It's fitting the final episode of Stargate SG-1 has no meaningful stargate travel in it. Sure, there's mention of a stargate to get home from being stranded on a planet. But there's no stargate travel shown in the episode proper. There's stargate travel at the end: sending SG-1 onto their continuing adventures.
Stargate began with the stargate. It was a mystery and a wonder what they would find on the other side of the gate. There were ships, but they weren't the focus. Over time, ships became more and more prevalent. In seasons 9 and 10 the stargate was almost an after thought. After all, the whole Ori threat was set up by travel via stones. Most of the mystery and wonder of the series were gone, replaced by a poor man's Star Trek or Star Wars "universe" beyond Earth.
Why Teal'c at 157 looks far younger than Bra'tac at 133 is a mystery. At least this episode sets Teal'c up for the made for TV movies. Between the end of season 9 and the beginning of season 10, there was some heavy makeup used to make Teal'c look younger. The actor had aged, but Jaffa aren't supposed to age that quickly, even without a symbiote. It was a shock to see Teal'c looking like he had plastic surgery in the hours between the last episode of season 9 and first episode of season 10. Now he can look his age for the movies.
Apparently there are no scissors on board the Odyssey. Or, at least, Sam, Cam, Daniel and Landry forgot how to use scissors. Overall, the makeup work to make characters look older is awful.
Thank goodness SG-1 got a fresh outlook with the bigger budget, longer movies. This episode is awful.
Stargate began with the stargate. It was a mystery and a wonder what they would find on the other side of the gate. There were ships, but they weren't the focus. Over time, ships became more and more prevalent. In seasons 9 and 10 the stargate was almost an after thought. After all, the whole Ori threat was set up by travel via stones. Most of the mystery and wonder of the series were gone, replaced by a poor man's Star Trek or Star Wars "universe" beyond Earth.
Why Teal'c at 157 looks far younger than Bra'tac at 133 is a mystery. At least this episode sets Teal'c up for the made for TV movies. Between the end of season 9 and the beginning of season 10, there was some heavy makeup used to make Teal'c look younger. The actor had aged, but Jaffa aren't supposed to age that quickly, even without a symbiote. It was a shock to see Teal'c looking like he had plastic surgery in the hours between the last episode of season 9 and first episode of season 10. Now he can look his age for the movies.
Apparently there are no scissors on board the Odyssey. Or, at least, Sam, Cam, Daniel and Landry forgot how to use scissors. Overall, the makeup work to make characters look older is awful.
Thank goodness SG-1 got a fresh outlook with the bigger budget, longer movies. This episode is awful.