113-523: [REDACTED] Look up forsaken in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Forsaken or The Forsaken may refer to: Film and television [ edit ] "Forsaken" ( Stargate SG-1 ) , the eighteenth episode of the sixth season of Stargate SG-1 "The Forsaken" ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ) , the seventeenth episode of the first season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine The Forsaken (2001 film) ,
226-508: A motion-control camera . Partly because Ra 's mask looked cross-eyed, Brad Wright approached the art department in the following years to produce a new opening title sequence; however, the sequence remained the same until the show's move to the Sci-Fi Channel. During the first five seasons when the show was syndicated, a separate introduction was used; this intro is still used by Sci-Fi for Seasons 1–5. This version uses action shots of
339-472: A Sci Fi record as most-watched episode of a regular series ever (at the time) for Atlantis with 4.2 million viewers. Battlestar Galactica joined the two Stargate series in January 2005, making Sci Fi the leader among basic cablers on Friday nights over the summer of 2005. The producers considered replacing Stargate SG-1 with a new show named Stargate Command after SG-1 ' s eighth season, but
452-433: A computer-generated Stargate was occasionally used in on-location shoots in later seasons. The SGC set had to be twice as high for shooting as the 22-foot-tall (6.7 m) Stargate prop, but one of Hudolin's original plans of a three-level set was rejected in favor of a two-level set. The gateroom was the biggest room on set and could be redesigned for other scenes. Two multi-purpose rooms were frequently redecorated into
565-415: A different title sequence. In most of the shots in "Abyss" where Ba'al is talking to O'Neill, Cliff Simon is actually talking to a stand-in for O'Neill and not Richard Dean Anderson due to the limited time Richard Dean Anderson had in which to film the episode. A series of three different sets were used to represent the cells; a horizontal cell, a vertical cell and a pivoting cell for the scenes in which
678-584: A family show with adequate violence as opposed to random or gratuitous violence. Christopher Judge did not consider SG-1 as a "message show by any stretch of the imagination, but occasionally there are messages there". Aimed at a popular audience, Stargate SG-1 emphasized its present-day-Earth story frame by frequently referring to popular culture , like The X-Files and Buffy the Vampire Slayer had done before. Jonathan Glassner had written The Wizard of Oz references into his own scripts since
791-715: A five-second clip instead of the full titles. Beginning with Season 10's " Company of Thieves ", the last clip of the opening credits shows Vala Mal Doran almost missing SG-1's trip through the Stargate. The U.S. Department of the Air Force , through the Air Force Office of Public Affairs, Entertainment Liaison in Los Angeles, co-operated closely with the Stargate SG-1 producers. Before the beginning of
904-523: A horror film starring Brendan Fehr and Kerr Smith The Forsaken (1937 film) , a French war drama film The Prophecy: Forsaken , the latest film in The Prophecy series Forsaken (2015 film) , a western-drama film starring Kiefer Sutherland and Donald Sutherland Forsaken (2018 film) , a Russian film Gaming [ edit ] Forsaken (video game) , a first person shooting video game similar to Descent Forsaken (series) ,
1017-405: A less regular basis. Lost Boys Studios provided visual effects for SG-1 from the very beginning of the series up to the end of Season 5, and Image Engine worked on the show from Season 2. Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis were responsible for an estimated 30% to 40% of the business of Atmosphere Visual Effects . James Tichenor considered the few episodes with big visual effects budgets
1130-487: A main cast member. It is also the last episode where Skaara (Alexis Cruz) appears. "The Other Guys" features several Star Trek references: John Billingsley ( Doctor Phlox in Star Trek: Enterprise ) plays the part of a scientist named Coombs (reference to actor Jeffrey Combs , a regular on various Star Trek series), one of the actors refers to the " Roddenberry spirit", and a Klingon Bat'leth
1243-501: A real orchestra with a synthesizer palette of an eighty-piece symphony orchestra for budgetary reasons, although he occasionally used two or three musicians for added orchestral authenticity. Goldsmith's long-time assistant Neal Acree started composing additional music for Stargate SG-1 in Season 8. The amount of composed music varied between 12 and 33 minutes out of a 44-minute episode, with an average of around 22 to 26 minutes, making
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#17327648698661356-471: A recurring role. Don S. Davis left Stargate SG-1 after Season 7 for health reasons, but appeared in a recurring capacity until his death on June 29, 2008. Due to prior engagements, Claudia Black of Farscape fame could not accept the offers to guest-star on Stargate SG-1 until the Season 8 episode " Prometheus Unbound ". The producers liked the on-screen chemistry between Black's Vala Mal Doran and Shanks's Daniel so much that they re-introduced her in
1469-473: A series of World of Warcraft machinima produced by Edgeworks Entertainment The Forsaken , an undead faction in the Warcraft series of games Werewolf: The Forsaken , a role-playing game published by White Wolf, Inc Destiny 2: Forsaken , the third expansion to 2017's first-person shooter Destiny 2 Literature [ edit ] Forsaken ( The Wheel of Time ) , a group of characters from
1582-505: A six-episode story Arc to cover for the maternity leave of Amanda Tapping at the beginning of Season 9. At the same time, Richard Dean Anderson left the show to spend more time with his daughter (his schedule had been reduced incrementally since Season 6). The role of the leading man was filled with Ben Browder (also of Farscape fame), who had met with the Stargate producers as soon as the introduction of new main characters for Season 9
1695-513: A television adaptation. The main titles of Stargate SG-1 were a medley of several themes from the feature film, although Goldsmith also wrote a unique end title for SG-1 to establish the show as its own entity. MGM eventually insisted on using Arnold's score in the pilot episode instead of Goldsmith's, but Brad Wright's 2009 direct-to-DVD recut of Children of the Gods uses Goldsmith's original score. For each episode's score, Goldsmith simulated
