Fun: Stargate Closes

Sci-fi has announced that the current season of Stargate SG-1 will be the last.

I can't say that this is unexpected. Not only has the shown stretched across 10 years and over two hundred episodes (which is a long time for a US made Sci-fi program), but frankly a bunch of people in the cast are probably getting sick of doing it. I know that Michael Shanks and his wife Lexa Doig have two young children. Richard Dean Anderson left the show to spend time with his daughter. Amanda Tapping has a young daughter as well. Hour long dramas require actors to spend a lot of time away from their families.

I'm still a big fan of the show though. I really enjoyed the dynamic tension between Jack O'neill and Daniel Jackson. Jack was more than willing to use "shoot 'em" conflict resolution techniques. Daniel was always trying to reason and negotiate. Neither one was always right. Likewise while the series was about fighting alien invaders, they also had to defend themselves from nefarious government programs as well. With several of the main characters transitioning out of the series, the show hasn't really kept this dynamic since Richard Dean Anderson left. Which is unfortunate. But the show is still good, if not as good as it has always been.

Stargate: Atlantis which is going into its fourth season, will continue production.