with the flimsiest of motivations. And they’ve taken what could’ve been a really interesting premise (cut off from earth and forced to make new alliances) and pretty much turned it into a carbon copy of SG1. I’d like to see it get better 'cause I enjoy the characters but I don’t have any faith in the writers.
O’Neill’s Response to that was pretty good:
I still enjoy Stargate SG1 and think Ben Browder ain’t doing too badly considering whose shoes he had to step into. Granted its not high-art, but its consistently well written, entertaining and normally gets me to smile or chuckle at least a couple of times each episode. There aren’t many shows out there that can still promise that.
I enjoy Atlantis at well - its probably not quite as good as the original and i won’t go out of my way to watch it, but its enjoyable enough when there’s nothing better on.
I’ll admit, I love Ben Browder (and Claudia Black - yes, I’m one of those that started watching SG:1 because of them, but I’ve been working my way through all of the other seasons on DVD, and I do enjoy them) - and he and Michael Shanks are the main reason I’ve tuned into SG:1 this season. I think they have great buddy chemistry, throw some Teal’C in there, and I’m a happy girl :D. I don’t get that too much from the Atlantis cast.
I love David Hewlett/Rodney - if I tune into Atlantis, it’s for him. And I think you’re right - they’re all trying to overcome pretty sloppy writing, but I think it’s at the expense of their acting.
Either way, I can’t say I’m big on tuning in after trying to watch a few episodes last season. It just didn’t really hook me.
E.
I’ve only seen it a few minutes at a time.
I try, though.
Okay, how come the Black guy has hair sometimes, doesn’t have hair sometimes, and what’s with the thing that is sometimes on his forehead?
I ain’t dissin’ I just what to know.
“It is a sign of slavery.”
“To what?”
“False gods.”
“Cool.”
Adult Goauld have their young grow in human bodies. The bodies must be specially prepared. This involves destroying the immune system, and creating an X shaped opening on the stomach. The young alien is inserted and functions to fight off poison, disease, increase strength, lengthen life span etc. The human host is called a Jaffa. Jaffa serve as warriors for the Adult Goauld and bear that Goauld’s mark permanently on their foreheads. Tealc was First Prime of Apophis and so bears a stylized serpent in a gold cameo on his forehead.
Is Tealc a Goauld or a host? Do the hosts survive?
Tealc is a host. The process of becoming a Jaffa makes the body much more durable. Tealc’s friend and mentor Preytak is about 300 years old. When the Goauld young mature, it takes over the body. The host is now a prisoner. The Goauld then goes on to live many more centuries in the body before it wears out and they must find another. When a mature Goauld enters a body, they do so through burrowing into the back of the neck and latching on to the spine. They immediately take control of the body.
Tealc no longer carries a Goauld. Either earth scientists, or the Tokra (an offshoot Goauld race whose members are good and share the body with the host in a partnership), developed a drug called Tritonin which allows a Jaffa to survive without a Goauld symbiote.
Thanks!
Err, I don’t think this is completely right. The rest of this is my understanding, not Gospel:
Jaffa carry an young parasitic goauld, which has the advantage to the jaffa of healing injuries and disease and extending life, in their abdomens until it matures. Then it leaves and the jaffa dies. It then enters the nervous system of another person, who is called the host by SG-1 et al, and subsumes the host’s personality.
The thing about Teal’c no longer having one sounds right.
I could be wrong. Though I love SG 1, I don’t have cable. The syndicated episodes are at least a season behind the ones on SciFi.