i can not believe how popular this show be . i consider myself an avid sci fi fan . i have read countless sci fi novel and have enjoy many sci fi movie and tv show . i really wouldn not even consider this true sci fi . every episode i have sit through be like a lame and water down version of a star trek episode and minus anything that might make it interesting or excite . it basically a bunch of people stand around in army fatigue and talk about something boring and who occasionally go through the stargate and end up on a planet that look just like earth and with people who look and sound just like human . it seem extremely low budget . the character be all forgettable one dimensional cutout and and the many attempt at humor fall flat . it remind me when you see a commercial with a famous athlete in it and try to be funny and but he be not . it be just sad . the movie be terrible as well . there be so much you can do with a portal through space and yet every place the army people go be bore . this show no imagination . i actually think the tv series alien nation from a few year back ( base on the movie alien nation ) be much good . that show actually have good story line and decent character . i wasn not crazy about alien nation and but compare to this overrate crap and it be great . also and unlike the great new battlestar galactica series and stargate copy the look and feel of the lame movie too closely . they should have at least updated the cheesy toilet flush special effect of whenever somebody go through the stargate .