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The only commentary that I have watched thus far is the pilot. But I watched the BTS videos recently, and there was one that touched on the fact that Siler was unexpectedly a big hit among fans. He was popular because he was effectively the everyman character, giving representation to the working man. A lot of fans saw themselves in Siler and fell in love with the character.
An exchange I really liked recently:
S01E17 “Solitudes”
DAVIS: We’ve almost replaced all the super conductive interface elements, sir. The old ones all melted. It’s going to take some time to load test them, though. HAMMOND: Just tell me the minute we can send a probe through. SILER: That’ll be 24 hours, General, minimum. TEAL’C: Captain Carter and Colonel O’Neill do not have that long. HAMMOND: I’ll give you half that. SILER: No, sir, it doesn’t work that way. 24 hours is the best I can do. HAMMOND:[PAUSE] Then you’d better get back to it.
That quote is one of my favorite moments of SG1. It defines the series imo: this is not Star Trek. The captain can’t just ask Scotty to get it done.
The commentaries on regular episodes are fantastic, and if you’re able to find them I highly recommend checking them out. There are a ton of them and by the end you feel like you know the creative team personally. You get a very different view of the show, with a lot of great film/tv tradecraft being shared too.
The only commentary that I have watched thus far is the pilot. But I watched the BTS videos recently, and there was one that touched on the fact that Siler was unexpectedly a big hit among fans. He was popular because he was effectively the everyman character, giving representation to the working man. A lot of fans saw themselves in Siler and fell in love with the character.
An exchange I really liked recently:
S01E17 “Solitudes”
That quote is one of my favorite moments of SG1. It defines the series imo: this is not Star Trek. The captain can’t just ask Scotty to get it done.
The commentaries on regular episodes are fantastic, and if you’re able to find them I highly recommend checking them out. There are a ton of them and by the end you feel like you know the creative team personally. You get a very different view of the show, with a lot of great film/tv tradecraft being shared too.
I definitely plan to check out the rest of the commentary. For future reference, I plan to use a guide like this to identify which episodes actually have a commentary track: https://www.stargate-sg1-solutions.com/wiki/DVD_Extras_Index