LOL, yes every planet in SG1 looked the same.... but they had an amusing meta-awareness of it sometimes. That's what made the show so great, is that it didn't take itself too seriously. I mean, in later seasons the good guys were pretty much nonchallant about being captured by baddies, and joked about it in a "here we go again" kind of way.
But if you're not judging things on sets alone, they still managed to make each episode have something unique going on AND have a good overarching plot.
Nope, not cynical (really) :huh:
Anyway, I'm curious to see how this new show goes... although it probably depends on who is involved with making it. Personally, I think that Trek is done, and it's because it has gotten so far from the roots of who was working on it before. I mean look.. Jonathan Frakes directed First Contact, and it was awesome. But then the Next Gen crew (who worked with Roddenberry) were only barely involved in Enterprise. And then the last two movies were directed by people who never watched and didn't give a hoot about Star Trek.
So point being... I think that if the people that made SG1 great are involved with this new series, I think it'll be great, too. But if it's just some other folks trying to cash in on the name, then I doubt it'll get off the ground.