1808-440: A television spin-off series of the feature film Stargate , Wright and Glassner independently and unbeknownst to each other approached MGM and proposed their concept for the television series. MGM president John Symes greenlit the project on the condition that Wright and Glassner work together as executive producers of the new show. The show was named Stargate SG-1 after Wright flightily agreed to Symes's pitch question of whether
1921-425: A test run with the Season 3 finale, " Nemesis ", Stargate SG-1 switched to 35 mm film for all purposes at the beginning of Season 4. Digital HD cameras were used for filming beginning with Season 8. The art department generated all of the concepts and drawing for the prop department, the set decoration department, the construction department, the paint department and the model shop. They also collaborated with
2034-431: A traditional action-adventure score, "with a sci-fi, fantasy flair" that goes "from comedy to drama to wondrous to suspense to heavy action to ethereal". Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner had known Goldsmith since the second season of The Outer Limits before they approached him to work on the pilot episode of Stargate SG-1 . Goldsmith and David Arnold , the composer of the original feature film score, discussed themes for
2147-574: A year after the conclusion of the events recounted in the original feature film . It follows the adventures of SG-1, a military team from Earth. SG-1 and a dozen other SG teams venture to distant planets using an alien portal known as a Stargate , which in the series is housed in a top-secret United States Air Force military base known as Stargate Command (SGC) in the underground Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado Springs, Colorado . In
2260-474: Is going to figure it out and something will happen." Stargate SG-1 was first released on DVD in some European nations in volumes of typically four episodes each, beginning with "The Best of Season 1" as Volume 1 in the United Kingdom in 2000. Each following season was released as six individual volumes (except Season 10 with five volumes), beginning with the first four episodes of Season 2. In 2000,
2373-468: Is mounted on the wall behind the throne of Khonsu of Amon Shek. Upon its initial airing, "Prometheus" became the Sci Fi channel 's highest rated one-hour episode of a series, earning a 2.0 household Nielsen rating . "Redemption, Part 2" was nominated for a Gemini Award in the category "Best Visual Effects". "Descent" was nominated for a Gemini Award in the category "Best Visual Effects". "Nightwalkers"
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#17327648698662486-570: The Ancients , had originally built the Stargate network millions of years earlier, before ascending to a higher plane of existence , after which they pledged not to interfere in the lives of other species. The pilot episode (" Children of the Gods "), set one year after the events of the original feature film, introduces the Goa'uld System Lord Apophis ( Peter Williams ) as the main antagonist when he attacks Earth's mothballed SGC military base through
2599-513: The SG-1 film project was permanently shelved, along with plans for future Atlantis and Stargate Universe films and a cross-over film incorporating elements from all three series. By then, neither the Atlantis nor Universe television series were produced anymore. Still, Wright did not rule out future Stargate films, saying; "It's a franchise. Stargate is not over. Somebody smart from MGM
2712-452: The SG-1 movie this year [2009]". Nevertheless, production was put on hold. Wright explained that the late-2000s recession made DVD premieres less lucrative for MGM than in the years before, and he also pointed to the financial crisis of MGM as reason for the delay. Wright and Joe Mallozzi expressed optimism that production would eventually start, until Wright announced in April 2011 that
2825-575: The Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets and in space. SG-1 is an elite United States Air Force special operations team, one of about 20 teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats such as the Goa'uld , the Replicators and the Ori . The series draws upon Egyptian , Greek and Norse mythology , as well as the legend of King Arthur . The series
2938-568: The Wheel of Time fantasy series Forsaken (novel) , a 2016 historical novel The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin's Russia , a 2008 history book by Tim Tzouliadis Music [ edit ] The Forsaken (album) , an album by the black metal band Antestor Forsaken (album) , an album by the Irish alternative rock band Hail The Ghost "Forsaken", a song by As I Lay Dying from
3051-471: The pilot episode (Carter: "It took us fifteen years and three supercomputers to MacGyver a system for the gate on Earth") and in a Farscape vignette in the milestone episode " 200 ". The American subscription channel Showtime ordered the first two seasons of Stargate SG-1 with 44 episodes total in 1996. The two-hour pilot episode received Showtime's highest-ever ratings for a series premiere with an audience of approximately 1.5 million households in
3164-490: The show-within-a-show directors in the cameo-heavy milestone episodes " Wormhole X-Treme! " and " 200 ". Andy Mikita had been an assistant director since the pilot episode and directed 29 episodes from Season 3–10. SG-1 director of photography Peter Woeste and camera operator William Waring directed 13 episodes each. Most staff writers and staff directors held producer positions. Several cast members also contributed story ideas and directed SG-1 episodes. Stargate SG-1
3277-418: The spin-off series Stargate Atlantis . Cooper and Wright remained show-runners of their respective shows until the end of SG-1 . Also serving as executive and co-executive producers were Michael Greenburg and Richard Dean Anderson (Seasons 1–8), N. John Smith (Seasons 4–10) and the writer team Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie (Seasons 7–10). Although Stargate SG-1 employed freelance writers, most of
