The Real Reason These Actors Left The Stargate Franchise

The life of an actor is never filled with certainty, but one job that an actor can feel some sense of stability in is a TV gig. When that TV gig is on a show as popular as Stargate SG-1, which built a large and loyal fan base in the late '90s and early 2000s, you’ve got it made.
Even though the popular military sci-fi show ran for 10 seasons and spawned various spinoffs, there were some actors who called it quits before the show ended.
Creative differences and personal choices do get in the way when it comes to telling stories on the small screen, after all. Here are the real reasons these actors left the Stargate franchise.
#Stargate #Franchise #Actors
Kurt Russell and James Spader | 0:00
Richard Dean Anderson | 1:28
Amanda Tapping | 2:35
Michael Shanks | 3:28
Corin Nemec | 4:29
Don S. Davis | 5:36
Rainbow Sun Francks | 6:38
Torri Higginson | 7:37
Paul McGillion | 8:22
Teryl Rothery | 9:18
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[@dpickles9218]

Amanda Tapping stayed the entire original series then did the movies then came back to do Atlantis. That’s the opposite of leaving.

[@blazerocker1734]

Exactly. Her character's time was essentially done and Tapping was simply moving on with her career. This doesn't equal leaving the franchise. The franchise itself was changing.

[@DarkWandererAU]

right! I was wondering why she was on the list

[@warailawildrunner5300]

@@DarkWandererAU There was a short time when she stepped back from the series but if I remember right, it was because she was pregnant and was back shortly after

[@DarkWandererAU]

@@warailawildrunner5300 Ohhhhhh yeahhhhhh...I think I vaguely recall her absence for a little bit. But she was back so quickly its barely noticeable haha

[@warailawildrunner5300]

@@DarkWandererAU It was around the time she was assigned to area 51 for about half a season or so.

[@ezekiellucas7241]

I WANT MORE STARGATE

[@feddy11100]

I want them to finish universe. I know it was different than the other two series but I liked it and I would at least like an ending.

[@feddy11100]

@@FeelMyFerret I really hope so man that sounds awesome!

[@dakkuri1]

@@FeelMyFerret 👍👍👍awesome

[@6atlantis]

@@FeelMyFerret no there isn’t.

[@zerodawn09]

@@6atlantis lol read the news some time. yes its in the works and it will not be a reboot. the start of it will be them trying to find a way to save the universe crew. they have said they will even try to have cameo's. the last report was about lock down time and when asked the writer said "we are about 5 chevron's locked" its not hidden. you can google it and it will come up. try a google search before saying something that might make you look stupid. edit it was sept 12th 2020 when posted so alot closer than i thought.

[@Scorpwanna]

When you have a narrator that's never seen anything about the source material, you get this guy!

[@idlegaming8206]

Sha-air? Sorry, who?

[@larrythompson8630]

I have to admit. I was thinking. “Maybe I don’t recall Stargate as well as I thought?” Seemed like a few things were different then I recall.

[@paull.9884]

The SG-1 🤣

[@thetenthplanet_]

Got back into SG-1 recently and by God has it aged like fine wine. The characters are memorable, the humor is top notch, the lore and world building were really well done. It was a great expansion on the original film. I'd even argue I love it more than Star Trek/Wars. And I love both of those franchises (before Kurtzman and Disney fecked them up respectively).

[@bennycostello2472]

Amazing that every planet looked exactly like British Columbia

[@kevins4213]

My sentiments exactly Tenth Planet. While you can see progressive themes in Stargate it never went full woke. I think it's a better TV show than the others for many reasons and it feels like it has a longer legacy outside of Dr. Who, and didn't fall into disgrace like the other popular sci fi franchises mentioned

[@markdd4281]

I totally agree. Even the star wars movies are becoming a bore tbh.

[@broughttoyoubythelettery4478]

Netflix has every season. Season one episode one had full frontal nudity i never knew about.

[@rh150]

I concur

[@lunkystraydog6572]

My favorite episode is when Jack and Teal'c are golfing through the stargate.

[@sonnagarcia2058]

Yeah I think it was when O'Neil was stuck in that time loop

[@alexanderhiser1891]

"Window of Opportunity" I think I've watched that episode over 10 times. Easily my favorite.

[@danielrobinson2861]

Wacko

[@MH-jr2gj]

“On my back swing?!?!”

[@trisrenaquino8794]

This episode was my favorite, i wished i could get that in my life

[@jonathanhill3017]

It's now 13yrs Don s Davis passed where has the time gone, though he will always be either General Hammond or Hammond of Texas to me

[@Zandanga]

Yes ... Hammond of Texas. Brac? Bratac? What was that Jaffa character's name? And I liked the actor who played that role. He did a great job.

[@ARDEVAAS88]

That takes me back to when Master Bra'tac comes to the SGC shocked not to see him and exclaims 'Has Hammond of Texas fallen in battle'? He will be, is missed.

[@Zandanga]

@@ARDEVAAS88 Thanks for corrected spelling. Yes! And he does it with a completely straight, serious face ... great line! great actor!

[@idgam3r418]

A minute of silence in the replies to the passing of a great character, played by a great actor *remains silent for 1 minute exactly*

[@txdmsk]

Hammond of the shiny head. Haha. Miss that guy. Miss this show. Miss the warm feelings I got watching this.

[@heyskra]

Did he say Carter came into the show as a cadet? She was a Captain in the first episode. There's a huge difference.

[@Persian-Immortal]

Oh thank you! I thought I was the only one who heard that!

[@sniperic1]

I think he misspoke she was indeed a Captain and I can only tell you that takes a good 6 years to get that promotion.

[@rcschmidt668]

And Daniel’s wife’s name was pronounced SHA-ray.

