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Although the movie ''[[Stargate (film)|Stargate]]'' and the television series ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' share similar themes, there are a '''number of differences''' in the [[canon (fiction)|canon]] of these fictional works. When [[MGM]] decided to make a TV series based on the movie, writers of the film [[Roland Emmerich]] and [[Dean Devlin]] were no longer involved,<ref name=gwfaq>[http://www.gateworld.net/the_stargate_faq.shtml#movie.1 GateWorld - THE STARGATE FAQ: What differences are there between the movie and the TV series?], FAQ at [[GateWorld]]</ref> and SG-1 showrunners [[Brad Wright]] and [[Jonathan Glassner]] introduced many novel concepts, altering the canon.
Most notably, many characters were portrayed by different actors, and names were spelled differently.<ref name=bbc.co.uk /> [[Daniel Jackson]] was played by [[James Spader]] in the movie and by [[Michael Shanks]] in the series. [[Kurt Russell]]'s character Jonathan "Jack" O'Neil, a rather humorless Colonel, is played by [[Richard Dean Anderson]] as the somewhat more deadpan Jonathan "Jack" O'Neill (with two L's) in ''SG-1''.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite web |title=Through a Gate to the Far Side of the Universe: A TV Series |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E5D7163AF935A15754C0A961958260 |publisher=New York Times |date=[[July 26]], [[1997]] |accessdate=2007-10-15}}</ref><ref name=digitalbits>[http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews2/stargatesg1s1.html The Digital Bits: DVD Review - Stargate SG-1: The Complete First Season]</ref> The name of O'Neil's son changes from ''Tyler'' in the film to Charlie.<ref name=bbc.co.uk>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A765597 BBC.co.uk: BBC - h2g2 - Stargate SG-1 - TV show]</ref> [[French Stewart]]'s character was named Louis Feretti, in ''SG-1'', [[Brent Stait]]'s character is named [[Louis Ferretti]]. The name of Daniel Jackson's wife changes from ''Sha'uri'' ({{IPA|ʃæuːri}}) to ''Sha're'' ({{IPA|ʃɑːre}}) , O'Neill's wife from Sarah to Sara.<ref name=imdb_movie>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111282/fullcredits#cast IMDB.com: Stargate (1994) - full cast and crew]</ref><ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118480/epcast IMDB.com: "Stargate SG-1" (1997) - Episodes cast]</ref>
[[Image:Ra original humanoid.jpg|thumb|Concept drawing of Ra's original humanoid form by [[Patrick Tatopoulos]]. [http://www.tatopoulosstudios.net/mainpage.html] ]]
The [[Stargate Command]] setting was transferred from the fictional military facility located in Creek Mountain, to the [[Cheyenne Mountain]] military complex.<ref name=bbc.co.uk /> The [[planet]] [[Abydos (Stargate)|Abydos]] from the film changed the distance from Earth from millions of [[lightyear]]s away (in an entirely different [[galaxy]]) to becoming the closest planet to [[Earth]] with a Stargate, residing in the same galaxy as Earth. Also in ''SG-1'', Stargate travel is limited to the Stargate network in the [[Milky Way galaxy]] (unless a tremendous amount of power is used to lengthen the subspace wormhole of a Stargate to another galaxy's Stargate, a central premise of ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'').<ref name=bbc.co.uk />
Ra was the last of an unnamed race in the film, being of a humanoid species with large black eyes and a lack of facial features. In ''SG-1'' however, Ra is one of many "[[Goa'uld]] [[System Lord]]s," who are a race of parasitic snake-like creatures.<ref name=gwfaq /><ref name=nytimes /> . However a flashback in the film also implies that Ra's current form is a human that he picked up in ancient Egypt, which implies that he still uses host bodies. There were also changes to the Stargate. The film and novellizaton give the impression that Ra through some technological means, but is intentionally vague on this matter. merged the unique set of 39 Stargate symbols in the film were replaced with the concept of 38 symbols that are the same for each Stargate (Earth's symbols based on Earth's constellations), plus a single point of origin symbol that is unique to that individual gate.<ref name=gwfaq /> While the [[kawoosh]] effect in the movie was created by filming the actual swirl of water in a glass tube, and looked like a vortex on the back of the Gate,<ref>DVD commentary for the ''Stargate'' film</ref> however on the TV series, this effect was completely created in [[Computer graphics|CG]] by the Canadian [[visual effects]] company ''[[Rainmaker Digital Effects|Rainmaker]].''<ref>''Stargate Magic: Inside The Lab.'' Special feature on [[Stargate SG-1 DVD]] Volume 37 (Lost City).</ref> At the beginning of Season 9, the original movie wormhole sequence was substituted by a new sequence similar to the one already used on ''Stargate Atlantis'', but being blue as it was in the movie and SG-1, whereas in Atlantis it's green.<ref>Audio commentary for "The Ties That Bind", SG-1.</ref>
Further, the original movie did not have Jaffa, but what appear to be normal humans. If Ra's entourage is interpreted as Jaffa (on the basis of the TV show) they have no place to hold a goa'uld larva. The movie's Ra rules entirely by fear and deception using only a small entourage who themselves pose as the various gods in the Egyptian pantheon, whereas SG-1 depicts Goa'uld as having large armies.
Using some of Emmerich's notes, Bill McCay wrote a [[Stargate film novels|series of five novels]] continuing the story the original creators had envisioned. However, Dean Devlin stated in 2006 that there was an interest in creating the original sequels and that the McCay books were not correct.<ref>[http://gateworld.net/news/2006/07/devlin_optimistic_about_stargate.shtml GateWorld - Devlin optimistic about 'Stargate' sequels]</ref> According to Devlin, two movie sequels would have picked up the story from the 1994 original, but not the mythology of the ''SG-1'' and ''Atlantis'' series, with the original stars Kurt Russell and James Spader. Devlin regretted giving MGM control over the franchise.<ref>[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=37194 Sci Fi.com: SCI FI Wire - Devlin Develops New ''Stargates'']</ref> The first movie already tapped into Egyptian mythology; the second one would have moved into other mythologies; and the third would tie together all mythologies.<ref>[http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=15537 ComingSoon.net: Devlin Announces Plans For Stargate Sequels]</ref> Brad Wright said in 2002 that "Devlin can wish to do a sequel to Stargate all he wants. MGM owns the rights, and I doubt very much that they'll ask him to do it. He knows better."<ref>[http://www.gateworld.net/interviews/brad_wright.shtml GateWorld - Interviews: Brad Wright (Brad Wright - July 2002)]</ref> No further news have been announced as of [[April 2008]].
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