Yeah, I think Battlestar Galactica was really timely in being produced within a few years of 9/11. It really captured that feeling of life changing in a way you thought could never happen. They portrayed some of the things we all remembered, like those walls where people had posted pictures of their missing loved ones in the hope that they were in a hospital somewhere and could be identified. Now that all of that is almost two decades in the past, those parts of the show probably don't have quite the same effect. James Callis is worth it though!
I think that a lot of sci-fi fans were also ready for the idea of a spaceship world that felt more realistic, in contrast to Star Trek. Where sedition had consequences, that kind of thing. That was all fairly new back then. Now it's just an accepted part of the genre and the genre has moved on to things like The Expanse, where certain realistic aspects of space travel have been maintained (I get a chill every time those magnetic shoes click. Every time! I'm so easily pleased...), and other rules can be broken.
I agree with you that Stargate SG1 is really watchable. That is one thing I miss with recent tv -- shows that are enjoyable, that you can dip in and out, that the characters are likeable, and that have enough of a theme to sustain the story but not so much that you feel weighed down at the end. I think that shows back then were written that way for syndication. They weren't earth-shattering on the first viewing, but you could watch them again and again and enjoy them even if the suspense of the original viewing was gone, and, of course, that it was not essential to view them in the order they were originally shown.
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