Ark of Truth: Nothing new (here be spoilers)

[Agamemnon]

That is, if you're expecting a new jump of things from what the series originally did, then you're not going to find it. Perhaps I'm lost on the idea of what a movie is. However, the Ark of Truth was far from it. It played out exactly like a two-part season finale. I mean, sure, it's good that they've finally ended the storyline of the Ori and the Priors with it, but I was surprised that nothing all that dramatic happened (except the replicator part; now THAT was good).

I'm just saying if you're rushing out to buy it or getting your preorder early (like I did), then don't force it on you. Personally I feel like as if this was the true season 10 finale, considering it does tie all loose ends and still gives the impression at the end that there is still much to do.

[Caswallawn]

I thought the film was ok wasnt much else they could do. but if you want to look at it that way the original movie was just the same as a 2 part episode. I even heard the 2 part episode were they find the antarctic base was ment to be movie. the fact is a movie based off a tv series is always going to follow the same format.

[P22a45]

Originally Posted by Caswallawn

I thought the film was ok wasnt much else they could do. but if you want to look at it that way the original movie was just the same as a 2 part episode. I even heard the 2 part episode were they find the antarctic base was ment to be movie. the fact is a movie based off a tv series is always going to follow the same format.

they comfirmed this in the commentary for Ep Lost City Season 8. The Series was actually suppose to end with Lost City but Scifi asked them to contunie. Lost City was post to be the end of SG-1 and the Beginning of SGA.

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The Movie I enjoyed it. Thought the story was very well developed and the twist was nice.

[outbacksam34]

Originally Posted by Agamemnon

That is, if you're expecting a new jump of things from what the series originally did, then you're not going to find it. Perhaps I'm lost on the idea of what a movie is. However, the Ark of Truth was far from it. It played out exactly like a two-part season finale. I mean, sure, it's good that they've finally ended the storyline of the Ori and the Priors with it, but I was surprised that nothing all that dramatic happened (except the replicator part; now THAT was good).

I'm just saying if you're rushing out to buy it or getting your preorder early (like I did), then don't force it on you. Personally I feel like as if this was the true season 10 finale, considering it does tie all loose ends and still gives the impression at the end that there is still much to do.

Umm ... that's what it's supposed to be like. The eleventh season of SG-1 fell through so the movie was a way of wrapping up the Ori story arc. If There had been an eleventh season, the finale probably would have been a lot like the movie.

And yes, the part with the replicators WAS good When the first one appeared in the Asgard Core room i almost shat myself then started cheering because I knew some major action was on the way!

[Zach]

I thought it ended things very well...finally.

Want to see something spectacular? I have high expectations for Continuum. I think that will be the one that goes over the top with lots of cool stuff.

[Netopalis]

It wasn't bad, but it wasn't anything special. I guess it didn't have any big twists that you would experience in a feature film, so I'd agree with the evaluation you guys gave it.

I mean, I really hate the Ori/Replicators/Kull Warriors and all that as enemies, so for what they had they did real well.

Kudos though for the "passion" I guess. Even though I didn't like some of the more superficial things, it had me fired up the whole time and as a film and story it was good.

[Nesais]

Originally Posted by Agamemnon

That is, if you're expecting a new jump of things from what the series originally did, then you're not going to find it. Perhaps I'm lost on the idea of what a movie is. However, the Ark of Truth was far from it. It played out exactly like a two-part season finale.

well they didn't have much more money than they normally do for the series, and they also didn't have much time, about three weeks or so, maybe a bit less, to shoot it. all it ever was going to be was a conclusion, alike to something that you'd see on tv. however, continuum is going to be bigger and better. checked out the videos at stargate.mgm.com? they give you, not a whole lot of details on what happens, but can give you a fair amount of hope and reality, behind the fact that ark was a conclusion and continuum is pure non-stop fun.

http://stargate.mgm.com/video.php?id=66 - continuum is fun
http://stargate.mgm.com/video.php?id=118 - ark is conclusion

[Extortioner]

SG: AOT did exactly what it set out to do, which was close the Ori storyline.
Continuum however will be standalone, so it could be very refreshing as well (Jack will be back )

[outbacksam34]

Originally Posted by Nesais

well they didn't have much more money than they normally do for the series, and they also didn't have much time, about three weeks or so, maybe a bit less, to shoot it.

