I watched the pilot episode of Stargate SG-1 for the first time today in – what has it been – five years? Suffice it to say, my opinion on the episode then is more-or-less my opinion on it now.
The first half of the episode is pretty strong – RDA isn’t the full-blown wisecracking jackass that he’ll become in later episodes, and the mystery behind where the invaders through the stargate came from draws the interest of the viewer well enough. Once the extraterrestrials start speaking English, though, it enters full kitsch-mode and I lose the ability to take the rest of the proceedings all that seriously. And don’t get me started on the cave man’s all-too-visible prosthetic headpiece.
Oh, and the Serpent Guard chain-mail armour looks, and has always looked, like shit. I still like the design of the helmets, though, their inability to turn or fully retract like the ones in the movie notwithstanding.
7/10