[@heyskra]

@@sniperic1 4 yrs. 2 yrs 2nd Lt. 2 yrs 1st Lt. Those are minimum times.

[@jaxturner7288]

@@heyskra what if you join already having a PhD? Captain on day zero.

[@travcollier]

The way RDA stepped back from the series was class IMO. He didn't just say "screw this" and disappear. Also, can't fault his reason.

[@txdmsk]

Yeah. RDA was amazing on the show, but the replacement actor was good too.

[@suzyspender]

Just discovered this gem of a show during lockdown

[@demonsorrows]

Tis a good show. =) if you haven't watched Farscape or Babylon 5 yet, I'd give them a go. Also another that's good, not really on the same level but there are still people who enjoy the show (myself included), is Space: Above and Beyond. Humanity goes out to colonize space but an incident starts a war between humans and an alien race. The show is centered around a group of fighter pilots called the Wild Cards as the war goes on. Sadly, it was another show that had great potential but was canceled by Fox after one season.

[@LordLOC]

SG-1 and Atlantis are just awesome shows (SG-1 more so but still) and will give you hours and hours and hours of great entertainment. SGU is alright for the most part, but it just never got a full shake and since it's only 2 seasons, it just ends with a whimper. I'd also recommend after watching all of SG-1 and even Atlantis, for you to watch the 2 SG-1 movies - Ark of Truth and Continuum. Both are really good, and put a nice exclamation point on the series (if there isn't ever any new stuff from it that is).

[@SamuelPearlman]

Amanda Tapping's "Sanctuary" was a solid 4-season show as well.

[@eoghannolan741]

Enjoy, it's just so so good

[@atanasangelov4943]

You will enjoy it very much. The best SciFi show.

[@IDontKnow-mf5wi]

Landry did not replace Hammond. When Don S Davis left for health reasons, It worked out for RDA to start phasing himself out so he could spend time with his daughter... Hammond was promoted from leader of SGC to being in charge of Homeworld Command and O'Neill got promoted to leader of SGC. So O'Neill replaced Hammomd A year later Hammond retired and O'Neill got promoted to in charge of Homeworld Command and Landry took O'Neill's place as leader of the SGC. So O'Neill replace Hammond twice and Landry replaced ONeill as leader of SGC. Please get it right

[@danieljensen2626]

SG1 typically had very natural handling of casting changes. Like Daniel ascending made perfect sense in-universe, and so did Jack and Hammond getting promoted or retiring. Jonas felt a little forced, mostly because they leaned into the "quick study" thing too hard, but he was likeable enough that it was okay. Vala and Mitchell were also pretty natural, like the first time Vala appears on screen you know you want her to stick around. And Mitchell played the part of "new guy on SG1" very well.

[@honzasenbauer612]

The reason I cannot watch Farscape is because I see Ben an Claudia as Mitchell and Vala and not as those characters. But in the first episode on Prometheus with Vala, it was such a good episode that actually had a small budget so the actors had to cary the episode most of the time and they did a great job. Mitchell felt like a younger O’Neill at first but he had his own moments that stood out for me

[@lewisedwardson7776]

I don't think Jonas being a quick study was too much of a stretch. If you think about it, the other SG-1 members adjusted very quickly as well. There are lots of people who can read insanely fast and memorize entire books with ease. They're usually too smart to serve in the military, though; the military doesn't actually want geniuses, because they're harder to predict and control, and a rogue genius could be very dangerous. The police is the same way; if your IQ is too high, it's unlikely you'll get in.

[@kyfarm]

@@honzasenbauer612 Farscape came out long before they showed up on SG1. I had a hard time NOT seeing them as John Crighton and Aryn Sun. It took me awhile. :-)

[@honzasenbauer612]

@@kyfarm yea I know that, its just that I saw Stargate first and I am only now going through Farscape. Its really interesting show, but you have to constantly pay attention to it so you don't miss out on anything. It kinda drains me but its also really good. I just now went into the Moyas child being an attack leviathan, and its really interesting how they tie previous plots into the new one. I thought the genetical engineering episode would be a one off, but I am happy it stuck

[@kyfarm]

@@honzasenbauer612 When Farscape came out, it was my #1 favorite show. I still love it. I don't think I ever got Completely over Mitchell and Vala not being Crichton and Aeryn, so I get it. -- Ahh yes, "Baby Moya," Talyn. The artists did well with him, he was a beautiful living ship. haha

[@Mistirina]

I'm still not over Janet's and Carson's death :(

[@icecold9511]

Carson was a favorite. But I also liked Jennifer's development

[@Revkor]

and the fact they were both doctors

[@snoozebutton23]

Ya. Carson dying was a shot to the feels.

[@SDesWriter]

I really thought that McGillion walked away from the show. I was surprised that they chose to kill him off for shock value. It's a shame because although I really like Staite and they used her very effectively, Carson was an outstanding character and the show did lose something without him. Although I loved Janet as a character, I didn't really feel like the show was different without her and Doig did a nice job in her role the last 2 seasons (despite appearing too young for the part of head doctor on the most important military base on the planet).

[@jameswatsonatheistgamer]

Carson is still alive.

[@6atlantis]

As a die hard Stargate fan I’m pretty put off by loopers’ knowledge of the franchises.

[@bryanhumphrey4072]

Agreed! This video was awful.

[@jimthompson8947]

Knowledge in general ..

[@jeffl0385]

How dare you doubt the narrators knowledge and fandom of the exploits of "the SG-1" and their attempts to rescue Daniel's wife Sha'airy! /s

[@6atlantis]

@@jeffl0385 I knew a guy named Jeff LePage from East Boston.

[@anakinflair]

LACK of knowledge, you mean?

[@UltimatePerfection]

10:25 Glad to know that Don looked after SG team both on and off-screen. He must've been a great guy, too bad I won't ever meet him.

