Cliff Simon, who played the villain Ba-al on the Stargate SG 1 TV series, died in a kite-boarding accident on Topanga Beach in Los Angeles.

Over 10 seasons and more than 200 episodes, Stargate SG-1 had a lot of time to explore different storylines and personal stories surrounding the SG-1 crew. But despite all that time, there were ...

And yet the existence of Stargate paved the way for the TV series Stargate: SG-1, which 25 years ago proved that a reboot of a mediocre sci-fi movie can not only work — it can be great.