Ya I heard they only had about 7 million dollars and they shot it in 18 days!

[evilboy123]

hey whats this about replicators in the movie i must have gone for a drink so can you please explain that part for me because i dont have it anymore.

[JBLee24]

Originally Posted by evilboy123

hey whats this about replicators in the movie i must have gone for a drink so can you please explain that part for me because i dont have it anymore.

it was pretty much the entire second half of the movie...

[Sorenzo]

I thought the movie was great.

Perhaps I'm just a bigger fan than you are, but a three-episode (3*40 minutes) end to the Ori storyline is more than I could have wished for at the end of Stargate SG-1.

Don't tell me you've been watching ten seasons of Stargate SG-1 JUST so you could enjoy this movie? Aren't the episodes good enough as they are?

In my mind, it is a perfect movie well in line with a perfect tv series. What's not to like?

[Shrouded Wolf]

I found the movie quite satisfactory. I would agree it's more of a season ending 2-3 episode arc than a "movie". Kind of irritated they made us spend 20 bucks on it too (which is how much I spent on each of the first 9 seasons). The only other thing I didn't like was the mismatched music. Some of the music was movie-ish over the top orchestral pieces. The rest of the music was general television-grade fare. I would have prefered one or the other, not both. And, while I loved the movie, I would have liked to have seen another something like in the episode the "Prometheus Project" in season 10, where a supergate unstable vortex took out an Ori ship. One of THE BEST episodes of the series. As an added bonus, we get to see an ubergeek try to sing a tribute song to the cast at Comic Con. It wasn't even original. lol.

Continuum is supposed to be about time and travel within it to some degree. Anyone else think this is going to be the launch pad for the new series (Stargate Universe)?

[Zelon]

With what I have watched, it looks like they said this is what we wanted to happen in season 11; Adria, Trip to Ori Galaxy, The IOA tries to take over even more, and Merlin shows up but its not him.

Two seperate storylines; that of the Ark and that of the Replicators. From the synopsis of Continuum I doesnt sound like it will have a second storyline but its to be expected.

[Zalb]

I could have lived with the replicator sub-plot but the part when that guy was taken over by a replicator just reeks cheesy 80's sci-fi action.
Still, I expected the replicators to kick at least a little Ori ***.

[Zelon]

IF there was a season 11 and 12 then I would guess that the Replicators could have played a bigger part. Would have been cool to see the replcators killing priors off like they were red shirts. Instead of the people on the (wtf is the ship now, Daedalus?) getting rid of them all a single one jumps of in an escape pod(x302 or whatever their called now) and onto the planet where they kill everyone.

Fun thing about the replicators is that they have no basis in the whole religious themed universe that is SG. Instead their creatures that usually just want to ppwn the entire world because thats how they were made.

[theenderofenders]

the ship they go through the supergate with is called the odysse andit would have been hilariouse if a prior tried to do a magical push thingy and the replicator kept on going and sliced him and diced him!! nice movie, cant wait to see wat continuum is and cant wait till atlantis season 5!!

[Caswallawn]

In the tv show the priors turned off or dissabled other ancient devices such as the mind switch device that they were using when they first found the orri galaxy. so what actualy stopped the priors just powering down the replicators?

[theenderofenders]

because the replicators can adapt!! dun-dun-dddddddduuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!! and the prior would prob have to do it block by block and it prob make a program that u hav to go through rigourus stuff to shut off 1 block!

[Caswallawn]

or they could just telekineticly rip them apart as it cant be any differant to bullets shattering them.

[theenderofenders]

hhhmmmmmm u mKE A hard point there ,NUMBErs there are millions of them! , priors canot telekenitikly rip a hoarde of replicators at once! he wil bee killedd , or taken oofer by replicator , see IOA agent in AOT

[Nephthys]

Personally, the ONLY thing they did wrong in my opinion was not realeasing the replicators on the ori galaxy.

I would have prefered them to:

• Have the replicators get released
• Destroy/Morgan le fay Adria
• Decide it's immoral to use the ark - destroy it (say that adria destroyed it to appease IOA
• Leave the priors and unwilling followers to clean up the replicator mess
• Blow up the supergate
• Return to earth, bla bla
• End on a scene of a single replicator spider discovering a crystal with info of human forms, star maps, and profiles of those aboard the odyssey and it flicking throung and stopping at sam