“Discovering” the aliens who inspired ancient civilizations is very exciting. You wonder what Ra’s civilization was like.
I think that’s the biggest draw the film’s universe has held for me. What was the history behind Ra’s race? What exactly caused their extinction? Were they necessarily as malevolent/tyrannical as Ra was, or did he become like that only after taking a human host?
SG-1 killed too much of the mystique surrounding Ra and his people when the showrunners decided to make the Goa’uld a race of tech-stealing body snatchers.