Children of the Gods

I thought this was a very good pilot. I was impressed with the way all the main characters were slowly introduced and were developed in the 90 minutes. Of course, a pilot's main objective is to 'hook' the audience, and "Children of the Gods" does an excellent job at this. Multiple story lines are introduced which are engaging, and I look forward to how they'll be developed in future episodes. Jack O'Neill looks to be a very good protagonist. I love his sense of humour, and I thought it was refreshing to have a protagonist who didn't know much about all the complicated sci-fi stuff going on - in a way, he kind of represents us, the audience watching, because we don't have any idea about what's going on as well! There were some weaknesses I thought; with some scenes having a bit too much humour, and some scenes were a bit repetitive and drawn out. However, I was impressed overall, especially with the concept of making a TV show which is a direct continuation of a feature film. This was a very ambitious pilot, but one which did the job to hook me into watching more.

This pilot episode launches the best series of all time. The two-hour movie length premiere was definitely worth watching. With the introduction of Captain Doctor Samantha Carter, Teal'c and Major General Hammond as a replacement for General West, the formation of SG-1 and the deeper plot lines, this makes for one of the shows best episode. I still stick with that, even after five years and over 100 episodes. This is undoubtably must-see TV.

It's a two-parter that kicks off the hit series, Stargate SG-1.

It starts out with several Air Force officers playing cards in a room with a mysterious object covered by a sheet. Suddenly, the object activates, a giant swoosh, and a large, glowing blue shimmering pool standing upright appears, and several figures with the heads of large snakes appears. One of them opens up his helmet, revealing a dark warrior who grabs the woman officer. The other officers open fire, as do the snake-heads, who are victorious. The warrior who is holding the woman shows her to a gold-headed snake-head, who takes off his helmet to get a good look at her. The Stargate activates again, and before the kidnappers go through, General George Hammond comes and takes a good look at these people. The gold-headed man looks at him, and as he does, his eyes glow. Something that only one other person has done before.

Due to this attack, a retired Colonel Jack O'Neill is contacted, and is confronted with the fact that he and his men who went to Abydos did not tell the entire truth when they filed their reports. They go back, with a new member named Captain Samantha Carter. When they arrive, they are greeted by a now-married Daniel Jackson and Sha're (I hope I spelled it right), as well as his brother-in-law, Skaa'ra. Daniel then surprises them with the information that Abydos is not the only place that the Stargate can contact, that there are literally hundreds of Stargates throughout the galaxy.

While he does this, the Stargate is attacked again, by the same people who took the Airforce officer on Earth. This time, they take Daniel's wife and brother-in-law. Daniel goes back to Earth, where he made part of SG-1. a team within the newly-formed SGC in which he, Colonel O'Neill and Samantha Carter are part of.

In the second part, they go to the Goa'uld home world of Chulak, where the real action begins. I am not obliged to tell you any more about this part of the series other than personal opinions.

I think that this was a great start to the SG-1 TV show. The characters that we saw in the movie come back, as well as a few more. The discovery of hundreds of possible gate addresses is indeed a great moment. We see that Jack O'Neill (now with 2 Ls) actually has a sense of humor. We see that the aliens who took on the roles of Egypt's ancient gods (Note: I said aliens. In other words, there are more than just Ra who was destroyed in the movie) are alive and kicking, not nearly dead, ruling as tyrants.

The music is superb, perfect for the feeling at any particular moment. The effects are fairly good for any show. This isn't another spin-off who's trying to put a twist on Star Trek. This is a truly unique way to travel the galaxy without the use of Starships. You can watch it every so often on Sci-Fi channel. If you can, don't miss it.

I mistakenly let some of first season slide by since I wasn't a fan of the movie. Was I ever wrong. Cast is superb all the way down to the smaller leads, e.g. the base doctor (Rothery) and other base personnel, as well as some great storylines. Just the right amount of humor mixed in with believable current time Sci-fi. Try not to miss, Showtime foolishly only shows the episodes once weekly unlike mega-repeating HBO series.

Have seen the original Stargate with Kurt Russellone I didn't like that much i had to pick up the series because it was told that it was one of the best SF series ever released.

The first 10 minutes we go a bit back to the original Stargate from 1994. In fact, the whole original flick is told in a few minutes. Out the old cast in comes the new cast. But not only that, in comes more of SF then the 1994 version. Let me say that this isn't a remake, it continues what was left after 1994. Of course being a pilot it goes back to the planet Abydos because the military base were the stargate is hold is being visited by those old Egyptian Gods again and one soldier is captured. So Col. O'Neill (good old MacGyver Richard Dean Anderson) is back in business to visit Abydos with his soldiers.

I was afraid once on Abydos that it would be blah blah like in Stargate (1994)but the action came on early this time. The effects were also much better. But were the 1994 version failed script wise this does deliver. They are only a few minutes on Abydos before they are back on earth to go back on another mission. It's there that we are learning the characters. Of course things go a bit wrong and characters are lost into space. And new ones arrive. Before you know it this flick is over with one mission, save the lost ones. From there on Stargate moved into a 10 year series with his up and downs but this flick, clearly low budget but it works fine and is as I said over before you know it.

Gore 0/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5