3390-610: The 2009 updated final cut with updated CGI and the full frontal nudity removed. As of July 2015 , Hoopla Digital , an online library media database, has all ten seasons of Stargate SG-1 available to watch free without commercials, for those who have cards with a participating library. The first two episodes are the edited versions, in which full frontal nudity has been removed. In September 2017, MGM launched its own online streaming service called Stargate Command, making available all episodes of Stargate SG-1 along with Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe. The show returned to Netflix in
3503-600: The 214 Stargate SG-1 episodes were written by Brad Wright (Seasons 1–10), Jonathan Glassner (Seasons 1–3), Katharyn Powers (Seasons 1–6), Robert C. Cooper (Seasons 1–10), Peter DeLuise (Seasons 4–8), Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie (Seasons 4–10), Damian Kindler (Seasons 6–10) and Alan McCullough (Seasons 9–10). Martin Wood and Peter DeLuise directed the most episodes, with 46 episodes (Seasons 1–10) and 57 episodes (Seasons 2–10), respectively. Wood and DeLuise regularly made cameo appearances in their episodes and notably played
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3616-498: The 8 p.m. Sunday slot of July 27, 1997. According to the SG-1 producers, a broadcast network would have cancelled SG-1 after a few episodes, but Showtime put no pressure on the show to "deliver the meteoric ratings the way network shows do". The show was consistently the channel's most-watched program (including theatrical movies), so Showtime ordered a third and fourth season of 22 episodes each in July 1998. Since Stargate SG-1
3729-624: The Ancients' belief in strict noninterference in the lower planes of existence, sapping the energy from untold billions of "lower beings" (non-ascended sentient beings) by means of their worship in a religion called Origin. While the Ori send enhanced human beings named Priors to the Milky Way to convert the galaxy to Origin, Ba'al and some minor Goa'uld infiltrate Earth through The Trust (a coalition of rogue NID operatives) to rebuild their power. At
3842-484: The Goa'uld theme and introduced new characters and races. Goldsmith had a thematic approach to races and spaceships. For example, he wanted a mechanical, repetitive musical motif for the Replicators; Gothic, Gregorian and Christian themes were the inspiration for the Ori motif. The Ancient theme was deliberately carried over to Stargate Atlantis . The end of "Lost City" has a basic melody that would become part of
3955-460: The Ori storyline. The second film, Stargate: Continuum , is an alternate time-line time travel story and was released in July 2008. A special edition of the two-hour pilot episode " Children of the Gods " with re-edited scenes and a different score has also been produced. In April 2009, MGM confirmed a third new SG-1 film that Brad Wright had first announced in May 2008. Joseph Mallozzi revealed
4068-582: The Replicators and most System Lords have already been annihilated and the Jaffa win their freedom from Goa'uld rule. The original SG-1 team disbands after the events of Season 8, but slowly reunites under new team leader Lt Col. Cameron Mitchell after the SGC inadvertently draws the attention of the Ori to the existence of sentient life in the Milky Way; the Ori are revealed to be a faction of ascended Ancients residing in another galaxy that are diametrically opposed to
4181-559: The SG-1 team's other wounds look authentic. For the look of aliens, the make-up department collaborated with prosthetics companies from Vancouver and Los Angeles, including Steve Johnson 's XFX (first three seasons only) & Todd Masters. While the human origins of many alien races and human civilizations were left recognizable, the recurring characters who were members of the Unas race required elaborate prosthetics and make-up work. To convey
4294-533: The Sci Fi Channel confirmed that Stargate SG-1 was not being renewed for an 11th season. While news outlets cited declining ratings, expensive production and lack of promotion as possible reasons for the cancellation, the Sci Fi Channel's Mark Stern merely stated the decision was not ratings-based. Instead, he said the production staff was given enough time to tie up all the loose ends of the story and SG-1 cast members were planned to be incorporated into
4407-417: The Sci Fi Channel decided to continue SG-1 with a slightly changed cast for a ninth season instead. Season 9's average slipped from 2.4 million viewers in late 2005 to 2.1 million viewers with 1.8 household rating during early 2006, which Sci Fi's Mark Stern attributed to the "tech-savvy, toy-loving, time-shifting audience" whose use of digital video recorders excluded them in ratings compilations. Meanwhile,
4520-465: The Sci Fi Channel on June 22, 2007. According to Wright and Cooper, the worldwide popularity of science fiction was a factor in SG-1 's success and the good international reception helped keep the series on the air in the beginning. Several newspapers reported in 2005–2006 that Stargate SG-1 aired in over 100 countries with a weekly worldwide viewership of around 10 million, but The New York Times gave different numbers in 2004, saying that
4633-466: The Sci Fi Channel picked up MGM's offer to continue the show into a sixth season, yet with a slightly reduced budget. Sci Fi aired new episodes of Stargate SG-1 in the 9 p.m. Friday slot between The Dead Zone and Farscape , while it aired older SG-1 episodes in a four-hour block every Monday at 7 p.m. Episodes were broadcast in US syndication six months after their premiere on Sci Fi. The sixth season
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4746-531: The Stargate and kidnaps an airman. The SGC is brought back into action when the Stargate is revealed to be part of an interplanetary network connecting countless planets. SG teams are created to help defend Earth against the Goa'uld, who have interstellar pyramid warships and vast armies of Jaffa (hereditary slaves and human incubators to the Goa'uld) at their disposal. Earth's flagship team SG-1, which includes Apophis's defected First Prime (lead Jaffa soldier) Teal'c , initiates several alliances with other cultures in
4859-551: The Stargate and other alien technology. Despite Apophis's death in the beginning of Season 5 , the Goa'uld Empire remains a major foe in Stargate SG-1 until the end of Season 8 . The only influential Goa'uld in the last two seasons of Stargate SG-1 is the System Lord Ba'al ( Cliff Simon ), who is defeated in the direct-to-DVD film Stargate: Continuum . After Apophis's defeat in the Season 5 premiere (" Enemies "),
