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There are some differences between the film and the TV series that widened the story and filming possibilities for episodic television, so some canon facts from the film were simply ignored by the TV series.

* In the ''Stargate'' film, Ra is the last of hisan unnamed race, which is a humanoid species with large black eyes and a lack of facial features, not very dissimilar to the [[Asgard]]. The biological parasitism was only addressed in the film's director's cut. In ''SG-1'' however, Ra is one of many "[[Goa'uld]] [[System Lord]]s".

*The [[ring transporter]]s in the film consist of nine rings that stack on top of one another; in ''SG-1'', only five are ever used, and are more widely spaced. Additionally, the special effects used were different. The film version shows the transported person or object dematerialize and the particles move towards the destination (for instance, up when going to Ra's ship or down when going to the pyramid). In the television series, a less complex effect was used; a yellow-orange light would vertically sweep through the interiors of the rings, usually sweeping upward, even when the destination is below.

* In the film, the [[planet]] [[Abydos (Stargate)|Abydos]] resides millions of [[lightyear]]s away in an entirely different [[galaxy]]. In ''SG-1'', Abydos is the closest planet to [[Earth]] that has 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).

* The film used more complex computer graphics than the series. For example, the film's [[ring transporter]]s in the film consist of nine rings that stack on top of one another;, in ''SG-1'',whereas only five are ever used, and are more widely spaced. rings Additionally,are the special effectsever used werein different''SG-1''. The film version shows the transported person or object dematerialize and the particles move towards the destination (for instance, up when going to Ra's ship or down when going to the pyramid). In the television series, a less complex effect was used; a yellow-orange light would vertically sweep through the interiors of the rings, usually sweeping upward, even when the destination is below.

* The stargate on Abydos in the film is deep within the center of the [[pyramid]], down a ramp from the main atrium room with pillars. In ''SG-1'', the stargate and transporter rings are positioned in the main atrium with the pillars rather than deep inside the pyramid.

* [[Ra (Stargate)|Ra]]'s species was not named, and Ra was presented as using a sort of incorporeal "possession" of a human host instead of direct biological parasitism. In the director's cut, however, there is a scene where fossils are found and they are the biological parasite.

*The symbols on the Abydos stargate in the film were different from the symbols from Earth's stargate. (In the series, 38 out of 39 of the symbols are the same - only the point of origin is unique to each gate)

Other differences might stem from accidental oversights. Some of them have been addressed in the series as either advances in technology or in-jokes.

* The first time Daniel Jackson sees the stargate is after he figures out the seven-coordinate address system, but in the TV episode "[[Lost City (Stargate SG-1)|Lost City]]", he tells [[Elizabeth Weir (Stargate)|Elizabeth Weir]] that "I remember when we were first trying to get the stargate to work, I would just come here, and stare at it for hours."

* In the episode "[[The Torment of Tantalus (Stargate SG-1)|The Torment of Tantalus]]", it was clearly stated [[Catherine Langford]] was twenty-one in 1945, which would make her about four years old in 1928. However, she is much older in the opening sequence of the film, which is set in that year.

* In the episode "[[Children of the Gods (Stargate SG-1)|Children of the Gods]]", O'Neill told General Hammond that their "first clue" Ra was an alien was the fact that his eyes glowed. In the film, O'Neill did not encounter Ra until after Daniel Jackson had discovered he was an alien.

Because of these differences, some fans of the film consider the television series as its own separate entity, rather than a proper sequel to the film.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} 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, recently 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 Devlin optimistic about 'Stargate' sequels], by Darren Sumner, GateWorld, ''July 21, 2006''</ref>

Several of these differences were simply ignored by the TV series, but others have been addressed in various episodes of ''Stargate SG-1''. For example, it was mentioned at one point that there is another Colonel named Jack O'Neil whose name is often mixed up with Jack O'Neil'''l''''s (and who "has no sense of humor"). Other changes have been explained as advances in technology, such as more precise "aiming" by Earth's dialing computer (to compensate for the drift of the planets in 10,000 years) that prevents the frost effect seen in the movie. Others are most likely just oversights.

Because of these differences, some fans of the film consider the television series as its own separate entity, rather than a proper sequel to the film.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} 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, recently Dean Devlin stated 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 Devlin optimistic about 'Stargate' sequels], by Darren Sumner, GateWorld, ''July 21, 2006''</ref>

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