So what’s the deal on those “Stargate: SG1″ and “Stargate: Atlantis” movies that we were promised a while back, before “Stargate: Universe” became a hit for SyFy? According to producer Brad Wright, it was a combination of many things — MGM’s current money woes, the DVD market not being what it once was, and just pure bad timing.
Archive for Stargate: SG-1 TV Series
Those Stargate SG1 and Atlantis Movies? Still Possible…
Michael Shanks Thinks SG-1′s Time has Passed, No More Movies
In an interview with SciFi Wire (via Airlock Alpha) to promote his guest stint on the “Smallville: Absolute Justice” TV movie, “Stargate” alum Michael Shanks sounds very pessimistic about ever going through the stargate ever again. Which means, of course, if you’ve been waiting for a third direct-to-DVD “Stargate: SG1″ movie, you should probably stop right now.
Stargate SG1: Children of the Gods Final Cut DVD Specs
While everyone is eagerly anticipating the latest Stargate series to appear on the airwaves, MGM Home Entertainment has decided to release a “Final Cut” version of the original Stargate TV show’s first episode, the two-parter “Children of the Gods”, scheduled for July 21, 2009. For those who have seen the show, “Children of the Gods” re-introduces the main characters from the “Stargate” theatrical movie, but now played by their TV counterparts, led by Richard Dean Anderson, and took place after the events of the movie. Full spec for “Children of the Gods: Final Cut” below.
Stargate SG1 Crew Will Guest Star in Stargate Universe
Well color me a tad pleased. I’ve seen and read pretty much everything on the Sci Fi Channel’s new Stargate show, Universe, and I have to admit, I am not liking the things I’m seeing. To me, the whole thing just doesn’t feel like Stargate. It seems to be pandering way too much to you kids and your political allegories and obsessive need for depressing storylines, nothing I would really associate with the Stargate franchise.
Amanda Tapping Says There Will be More Stargate SG1 Movies
Well this is a surprise. I had originally thought that with Stargate: Atlantis ending, that its crew would be taking over the Stargate straight-to-DVD movies that the cast of SG1 had been doing while Atlantis was still a series. A handing off, if you will. Now it appears that won’t be the case. There will be the Atlantis movies as we expected, but there will also be new SG1 movies as well.
Stargate: Continuum (2008) Movie Review
Here’s a shocker: Jack O’Neill dies in the first few minutes of “Stargate: Continuum”. Now wait a minute, before you Stargate fans get all mad at me, let me say this: “Continuum” is a time travel story, so yes, Jack O’Neill dying, as well as Teal’C and Vala vanishing into thin air in a cloud of black smoke, is no cause for concern. If we’ve learned one thing about the Stargate universe, it’s that death is not absolute. Heck, it wasn’t absolute even when the episode of the week didn’t involve time travel, so why should it be even close when the entire episode hinges on the team time traveling back into the past to set things right? (And anyways, Jack shows back up as his bewildered, Homer-loving self at the 30-minute mark anyhow. Well, okay, maybe not quite his old self, but close enough.)
Stargate’s Don S. Davis Dead at 65
Well this is sucky news. Actor Don S. Davis, most famous for his role as General George Hammond on the Stargate: SG1 TV series has passed away at the too-young age of 65. According to Don’s wife Ruby Fleming-Davis, Don died June 29 after suffering a heart attack. He had previously reduced much of his workload on SG1 in 2003 due to his health, but returned for some important episodes and is due back for the second (and possibly final) SG1 direct-to-DVD movie, “Stargate: Continuum”.
Stargate: Continuum Plot Details, DVD Release Date
According to Gateworld, the second (and final?) “Stargate: SG1″ made-for-DVD movie, “Continuum”, is scheduled to arrive on DVD July 29, 2008, and according to one producer, the film “stands head and shoulders above even the biggest episodes of the television series”. That’s a mighty big pitch. I liked the first movie, “Ark of Truth”, but didn’t find it to be particularly “head and shoulders” above the series, but maybe they were saving up the production values for the second one. We can only hope. More about the movie below.
Stargate Shows Did Good in the Ratings
Or at least, as good as Sci Fi Channel shows can do, anyway. Let’s face it: not a whole lot of people GET the Sci Fi Channel, much less get to watch the shows on them like Stargate SG1 and Stargate: Atlantis. But if you did get the Sci Fi Channel, chances are you were watching, because according to the Channel, the ratings for the two finales were pretty darn decent.
TV Review: Stargate SG1 Series Finale Episode, Unending
Obviously this review for the Stargate SG1 series finale, “Unending” is kind of late. Well, nearly a week late, actually, but nevermind that. It took me a while to get the blog back up and running, so this will just have to do. And anyways, it’s not like anyone has been clamoring for it… But where was I? Oh, right, my review of the Stargate SG1 series finale. Where to start? Here will do: The series finale ended the way the show went about business for the last 10 years: without fanfare.