4972-445: The Stargate's water-like event horizon in the beginning, but Rainmaker eventually became the only company to create those visual effects. Rainmaker's regular effects shots included the activation and use of the Stargate itself (with well over 300 event horizon shots in the first few years), the transport rings and the blast shots of the staff weapons and zat guns. They created the visual effects for Goa'uld cargo ships and death gliders on
5085-516: The System Lords, but SG-1 finds and adjusts an Ancient weapon to destroy all Replicators throughout the galaxy. Near the end of Season 8 (" Threads "), it is revealed that the benevolent Ascended being Oma Desala ( Mel Harris ) is responsible for Anubis's original ascension. When she engages Anubis in an eternal stalemated battle on the Ascended plane to prevent his acting on the mortal plane,
5198-510: The System Lords. In the Season 7 finale (" Lost City "), SG-1 discovers a powerful weapon in an Ancient outpost in Antarctica that annihilates Anubis's entire fleet and also sets the stage for the spin-off series Stargate Atlantis . Ba'al subsumes much of Anubis's power in Season 8 , while Anubis, who survived the destruction of his fleet in a disembodied form, quietly begins to re-assert his influence. Human-form Replicators begin to conquer
5311-660: The UK's Sky One , which had overtaken the Sci-Fi Channel's number of new-episode broadcasts mid-season. The series was developed by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner . Season six regular cast members include Richard Dean Anderson , Amanda Tapping , Christopher Judge , Corin Nemec , and Don S. Davis . "Redemption" features a brand new opening sequence, with various shots of the gate spinning, and Michael Shanks' name being removed to make way for Corin Nemec's in between Christopher Judge and Don S. Davis. The following episode, "Descent", has
5424-573: The UK. Stargate SG-1 was also released in DVD season box sets in Australia. Most DVDs contain behind-the-scenes features, audio commentaries for nearly all episodes beginning with Season 4 and production galleries. The box sets of the first eight seasons were re-released with slim packaging in all regions, beginning in the United States in summer 2006. A complete series set was first released in
5537-455: The United States in October 2007, containing 50 discs from the ten seasons of Stargate SG-1 and four bonus discs with content not part of the original sets. More than 30 million copies of DVDs had been sold by 2006. On June 15, 2020, Visual Entertainment re-released the complete series, without the films, on DVD. On December 18, 2020, the company released the entire series, again without
5650-511: The album An Ocean Between Us "Forsaken", a song by Converge from the album Petitioning the Empty Sky "Forsaken", a song by David Draiman from the soundtrack Queen of the Damned "Forsaken", a song by Dream Theater from the album Systematic Chaos "Forsaken", a song by Seether from the album Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray "Forsaken", a song by Skillet from
5763-514: The album Collide "Forsaken", a song by VNV Nation from the album Praise the Fallen "Forsaken", a song by Within Temptation from the album The Silent Force Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Forsaken . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
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#17327648698665876-450: The beginning of Season 9, thinking that Stargate SG-1 would be cancelled after each current year. By then, visitor questions and fan theories about the existence of a Stargate at the real Cheyenne Mountain complex had become so common that Cheyenne Mountain had installed a seemingly high-security door labeled "Stargate Command" for one of their storage rooms holding brooms and detergent. The first seven seasons had 22 episodes each, which
5989-564: The cast and producers to film aboard the nuclear submarine USS Alexandria (SSN-757) and at their Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station in the Arctic for the direct-to-DVD sequel Stargate: Continuum . Stargate SG-1 takes place in a military science fiction environment and employs the common science fiction concepts of strongly differentiated characters fighting an unequivocally evil enemy (the Goa'uld ). However, it links alien races with well-known Earth mythologies, by use of
6102-599: The casting process before they knew that they would ultimately be cast. The producers found Judge the easiest to cast due to his muscular presence. Shanks was cast because he did "the perfect imitation of James Spader", according to Wright. The producers knew Don S. Davis from his work as a stand-in and stunt-double for Dana Elcar in MacGyver and approached him to read for the role of George Hammond. Showtime's announcement that it would not renew Stargate SG-1 after Season 5 coincided with Michael Shanks's decision to leave
6215-493: The central Stargate device. Near-instantaneous interplanetary travel allows quick narrative shifts between the politics on Earth and the realities of fighting an interstellar war. Stargate SG-1 gradually evolves the basic premise of the Stargate film into its own unique mythological superstructure, expanding upon Egyptian mythology (notably the gods Apep /Apophis and Anubis as Goa'uld villains), Norse mythology (notably
6328-493: The chamber is seen rotating. A blend of shots filmed in all three sets was used each time O'Neill is retrieved from or returned to his cell. "Shadowplay" was written as an homage to John Nash, see A Beautiful Mind . Most of "Paradise Lost" was shot at Pitt Lake , near Vancouver. "Disclosure" is the third clip show within Stargate SG-1, with the first being "Politics" and the second being "Out of Mind" . None of
6441-504: The cost of the film and actor availability. The character of Vala Mal Doran would not appear in the film. Amanda Tapping confirmed her appearance in this SG-1 film and the first Atlantis movie in September 2008, and Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson) confirmed his and Richard Dean Anderson's participation in January 2009. No contracts had been signed by April 2009, but Wright stated that he "can almost guarantee we are proceeding with
