Opinions on Stargate series

I used to be a huge huge fan of SG-1, but I got really turned off by Atlantis.
Now, with the new Universe series I'm really ready to be captured once again by Stargate. 
How do people on giant bomb feel about the Stargate series? 

Always wanted to get into it, but I don't have the time, and the series(es) are so long now that its prettymuch impossible.

I really liked the film but the series are something I always want to see but forget.

SG-1 is pure gold. That is, until after the first series finale when it was supposed to end. They brought it back, but it wasn't as good after that.

The theme song is fantastic.
 
That is all.
 
I have been watching SGU since the beginning, but it's a really bad and boring show, and it's saved by the fact there is nothing else to see at the time the episodes get rerun.

It is a Fargate! 

i watched the most of Stargate sg1 all the episodes of the last 3 seasons was pretty good , watched the odd couple of atlantis eps, and watched the first episode of Universe it was ok but dont have enough time atm to watch the other episode sky+ has the other episodes saved so can watch soon :)

SG-1 was so-so honestly. i watched episodes here and there, after mr. macgyver left, it was lame. I actually really like Atlantis though. Was fun while it lasted.

SG-1 seasons 1-8 are great. Season's 9 and 10 have a mix of high and low points, although the final episode, Unending, is amazing. Atlantis is decent, but it peaked at it's third season. I haven't seen enough of Universe to have much of an opinion. I saw the pilot and although I like the idea of making it into a character drama, I'm worried that the cast of characters that they've got, might not be strong enough to carry a show on its own.

SG-1 and Atlantis were good at first, but eventually the writers ran out of original storylines and had to rehash old ones to justify their paycheck.
 
SG:Universe I managed to get about five episodes in, promising to be something like Battlestar Galactica, but instead they conveniently found some magic stones (can't remember their actual name) that allowed them to contact Earth in the first episode, which removed some of the "will they get home?" mystery. They just upped the drama (and not like "BS:G" drama, but "Beverly Hills 90210" drama) and downplayed the sci-fi and by the fifth episode I just stopped bothering to keep up. Say whatever you want about Star Trek: Voyager, but at least the crew there didn't have a magical plot device that let them talk to Captain Picard every episode, they had to figure things out on their own.
 
Of course, your mileage may vary.

• A problem arises
• The team struggles and gets in serious trouble
• A possible solution to the problem is found
• On a knife edge the team manage to impliment the solution
• Happy days
• Next episode

^ THAT MAKES FOR A HORRIBLE A SHOW 
 
i have rarley heard someone say they pefer a  procedural type of show, there are already 50 million of them... 
 
and the shows is pretty good

I think Stargates kind of dumb...

I dont like the way the ended SG1 and atlantis but univirse seems to be on the right track

It's really hard for me to stick with any show these days, but I really liked what I saw of SG:U.  You could tell they took a lot of inspiration from Sci-Fi's Battlestar Galactica series.  Very moody and no way to tell who's good or bad.  Very different from the original series. I didn't like Atlantis either, so I quit that one somewhere in the first season.  I wish I could say more but I have a wandering attention span and so most shows don't hold me for long.  Actually, these days I can barely sit through a movie, so it's not just TV or the quality of TV.  

i did watch sg1 gets boring after 2 seasons

Robert Carlyle is probably the sole saving grace of Universe, but I still find myself watching it and kind of interested in what's going to happen for some reason. It's extremely slow paced but it could have potential yet.
 
So yeah, I'm hot for Robert Carlyle.

@Astras
Are you implying that the films aren't good. Sure, I think we all would like to pretend Ark of Truth never happened, but Continuum was actually really good for a direct to DVD release.

SG1=gold
 
Atlantis took some getting used to but I now like it
 
 
 
Universe=fail. They are trying to be battlestar galatica.

Ill do this by the season 
 
SG1 season 1 = mostly bad (keep in mind that I watched it relatively recently, where I've already basically seen all there is to see in Scifi, so the stories weren't interesting for me, they were 'by the numbers' even though they may have been original at the time), but the last 2 episodes were pretty good. After that It was pretty damn good. 
 Season 2 - 7 = good. 
Season 8 = excellent. 
last 2 season = pretty good. 
 
Atlantis season 1: Spectacular 
The rest of atlantis: Mediocre with a few decent episodes
 
SGU season 1: Abyssmal. Absolutely horrifyingly bad. I was in favor of a more serious Stargate and loved that this was the approach it was going to take because even though I appreciate the comedy of SG1 and atlantis a lot, I prefer a more serious tone. Not only was I wrong in that this doesn't really suit SG, this is just some of the most horrible, utterly stupid, pathetically bad excuses for writing I've ever seen. 
SGU season 1.5: I have to admit the last 2 episodes were improvements. I don't know if they decided to make some changes after the first 10 episodes, but whatever they're doing, it's mostly working. Now kill off about 4 of the shitty characters, think of some lame way to get better ones on the ship (I'll excuse bad writing if it allows this) and maybe we'll have a show on our hands. Barring that, at least keep doing what you did for the last 2, it's making the show tolerable.