10 Mind-Blowing Facts You Never Knew About Stargate
7. Children Of The Gods Went Through Several Changes On DVD
In 2009, producer and show-runner Brad Wright spoke about the wish to re-cut and release Children of the Gods, the pilot episode of Stargate SG-1. In many ways, the show itself had grown so different from what the original release had been (and so popular) that a revisit was more than warranted.
The main impetus behind the move was, according to Wright, the musical score. Joel Goldsmith was the main composer on Stargate SG-1 and he had written a complete score for the pilot. However, MGM bosses feared that it wouldn't hold up to David Arnold's fantastic soundtrack for the film. So, a spliced version of both Goldsmith and Arnold's scores was pieced together and thrown into the pilot, dissatisfying both composers significantly enough that they took their name off it.
Also an issue was the nudity that had been added at the request of the network, which doesn't feature again in any subsequent episode of Stargate. Both of these were excised from the DVD re-release.
Additional CGI elements were added as well. The original ending saw motion capture Death Gliders landing and acting as troop transports. This was removed, with a cargo ship being inserted and an additional Glider being added in the background.
Finally, the Stargate vortex itself was updated to better resemble the vortexes of contemporary seasons of Stargate (although this is the one change that was perhaps too far!)