[@jimskywaker4345]

That comment seemed so in character for Hammond

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

Torri Higgenson wasn't the original Elizabeth Weir, it was Jessica Steen in SG-1 S7:E21-22 who played her first. Please Looper do your research.

[@SDesWriter]

I always found it fascinating that they wanted to use the same character name so badly they just replaced the original actor. Higgenson was much better in the role anyway, but it's odd to recast someone who only appeared in a few episodes.

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

@@SDesWriter I respect your opinion and in my opinion I would've preferred they create a new character since Jessica was not available. I preferred her portrayal to Torri's due to her voice wasn't screechy nor did she whine like Torri. Seemed like whoever was running Atlantis they were always whining due to Rodney was written like a pubescent 40 year-old teenager, so they would've probably had Jessica's version whining as well, but at least she wouldn't be screeching when she whined.

[@sseltrek1a2b]

i heard another reason- that she was written off the show because she started demanding more money for the role...i thought she did a really good job as Weir, but i also wasn't thrilled when they just got rid of the original actress who played her...

[@CYBERVISIONSdotCom]

@@JohnFourtyTwo “Needle across Vinyl”

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

@@CYBERVISIONSdotCom Or fingernails scrapping a chalkboard.

[@olivierpelletier9643]

Teryl Rothery's death was so touching and unexpected. They made sure that we thought it was O'Neill the victim but ended up being her. Totally have not seen it coming and I admit, I was shoked as hell when I saw the episode's footage of her being blasted while tending wounds. I shed manly tears to her death and Samantha's speech at the end. Her death and the episodes themselves (I think it was in 2 parts) made it one of the most memorable ones of any series I watched ....in the top 10 for sure.

[@FluffySylveonBoi]

RIP Don S. Davis, he was the best general. Also he had an extensive knowledge of the military and commanding in real life, so the role was great for him.

[@tfewald01]

So, the lesson here is that it's dangerous to be a chief medical officer in Stargate series...

[@Byrnzi360]

But it’s safe to be a chief medical hologram from another series in the Stargate series.

[@zamreda]

@@Byrnzi360 please state your medical emergency.

[@jameswatsonatheistgamer]

Redshirts... What.

[@gwalchafed]

@@Byrnzi360 :D

[@coreymartin6363]

Get an EMH. ...wrong "Star"?

[@harmlesspotato2973]

Teryl Rothery was perfect for portraying Janet Fraser and her death was a bummer!

[@NapFloridian]

I 100% agree...

[@rstrajt9220]

Agree. It was a bad move.

[@DavidSmith-fs5qj]

@@rstrajt9220 It was a very bad move, the y could have developed her character, expanded it even more, and what about poor Cassie, she loses her family along with her entire civillizationm is then used as a living bomb, and the loses her adoptive mother. There was so much more the writers could have done to develop these characters, but instead, she was killed off.

[@SerathDarklands]

As much as Amanda Tapping leaving _Stargate_ was a pity, her being in _Sanctuary_ was great. That show was brilliant. If you haven't seen it, go watch it.

[@Camazotz-kz9wr]

How exactly did she leave though? She did all 10 seasons, both movies and a season in stargate Atlantis (which while related to Stargate SG1 is still a different show). The show ended, she didn't leave.

[@IrisOdair]

@@Camazotz-kz9wr i read that Amanda was offered to continue leading the Atlantis expedition in season 5 but since she only had the time to focus on one specific project, she chose to work on Sanctuary instead of Stargate, so, technically, she *did* leave at one point

[@wouterfaes2309]

I would not say Amanda " left " stargate at all , she was in the most episodes by far

[@txdmsk]

Thanks for the Rec. I remember starting it when it aired, but just didn't like it. Despite the golden age of streaming channels there is such a colossal drought of proper shows that I might just watch Sanctuary even if I don't end up liking it.

[@Pellkot]

Sanctuary is a hidden gem. I felt it could have developed even bigger.

[@jwsmith53]

Back when the SyFy channel was worth watching.

[@connorgolden4]

Amen. Been a good while since it was good.

[@CuteNekoHibiki]

You mean back when the dinosaurs roamed the Earth?

[@jeffl0385]

SyFy has never been worth watching, SciFi on the other hand...

[@christiannoble5549]

Currently Resident Alien is worth watching,

[@anjakellenjeter]

I basically gave up on SyFy once Eureka and Warehouse 13 ended. They've not put anything out since that I've been massively excited about tbh.

[@johnettastevens8699]

Little do they realize that if you kill off the beloved characters, your die hard fans drift away. We don't need you to shake things up by destroying characters, we want to to build and grow their storylines. 🙄😑🤦‍♀️

[@DavidSmith-fs5qj]

Couldnt agree more, shake things up, what does that even mean? Like you say, it wold have been much better to develop and expand on a beloved character, rather than just killing them off. What is the point of developing them to a certain point, in the case of Janet Fraiser(adopting Cassie, exploring and developing possible storylines), only to kill her off?

[@DavidSmith-fs5qj]

Yeah, did it attract new veiwers? If you are producing high quality shows, then why do you need to pull a stunt like this. What is even more annoying, is that every main character(all main characters are protected by plot armour), gets to appear in Atlantis, and there are some great moments, the best for me is Daniel and McKAY. Just imagine the mouthwatering prospect of Beckett and Fraiser.

[@kyfarm]

YES! I have quit more than one show bc they started killing off the reasons I was watching. I left Grey's Anatomy when they killed George, and since then they've killed half their cast, only one of the originals left, glad I didn't stick around to watch it. Left Walking Dead in the 2nd or 3rd season, too long ago to remember.

