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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: MGM Entertainment
Salesrank: 1547
Released: July 29, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Baal travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from ever being started. SG-1 team must somehow restore history and once again save the galaxy from oppressive domination.
Description of Stargate: Continuum:
If Continuum, the second feature length, made-for-DVD film spun off from the long-running Stargate SG-1 television series, marks the end of this wing of the franchise--and it is hardly a certainty, given the show’s Lazarus-like history--then all involved, including the viewer, should be well satisfied. Continuum commingles all the elements that have made Stargate so eminently watchable over the years, including engaging characters and storyline, plenty of action, impressive sets, and first-rate special effects. This time the whole gang is on hand, as the most recent SG-1 contigent (Ben Browder as fearless leader Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell, Amanda Tapping as the brainy Lt. Col. Samantha Carter, Christopher Judge as the implacable alien Teal’c, Michael Shanks as the ever-resourceful Dr. Daniel Jackson, and Claudia Black as the irreverent, motor-mouthed Vala) is joined by characters whose roles had been reduced or eliminated along the way; principal among the latter is Richard Dean Anderson, whose Major General Jack O’Neill makes a welcome return after sitting out The Ark of Truth, the first post-series film (both of Stargate Command’s head honchos, played by Beau Bridges and the late Don S. Davis, are also back). The villain is familiar as well: Ba’al (Cliff Simon), the last of the "Goa’uld system lords," who’s scheduled to be executed--or, more specifically, "extracted," whereby the bad mojo inside him will be exorcised. Things don’t quite go as planned, of course. Ba’al has managed to manipulate time, creating a situation where Mitchell, Jackson, and Carter find themselves caught in a paradox, an alternate timeline in which the Stargate program never even existed, making it easy for the bad guy and his gigantic space brigade to launch an all-out attack on Earth (though long-threatened throughout the series, such an invasion never actually happened until now). Our heroes’ intrepid efforts to thwart Ba’al’s dastardly scheme take them from the Arctic (for real) to the cockpits of F-15 jets and even the hold of a 1930s cargo ship (built specially for the occasion). All this, and Browder portraying his own grandfather too? Yo, Stargate: Continuum rocks! --Sam Graham
Beyond Stargate: Continuum
Stargate SG-1 - The Complete Series Collection | 
Stargate: Ark of Truth & Continuum (2pc) (Ws) [Blu-ray]
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Stargate - The Ark of Truth [Blu-ray] |
Stills from Stargate: Continuum (Click for larger image) Stargate: Continuum Reviews:
A fun continuation of SG-1 
2009-11-23 - STARGATE: ARK OF TRUTH more or less wrapped up the Ori portion of SG-1 and STARGATE: CONTINUUM does pretty much the same thing with the Gou'ald arc. I think this is appropriate, given that the Gou'ald started off the movie that anticipated the series. There aren't a lot of Gou'ald left at this point, only Ba'al. But at least they go out with a bang, with an innovative, fun, interesting story. The first two post-SG-1 movies have not been masterpieces, but they have both been very good. This is no mean feat. If you contrast it with the various BABYLON 5 movies, the SG-1 movies have been far superior. This despite the fact that BABYLON 5 was a far more impressive show. The two SG-1 movies have been so successful that a third is now in the works.
Hopefully that movie will have more involvement with my favorite member of the SG-1 team, Claudia Black. I'm not quite certain where her pregnancy fell in the filming schedule, whether she had it immediately before filming or if she had it afterwards, but it did mean that she was not fully available. Her diminished role hurt the show some. I always felt that SG-1 improved sharply as soon as she joined the series. She brought both a sexiness and some humor that had been missing before she arrived. Hopefully she will play a much more prominent role in this film.
The financial success of these two movies are great news for SF fans everywhere, even if they don't follow SG-1. The DVD industry hasn't quite figured out what to do with direct-to-DVD. There are a lot of niche markets that could support direct-to-DVD films. The success of the SG-1 films might, for instance, mean that long hoped for sequel to SERENITY (though the ongoing success of various cast members -- Nathan Fillion, Summer Glau, Gina Torres, Adam Baldwin, and, most recently as main face of the alien invaders on V. [though she also had a prominent role on SG-1], Morena Baccarin]. ARK OF TRUTH and CONTINUUM have proved -- along with the two BSG releases -- that direct to DVD can make a profit.
just soo great! 
2009-07-12 - Is like a time warp thing :)
I am sad to see the show end, but this is a great way to do it.
We need MORE!!!
2009-07-11 - As a big fan of all SG, I could easily give this a 5 stars! But my negative point is I don't just want to see this part, I want to see it all in Blu-ray! And now, they come out with The Pilot for SG1 remastered, etc. and not even on Blu-ray???
They should at least do like Star Trek did, the movies yes, but also "so far" Season 1 of TOS and already planned to have the 2 other seasons come out in a couple of months... this gives hope to get all Star Trek in Blu-ray.
Hopefully, by the time Stargate Atlantis "Fans Choice" comes out... maybe SG-1 season 1?
Stargate; Continuum 
2009-07-10 - I was looking forward to seeing this next Stargate movie after seeing the very well made conclusion movie "Ark of Truth".
Unfortunately as some have already pointed out, it was a disappointment. Others have already touched on the mediocre story and predictable "coincidences". I haven't read through all of the reviews so maybe someone has mentioned this problem. Basically the sound on the actors is horrible. It's as though they ran out of money so they couldn't afford to overdub the actors voices and simply went with the sound that was recorded in the scene no matter how bad it was, ie; reverb, echos, barely audible, etc. I gave it 3 stars just because I love Stargate and the actors, but it's sad to think they are ending these adventures with this substandard last entry.
Stargate SG-1
2009-07-05 - As always stargate doesn't disappoint. I was very sad to see it end and these movies for dvd are just the thing to lessen the blow. Excellent acting from all my favorite characters.
