I don’t think it’s fair to judge all of SG-1 as a single thing. There’s a definite shift after Apophis’ first death, then again when Anubis becomes the BBEG, and the Ori arc might as well be a different spin-off series. To me, it’s Apophis-1, Atlantis, Ori, Apophis-2, Universe, and Anubis. But start to finish, I prefer Atlantis over SG-1 just because they didn’t introduce a bigger, badder, eviler guy every few seasons.
I don’t think it’s fair to judge all of SG-1 as a single thing. There’s a definite shift after Apophis’ first death, then again when Anubis becomes the BBEG, and the Ori arc might as well be a different spin-off series. To me, it’s Apophis-1, Atlantis, Ori, Apophis-2, Universe, and Anubis. But start to finish, I prefer Atlantis over SG-1 just because they didn’t introduce a bigger, badder, eviler guy every few seasons.