About 3 years ago, I watched the stargate movie and really loved it. I immediately tried to watch sg1 but had a really hard time due to the characters being recast with actors who are significantly different than their movie counterparts.

Well, I guess enough time has passed and I got through the first 3ish episodes and have been hooked since then.

I just started season 2 this afternoon.

Please no spoilers.

  • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    23 days ago

    It might be worth watching them together. There are a few SG-1 and Atlantis crossover episodes, and the stories affect both series, rather than being one off gimmicks

    • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      2·
      23 days ago

      Thanks for the heads up!

      I think it might be too difficult to do that though as I’ll have to coordinate which episodes of sg1 to watch and wait for my wife to catch up on atlantis 😂

      • SSTF@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        I think it’s fine to watch one series after the other just so you aren’t bouncing around too much. You’re still a ways off anyway, you’ll know with no uncertainty when Atlantis gets spun off on SG1.

        • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
          1·
          6 days ago

          I figured they would do something with everyone so they can use sg-1s popularity to advertise Atlantis.

          I’m totally doing 1 after the other for simplicity.

          I’m nearing the end of season 2 and most episodes are just fantastic!

          I typically have it on all day while I’m doing house work or my actually work.

          • SSTF@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            6 days ago

            There was effort on the Atlantis show runners’ part to give it a distinct identity. While SG1 characters do show up, the show holds off because it is trying to get people invested in the Atlantis characters.

            If you’re a Trekkie, it’s sort of like DS9 and Voyager. Technically they overlap and there are references to events in DS9 in Voyager, but it’s stuff on the edges that you can probably figure out the context even if you don’t know the details of the other show.

      • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        23 days ago

        I, too, am on my first watch thru. Most of the way through season 8, and thanks to this, I’m concurrently watching season 1 of Atlantis. 5/7, would recommend.

        Edit: ducking autocorrupt