Stargate Sg-1: Children of The Gods
The pilot movie for Stargate SG-1 was called Children of the Gods (COTG) and first aired on the Showtime Channel. Taking over the Kurt Russell role from the Stargate theatrical film, Richard Dean Anderson lightened up the role of Jack O’Neill a great deal as the series progressed.
I love when we first see Jack in this show. He’s stargazing on his roof deck. It’s just a neat side of Jack which I enjoy a great deal.
Newcomer Michael Shanks was almost a dead ringer for the James Spader role of Daniel Jackson, the shaggy-haired genius who opened the Stargate. He has some nice moments here, too.
The magic sparked from the snappy comedic timing of Anderson and Shanks is at the heart of the success of this series. They had a wonderful chemistry that created a terrific friendship for the characters.
One of the highlights of this movie for me is the scene when Jack and Daniel first see each again after Daniel had been living off-world for a year or so. It has a humorous tone to it. On the serious and poignant front, the best moment of the entire show is when Jack finds Daniel alone in the corridors of Stargate Command. Daniel has nowhere to go, so Jack takes him home as if he were a lost puppy. This is priceless.
COTG introduces us to a really neat villain, the System Lord Apophis, played by Peter Williams. We end up getting a bit of him for six seasons before the character is finally gone with the wind. I think Apophis was the best villain on the show.
The negative side was the forced nudity that Showtime insisted upon at one point. It was dumb. Most all else worked well for an introduction to the series.
Written by Orrymain
