In-brief:  Pleasantly delighted.

In-detail:  Following the decidedly average Stargate: The Ark of Truth, I wasn’t really holding out too much hope for the second movie.  It sounded tagged-on, perhaps even somewhat unnecessary.

I was wrong.

Stargate: Continuum might well be unnecessary, and even unrelated to the Ark of Truth and anything Ori-related, but it is very, very good.

Clocking in at around 1 hour and 30 minutes, the movie deals with SG-1 becoming trapped in an alternate timeline; one fabricated by Baal as a last-ditch attempt to control Earth and the universe.  It’s the perfect setting for plenty of cameos, lots of action and some nice, fun settings.

In other words, it would have been exceedingly easy to screw up in some way.  This has been what Stargate producers have done best over the last three or four years: take great ideas and half-fulfil them.  Not here.  Continuum hits the mark.  Why?   Well, for a number of reasons.

Firstly, the use of character.  The producers choose to focus on SG-1 (Mitchell, Carter, Jackson, Teal’c and Vala) and Baal.  They are the integral characters to the story.  I was relieved to see the writer’s also resisted the temptation to try and use this to develop Mitchell and Vala excessively.  Sure, they both get nice character moments, but so does everyone.  They’re treated like team members, rather than the new guys who need air-time.

The others are dealt with in relation to their importance during their time in the show.  O’Neill’s role is prominent, yet the writers didn’t try to overplay it.  They didn’t go, “O’Neill’s back, let’s make the movie around Richard Dean Anderson’s undeniable talent and make it seem forced”.  Perhaps the strongest aspect of RDA’s appearance is that it seems completely natural.  He’s there long enough to make an impact, not long enough to seem forced or contrived.  Full marks on that.

The focus on SG-1 also drives the plot.  In a story with so many potential distractions, it’s great to be able to keep track of the team and follow them rather than try and delve into countless backstories.  SG-1 provide the focus, and simply put, it works.  As a result, casual fans and die-hards should enjoy this movie. 

The production is excellent as well.  Some of the sets are fantastic, including the USS Achilles and Baal’s time chamber.  The use of real-settings such as the Air Force Hanger and the Arctic shoot provide for some really expensive looking shots.  You can tell money was put into this movie, and it tells far more than in Ark of Truth.  The Goa’uld fleet visuals are great, as are the F16/Glider/MiG fight sequences.  Some of the effects are a little suspect (the city and the pyramid at the beginning) and leaves you to wonder why the inconsistency in effects standards on Stargate?  Some are excellent, others are a little dodgy; often within minutes of each other.

It was great to see all the Stargate alumni on screen once more.  Apophis, Major Davis, Kronos, Yu, Hammond, President Hayes… it feels like a real celebration of the last eleven years of Stargate SG-1.  I must confess, I found it very difficult watching Don S. Davis’s performance of General Hammond, given his recent passing.  Rest in peace, Don.  You are a star.

The plot is magnificent, in my opinion.  A little bit of everything.  You have the pace and the fun of an action thriller, coupled with some great character moments (O’Neill’s fury at Daniel suggesting his son had committed suicide being one, or Daniel accepting he’s going to lose a leg as another).  You’ve got the cleverness of a great science-fiction plot, weaving time-travel together with an established villain who, above all, has very believable motive.  The whole jaunt may be a little unrealistic, and time-scales sped up for the sake of entertainment, but hell: this is what SG-1 always excelled at.  It’s a perfect representation of the best of the show.  Sure, it’s a little silly – but it’s fun, and above all, it’s good.

Standout performances?  Hard to say.  Cliff Simon was fantastic as Baal, so I’d have to say he would possibly get my vote.  There was a nice balance of serious/humorous for Richard Dean Anderson, but he simply wasn’t in it enough for his undeniable talent to really echo around the movie.  Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping and Michael Shanks all performed solidly, particularly Ben.  Mitchell felt like a character who had been there from the beginning, gelling perfectly, even in scenes with O’Neill.  Strong work from the Farscape man.  I felt a little underwhelmed by Christopher Judge and Claudia Black, but the script wasn’t really a showcase for either of them, so it’s perhaps unfair to be too critical.

As with Ark of Truth, the music sounded great, really complimenting what was seen on screen.  It sounded excellent, and was once again great to hear the original Stargate anthem make an appearance.  If there were any critique, it would be that when Apophis was first revealed, the dramatic clichéd reveal music was a bit over the top.  But I’m nitpicking as usual.

Perhaps most interestingly about Continuum: when the movie ended, I felt fulfilled.  If this is all the Stargate we’re ever going to get, I feel okay about that.  Some people wanted something bigger, more epic.  I simply don’t feel that could’ve been achieved withou t losing some of the integrity of the entertainment.  This was a celebration of ten years, and a good one at that.   It succeeds.  It provides homage and it entertains.  There could be more movies (talk of a third revolving around the character of Jack O’Neill is floating around the interweb – hurry, he’s putting on weight fast!).  Should that come to pass, I would like it to finish.  An O’Neill bookend would be welcome in my mind, but let’s not run this into the ground.  It’s ready to end.  Continuum would end it with dignity – one final hurrah that it is clear was enjoyed by all – cast and crew.