6554-420: The cultural origins of the various fictional human civilizations living on different planets after their displacement from Earth, the costume designers combined elements of their respective Earth cultures with modern fabrics, elaborate trims and chains to produce a historically rooted yet otherworldly appearance. The look of the Goa'uld such as Apophis was initially based on the look of Ra in the feature film. For
6667-465: The decline of SG-1 's 2005–2006 syndication household ratings was consistent with the overall decline in syndicated sci-fi action hours. Sci Fi ordered a record-breaking tenth season of SG-1 in 2005, but announced it would not renew the show for an eleventh season in summer 2006 (see Cancellation and future ) . The final SG-1 episode, " Unending ", premiered on Sky1 in the UK on March 13, 2007, and attracted approximately 2.2 million viewers on
6780-565: The design of the Ori and the Priors in Season 9, the art department looked at Japanese and samurai garments for costume design. Art director James Robbins found the face painting, scarification and burns of remote jungle tribes mystical and these served as inspiration for the face scarification of the Priors and the Doci. Early ideas to include finger extensions and scarification on these characters' hands were discarded as impracticable. Stargate SG-1
6893-474: The end of Season 9 ("Camelot (Part 1)"), the Ori begin an evangelistic crusade with their warships and effortlessly wipe out the combined fleet of Earth and its allies. The leader of the Ori, Adria ( Morena Baccarin ), is introduced in the premiere of Season 10 ("Flesh and Blood (Part 2)"). SG-1 searches for the Sangraal, an Ancient weapon that might defeat the Ori, while Ba'al and his clones attempt to find
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#17327648698667006-441: The entire Stargate franchise were available on Netflix 's subscription-based online video streaming service in the US. As of 15 August 2012 Netflix removed Stargate SG-1 from its online video streaming service. As of May 2013 , Amazon Video has Stargate SG-1 available for online streaming. As of August 2014 SG-1 is available on Netflix UK. The pilot episode "Children Of The Gods" though has been replaced with
7119-467: The episodes, such as the campus of Simon Fraser University , which became the setting of the capital of the Tollan , an alien civilization. Production faced many weather problems because of the moderate oceanic climate of Vancouver , although rain could be eliminated from film. The Season 3 episode " Crystal Skull " was the first episode to be filmed on a virtual set. The main setting of Stargate SG-1 ,
7232-462: The exclusive basic cable rights to the MGM package Stargate SG-1 , The Outer Limits and Poltergeist: The Legacy . Showtime decided to end its association with Stargate SG-1 at the end of Season 5, saying that the show still had a sizeable viewership but could no longer draw new subscribers due to its availability in syndication. Since SG-1 's ratings were good from a financial standpoint,
7345-627: The extras portraying USAF personnel were real USAF staff. Two successive Chiefs of Staff of the Air Force , Generals Michael E. Ryan and John P. Jumper , appeared as themselves in Season 4's " Prodigy " and Season 7's " Lost City ", respectively. General Jumper's second scheduled appearance in Season 9's " The Fourth Horseman " was cancelled due to ongoing real-world conflicts in the Middle East . The Air Force Association recognized Richard Dean Anderson at its 57th annual dinner on September 14, 2004, for his work as actor and executive producer of
7458-598: The feature film as reference and found the original Stargate prop stored outside in the Californian desert. Although the prop had severely deteriorated, he was able to take a detailed mold for Stargate SG-1 production to build its own prop. The new Stargate was engineered to turn, to lock the chevrons and to be computer-controlled to dial specific gate addresses. A portable Stargate prop was built for on-location shoots and required six workers and one full day to set up. Since visual effects are sometimes faster and cheaper,
7571-497: The fictional Stargate Command (SGC) at the (real) Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station near Colorado Springs, Colorado , was filmed at stage 5 of The Bridge Studios. Martin Wood filmed half a dozen stock shots of the real Cheyenne Mountain complex for use in the series approximately ten days before the premiere of the pilot episode. Although these shots wore out over the years, the producers did not film new shots until
7684-612: The films, on Region A Blu-ray. New episodes of Stargate SG-1 were first released on iTunes in the US in August 2006, each time one day after their premiere on the Sci Fi Channel. The commercial-free episodes were priced $ 1.99 each, while a season pass with twenty episodes cost $ 37.99. A release on iTunes UK followed in October 2007. All ten seasons of SG-1 were available on iTunes and Amazon Unbox by January 2008. Stargate SG-1 made its debut on hulu.com in March 2009, starting with
7797-608: The first eight seasons, the mission of the SG teams is to explore the galaxy and search for alien technology and allies to defend Earth against the Goa'uld , a snake-like parasitic alien race from planet P3X-888 that takes humans as unwilling hosts. As explained in the series' backstory, the Goa'uld had transported human slaves from Earth to other habitable planets across the galaxy thousands of years ago and now pose as gods of old Earth mythologies, particularly Ancient Egypt . SG-1 eventually learns that highly evolved human-like beings, known as
7910-406: The first season, which the other writers imitated after Richard Dean Anderson began referring to the film on his own. O'Neill refers to Richard Dean Anderson's favorite television series, The Simpsons , throughout the show. SG-1 makes meta-textual references to the process of writing and filming a science fiction TV series in several episodes and alludes to the main actors' previous TV roles in
8023-418: The first season. At first, viewers in the United States could only watch episodes of the first seasons, but as of December 2009 all episodes of Seasons 1–10 were available free of charge with a small number of commercials on Hulu, through January 31, 2011. Free access to all SG-1 episodes continued until July 31, 2011, when the episodes were finally removed. As of 1 February 2011 , all episodes of
