Been a minute since I did a proper rewatch (hmmm. I DO have all the stuff worth watching on my plex…), but mostly it was just Jack (and later Daniel when Michael Shanks wanted to look like a badass) being flippant and mocking protocol because he believes in what is important and not doing what pencil pushers want him to do.
Which is pretty normal for US military backed productions and is pretty much exactly what they want propaganda wise. Gibbs on NCIS, Bradley Cooper in the (shockingly okay) A-Team movie, etc.
I don’t think the show suffered for it at all, but there were definitely a few moments over the years of “Okay, if Teal’c starts saying ‘Ecrof ria eht nioj’ I am turning it off”.
Been a minute since I did a proper rewatch (hmmm. I DO have all the stuff worth watching on my plex…), but mostly it was just Jack (and later Daniel when Michael Shanks wanted to look like a badass) being flippant and mocking protocol because he believes in what is important and not doing what pencil pushers want him to do.
Which is pretty normal for US military backed productions and is pretty much exactly what they want propaganda wise. Gibbs on NCIS, Bradley Cooper in the (shockingly okay) A-Team movie, etc.
I don’t think the show suffered for it at all, but there were definitely a few moments over the years of “Okay, if Teal’c starts saying ‘Ecrof ria eht nioj’ I am turning it off”.