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For those looking for a quality Blu-ray transfer of Stargate, the search can be a bit confusing. There have been several versions released but not all are truly an upgrade in quality. For true Stargate fans, I would recommend this one, the 15th anniversary release. It has both picture & sound upgrades that the film deserves & that truly improve viewing enjoyment! There are 2 versions of the film: original theatrical release & director’s cut; as well as a slew of special features. There was a 20th anniversary blu-Ray that was released, that for whatever reason was not as good as the 15th anniversary edition.
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'Stargate' is one of those movies that had incredible potential to be outstanding, but for some reason turned out to be just ok. This is decent entertainment, and is worth a viewing, but purchasing this film is probably for big fans only. Good transfer and extras, but not as much material is offered as on the special edition dvd that was released back around 2000.
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Ok, for everybody out there. Stargate is a great movie. If you haven't seen it, you need to. If you have, then you already know what I'm talking about. My purpose here, though, is not to tout a great movie, but blast Lion's Gate for releasing such a poor quality product. I own a good collection of Blu-Ray movies and they all look great on my 1080p Mitsubishi on a PS3. Stargate, however, looks like they ripped a VHS cassette tape and put it on a Blu-Ray disk. Sad. So, for my opinion, I say that your money is better spent on the DVD version. It will be cheaper and look the same.
What's great about it: Its Stargate, nuf said.
What's not so great: This is BLUE RAY! High Def. Why does it look like a VHS dub?
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Stargate is a very good sci-fi action movie.
The story involves an ancient alien device (the Stargate) used to travel to other worlds. A special forces team is sent through the Stargate on a recon mission. They come out of the gate on a world dominated by an alien calling himself 'Ra' after the Egyptian Sun God.
The story is well thought out and works with Egyptian mythology very effectively. If you are thinking this is another cerebreal science fiction movie, think again. Stargate features some exciting action scenes and a host of fine visual effects that still hold up (impressive when you consider this movie is more than 10 years old).
Stargate's main contribution to the sci-fi world is that it was the basis for the TV series Stargate SG-1. While the cast in the movie was good, the TV series cast was better. Kurt Russel did a good job as Col. O' Neill in the movie, but Richard Dean Anderson (TV series) gave the character more depth.
The extras are kind of skimpy, I would have liked a featurette on the possible physics behind the Stargate. And there are a few very minor source material problems here and there.
All in all, this is a much better than average sci-fi movie. If you are curious about Stargate, this is the starting point.
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Liked the movie very much since I seen it in the theatres so I had no get it on blue ray, picture looks good and also sounds great (wich you expect from a blue ray) I only found a problem with the disc itself depending on what version you end up getting, at first I got the one that advertised it had NEW AND EXTENDED FEATURES wich when you get to the main menu it works GREAT the only problem with this version is that at a certain point in the movie the image freezes and the sound sets off for a couple of minutes. I had to exchange the movie THREE times and all of them had the same PROBLEM, until I got what I will call the OLD VERSION this one doesn't have the problem mentioned before but the main menu is really CHEAP if you compare it with tha new one and if you decide you want to go for the main menu while you're watching the movie forget about going back it will freez on you and you have to stop it all together. So you either settle for watching the movie without deffects (wich I did) or you go for the great features but with a DEFFECTIVE DISC.