Tuesday, at 8PM EST the last episode of SG1 made it's flight. To me that marks an end of an era for science fiction programming.
Before SG1 there was not much SF that didn't revolve around a ship, only Time Tunnel (yeah, that was
really great) and Doctor Who (which I kind of in the middle between being with a ship or without one.) Yes, there were some others on TV like the X-Files set in modern times, but nothing with a very SF feel (i.e. BIG spaceships). But, Stargate SG1 showed that a show were you didn't need a ship to get around would work, and that low tech was okay. Yes, as time went on it lost steam (I'm pointing at Season
but got it back (thank you Orgin) and still it goes on in the form of
at least two SG1 movies and an MMORPG. But I just want to close this out by saying thank you.
Thank you to Brad Wright, Robert C. Cooper, Martin Gero, and all the other writers of the series for bringing us ten years of great programing.