At Last After 2 Years

My fascination (interest) on travelling from planet to planet through a wormhole in a ring was sparked way back in 1995, when I saw the movie Stargate on betamax. One thing I liked about my dad when we were still kids was his unfaltering motivation in bringing us to some bizarre, unique, weird and fantastic worlds of different movies such as Star Wars, Ewoks, Conan the Barbarian, Never Ending Story, Labyrinth, Batteries Not Included, Superman, Terminator, Predator, Robo-cop and many other sci-fi and fantasy movies, and of course Stargate. And everything started there.

Around January of 2006, I spotted a picture of a ring (like the one in Stargate: The Movie) printed on a cover of a bootleg DVD in the black market. At first I thought it was Stargate: The Movie but when I read the title, it said Stargate SG-1. I was thinking if it was related to Stargate: The Movie. Nevertheless, I purchased it and said to myself that I should give it a try.
Then there, my addiction started in “The Children of Gods.” After Season 1, I hunted the other seasons of this series, asked several vendors in the black market, scoured isohunt for torrents, and asked some from friends. Luckily, I met a vendor selling a limited edition box (of course bootleg or pirated) containing seasons from 1 to 7. The remaining seasons were pulled from the immense sea of virtual data of p2p. After watching all 10 seasons, I could say I had been a valuable member of SG-1 team.

Stargate SG-1

I was hooked to this series not because of the casts or because of the special effects. I was hooked because each episode pushed me to imagine myself as a member of SG-1 discovering new planets, new worlds, new cultures and thousands possibilities of life in other corners of our galaxy. From Goa’uld arc (innovative fictional extension of ancient mythologies, from Egyptian, to Norse, to Chinese), to Anubis arc (bridge of Egyptian mythology and Arthurian legend), and finally Ori arc (Arthurian mythology), Stargate SG-1 never failed to fill up my imagination with thousands possibilities of civilizations beyond Earth.

The Original SG-1 Team

The New SG-1 Team

Of all the races of this universe, I think the suicidal race of Asgards is the most interesting (in my opinion). The whole race, their whole population committed suicide because they reached the peak of their civilization. Isn’t it interesting? Well, I guess this something worth noting. I could certainly tell we can learn a lot from the Asgards, not to mention the effect of cloning and memory transfer (we are going to lose our appetite for reproduction).

The Asgard

After two years, I finally ended this adventure with Stargate SG-1 team. Last month, I watched the Continuum, a direct-to-DVD conclusion of the Baal’s arc (Goa’uld arc). And today, I just finished The Ark of Truth, the direct-to-DVD conclusion of the Ori’s arc.

Well, I conclude, I am happily satisfied.

(Lookign forward to finish Stargate: Atlantis and for Stargate Universe)