8136-421: The full symphonic score of SG-1 more time-consuming to create than for general TV shows. Since Goldsmith lived a thousand miles away from Vancouver, he and the producers discussed ideas over the phone and exchanged tapes via Federal Express for several years until the show switched to Internet file transfers. Goldsmith's reliance on Arnold's score decreased over the seasons when Stargate SG-1 departed from
8249-480: The galaxy, such as the Goa'uld-like but truly symbiotic Tok'ra , the advanced human Tollan , the pacifist Nox , the benevolent Roswell -alien Asgard and remnants of the powerful Ancients. Another alien threat arises in the Season 3 finale (" Nemesis ") in the form of sentient machines called Replicators . Meanwhile, rogue agents of a shadowy intelligence agency on Earth, the NID , repeatedly attempt to take control of
8362-399: The god Thor as an Asgard ally ) and Arthurian legend (notably Merlin as an Ancient ally against the god-like Ori ), among others. SG-1 introduces new alien races (as opposed to alien human civilizations) less often than other science fiction television series and integrates newly encountered races or visited planets in stand-alone episodes into its established mythology while leaving
8475-496: The half-Ascended Goa'uld System Lord Anubis ( David Palffy ) assumes the role of the primary antagonist of the show. This new villain possesses much of the knowledge of the Ancients and their technology. While Earth builds its first interstellar spaceship (the Prometheus ) in seasons Season 6 and Season 7 , Anubis creates an army of almost invincible Kull Warriors and wipes out or subordinates most of his adversaries amongst
8588-539: The infirmary, Daniel's lab, the cafeteria or the gym. The SGC set and all other sets from the pilot episode were constructed within six weeks in January and February 1997, incorporating some original set pieces from the feature film. The SGC set would be largely dismantled in late 2008 to make room for the Icarus Base set of Stargate Universe . Most of the main SG-1 characters are US airmen and wear authentic United States Air Force uniforms. During missions,
8701-536: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Forsaken&oldid=1217169291 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Forsaken (Stargate SG-1) The sixth season of Stargate SG-1 , an American-Canadian television series , began airing on June 7, 2002 on Sci Fi . The sixth season concluded after 22 episodes on February 19, 2003 on
8814-453: The loss of Michael Shanks, we think that Corin Nemec will be a great new presence in the cast." Nemec's early appearances, beginning with the penultimate episode of Season 5 " Meridian ", failed to win over some of the show's fans. Nemec was willing to continue playing the character after Season 6 or in a feature film or a spin-off series. However, the producers reached an agreement with Shanks to return full-time in Season 7, leaving Nemec with
8927-527: The main title of Atlantis per a suggestion by Goldsmith's assistant. Non-original music was rarely used on SG-1 , although Goldsmith chose the aria " Vesti la giubba " from Leoncavallo 's Pagliacci for season 3's " Shades of Grey ". Additionally, Lily Frost 's song "Who am I" played in Season 7's " Fragile Balance " and CCR 's song " Have You Ever Seen the Rain? " played in the series finale " Unending ". A television soundtrack with Goldsmith's adapted score
9040-460: The members of the SG-1 team normally wear olive green Battle Dress Uniforms . Richard Dean Anderson and Don S. Davis received a regular military-style haircut on set. Amanda Tapping had her hair comparably short until the filming of the direct-to-DVD films. Playing a civilian, Michael Shanks adopted James Spader's hairstyle from the feature film but cut it short for the Season 2 finale and subsequent seasons. The Jaffa alien Teal'c (Christopher Judge)
9153-439: The most likely works to contain visual cues that would impress award judges. Stargate SG-1 helped win the local post production shops industry recognition, with Season 4's " Small Victories ", Season 5's " Revelations " and Season 7's " Lost City " receiving the most visual effects awards and nominations (see List of awards and nominations received by Stargate SG-1 ) . According to composer Joel Goldsmith , Stargate SG-1 had
9266-434: The original cast. The opening title sequence of the first two Season 6 episodes shows a turning Stargate, for which a Frazier lens was put as close as 1 ⁄ 8 inch (3.2 mm) to the Stargate prop. The opening credits of the following episodes intercut this material with live-action shots of the characters from previous seasons and ended with the SG-1 team stepping through the Stargate. The opening credits stayed
9379-611: The plot alone as he had on MacGyver . The American subscription channel Showtime made a two-season commitment for 44 episodes in 1996. Principal photography began in Vancouver in February 1997. After Anderson accepted the part, Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner reviewed several thousand taped auditions and invited approximately 25 promising actors to screen tests in Los Angeles. Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping and Christopher Judge are said to have gravitated towards each other during
9492-605: The plot) and she joined the cast full-time in Season 10. Most of the producers, crew members and guest actors involved in Stargate SG-1 were Canadian. Creators Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner were executive producers and show runners of Stargate SG-1 in the first three seasons, having the final say (besides MGM and the network) on stories, designs, effects, casting, editing and episode budgets. After Glassner's departure, Wright ran Stargate SG-1 alone for three seasons. Executive producer Robert C. Cooper took over as show-runner in Season 7 when Brad Wright took time off to develop
9605-408: The plotlines accessible for new audience members. Despite the show's extensive intergalactic mythology and science fiction elements, scholar M. Keith Booker considered SG-1 ultimately character-driven and heavily dependent on the camaraderie among the SG-1 members. The producers embraced humor and wanted SG-1 to be a fun show that did not take itself too seriously. Brad Wright regarded SG-1 as
