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List Price: $49.98 | | Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
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Released: October 3, 2006 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
The Stargate is an intergalactic gateway, developed by an ancient civilization, that links other planets from other solar systems to ours. The U.S. Air Force assembles a Stargate team for interstellar peace-keeping missions. Boasting incredible special effects sequences, rapid-fire pacing and awesome scenes of alien warfare, STARGATE SG-1™ is your gateway to pulse-pounding, sci-fi action!
Description of Stargate SG-1 - Season 9 Boxed Set (Thinpak):
Stargate SG-1 soldiers on with this five-disc, 20-episode set from the sturdy franchise's ninth season (2005-06), incorporating numerous changes while continuing to distinguish itself as one of the television's best sci-fi shows. Longtime star Richard Dean Anderson makes only brief cameos these days, after seven seasons as Lieutenant Colonel and one as Brigadier General Jack O'Neill. Stalwarts Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, and Michael Shanks (as Samantha Carter, Teal'c, and Daniel Jackson, respectively), are still on hand, but with Season 9, Ben Browder (known to many genre fans for his lead role in the excellent Farscape series) takes over as leader of SG-1, the Stargate project's ace team in the field. As Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell, Browder effectively projects the same kind of cocky irreverence that was Anderson's trademark, but he has a ways to go before he fully equals the latter's appeal. More engaging is fellow Farscape alum Claudia Black as Vala (Daniel Jackson's one-time love interest and a vixen, thief, and liar who becomes an integral part of the team during the several episodes in which she appears), while Beau Bridges is capable but uninspiring as Major General Hank Landry, who runs the show back on Earth.
Then there are the bad guys. With longtime nemeses the Goa'uld having essentially been eliminated, we now have the Ori, whose agenda of domination through religion provides the season's principal story arc. They're certainly a timely addition. With their "Book of Origin," rejection of free will, and goal of subduing all heretics and "unbelievers," the Ori resemble extreme fundamentalists of various stripes; on the other hand, when the U.S. military talks about crusades and "ridding the galaxy of evildoers," parallels to the Bush administration's war on terror are obvious and unavoidable. Problem is, while we know that the Ori are relentless, devious, and bloated with the pride that always attaches itself to false gods, we can't actually see them. They have semi-human apostles, called Priors, who spread "enlightenment" and bad mojo (not to mention plagues of carnivorous bugs) all over the universe. They have mighty ships that that leave the good guys in dire straits in the climactic battle that ends the season (typically, little is resolved, leaving viewers to salivate for Season 10). But the Ori themselves are kin to the all-knowing Ancients, who exist not in recognizable physical form but as energy; unlike previous villains, from the Goa'uld to the Replicators to Stargate Atlantis' Wraith, when it comes to the Ori, there's no there there. Meanwhile, the writers' replacement of the ancient Egyptian iconography used in earlier seasons with various aspects of Arthurian legend (Merlin, Knights of the Round Table, sword in the stone) is sometimes cool, sometimes merely hokey.
As always, Stargate SG-1's production values and effects remain first-rate, even as the stories become more character-driven and less dependent on spectacular action sequences. The DVD transfers are excellent. Special features are similar to previous box sets: audio commentary on all episodes, featurettes focusing on sets, props, and special effects, and five "directors series" entries devoted to particular episodes. --Sam Graham
Stargate SG-1 - Season 9 Boxed Set (Thinpak) Reviews:
SG-1 season 9 
2009-11-16 - Stargate SG-1 season 9 lets me relive the pleasure I had watching the show when it first aired. I have seasons 1 through 8 already and am planning to buy season 10. Highly recommended for all Stargate fans.
Stargate - Season 0
2009-08-24 - I have really enjoyed watching each season. I have all seasons right up to season 9 now. I really like going back to different seasons to see how the program has grown over the years.
Not at all a fan of Richard Dean Anderson, then this is the season to start with.
2009-06-23 - If like me, you can't stand the acting of Richard Dean Anderson, but love the science fiction concept of the Stargate franchise, then this is the perfect season to start watching the series. The Ori storyline begins with the very first episode, continues through season 10 and concludes in the Ark of Truth movie. Despite not watching the first 8 seasons, I was quickly able to pick up on the background and history of the Stargate world and fit it into the Ori story arc. In the end, the whole viewing experience was one that was fun, engaging, and entirely entertaining. For me, the additions of Claudia Black (she is way awesome!) and Ben Browder in this season form a Stargate team that very nearly rivals the chemistry of the crew from Star Trek: The Next Generation. The overall look of the show is just great on my HD TV. While this is a review for season 9, I must add that season 10 is even better (because some of the non Ori arc episodes are outstanding). Yes, I'm sometimes tempted to watch seasons 1-8 to see more of Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter and Teal'c. But I can't do it. I just can't seriously watch anything with Richard Dean Anderson in it.
stargate sg-1 Season 9 Boxed Set (Thinkpak)
2009-05-27 - Season 9 featuring the original SG-1 team and the addition of Colonel Cameron Mitchell (Ben Browder) in it's continuing fight against the Ori.
Awesome special effects, commentaries and behind the scene videos for the Sg-1 fan!
Stargate SG-1 Season 9 
2009-03-28 - Stargate SG-1 - Season 9 Boxed Set (Thinpak) This season was on par with previous seasons of the Stargate Series. I found it fairly entertaining.
