They address this on Stargate SG1 multiple times. One time part of the team gets stuck in Antarctica, but they think they are on another planet. As one of them climbs out of the cave they are in, they see nothing but ice and concludes it must be an ice planet. Only later they find out they were actually on Earth all along.
In a couple of other episodes they remark on how all the planets look the same. This is because of all the filming locations being in a relatively small area in British Columbia and often the same locations get re-used. It’s sort of a cheeky joke to point it out and have the characters comment on some in-universe reason why it’s the case.
SG1 was often very good with their humor, leaning into tropes and being cheeky without breaking the 4th wall (barely).
Like for example how nobody ever goes to the bathroom in movies and TV series. And some locations like future space ships and such don’t even seem to have any toilets. So in one episode they do a long scene right in front of the bathroom door. With one of the characters fidgeting whilst the other is rambling on about something, as they try and interject they really need to go pee.
“I’m Christian Borcher, portraying the character of Raymond Gunn, who portrays the character of Dr. Levant, which is based on the character Daniel Jackson, portrayed by the actor Michael Shanks, originally portrayed by the actor James Spader, uh in the film.”
They address this on Stargate SG1 multiple times. One time part of the team gets stuck in Antarctica, but they think they are on another planet. As one of them climbs out of the cave they are in, they see nothing but ice and concludes it must be an ice planet. Only later they find out they were actually on Earth all along.
In a couple of other episodes they remark on how all the planets look the same. This is because of all the filming locations being in a relatively small area in British Columbia and often the same locations get re-used. It’s sort of a cheeky joke to point it out and have the characters comment on some in-universe reason why it’s the case.
SG1 was often very good with their humor, leaning into tropes and being cheeky without breaking the 4th wall (barely).
Like for example how nobody ever goes to the bathroom in movies and TV series. And some locations like future space ships and such don’t even seem to have any toilets. So in one episode they do a long scene right in front of the bathroom door. With one of the characters fidgeting whilst the other is rambling on about something, as they try and interject they really need to go pee.
Wormhole X-treme being the crown jewel of self mockery here. It was a recurring joke and even plot relevant.
My favorite part of that episode has to be:
“I’m Christian Borcher, portraying the character of Raymond Gunn, who portrays the character of Dr. Levant, which is based on the character Daniel Jackson, portrayed by the actor Michael Shanks, originally portrayed by the actor James Spader, uh in the film.”