9718-563: The regular characters except General Hammond are featured. "The Changeling" was written by Christopher Judge, who plays Teal'c. The parts of the episode where Teal'c is a human take place in Coquitlam , which is a city in the Greater Vancouver Regional District . (Vancouver, the city where Stargate SG-1 is filmed, is also part of this district.) "Full Circle" is the last episode to feature Corin Nemec as
9831-435: The renewed Stargate Atlantis . Meanwhile, the SG-1 producers and rights-holder MGM expressed a desire to continue SG-1 as a movie, mini-series, or an eleventh season on another network. Brad Wright confirmed the production of two direct-to-DVD films in October 2006, and Amanda Tapping joined the Atlantis cast for their fourth season. The first film, Stargate: The Ark of Truth , was released in March 2008 and wraps up
9944-446: The same during the run of Stargate SG-1 and its direct-to-DVD films. The first opening title sequence, used in the first five seasons, shows a slow-pan camera move over Ra 's mask. The Stargate SG-1 producers had run out of time before the premiere of Season 1 and simply re-used the accelerated opening title sequence of the feature film. Ra 's mask had been created in the feature film's model shop and had originally been filmed with
10057-561: The same in the next two seasons except for minor clip and cast changes. The opening credits of Season 9 intercut shots of the Stargate with action sequences similar to the previous opening credits, although the Stargate was visibly computer-generated. The Sci Fi Channel cut the opening credits from sixty to ten seconds in their original broadcast of the first half of Season 9, but reinstated the full opening credits after strongly negative fan reactions. The writers poked fun at this move in SG-1 ' s milestone episode " 200 " in Season 10, showing
10170-422: The series was first released in the United States on DVD with only three episodes. The following year, Seasons 1–8 were released in five-disc amaray box sets in the United States. MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) began releasing complete season box sets (including Season 1) alongside the individual volumes in 2002. The British season box sets were usually released half a year after a season's last volume release in
10283-548: The series, the Air Force granted production access to the Cheyenne Mountain complex to film stock shots. They also read every script for mistakes and provided help with plausible background stories for all characters, ribbons, uniform regulations, hair advice, plot lines and military relationships and decorum on an active military base. The USAF flew up several T-38 Talon , F-15 and F-16 fighter jets to Vancouver for various episodes and direct-to-DVD films. Many of
10396-509: The show and for the show's positive depiction of the United States Air Force . General Jumper made Anderson an honorary brigadier general, matching his on-screen promotion to that rank. Several scenes of Season 4's " Small Victories " were filmed aboard and outside a decommissioned Russian Foxtrot -class submarine , which had been brought from Vladivostok to Vancouver by a private owner. The United States Navy invited
10509-471: The show over concerns of being underutilized. The Sci Fi Channel picked up the show and substituted a new character, played by Corin Nemec . Casting agents had met Nemec in the courtyard of MGM's Santa Monica offices by chance and had offered him the role of Jonas Quinn. Addressing rumors that it had forced Shanks's departure, Sci Fi said in February 2002 that the network had "absolutely never requested that any cast changes be made... and although we regret
10622-497: The show was broadcast in sixty-four countries with more than 17 million viewers a week. Stargate SG-1 had a particularly fervent response in the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Australia. Stargate SG-1 aired in the United Kingdom on Sky One with repeats on Sky Two , Sky Mix , Sky Max , Sky Sci-Fi , and Channel 4 . Sky One broadcast new episodes of the second half of most seasons before their American premiere. Brad Wright found it "almost embarrassing" that Stargate SG-1
10735-433: The show's title. Michael Shanks' name was moved near the end of the opening credits with the appendage "as Daniel Jackson" after his return to the show in Season 7. Some DVD versions of early SG-1 seasons have different opening credits from the television versions, as do the direct-to-DVD films. Composer Joel Goldsmith adapted David Arnold 's Stargate feature film score for SG-1 ' s opening title theme, which remained
10848-506: The story spans over 2 or more episodes. Stargate SG-1 Stargate SG-1 (often stylized in all caps, or abbreviated SG-1 ) is a military science fiction adventure television series within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 's Stargate franchise . The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner , is based on the 1994 science fiction film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich . The television series
10961-430: The success of Stargate SG-1 put off their plans of ending the show to write a new Stargate feature film. Sci Fi cut the length of an SG-1 season from 22 to 20 episodes from Season 8 onwards. Originally envisioned as a replacement for SG-1 , the spin-off series Stargate Atlantis began airing in tandem with SG-1 's eighth season in summer 2004, setting a series record of 3.2 million viewers for SG-1 and
11074-516: The team should be called "SG-1". MGM released posters titled Stargate SG-1 within the next week without the knowledge of Wright or Glassner. John Symes approached Michael Greenburg and Richard Dean Anderson , former star of the long-running MacGyver . Anderson agreed to become involved if his character Jack O'Neill were allowed more comedic leeway than Kurt Russell 's character in the feature film. He also requested that Stargate SG-1 be an ensemble show, so that he would not be carrying most of
11187-417: The visual effects department. Stargate SG-1 employed about 200 Canadian union workers, although that number could exceed 300 when new sets were built. Lead production designer Richard Hudolin joined the project in October 1996. Bridget McGuire, SG-1 ' s art director since the pilot episode, took over as lead production designer in Season 6. Hudolin flew to Los Angeles in 1996 to gather material from
