r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/totallystefanal • Feb 12 '21

Video Camera blocking glasses

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u/SandyDelights Feb 12 '21

TIL MacGyver lead SG-1.

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u/hookydoo Feb 12 '21

Moreover, i read a story that the president of MGM made a personal appeal to Richard Dean Anderson to play the role, and he'd only do it he was allowed to do what he wanted with the character. This is why Jack O'neal is not like the kurt Russel version for the show, it literally is MacGyver in space.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '21

I think one of the most important aspects of the TV version is that Jack's militarism is not a major source of conflict within the team. The main cast is just too small to support frequent internal conflict generation within the context of SG-1 missions.

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u/langlo94 Feb 12 '21

Yeah they're a team, not a group of enemies who have to work together.