Stargate (1994) Review

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[wtk]

I'm thankful the Stargate franchise is safely dormant in our creatively-bankrupt modern times.

[bkatbamna]

Kurt Russell kicks ass and utters the immortal line:"Give my regards to king Tut, asshole" I watch this once every couple of years and I get entertained.

[blshouse]

It was a suicide mission. O'Neil (an Americanized spell, not uncommon over here) being suicidal is the reason he was selected to lead the mission. You know, because planting and arming the nuke, if needed, was a one way mission. To the point that the nuke was designed to not be able to be disarmed.

[tomrodgers]

I was in a Egypt themed escape room and I could not resist saying loudly " Where is Daniel Jackson when you need him?"😁

[TheDaveCullenShow]

Apologies for having to make use of so many cutaways back to my character artwork in this video. I couldn't make use of very much footage from the film due to continuous content ID matches. I had to make a lot of modifications in the editing process. This was the best I could do.

[johnsmith]

the slowness doesn't bug me. I feel a lot of movies today to be too hyper and fast.

[Jonathan_Collins]

I think it's Roland Emmerich's best film. It's the closest he has come to that Spielberg vibe he tries so hard to capture.

[janeenschultz]

This was one of my favorite movies growing up. I never really noticed a slowness in the first half. It was careful exploration, intrigue but uncertainty. I've watched it again as an adult, introducing my kids and my spouse to the movie, and we all loved it. Could it be because we don't have lore in our brains from the other tv shows? Maybe. I still love this movie.

I remember this movie and I remember enjoying it. Plus without this, there probably wouldn't be any TV series. So I am grateful that this movie came into existence.

[ExMachina]

The most frightening thing about this movie is just how much James Spader had changed since it came out.

[SuperOverlord]

"It's O'Neill, with two l's. There's another Colonel O'Neil with only one l, and he has no sense of humor at all."

Fucking hell, 15 years since I watched SG-1 for the first time, and only now do I get that joke.

[chaoticiannunez]

Stargate is an absolute favorite of mine! The setting, the characters, THE SCORE! How could you not bring up David Arnold's score? Arnold's best scores are literally every single thing he did with Roland Emmerich (this, Independence Day and Godzilla) and that's ROLAND Emmerich, not Ronald. By the way, Stargate was meant to be part one of a trilogy. But due to studio politics the sequels were canned and the tv show got made instead. Dean Devlin has been pretty bitter about it ever since. A shame, really, because as much as I enjoyed SG-1 I never cared for the changes and retcons it added to the lore. The Go'auld should've been separate race from Ra, O'Neill should have just one L if he's meant to be the same O'Neil from the movie. And I miss the language aspect of the film. Among a few other things, but that's just me.

[ColeDedhand]

Stargate was one of the greatest movies ever made. Because without it we never get SG1.

[todd]

I think the idea of reactivating O’Neil when he’s obviously under severe mental stress, is that he would be an operational officer willing to sacrifice himself using the nuke if the situation called for it. The problem with this in the script is that they brought him back before they were even aware that the device was a portal, let alone one used for interstellar travel.

[BoundForHell]

When people ask me which IP i like more, Star Wars or Star Trek, my answer always surprises them, because i respond with Star Gate.

[clintmatthews]

You must be watching me through the screen, Dave. I’m always going back to Stargate and of course SG1. Old school Doctor Who, pre-2009 Star Trek, and SG1 are peak TV to me.

[Crash]

WOW! I didn't realize who O'Neill was referring to when, confronted by a reporter, warned him of another Colonel Jack O'Neil with only one "L" who lacked a sense of humor. -- So much FUNNIER now.

Anybody remember which episode?

[wilsonj]

The Unas being the first hosts of the Goa'uld would explain the appearance of the Alien in the movie. This is strongly implied in the series when the Unas home world is found which also happens to be the home world of the Goa'uld. Also a Unas in the series with a Goa'uld referred to himself as one of the first ones. When Ra found humans the Goa'uld found them to be more suitable hosts thus the they started using humans instead.

[kintetsubuffalo]

I had the benefit of seeing this in the theater at the time, no series to compare to, and I was hooked. I felt it could have cooked longer but the concept stayed with me, not just a popcorn flick but something that came very close to greatness. Same sensation I got with The Shadow, Sahara and strangely Encino Man. All of these had charming performances and moments of genius where you could see what they were aiming for.

[adammoynihan]

As much as I enjoyed this movie, I have to admit it's the rare example of a TV reboot outshining the original I'm virtually every way, especially the characters were a massive improvement in SG1.