Grade: 88% (A)

In Brief:

Satisfying. But unfulfilling.

Details:

It’s been one hell of a ten years for the series Stargate: SG1.

We’ve had the original movie back in 1994. Then the series followed. Then a spin off series. Another spin off lays in development. And now we’re back to the movies.

The little show that could has come full circle.

Almost.

This first tv movie, The Ark of Truth, caps off once and for all the storyline that has been running through Seasons 9 and 10 –the Orii. The show veered off in this dramatic new direction when Season 8 was the supposed last series, and the threat of the Goa’uld was effectively wiped out.

With the storyline came new characters, Mitchell and Landry, along with my personal favourite, Vala Mal Doran, and almost a new title i.e. Stargate Command.

So. Big question.

Do I feel this movie effectively encapsulates the whole of the Orii storyline?

Yes.

Do I feel this movie effectively encapsulates the whole of Stargate: SG1?

No. But that’s ok, because that isn’t what this movie is designed to do. And if you go in expecting that final, heartstring-tugging finale, (see Season 8’s ‘Threads’) you simply won’t get it. This story is about finishing off what was effectively a brand new show built out of another.

In that regards, it works.

Dramatic showdowns? Daedalus vs. Orii. Daniel/Vala vs. Adria. Mitchell vs. Bad Guy in fisticuffs. Check.

Continuity with previous episodes? Asgard core. Merlin. Adria. Replicators. Supergate. Check.

Character moments? Daniel railing against Ascended Ancients. Vala railing against her daughter. Teal’c consoling Tomin.

It’s all here. It’s all checked.

And perhaps that’s the biggest problem I have with this story.

Everything is checked in. It all fits together. But I don’t really feel this is the best they could have done with the potential they had on offer. It irritates me to no end that the big questions on offer since the start of this storyline are merely addressed here, and not particularly tackled in any depth; I’m talking about religion vs. science. I’m talking about how the humans of Earth can possibly justify brainwashing perhaps billions of others into their way of thinking.

Ultimately, the central question we’ve been asked for the last few episodes of Season 10 was, now that the Orii are dead, how do we stop their followers? This question, this moral debate, is sidestepped entirely through the Deus Ex Machina of the titular Ark of Truth.

This is something we have never been told about before, and it’s another one of those handy dandy Ancient devices which we can find in the nick of time, to save our collective bacons from the fire. It’s a device capable of showing a person the truth of something, whatever that truth is that is programmed into the machine. There is a little fudging of the issue, in the sense that we are told the Ark can only be programmed to show the truth. It can’t be programmed to show a lie as truth – it can only be the truth.

Anyone else having a problem buying that?

Look. I’ll give credit where it’s due. For the purposes of resolving this storyline, for showing us another look at Ancient culture millions of years ago, and for giving us a neat way to end the war without any more death, it works. I believe, however, that there should have been more ethical debate about the use of the Ark, and less time spent towards action sequences where Mitchell fights some near super powered being that, by all rights, should have finished the fight in the first few blows…

For me, it’s the smaller moments that make it.

On the journey to the Supergate, you have a small, nicely played scene between Tomin and Teal’c where the former cannot begin to fathom how his life has reached this point, and the incredible guilt he now feels for his actions. It’s telling how Teal’c responds, a character who is in the same damn position, and lets him know in no uncertain terms that it does not matter how hard he tries to make up for what he has done, it is impossible. All he can do is fight for the rest of his life to try and make amends. Standout performances from both actors here.

The opening and the Daniel and Vala bickering… I am a firm believer that Vala has done nothing but bring new life to this show. Her responses are so decidedly unearth like (or at least unlike any of the earthbound humans we have seen so far), and are so far apart from Teal’c’s deadpan responses, that it shows how you don’t have to play an alien as monotone to make it work. She is a literal breath of fresh air, and the interplay she has with Daniel is all the more worthwhile because it takes the place of the Jack vs. Daniel banter we used to have. I am admittedly an unashamed fan of Farscape, and it’s fantastic to see Claudia Black playing such a completely different role from Aeryn Sun – they are nothing alike and played completely believably. It also allows us to be filled in, quite handily, on some of the background of the movie, without the 10 minute long “Previously on…” segment that accompanies the DVD.

I don’t want to get much more into the plot, because then we venture into spoiler territory. Suffice to say, it satisfies. It ties up the loose ends.

By the end of the DVD, you’ve pretty much seen everything you probably needed to see to get a fair conclusion of this story arc.

It’s unfortunate that to some extent, Mitchell and Sam’s characters are given their own angle to pursue in this movie, but then, their characters were perhaps the two with the loosest, personal connections to this story – they were just doing their jobs. Their story is more about how our military could respond, specifically the I.O.A, to threats if they went in without any concern for who might get hurt along the way. The central issue with this storyline, especially since the Orii were thought to be wiped out, was how do you stop the human soldiers, who aren’t inherently evil, but just following a belief? Following orders? SG-1 didn’t want to kill more than was necessary, but, arguably, you are sometimes left with no other choice which is what the I.O.A went after.