[@RevanMartinez]

Yeah, like what Disney did with the Star Wars sequels

[@GolfGunsNGears]

Based on Daniel Jackson's comment to Jack O'Neil asking if we get paid for this upon his return to the show I'm guessing that was a wink and a nod towards a dispute about pay.

[@wrcawston144]

Sanctuary starring Amanda Tapping is an awesome show. If you can find it, watch it.

[@wrcawston144]

@Jason Mistretta I also watched the other two shows that you mentioned.

[@wouterfaes2309]

Sanctuary was amazing , but i might be biased because i love amanda tapping so much lol

[@ghostzarro]

its on netflix or prime right now, but they did that stupid thing where season 1 and season 4 are available but not the rest, so its a hard pass. also after watching a few of season 1, before i realized season 2 was not offered, its not as good as i remember and actually just more of the same sg-1 type stuff which is fine for a rainy saturday afternoon while you do anything else, but its not good tv. the cgi is very dated too and a distraction as to how bad it is. even the backgrounds are bad. cardboard on a studio lot would have been more convincing. tappings english accent is ridiculous as well. bah, i could go on....and on, but really, its bad. and jack the ripper as your ex? oh sure, its a been a few years so we'll give you a pass on all those murders. join the team! hang out with my daughter!

[@meoff7602]

@@ghostzarro Did you watch something else?

[@txdmsk]

Television's golden age was when 2 Stargate Shows aired at the same time. Man, I wish I was enthusiastic about today's TV shows as when I was waiting for the newest SG1 / Atlantis episodes. :(

[@paulbanciu6744]

Seriously, only a couple of months ago I realised Michael Shanks wasn't Daniel in the original movie :D Well, to my defense I watched it only a few times when I was younger and never questioned it...

[@commerce-usa]

That's okay. Took me a while to remember that James Spader was the Daniel character in the movie when watching Blacklist. I then ran to a mirror to confirm that time marches on. 😀

[@cdmarshall7448]

Dr. Jackson was my favorite character, I think Quin would have been a great addition, a huge help he could have remained to Jackson and SG as a whole.

[@williamk52]

Yeah too bad he was a HUGE asshole and people hated working with him.

[@aussiecossie5816]

I remember there being far more to Weir’s departure. She wasn’t happy about it because she was originally contracted for 5 seasons.

[@DarkWandererAU]

The best thing Atlantis did was replace Ford With Ronan. The worst thing Atlantis did was kill off Dr. Weir

[@icecold9511]

I kind of liked Woolsey after he got used to the real world.

[@DarkWandererAU]

@@icecold9511 It was definitely interesting seeing Woolsey as leader for a bit, and he even did a fairly decent job. But Dr. Weir was just awsome - she became to Atlantis what Hammond was to SG1 imo

[@Revkor]

anotehr issue not stated here was that Tori wanted to move on.

[@jwsmith53]

I would not have missed Rodney.

[@IDontKnow-mf5wi]

Ford was awesome, many fans wanted him to come back.

[@cohenb18]

If it wasn’t for Stargate Atlantis who knows where Jason Mamoa would be today. Would he have become the big actor he is now or would he have fizzled out?

[@txdmsk]

I'm sure Atlantis was a great career step for him.

[@606thumper]

Michael Shanks left the show temporary because he wanted more money per episode, and he wanted his name at the front of the credits, the producers said no, so he was written out of Stargate, then some time later, he agreed on price per episode, and started a new contract, and was written back in.

[@timtampa]

There was also a huge outcry online that he come back to the show as he had a huge fan following. What you're saying probably went inline with that which allowed him to come back. But yeah, this narrator definitely never saw Stargate.

[@wouterfaes2309]

The death of Dr.Fraiser and Dr.Beckett broke my heart when first watching the series

[@EmilyCheetham]

Although I was thrilled they brought shanks back it was sad they didn’t keep nemec on more or have him star in more Casio’s.

[@nicoleowens2318]

They definitely could have kept him on, he was great, and he didn't have to cancel Daniel out, they were completely different people. They could have used Quinn's unique mind for all sorts of things..

[@EmilyCheetham]

@@nicoleowens2318 but did they have the money to keep corin as permanent? The costs for Stargate were HUGE.

[@Linerunner99]

Probably a combo of extra salary (bet Shanks didn't return w/o a pay bump) and watered down screen time keeping both on.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@nicoleowens2318 Hi and Hello. Sorry this is random, but: Got time to hear about a project of mine, to make the extremly unhealthy KZbin more healthy? To fight Racists, Sexists, Spam-Bots, Bullies, Mobber, and much more; through reporting and flagging? I made a Wiki and filled it with Links, in the hope that people have the spine to not just complain about KZbin (as so many do) but actually Act. This plattform is very unhealthy and therefore could need your help - and hey, i thought, if any comment-section, those with a Stargate-Theme should have some people who know about wrong and right, yeah? So i ask here and apologize for it being so random.

[@tigerbread78]

@@nicoleowens2318 Damn, just realised, they could have sent Jonas Quin to Atantis! Which would've pissed Daniel Jackson off even more when O'Neill wouldn't let him go (I think he just wanted to protect him)

[@lizziestopson5064]

Michael Shanks was amazing! I loved him.

[@kidkama]

Don S. Davis: "Some stupid bean counter" Stargate SG1 fans: *INDEED*

[@alanforefanart2020]

Landry didn’t replace Hammond. O’Neill replaced Hammond. Landry replaced O’Neill. Amanda Tapping never left the series. When SG-1 was cancelled, she finished her contract on Atlantis, did another movie, then a guest spot on Universe.