11300-569: The weapon for their own purposes. With the help of the powerful Ancient Merlin ( Matthew Walker ), SG-1 finds the construction plans of the Sangraal and sends a working version to the Ori galaxy. Shortly thereafter, Adria ascends. The direct-to-DVD film Stargate: The Ark of Truth ends the Ori Arc. Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner had worked together on the MGM television series The Outer Limits since 1995. Upon hearing of MGM's plan to create
11413-486: The working title as Stargate: Revolution . The film was planned to be written by Wright and former Stargate Atlantis executive producer Carl Binder . Martin Wood would serve as director. The premise of the film would have been the "possibility of the Stargate program going public". According to Wright, the film would center on the Jack O'Neill character and would reunite as many of the SG-1 cast as possible, depending on
11526-644: Was a ratings success for its first-run broadcasters and in syndication and was particularly popular in Europe and Australia. Stargate SG-1' s awards include eight Emmy nominations. It also spawned the animated television series Stargate Infinity , the live-action spin-off TV series Stargate Atlantis , Stargate Universe , and Stargate Origins and the direct-to-DVD films Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum . Merchandise for Stargate SG-1 includes games and toys, print media and an original audio series. The plot of Stargate SG-1 picks up
11639-424: Was discussed. The producers had met him during sci-fi conventions and had previously discussed casting him in other Stargate roles. The producers approached Emmy Award -winning actor Beau Bridges directly to play the role of Hank Landry. Claudia Black's guest appearances were so popular with the cast, crew and audience that the actress returned for the last two Season 9 episodes (with her pregnancy worked into
11752-482: Was expensive to produce, MGM arranged an agreement with Showtime that SG-1 could air in syndication six months after their premiere on Showtime. All 22 FOX owned-and-operated local stations aired the first seasons after their Showtime debut, providing a clearance of 41% of the United States. The show was also available on non-FOX affiliated stations in other markets. The Sci Fi Channel made its largest single programming acquisition of $ 150 million in 1998 by buying
11865-405: Was filmed in and around Vancouver , British Columbia , mainly at The Bridge Studios and NORCO Studios, which offered Stargate SG-1 tax breaks throughout its run. The cost of an SG-1 episode increased from US$ 1.3 million in the first seasons to an estimated US$ 2 million per episode in Season 10, partly due to unfavorable exchange rates. Many Vancouver area landmarks were incorporated into
11978-463: Was filmed in and around the city of Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada. The series premiered on Showtime on July 27, 1997, and moved to the Sci Fi Channel on June 7, 2002; the series finale aired on Sky1 on March 13, 2007. The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called
12091-586: Was much more popular in the United Kingdom than in Canada, where the show aired on Space , Citytv , A-Channel , Movie Central and French-language channels TQS and Ztélé . Stargate SG-1 aired in Australia on Sci Fi Australia and Channel Seven . It aired in India on STAR World India and in Israel on Channel 1 . On August 21, 2006, a few days after the premiere of SG-1 's milestone episode " 200 ",
12204-458: Was nominated for a Gemini Award in the category "Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series". "Unnatural Selection" was nominated for a Leo in the category "Dramatic Series: Best Visual Effects". For "Unnatural Selection", Andy Mikita was nominated for a Leo Award in the category "Dramatic Series: Best Director". "Metamorphosis" won a Leo Award in the category "Dramatic Series: Best Make-Up". Episodes in bold are continuous episodes, where
12317-442: Was one of the biggest employers in the Vancouver visual effects market, spending $ 400,000 per episode. The largest role was played by Rainmaker Digital Effects , whose senior digital compositing artist, Bruce Woloshyn , worked approximately 10 months a year in close collaboration with SG-1 's visual effects supervisor/producer James Tichenor and visual effects supervisor Michelle Comens. Many companies were hired to create
12430-669: Was reduced to 20 episodes for the last three seasons. Episodes of the first seasons were filmed over a period of 7.5 working days, which decreased to a targeted average of six working days in the last seasons. All episodes were filmed in 16:9 wide-screen, although Stargate SG-1 was broadcast in 4:3 aspect ratio in its first years. The transition to the broadcast of episodes in the wider 16:9 ratio gave directors more freedom in frame composition. The first three seasons of Stargate SG-1 were filmed on 16 mm film , notwithstanding scenes involving visual effects that had always been shot on 35 mm film for various technical reasons. After
12543-425: Was released in 1997, followed by a best-of release in 2001. In Season 1 Episode 7, " The Nox ", the music that played when The Nox appeared was Spinning The Silk from the album Chrysalis by 2002. Stargate SG-1 has had several opening title sequences, which are generally preceded by a teaser act . The credits are normally sixty seconds long. Richard Dean Anderson was the only SG-1 actor whose name appeared before
12656-449: Was supposed to be the show's last, but Sci Fi renewed SG-1 at the last minute. The sixth and seventh seasons made Stargate SG-1 Sci Fi's highest-rated original series with an average of 2 million viewers in over 1.3 million households, elevating Sci Fi into the top 10 cable networks in the United States. For the next few years, the producers believed each current season to be the show's last and repeatedly wrote big series finales, but
12769-464: Was the only main character whose look required more than basic make-up. His Egyptian look was reflective of the Goa'uld Ra from the feature film and was complemented with a forehead symbol and a gold skin tone, although his make-up process was simplified over the years. Judge shaved his head at home each day until the producers allowed him to let his hair grow in Season 8. As a trained nurse, key make-up artist Jan Newman could make burns, cuts, bruises and
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