Directed by:
Martin WoodCinematography:
Peter F. WoesteComposer:
Joel GoldsmithCast:
Richard Dean Anderson, Claudia Black, Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks, Beau Bridges, Ben Browder, Christopher Judge, William Devane, Don S. Davis, Cliff Simon (more)VOD (4)
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An elite military unit (SG-1) must flee back to Earth when two members of their team inexplicably disappear into thin air. But they return to a world in which the Stargate - an Ancient device which allows them to travel to hundreds of planets - was never discovered, and their own history has been erased. Now they must convince a dubious government and military that the timeline was altered by a powerful Alien enemy (Ba'al) in order to conquer Earth, and time is not on their side... (official distributor synopsis)
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The best SG-1 for the last few years. Time travel and journeying through parallel worlds have always been my thing and I always manage to enjoy them. The story, to my surprise, was really successful because I honestly couldn't figure out how the creators were going to fit all the things that were being talked about into one cohesive whole. They did a great job, and they surprised me several times with twists that, even for me, were unexpected. Too bad they didn’t add a quarter of an hour to the movie and play around a little bit with life in the "new" world, then there'd be plenty of room for a few more clever touches. As far as the cast is concerned, they were simply great. So many familiar faces. Richard Dean Anderson is a little chubbier, as he has been in all his recent Stargate guest appearances, but his wisecracks are better than they used to be when he was younger. Speaking of wisecracks, Michael Shanks, as Daniel Jackson, tosses them off the cuff one after the other, winning my personal award for the movie's best wisecracker. My last words belong to General "Don S. Davis" Hamond, who died a few days ago, and Continuum is one of his last films. We're going to miss you.
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It's great that they managed to get Richard Dean Anderson for the last episode, and his character was indeed the one I was most looking forward to. Unfortunately, he really didn't get much space. I wonder if he's just lost interest in acting. Apparently, parenthood was the cause. Don't expect a great sci-fi from the movie; this is really something made for the fans, but sometimes that's enough. I had fun with it, and I usually don't like such paradoxes.
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Stargate: Continuum is a very nice example of how FilmBooster and other film databases would function if the proclaimed wishes of many film fans to rate only their favorite genres and create fan clubs that would propel very average but genre-specific films to great heights were fulfilled. The rating, which until recently was near 90% for such a hopelessly average and naive film, is in a way unbelievable. I gave the series 2 stars, but it should be noted that there are episodes that can be considered much better than this stretched-out feature film. This is a sci-fi fantasy that is digestible and usable only for fans of the original series. Overall impression: 25%.
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Fandom is nice and I get it, but there’s no way this utterly average sci-fi film deserves a 90% rating. The TV show had several double episodes that were far better than this farewell movie. Actually, Continuum doesn’t have any original elements that weren’t already seen before in the series (The Ark of Truth was a little worse there). On top of that, the biggest attraction, R.D. Anderson, appears a grand total of five minutes or so. Even though it was decent fun, I expected a better finale and I can’t avoid feeling slightly disappointed. 60%
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A gift for the fans has arrived. It thrilled the nostalgics and reconciled everyone who didn't like Ori and the last two seasons. O'Neill and the surprisingly wide enclave of cameo roles from Apophis, as well as a number of familiar villains up to and including Major Davis, this is exactly how the series should bid farewell. Reminiscing, quoting, touching, and thrilling. Even if Stargate: Continuum had been just a completely unnecessary story, it would have been worth it for all the memories. But fortunately, it was nothing of the kind.
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