Stargate: The Ark of Truth
March. 11,2008 PGSG-1 searches for an ancient weapon which could help them defeat the Ori, and discover it may be in the Ori's own home galaxy. As the Ori prepare to send ships through to the Milky Way to attack Earth, SG-1 travels to the Ori galaxy aboard the Odyssey. The International Oversight committee have their own plans and SG-1 finds themselves in a distant galaxy fighting two powerful enemies.
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Very Cool!!!
This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.
The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
I didn't know too much going into this "movisode", a term I like to call TV events such as this. It's not a movie per se, but it's not an episode. It's an episode with a budget, much like the Season 7 finale had. The Ark of Truth was an OK episode that was marred by story ideas that had no reason to be there and furthermore did not have that epic Stargate SG1 genius behind it. It starts with the SG1 team on the ruins of Dakara where Jackson has found what he thinks is the Ark of Truth. We learn about this in a flash back to where the Altarans (if I spelled that right) are discussing it. It is here where I am thinking, "we are finally going to get some insight into why these Altarans do NOT interfere, even in events that could destroy them outright?" The Ori catch up to the team and Tommin is with the Ori Army as commander. He captures the team but SG1 still manages the impossible in front of him, by killing the prior. Tommin is shocked and has a change of heart. Something we knew was coming. What happens next is shocking. The rest of the movie/episode is SG1 looking for the real Ark of Truth using the beefed up Oddessy with the "elephant in the room" Asgard core. During this quest the Oddessy gets plagued by Replicators because "someone" who isn't important nor was important to the show, took orders and designed one using the Asgard replicators and it gets loose on the ship. The rest of the movie/episode plods along with this B-story and the A-Story with the Ark of Truth. After a beginning with so much potential, in the end, we get an unoriginal, uninspired show.We can start with Tommin. You've got the actor so why not expand on this character? They try, but they drop him in favor for the B-story, the replicators. Second, you've got Julian Sands, a well known actor reprising his Prior 1 role. Why not expand on that character? It's dropped in favor of again the replicators. You can see where I am going here. The replicator B story should have never been in this episode. All the elements of a great story are in place here. Tommin, a fanatic whose world is suddenly turned upside down. You have Ori troops and an Ori underground. You have SG1 going into the Ori Galaxy. You have SG1 on what is the Ori home world. You have the potential to answer the most important question the whole series presents, "when will the Altarans finally get involved?" Nothing like this happens. What we get are replicators. Nothing is new under the sun in this episode. Nothing original happens. It tries. It pokes. It wants to scream out and say something significant. But what we are left with a mediocre show that puts everything into a B-story that was wrapped up two seasons ago. A very disappointing movie/episode.
Stargate SG1 is my all time favorite show! I just love the cast and the storyline! I don't understand why the producers thought that creating another nemesis "the ORI", who are ridiculously lame, would make Stargate fans happy! This movie was the worst! Vala is the most annoying character on the show! She is suppose to be the mother of some powerful ascended girl! I won't go on as there are other reviews that describe how stupid the storyline is in detail, which I totally agree with!This movie had those god awful replicators, the Ori who I hate, and a change in the cast! Vala, the annoying English scum bag, a new general who isn't anywhere as good as Hammond, and jack O'neils replacement, another disappointment! Oh, and Teal'c has hair! Ridiculous! The storyline is stupid, the fight scenes are ludicrous, and the new characters are annoying! So, to the producers, you've dropped the ball on this one!
STARGATE is the freaking greatest TV-series i've seen my whole life.It all started when a friend of mine forced me to watch two episodes with him. It was actually interesting :)Within the following 3 months I had bought and seen all of stargate up to date. 10 seasons of Stargate SG-1 containing 214 episodes, 5 seasons of Stargate Atlantis containing 100 episodes, ½ season of Stargate Universe containing so far 10 episodesBesides that i've seen the two stargate movies: Stargate: Continuum and Stargate: The Ark of TruthWell, my point is that this is a freaking awesome TV-series. Worth watching! Maybe you shoudn't do it like me(watching 16 seasons and 2 movies within 3 months), but at least watch it:) Its so damn worth it.
First up, Stargate SG-1 in my opinion was one of the best TV series ever! The movie does a good job of tying up all the loose ends and the performances of the cast are as good as we have come to expect of a cast that has lived these characters' roles for up to 10 years.Having said that, the movie does exactly what was intended - closure - and nothing more. Since this is a movie and not a TV series, I rate it as such and if I look at it as a movie, it is an average science fiction movies. The special effects are good, but every average science fiction movie has good special effects these days.The story is actually not that innovative (*over and beyond* what we know from the TV series) and somehow there isn't a great deal of suspense developing anywhere through the movie. It never gets boring, but at the same time, it feels a bit like a re-union, kind of a "let's have a fun movie for old time's sake" movie.The ending scene is also a bit cheesy.Note: 6 is not a *bad* rating in my books (can check my other ratings) - it is slightly above average.