Earliest possible "Stargate SG-1"?

It sounds good for a start, but sounds like it could become campy by season 3. Might still be fun to watch in reruns though.:cool:
 
zert said:
It sounds good for a start, but sounds like it could become campy by season 3. Might still be fun to watch in reruns though.:cool:
:eek::confused:

Somebody, please, tell me what *"Stargate" produced by Rod Serling with writing by Richard Matheson, Gene Coon, Dorothy Fontana, & David Gerrold would look like. Please!
 
Honestly, I hadn't thought that far. I tend to an accidental discovery of the Gate, with evidence of aliens (a skeleton?). Maybe better, uncovering the Gate, followed almost immediately by jaffa coming through. In essence, throw the USG, & the viewer, in the deep end from the outset. I expect the direction of the show TTL would be very different, so beyond parallel (initial) casting & a similar general direction (aliens posing as ancient gods), I wouldn't expect much else to be the same.
If we're going with the 'OTL' universe at large, Goa'uld skeletons are unlikely to be different from normal ones. Also, I can't see a Goa'uld coming through immediately, not if the gate's been buried for several thousand years.

Having thought a bit, I am troubled by the prospect of this turning into religious propaganda.:eek: Recall the ending to the 1953 version of "War of the Worlds":eek::eek::rolleyes: (or even, I might say, the end shot of "Omega Man":rolleyes:). That would dismay me...:( In this era, I fear, that would be the standard response.
Never watched either of those, so would you care to explain what happens?
 
To make things rough, consider that black or Middle Eastern actors wouldn't be used for the main characters until c. 1966. To make things creepy, many of the actors would be portraying the Goa'uld in "black face" until the 1970s when the practice was dropped. Just think of how Asian-Americans felt when they saw Kung-Fu with the main character portrayed by David Carradine, while a good actor, a white actor playing to Asian stereotypes...
 
MattII said:
If we're going with the 'OTL' universe at large, Goa'uld skeletons are unlikely to be different from normal ones. Also, I can't see a Goa'uld coming through immediately, not if the gate's been buried for several thousand years.
I'll concede both; I don't have a really good idea. (I'd still say jaffa coming through makes sense; just why IDK.)
MattII said:
Never watched either of those, so would you care to explain what happens?
Short answer (spoiler alerts): the invaders in "WotW" die right in front of a church, & Neville dies on a cross in "OM". More blatant religious symbolism is hard to imagine.:rolleyes: Nor more obvious implication.:rolleyes:
Mr_ Bondoc said:
To make things rough, consider that black or Middle Eastern actors wouldn't be used for the main characters until c. 1966. To make things creepy, many of the actors would be portraying the Goa'uld in "black face" until the 1970s when the practice was dropped. Just think of how Asian-Americans felt when they saw Kung-Fu with the main character portrayed by David Carradine, while a good actor, a white actor playing to Asian stereotypes...
:( I imagined less a "starring" role than a supporting one, which might make it more credible. Not quite Cosby in "I Spy": a 4th (maybe 6th?) member of a team. IIRC, Nichelle as Uhura was unusual, but not remarkable (unlike Cos, or Diahann Carroll in "Julia").

As for goa'uld in blackface, I'm not sure they'd have to be. Aren't black actors as bad guys, but not regular stars, okay by 1965-6? Or even in the '50s? Again, not regular, starring roles.
 
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