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Widescreen, Blu-ray. Stargate Contiunuum. Stargate Continuum is a direct-to-DVD movie written by Brad Wright and directed by Martin Wood. Stargate Continuum is a time-travel adventure. It is the second sequel to Stargate SG-1, after Stargate The Ark of Truth. The movie includes scenes filmed at the US Navy's Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station in the Arctic, 200 nautical miles north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. These scenes will feature Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping and Ben Browder. The scenes also feature the USS Alexandria. Baal travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from being started. SG-1 must somehow restore history.
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Here's a more detailed breakdown of the story. SOME SPOILERS AHEAD!: Baal uses a somewhat ingenius method (won't spoil it for you, but the method has been used before) to travel back in time and stop the Stargate on Earth from being delivered to America, so the SGC program never happens. While he does this, SG1 is attending the execution of the last Baal clone on the Tokra homeworld and Vala, Teal'c, and others start to disappear! Jack is killed, while Cam, Sam and Daniel go through the gate. (This is how they are protected from the altered timeline) They make it back where everything has changed, including their own existance. Fast-forward a year later and while they are becoming complacent in new lifes forced upon them by the USAF, the new "all powerful" Baal (along with a number of cameo appearances by old Goulds, long dead) gathers his fleet around Earth for an attack. Vala (Quetesh his queen) betrays him while Teal'c (his first prime) escapes with some Jaffa. Meanwhile Cam, Sam and Daniel make their way to Russia, where the Russians managed to recover one of the Stargates. Teal'c meets them there (Teal'c doesn't know them of course, but agrees to help them for the promise of Jaffa freedom) and they gate to Baal's "time machine" before Quetesh can get there. A battle ensues, Cam is the only one to make it back in time and stop Baal from carrying out his plan. The timeline has been restored, happy ending for the good guys!
I was somewhat disappointed with the only brief appearances of RDA in this pic! He was only in the beginning and the end for a short time. Basically, he doesn't actually join the adventure with the rest of them. It IS ONLY a "guest appearance". That being said, this is still a great Stargate flick! Better than "Ark of Truth" in my opinion! The special effects (for the budget they have) are top-notch as always! The concept for the story has been done before (traveling back in time to change something, making an alternate timeline, etc.), but it's still an original, interesting story! The special features are nice too: Commentary by the Director & writer, 2 "making of" featurettes, and a "Layman's giude to time travel" featurette (describing some different theories behind time travel & alternate realities) Some interesting stuff, actually. The quality itself was pretty good, but not the best I've seen. I'd still get it on Blu-ray since it's still better than DVD. (If you REALLY care about quality!)
If you're a Stargate fan, I'd definately recommend getting this one! I can't wait to see if they make any more Stargate movies!
What's great about it: HD quality instead of plain old SD DVD quality.
What's not so great: Not the best quality on a BR I've seen, but then I've only watched 4-5 BR's thus far!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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