The show took a lot of shots at the military, but it never dwelled on it. I feel like it took just the right amount.
The uniforms did add a USAF patch on the sleeve in season 5, which is often called the “Area 51 Apology Patch”. Might be seen as cheap brownie points with the military, but it also makes sense within the show, so not immersion breaking.
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”.
The show took a lot of shots at the military, but it never dwelled on it. I feel like it took just the right amount.
The uniforms did add a USAF patch on the sleeve in season 5, which is often called the “Area 51 Apology Patch”. Might be seen as cheap brownie points with the military, but it also makes sense within the show, so not immersion breaking.
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”.