Fedcon 2014 - Stargate Trio (Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks)

[dieastra]

And finally the reason why I went to Fedcon in the first place. They managed to get three of the original four of SG-1 together on stage, that has never ever happened before at any convention. You can imagine the lines but we still went through quite smoothly after one hour wait

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[dieastra]

Well, if you ever manage to find time, I can highly recommend it. Like all TV series, they tried to find their feet in season 1, and so a few episodes were not so good, but from season 2 on it was really amazing (until it got worse again around season 7 and 8, and seasons 9 and 10 are so different that I consider them to be a different show)

It grew, new friends and new enemies came, the universe got bigger, and it was always great to see favourite characters coming back for another episode.

Inspired by Fedcon, I am doing a re-watch now and I remember again why I used to love this show. Great team-action - four really wonderful characteres and actors that work so well together. In fact, it is a lot like Torchwood. Set in nowadays time (as opposite to a distant future), with ordinary people, trying to deal with alien stuff. There is a bit alien technology, but still they shoot the aliens with their P-90s and especially Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) always has a snarky funny ironic sarcastic one-liner and tells how it is, when they act too ridiculous.

There's great humor and yet also interesting discussions - basically, Jack wants to shoot first and ask questions later, while Daniel, the civilian, always only sees the good in people and tries to talk. And see them work out their differences, and sometimes I was not being able to decide who is right and who is wrong, as things are not always black and white, it's really amazing. A lot of people who love Stargate also love Doctor Who and Torchwood, so I guess it should go into the other direction as well. If you don't want to trudge through all the seasons I can always recommend some of my favourite episodes.

Have some funny Jack quotes here in this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l39LjCgLEvg

Also, the real fun thing is - the Air Force actually approved of the series, as it showed it in good light. The highest General, General Ryan, even once played himself in an episode. Richard Dean Anderson took the opportunity to ask whether there are Colonels like he plays it - and he said, yes, and even worse LOL