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You were more bothered by most of the cultures not evolving, but not bothered by the fact they all live in the Canadian woods?
I think it's a bit explained why the cultures haven't evolved (although it bugs me as well) but I think the lore pretty much is that pretty much everyone with an active gate is still actively being repressed by the Goa'uld, which is why they don't really develop. (Middle-ages used to be called the dark ages, kinda like that. Depressing and repressing monotheism.)
The cultured which managed to overthrow the overlords and bury or destroy the gate then proliferated a lot and advanced in technology. That's the exact reason Earth advanced. And we also see a fair few other planets that have evolved cultures, usually when the team gates into their museum after fixing some issue or having the "cold-calling program" get a hit after some society digs up their gate. Reminds me of one of my favourites line deliveries by Michael Shanks: Daniel Jackson's demands
But yeah that is in the later seasons more, you're right about that.
Not to mention the fact that nearly everybody speaks perfect English for some reason.
I can forgive that one. Having every episode include a montage of Daniel figuring out the local language would not have made an entertaining series. That works as a one off in a movie but not as the central struggle in every TV episode.
Guess they could hang a lantern and say the gate gives some sort of babelfish ability, just like that. (Is she referring to Farscape there, I remember Crichton asking why he understands them but i can't recall if that was the explanation.)
The Doctor's TARDIS gives a magical ability to speak and understand languages, perhaps the gateway does as well.
Yes, that joke there is about a Stargate character making a Farscape reference. This is not actual dialogue from a Stargate episode.
I know it isn't. I do remember Crichton being weird about why everyone speaks English. I'm just asking whether "translator microbes" was the in-universe explanation in Farscape.
Could've googled it obviously but this is a forum so I was making conversation
Yes, it's in the first episode. They don't spend a lot of time on it.
Thanks for the confirmation
The Canadian woods! I can forgive that pretty easily, knowing it was due to budget constraints.