| Stargate: Continuum | 
 enlarge | Actors: Ben Browder, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Claudia Black
Studio: MGM Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (262 reviews)
Sales Rank: 340
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 98 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.7
MPN: FOXD2252846D
UPC: 024543528463
EAN: 0024543528463
ASIN: B0017MO10U
Release Date: July 29, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Description
Baal travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from ever being started. SG-1 team must somehow restore history and once again save the galaxy from oppressive domination.
Amazon.com
If Continuum, the second feature length, made-for-DVD film spun off from the long-running Stargate SG-1 television series, marks the end of this wing of the franchise--and it is hardly a certainty, given the show?s Lazarus-like history--then all involved, including the viewer, should be well satisfied. Continuum commingles all the elements that have made Stargate so eminently watchable over the years, including engaging characters and storyline, plenty of action, impressive sets, and first-rate special effects. This time the whole gang is on hand, as the most recent SG-1 contigent (Ben Browder as fearless leader Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell, Amanda Tapping as the brainy Lt. Col. Samantha Carter, Christopher Judge as the implacable alien Teal?c, Michael Shanks as the ever-resourceful Dr. Daniel Jackson, and Claudia Black as the irreverent, motor-mouthed Vala) is joined by characters whose roles had been reduced or eliminated along the way; principal among the latter is Richard Dean Anderson, whose Major General Jack O?Neill makes a welcome return after sitting out The Ark of Truth, the first post-series film (both of Stargate Command?s head honchos, played by Beau Bridges and the late Don S. Davis, are also back). The villain is familiar as well: Ba?al (Cliff Simon), the last of the "Goa?uld system lords," who?s scheduled to be executed--or, more specifically, "extracted," whereby the bad mojo inside him will be exorcised. Things don?t quite go as planned, of course. Ba?al has managed to manipulate time, creating a situation where Mitchell, Jackson, and Carter find themselves caught in a paradox, an alternate timeline in which the Stargate program never even existed, making it easy for the bad guy and his gigantic space brigade to launch an all-out attack on Earth (though long-threatened throughout the series, such an invasion never actually happened until now). Our heroes? intrepid efforts to thwart Ba?al?s dastardly scheme take them from the Arctic (for real) to the cockpits of F-15 jets and even the hold of a 1930s cargo ship (built specially for the occasion). All this, and Browder portraying his own grandfather too? Yo, Stargate: Continuum rocks! --Sam Graham
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 StarGate: Continuum- Is this the End? November 13, 2008
I like the way this one turned out! Looks like they neatly and tidily wrapped up the G'ould saga and can now close out the series without loose ends, or have them move on to other enterprises like getting rid of those pesky Ori, once and for all!
 Borrow, don't buy! October 31, 2008
A very predictable thrown-together movie to make a few more bucks from an otherwise outstanding series. Better than "Ark of Truth",but not much.
 disappointed October 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read all those wonderful reviews and then watched the film. I was disappointed and felt like another reviewer - let down.
I have been a Stargate SG1 and Stargate Alantis fan for years. It was cool to see them together for a brief few moments but then it turned out to be another episode. Where was the originality, the interaction, the character development? This movie could have rocked the house instead I went and made dinner. Returning to realize I didn't need to rewind. Admittedly, I did rewind the first time but then didn't bother for the second and third. I was getting bored.
I wish it was more and I think the disappointment was in I expected it to be more than just another episode. Everything was so predictable - a cash cow.
I am so glad I rented. I won't waste my money.
 mmmk ok October 24, 2008
was delivered fast but looked like someone put the plastic on halfass, almost as if it was viewed first.
 Great science fiction, great movie. October 23, 2008
This movie is a perfect bookend to the stargate saga, although of course the future is open for a continuing of the story.
Production values are excellent. Scenes hinted at in previous episodes regarding a massive invasion of earth by space are finally seen, and they do an excellent job of portraying earth under attack by space.
Virtually every old enemy re-surfaces in the movie due to the altered timeline story, and it is refreshing to see the familiar 'baddie' characters reprising these roles, even if only briefly.
You'll appreciate this movie the most if you see it after watching the main stargate series, obviously. But the pacing, the interesting story, great special effects, and the excellent performance by Cliff Simon as Baal really make this a wonderful science fiction production in general.
I look forward to future releases and the continuing of the stargate story in this and other media.
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