[@DandA604]

“Shock the audience…” “Keep them on the edge of their seat...” Is that what audiences want, watching TV? A reminder of the uncertainty of real life. 🤔

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Hi and Hello. Sorry this is random, but: Got time to hear about a project of mine, to make the extremly unhealthy KZbin more healthy? To fight Racists, Sexists, Spam-Bots, Bullies, Mobber, and much more; through reporting and flagging? I made a Wiki and filled it with Links, in the hope that people have the spine to not just complain about KZbin (as so many do) but actually Act. This plattform is very unhealthy and therefore could need your help - and hey, i thought, if any comment-section, those with a Stargate-Theme should have some people who know about wrong and right, yeah?

[@michaelspence2508]

It was a different era

[@DavidSmith-fs5qj]

Of course not. I remmember reading a comment from a guy who worked in law enforcement, he said how he used to love watching Stargate, it was entertainment, escapism, he got enough uncertainty in his job.

[@pissedfists]

All these Stargate videos from Looper as well as Brad Wright working on a new series is getting me so excited as a SG fan. I Wouldn't be surprised if we heard an announcement sometime next year. For Tori Higginson, there's much more behind her story about why she left. In short, she was quite upset with the way she was being written, so she quit.

[@ChrisEllorris]

I couldn't help but notice they didn't give any reasons for why she left in this video.

[@IDontKnow-mf5wi]

As for more stargate, last year Brad Wright when asked abt new stargate and how far along it was he said "chevron 5 is locked" But covid messed with a lot of things.... but as things are picking back up now... we may indeed hear more this year

[@Snoopy7666]

I always loved Amanda tapping... she was beautiful, accomplished, smart, sexy, and well... a genuine draw for the male audience of the series

[@sharkbait8090]

Compared to the rest of the characters I've always found her boring.

[@txdmsk]

@@sharkbait8090 She was a tiny bit stale, but a million times better than the typical "female characters" they write nowadays.

[@al28854]

@7:36 min. The original actress to portray the role of Dr. Elizabeth Weir was played brilliantly by Jessica Steen, but for only 2 episodes at the end of season 10 of Stargate SG-1. So,............ can anyone give input on why she wasn't abled to reprise her role for the following season 11 and perhaps to Stargate Atlantis?

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

She was contracted for those episodes only because they didn't know if there was going to be another season. When they got the go ahead for another season, she was already under contract with another TV show.

[@rotherthies]

Season 7 boss.. there is no season 11.. Atlantis started in season 7.

[@davidmills1045]

Frasers death was done beautifully, it still makes me cry everytime I watch it.

[@icecold9511]

Carson's was better. But I liked him more.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@icecold9511 Hi and Hello. Sorry this is random, but: Got time to hear about a project of mine, to make the extremly unhealthy KZbin more healthy? To fight Racists, Sexists, Spam-Bots, Bullies, Mobber, and much more; through reporting and flagging? I made a Wiki and filled it with Links, in the hope that people have the spine to not just complain about KZbin (as so many do) but actually Act. This plattform is very unhealthy and therefore could need your help - and hey, i thought, if any comment-section, those with a Stargate-Theme should have some people who know about wrong and right, yeah? So i ask here and apologize for it being so random.

[@dezstepz2427]

Was a great well written episode all round.

[@tigerbread78]

"Highly intelligent Samantha Carter" I believe the term is genius

[@ricahaurymn]

Residing in Burnaby, BC, you would often see Davis shopping at the local Home Depot as Bridge Studios was also nearby

[@chiconiko744]

My hearts pounding was there more to then just being cancelled? If you were in to it and followed them hard as i did, nothing was really a surprise here.

[@Darwinsmom]

One of the unsung heroes of Stargate: Atlantis was the Property Master, Kenny Gibbs. Another was Christopher Heyerdahl (incidentally, a cousin of Thor Heyerdahl through his Father), who contributed so much to the establishment of the Athosian people from the first episode.

[@tchy7246]

he was Todd too wasn't he?

[@Einssamkeit011235813]

I really like that little by little there is more stargate content in the media, hopefully this exposes the series to the new minds and create a little bit of pressure on the MGM producers to create a new series

[@honodle7219]

Always was a fan of the franchise. One weakness: I don't recall any plausible reason being put forth as to why everyone on all worlds traveled to spoke English. They could have hypothesized that traveling thru the gate somehow changed you in some mysterious way and enabled understanding of alien speech.

[@ttrev007]

As a fan i prefer to just ignore the minor language issue.

[@ashleytuchin7693]

Yeah, I can't believe that I only realised that when I rewatched Atlantis last year. They should have just said that the stagates have some sort of translation software so that when you pass through them you can communicate with the inhabitants of that world.

[@iriswaldenburger2315]

They didn’t... duh. The Goa’uld understood, due to reigning earth. During the first few episodes it’s clearly shown that the alien humans DO NOT speak English. They were taught due to the teams from earth showing up everywhere

[@liamsmalley5556]

@@iriswaldenburger2315 That's not true. The Goa'uld left Earth long before the english language was developed

[@Mortred99]

I think this is one of the issues that we collectively decided is not relevant. You can make a movie or an episode about the language barrier issue but for the sake of functionality of a franchise/TV show it is best to just ignore it.

[@UsagiOhkami]

I've been rewatching SG-1 on Hulu over the past few months. Now, tons of channels are suddenly posting new Stargate content. Then, today I saw SG-1 has been added to Netflix, though it's still also on Hulu. What's going on? I love it!

[@AndresUffert2]

Usually when something from way back comes up, it is 1. they bought the rights and started showsin because alot of people asked. 2. something form stargate is coming, so thy realease it like 6 months before it so that people are like . wow an new stragate, i was watching the old one. Like Friends or something. just maybe they are thying to fill the syfy part of netflix for example. because netflix does not have any good space shows like amazon does. so they are banking on stargate, witch in my opinion is as good as star trek, or better in some ways. dont get me wrong, Season 3 of Discovery is really good in my opinion.

