In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.
This week we discover "Children of the Gods", the 1997 pilot episode of science fiction classic Stargate SG-1 which launched a ten season spinoff from the 1994 movie Stargate and was followed by three more spinoff series.
We talk about what it feels like to watch the pilot episode in 2024 not having seen the rest of the series, how Stargate managed to feel unusually grounded given its out there premise, and how the show excels at crafting a nuanced exploration of its themes that sets it apart from most other science fiction franchises.
Check out the review of the Stargate movie here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2HjogPz8PTWC4dzbbrV3tw
Check out the review of Stargate Atlantis here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6qEKKRVb8FWnb8fU4Si7h7
Check out other science fiction movie reviews here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5EeVLUSNMTrp1spnkKtiQj
