Guest post with Arjan: Stargate Continuum
August 1st, 2008
I only just got the Stargate Continuum movie from our beloved cousin Larry when Lee asked me if I could review it. Well how could I refuse the rising star of the Aussie Bloggers! So here goes:
When you review anything that’s not all that good you start with kind feedback, so that’s exactly what I’m not gonna do, because Continuum is a good movie! But there are a couple of things that, especially if you watch Continuum a second time, catch your eye. Of course we’re used to funny dialogue but there are a couple of times that they say something where you think to yourself, someone should slap the writer. The other minor point is the drama. I never paid to much attention to it in my decade of Stargate-addiction, but there are a few moments where someone looks back for a last second just to see an explosion and then leave or someone dies in an almost Matrix-kinda-way. Finally there’s the time travelling in the movie..the first couple of seconds you thing …here we go again. But they actually use it in a cool way without the public being left with a been there done that feeling.
So down with the ‘bad’ things, on with the good things. As a soundtrack lover I can’t go around the music, which is in short: the great Stargate music that we’re used to! Even after all those years the Stargate music still gives the same epic feeling to the Stargate universe.
Another thing that still makes me love Stargate is that almost (if not all) all of the cast members since the beginning of the series are still there!
Even when they’re no longer part of the Sg1 team they make great appearances and show you that they have grown as characters but have kept their strong points. Jack’s yawning shows he still has the same lack of respect that I liked from the beginning.
The Goa’ulds have been defeated for the bigger part but guess who makes an appearance: Baal!
Last time we heard, he made tons of clones of himself, SG command hunted them all down, this one should be the last of the Baal’s and with that, the last of the system lords. The Ori were a cool enemy after the Goa’ulds, but I still favour those snake-like critters as the ultimate enemy led by competing evil system lords. And that’s what makes Continuum such a cool movie. It continues (what’s in a name) the original sg1 story with practically the entire SG cast and the enemy we love to hate. Let’s hope there are still some Goa’uld left to fight in the future.
I was a bit of a cynic towards the news that the makers of Stargate were going to make movies until the story dried up after the SG1 series got shut down, but after seeing Continuum I’m positive that we’ll be able to enjoy their movies for a couple of more years at least. Last thing I heard was that it’s almost certain that movie ‘#3′ is coming out! I’m already looking forward to it.
You can follow up with Arjan’s soundtrack obsession at Soundtracks of Whatever or view pictures of him getting threatened by a midget Roman Centurion at Dutchnid. If you would like to do a guest spot here on the QYDJ couch drop me a line! C’mon you know you want to!!
Popularity: 6% [?]
More posts like this:
Categories: Guest Post, Television | Tags: Arjan, Guest Post, sg1, stargate, stargate continuum
I really dug Stargate (even though a high percentage of he planets seemed to be temperate rainforests…). Then they went into space and for me it jumped the shark.
arkonbeys last blog post..update
[Reply to this comment]
I must admit I was sceptical when they started building Asgard ships etc. I’ve yet to sit down and rewatch the series to see if it sits well with me now.
[Reply to this comment]
Heh, this post made me rewatch Continuum… I liked it. Mitchell shouldn’t have said “Wherever or whenever we are” though, that was a bit of a plot give away (even though I’d mostly figured that stuff out).
Did you see Atlantis this weekend? I can’t decide if I’m just an uber-SG-nerd or if that episode was incredibly predictable. Pretty good ep anyway, despite predicting every turn.
kristarellas last blog post..So you think you know what worship is?
[Reply to this comment]