[@momogoes3329]

A new Stargate project is in the works. The pandemic is what's holding it up now.

[@AndresUffert2]

@@momogoes3329 So lets hope that the can start making it soon ! because there is only so many times i can marathon watch all of stargate. like 20 times at least i have watched all of stargate.

[@IDontKnow-mf5wi]

Netflix had it years ago and got rid of it.... I think a new stargate series of some sort being in the works is why it's being added back to all the streaming

[@momogoes3329]

@@IDontKnow-mf5wi Brad Wright announced that he's working on a continuation project but didn't specify any details.

[@anjakellenjeter]

What TPTB did to Torri Higginson was despicable. This totally glosses over how they screwed her over and why she didn't return for Weir's last appearance. The same is true of Teryl Rothery too.

[@dezstepz2427]

I was sooo bummed when they cut her from the show. As good as the replacements were It always felt lacking for me personally

[@DavidSmith-fs5qj]

I have seen an interview in which Teryl is asked if she can remmember when she was asked, and by who? She replies, January, Robert Cooper. This is around thirteen or fourteen years later, even after all those years she is clearly upset, she explained how she didnt feel good, she felt devastated(Paul McGillion says the same), just dont understaned why you would treat people in that way.

[@redshirt49]

@@DavidSmith-fs5qj Because as much as producers, crew and cast members think of themselves as family, when the network signing your checks says "jump" the producers say "how high?". Show business is after all just that: a business. Now to be fair, the producers of both shows went to great lengths to make sure that the episodes that saw the exit of a beloved character were well done and would be beloved by fans. "Heroes" in particular is one of the best episodes of SG1 imo. They also never failed to make sure that the characters brought in to replace the departed actor would fit the bill and would be liked by fans. They also brought back Beckett after killing him off, which felt like a deliberate screw you to the network after they'd forced out both Beckett and Weir within months of each other.

[@DavidSmith-fs5qj]

@@redshirt49 I used to watch The Six Million Dollar Man(back in the seventies), they introduced The Bionic Woman and i loved her. Then they killed her off. Years later, i was watching a programme in which the writer who worked on the show was recalling how he introduced The Bionic Woman, and she was a brilliant success, the fans loved the romantic interplay between the leads, ratings were high, what's not to like? He recieved a call from the network telling him to kill her off. He couldn't belive what he was hearing, WHY, he asked? "We don't need a reason, just do it", came the reply. So he killed her off. There was a massive backlash, and he recieved another call telling him to bring her back. That line, "we don't need a reason, just do it", has always stuck with me, great bussiness acumen. Yo say that the producers went to great lengths to make sure that the exit of a beloved character was well done, really? When Janet gets killed, we hardly see her, not much of a send off, as for her replacement, well, we didn't get one, we saw a few token doctors, can you remmember them, without checking? Heroes was one of the poorest episodes in the shows history imo, i could write a novel on how bad it was, we will just have to agree to disagree on this.

[@redshirt49]

@@DavidSmith-fs5qj I guess we will disagree on it, yeah. What I liked about it is precisely that she didn't really appear in it. At its core, SG1 wanted to be a military show. Battlefield casualties aren't drawn-out or telegraphed. We'd seen many soldiers die in this manner throughout the show's run, but it was always a background event. By the end of that episode you didn't even remember the dead guy's face. Much less his name if they ever bothered to give him one. So this was a good way to make it stick to the audience how sudden it is and how unexpected and devastating it is to their colleagues and loved ones. As for her replacement, well a permanent one didn't come until Season 9, who I do in fact remember without a problem because it was Lexa Doig, playing Dr. Carolyn Lam who had good chemistry and a lot of scenes with Beau Bridges. She was a significant addition to the show, being Michael Shanks very real wife and all.

[@thegray5730]

We don't speak of the episode "Sunday" in our house.

[@TL-mc6lz]

I'm rewatching from the beginning AGAIN! Always gonna be a favorite.

[@jonthomas8487]

Also Dr Elizabeth Weir was actually played by 3 people. Jessica Stein played her first in SG1 Lost City then Torri Higginson and then Michelle Morgan

[@CoolStuffZone]

Great shows, but killing off characters for shock value is just lazy writing and pisses people off. Do it enough, and fans will start leaving.

[@DavidSmith-fs5qj]

Couldnt agree more, shock value, thats all it is. Lets face it, they are never going to kill off a major character, the only circumstances in which that happens, is when the actor playing them expresses a desire to leave, and it does piss the fans off when, instead of expanding and developing a character, they just kill them off.

[@Songbirdstress]

@@DavidSmith-fs5qj I agree, Altlantis suffered from this. Never reached its cruising speed because of it.

[@guuguu74]

Also Doctor Carolyn Lam, who replaced Teryl Rothery's character of Janet Fraiser, was played by the real life wife of Michael Shanks... *grin*

[@xSHURRAx]

Lam strikes me as a bitch, tbh. I don't like her at all. Even her so called "vulnerable moments" are still filled with irritable body language.

[@autonomouscollective2599]

@@xSHURRAx Totally agree. Lam must have not been a fan favorite because she was quickly relegated to minor pop-up parts.

[@jakejavitch6364]

Answering the tough and timely questions, as usual. Everyone is buzzing about SG1 these days. Looper, you’ve done it again!

[@prdarkfirecaro5583]

Best thing they did was bringing Dr. Daniel Jackson back. Show was definitely not the same without Michael Shanks.

[@meoff7602]

It worked well for the story anyways. Seemed like it was planned ahead.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@meoff7602 Hi and Hello. Sorry this is random, but: Got time to hear about a project of mine, to make the extremly unhealthy KZbin more healthy? To fight Racists, Sexists, Spam-Bots, Bullies, Mobber, and much more; through reporting and flagging? I made a Wiki and filled it with Links, in the hope that people have the spine to not just complain about KZbin (as so many do) but actually Act. This plattform is very unhealthy and therefore could need your help - and hey, i thought, if any comment-section, those with a Stargate-Theme should have some people who know about wrong and right, yeah? So i ask here and apologize for it being so random.