Kudos to Currie Graham for playing a role that could have been quite one note. The storyline did go in a way I didn’t expect, although I have to admit, despite all my talk about how I find SG-1 too familiar sometimes, I cottoned on to Marrick’s, and by extension, the I.OA’s, plan pretty darn quickly once I realised where he had based himself. So there IS something to be said for the familiarity of SG-1. The way the storyline eventually spun off to, I’m not to happy about. At least it clicked on the continuity boxes, but I was hoping for a new twist, some spin on how everything was playing out…

Still, at least Mitchell got beaten up on. Again.

But if that was the B storyline, what of the A?

The final thrust of the movie.

The characters involved are those who have the strongest connections:

Daniel has always been the morality, the spiritual heart, of the team, and the most involved with the Ascended beings. Vala became involved because her own daughter became the leader of the Orii crusade. Teal’c’s initial journey was about defeating the Goa’uld, also beings masquerading as something greater than they are and his unshakeable will to take down their evil is understandable. That’s why they are there in the final showdown as it were.

Well. That’s it as it were!

The Ark of Truth satisfied me. I won’t pretend it was the epic, all encompassing journey that I wished it had been, but it was a thoroughly rip roaring adventure through space, that I enjoyed even if it didn’t answer everything quite as satisfactorily as I would have liked. If you’re a fan of SG-1 and you want to see how it ends, then this movie is for you. I can’t recommend it enough.

And don’t forget that the movie itself was essentially Season 11 of SG-1, squeezed down into one movie of 1 hour and 40 minutes. That is one hell of an achievement in itself. It’s telling that these actors themselves chose to come back and finish off the story, that they wanted to see the end as much as we did. And they’ll be back.

Oh yes. They will be back.

I’m very much looking forward to the next movie, Stargate: Continuum.

Time travel? Check.

Jack O’Neill? Check.

Vala’s back? Check.

Here’s to more of, despite what I say, more of the same.

One of the most anticipated Direct-to-DVD movies of the century for sci-fi fans worldwide, Stargate: The Ark of Truth hits shelves on March 11th.

We’ve got copies to give away! You know us, we’re far too soft on you lot.

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This thrilling feature-length film picks up where “Stargate SG-1,” left off, thrusting the Stargate team into their most exciting adventure yet. In search of an Ancient artifact they hope can defeat the oppressive Ori, the team learns that the Ori are set to launch a final assault on Earth and a double-crossing I.O. operative is aboard the Odyssey!

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Sci-Fi Heaven has got its hands on the new Stargate movie, The Ark of Truth.  (Totally legally, by the way, folks).  To whet your appetite for the upcoming DVD movie, we’re gonna show you a few screen captures from the movie itself. 

Avert eyes now if you wish to remain entirely unspoiled for the new movie.

We’re giving away some extraordinary Stargate prizes this month, including two full copies of SG-1′s final season.

If that’s not for you, and you just want to see the final four episodes of Season Ten, we’re giving two copies of that away too!

Here’s the press release!

STARGATE SG-1 SEASON 10 – Volume 5 – released 3rd December 2007
PRESS RELEASE

Stargate SG-1 Season 10 is the final adventure for the team and the last instalment in the SG1 collection.

It sees the SG-1 military squad undertaking missions across the universe through the Stargates, encountering various alien creatures and cultures on their journeys as they set out on another mission to defend the earth from the unknown.

This new season is a historic one as it celebrates the 200th episode, making it the longest-running science fiction series on television, surpassing The X-Files
and every series of Star Trek. Besides being the final season for Stargate SG-1, the 10th season also features the much-anticipated 200th and (final) episode, and the return of Richard Dean Anderson reprising his role as General Jack O’Neil for episode four (“The Shroud”).

It also marks the return of SG-1 favourites Carter (Amanda Tapping), Teal’c (Christopher Judge) and Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) – as well as newcomers from last season, Cameron Mitchell (Ben Browder), Vala (Claudia Black), Adria (Morena Baccarin) and veteran actor, Beau Bridges who plays General Landry. Stargate SG-1 is an action-packed sci-adventure series involving a team of U.S. Air Force soldiers and scientists who use ancient portals in space called
Stargates to travel instantaneously from their Stargate Command base in the Rocky Mountains to other planets to explore, forge alliances, defuse crises, establish trade and investigate mysteries.

Stargate SG-1 has become one of the most popular and longest running science fiction shows in television history and the DVD is packed full of ‘extras’ including audio commentary, photo galleries and a Moving Menus, making it a must-buy for any Sci-Fi or Stargate fans. Further volumes in the tenth series will be released between September and December this year.

Stargate SG1 is a Twentieth Century Fox Television production and has been nominated for over 60 Sci-Fi and television awards during its run.

Special Features:
Audio Commentary on all 4 episodes
Stargate SG-1 Directors Series: “Unending” Featuring Robert C. Cooper
Deleted Scenes with introduction and audio commentary by Joesph Mallozzi
Still Gallery and Production Design Gallery

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