[@generalharness8266]

Which time, I mean it became so common for him to die that they had a scene where they would NOT hold a funeral for him because he keeps coming back.

[@dungeondesigns104]

It would be great to watch a video without an ad every 30 seconds

[@OrochimaruQC]

use adblock you noob

[@JanVaran]

@@OrochimaruQC Or subscribe to youtube premium...

[@OrochimaruQC]

@@JanVaran does premium give the ad money to the creator when you watch the vid

[@tonyi5001]

I bought every episode on DVD so I'm commercial free.

[@Punisher6791]

SG-1 and Atlantis. Some of the best shows to be on tv.

[@CT--ex5sx]

Im still remembering the 4 dead men from the Recon team in the 1994 film. It kinda sucks how their deaths never ever get mentioned, even in the movie and shows.

[@jonathananderson6217]

SG1 (All the seasons) is on Netflix and Amazon right now. Amazon has Atlantis-Universe also.

[@zerodawn09]

hulu has both in full. havent checked for sgu.

[@Sikhindu]

Only Netflix USA

[@andybrown4284]

Carter was a captain not a cadet, only a handful of cadets actually appeared on the show with speaking roles in Prodigy and Proving Ground

[@MrGA555]

Literally my childhood show and I got so excited when it popped up on Netflix. Watching it right now as I type this 😅

[@phoeniximperator]

After season 7 they might as well have changed the name of the series to The Merry Adventures of Dr. Daniel Jackson.

[@Byrnzi360]

A fan of the show told me once that there was a point where they considered changing the name of the show to Stargate Command... after Anderson left the show presumably.

[@scottlyttle5586]

After Ben Browder and Claudia Black came in, a lot of the fans started calling it "Fargate".

[@ProclarushTaonas]

@@Byrnzi360 As far as I know Stargate Command was going to be a "new" show. SG-1 would have ended after season 8. I don't think anyone in the higher ups ever said why they decided to continue with the SG-1 name instead.

[@temporaneo617]

@@ProclarushTaonas probably name recognition

[@AmandaMartin9000]

Great video

[@jorossi927]

I was happy when Daniel ascended and very disappointed when Jonas left and Daniel returned

[@roberts.wilson1848]

so from the whole plethora of humans characters, the alien commander Teal'C is the only one that didn't leave, that held on for SGC ^_^ Now that's a good troll from writers if i ever saw one

[@user-co4xl7wx3q]

Alas I was highly skeptical of SG1 and didn't watch it until decade(s) later, only to learn I prefer it over my all time favorite, Star Trek TNG. *SG14LIFE*

[@jad43701]

Paul McGillion(Carson) was supposed to be taking on the Iconic role of Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott in the new Star Trek movies with the approval of Chris Doohan's endorsement (Mongomery's son)but got cut at the last minute. Leaving him without the role and no proper way back to Atlantis. And Peg shat all over the part.

[@icecold9511]

Given the quality of those movies, high school jocks and cheerleaders go to space, best he stayed out of that abortion.

[@jesserror4859]

Whist I'd like a new Star Gate, I'm worried about what they'd do to the series. After seeing people destroy Star Wars and Star Trek, I don't think that current tv show producers would treat the shows universe with respect and would only use it to push their own agenda instead of telling meaningful and entertaining stories.

[@grindingthegearsofalltides4504]

Dr. who is another great example. And we can see this in SGU, for it is in myopinion much worse (exept for the last couple off episodes) than SG-1 and Atlantis

[@IDontKnow-mf5wi]

Well as the same people behind the series to begin with are behind new stargate series talks.... Tho they were also behind Universe... So take it as you will

[@Dagoroth55]

Is it weird that Jason Mamoa came from the StarGate franchise and now he is a superstar while the other actors fell into silence?

[@icecold9511]

Well, many of them grew old. They weren't exactly kids when it started.

[@prdarkfirecaro5583]

Most of them where already in their prime, and way older than Jason. Jason was super young and had all his career ahead of him. He was at least 12 years younger than most of the cast.

[@datacipher]

Taking a boat load of steroids can do wonders for a career.

[@MandalorV7]

Yep now he’s the king of Atlantis. 😆

[@kyfarm]

One of the things Michael Shanks said when he left in the 6th season was he was embarrassed being in SG1. He said he felt "stupid" having cardboard boulders thrown at him and he couldn't wait to get back to real acting. Only thing is, no one else wanted him and he couldn't make nearly the money he was making on SG1. He begged the PTB's to let him come back. I wish they had left Corin Nemic in and left Danial dead.

[@rishecks]

LETS GOOOOOOOO ANOTHER STARGATE VIDEO

[@sourabhkarmakar8040]

Teryl Rothery's exit is featured last in the video , this is unfortunate 🙄. And Torri Higginson wasn't first Elizabeth Weir.

[@Jacurutu]

Also they don't know what season she died in, transition to SciFi was season 5.

[@martinfunk4855]

@@Jacurutu thats something to argue about... she could be dead in a human way coz she was healed by using a lot of replicators... so u can literally say that the character died in this season (3)... the replicator weir died in season 5.

[@DarkWandererAU]

Yeah, but she was much more suited to the role than the original actress

[@biglouie964]

Ya Ford was not going to be missed when Ronan entered the show

[@Maples01]

Ronan was Teal'c for Atlantis, the best episode was when they were introduced to each other and it became obvious. Indeed

[@prince00thieves60]

I remembered sg-1 vaguely watching a few episodes as a pre-teen/teen as well as Atlantis. Stargate is such an underrated sifi show. Started watching SG-1 already on season 9. A lot of filler episodes and what not, but AMAZING cast. Great ideas story and I cannot wait to watch all the Stargate series again!!!

[@remysanchez6579]

"Quinn quickly found his way into everyone's hearts" I'm guessing that the person who write this doesn't know any SG-1 fan

[@axelfoley1406]

Jackson: What happens when you dial your own phone number? Teal'c stares back Jackson: Wrong person.

[@AsakuraYukiko]

SyFy murders good shows all the time.

[@r.morris5589]

Spader and Russel did not jump ship. At that time they were not TV actors. They pursued motion pictures. I never even thought twice of them ever doing the series.

[@rogerlynch5279]

Fun Fact L MICHAEL SHANKES had been also a protegé of Richard Dean Anderson since Anderson had played McGyver on a set at a University where Shankes had studied.

[@andrewtully3622]

Last time I will this early, Teal'c had hair.

[@Ami-vh7sr]

Actually SG-1 as a series was supposed to end after season 8. They only did seasons 9 and 10 due to contracts with Ben Browder and Claudia Black from their stint on Farscape. They had both signed on for 6 seasons of Farscape but since it was canceled after season 4 they didn’t want the payout and took the option to move to another series

[@Maples01]

I am glad Brian Hensen was able to get with everyone for the miniseries Peacekeeper Wars, tho I would loved to have seen the series return, it did finish it off well.

[@CuteNekoHibiki]

It would have been cool if they could have played their Farscape characters on Stargate.^_^

[@joannemilanczuk7548]

Please bring it back!

[@mattdeelight]

I loved this show - it was always well done back in the day. That and the series sliders. Good times and great writing.

[@iriswaldenburger2315]

Come on.. seriously. Shanks left because he THOUGHT he could transition to movies, because he overestimated himself and it failed, HARD!! That’s why he came back

[@iriswaldenburger2315]

@@leedavis2222 so did I, but the reason he left was just meh... I mean it worked VERY well for the overall story, so thats a plus

[@jankovalik2913]

I still miss Weir. She was tre best. And Janet...

[@akacosmicqueen]

I am so agree with this...

[@tchy7246]

yeah I had a bit of a crush on her and really hated it when they killed her off

[@dezstepz2427]

I loved Weir. Hated what they did to her

[@trisrenaquino8794]

I loved the docs from both shows, they made it feel alive and that you can relate to them a little.i also enjoyed everyone else as well. The killing the doctors was a real shocker and sad way to see

[@caldaque7354]

I am a few episodes into SG1 season 7. I really like Jonas Quinn, sad to see him go. He had a cool story arch and I think keeping him on would have brought cool interactions between him and Jackson.

[@zumiichu]

Hello I cant believe I'm early 🤩

[@Finnjake10YT]

Same

[@vgtrp]

Let's be honest, there was no was SG-1 could afford Russell or Spader .

[@IDontKnow-mf5wi]

I mean it was MGM, so....

[@kymbab3471]

This was my go to! Got all ten seasons on memory 🤩

[@danielch6662]

Producer: something major will happen soon. Actors: who's going to get fired next.

[@asgardplays7139]

I want stargate series focus on The Ancients!!!

[@edmondtiryak4797]

This was a great show that was greatly harmed by getting rid of Tori and Carson. It never really recovered.

[@Persian-Immortal]

True.

[@icecold9511]

No. I think it did well. I loved Carson, but Woolsey grew into a great character and Jennifer was great, not to mention easy on the eyes. Rodney, you don't deserve that!

[@edmondtiryak4797]

@@icecold9511 WOOLSEY??

[@icecold9511]

@@edmondtiryak4797 He really stepped up when he became the man, in charge rather than the man criticizing the man in charge. Actually I found some of the main characters annoying about this. Hammond, SG1, and SGA constantly just thought they shouldn't be answerable to anyone. Woolsey got a bit nervous about this, but never an arrogant attitude. And ratted out Kinsey when he hinted at going president Clark(Babylon 5 reference) on Hayes.

[@edmondtiryak4797]

@@icecold9511 the WOOLSEY that wanted to kill Daniel?

[@alexlewis510]

I didn't watch when the show aired, watched via stream (Hulu). Janet's death hit me the hardest, even when I know it's coming re-watching it still got me

[@kevlarchicken]

The way Becket closes his eyes as the explosion goes off Jesus

[@dakariszulu]

It's a pity they never brought Russell and Spader back for ripple effect :(

[@Professor_Gamble]

I never thought of that... that would have been bonkers!!!! No teaser nothing, they just walk in the background, no dialect, no lines, not even a wink to the camera. All of us would have been like.... did that just happened????

[@yoda908]

On the 200th episode I could see them appearing.

[@IDontKnow-mf5wi]

Oh that would make an interesting thing to explore with quantum mirror or some other multiverse affect

[@kevindondrea144]

When Sci-Fi channel started, I was stoked! Then they started ruining shows. Now they're trash.

[@Maples01]

Farscape went first, or was it the Lexx, they at least let Stargate SG1 run, then they took out Atlantis, followed by Universe, leaving them the WWE and Ghosthunters, yeah, real science fiction shows.

[@poja82]

The deaths of Carson and Fraser made my cry every time I watched the episodes from the original airing to this day. Daniel died so maany times we all knew he would come back at asome point.

[@DavidSmith-fs5qj]

I agree. Daniel, Jack, Sam and Tealc, were main characters, they were always saved by plot armour. To say that Fraiser was only a supporting character is totally unfair. Thats the way she was written, she shouild have had more airtime, been developed. In any case, Carson was a main character, both deaths were pointless.

[@forestjo07]

Stargate is just awesome - more please