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Two Stargate SG1 Films Announced

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-for-them dept.

Presence2 noted that MGM announced that the Stargate franchise will migrate to the big screen, carrying with it the ending of the last two season's Ori plot-line. The plot summaries listed in the article don't seem like anything surprising... one even has a wacky time-line slip-up plot. Very original for scifi ;) I'll still watch it.

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  1. Excellant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Movies based on a TV show based on a movie. What'll they think of next?

    1. Re:Excellant by FrostyCoolSlug · · Score: 3, Insightful

      As stupid as that may sound, it seems to be the only way in which SG1 can continue. Due to their contract with SciFi, they can't resume the show on another network / channel after they got axed.

      One of the problems they have, is that Stargate still has an impressive fanbase, which really can't just be told "No more for you", so rather than finishing the SG1 storyline, they have opted to move it to TV (or Direct to DVD) Movies.

      I personally think it's a shame it ended up this way, although it wont stop me watching, It's a great show with a great cast.

  2. Big Screen?? by Nishal · · Score: 4, Informative

    It was my understanding these were gonna be straight to dvd, maybe even HD or Blue Ray.. Either way i will still watch em...

    1. Re:Big Screen?? by zippthorne · · Score: 4, Funny

      No one is so desperate for entertainment that they'd stoop to downloading "Nacho Libre" illegally.

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  3. Old News? by FrostyCoolSlug · · Score: 5, Informative

    Since then, MGM have confirmed that they hope to continuing SG1 as Ongoing Movies instead of a season 11. Hopefully this means the ongoing success of Stargate, and the cast.

    1. Re:Old News? by rucs_hack · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I'm glad they're stopping with season 10. I love stargate, but they have run it for too long now, and it's not quite as good as it once was.

      Better for there to be movies in the main franchise, so we can continue enjoying it without seeing it turn like X-files, with no end in sight and ever weakening storylines.

      This new spin off series thing might be entertaining, so long as they don't 'enterprise' it and make everyone hate it, just like Crusade did to Babylon 5, what a horror that was.

  4. Re:Excellent by MountainMan101 · · Score: 5, Funny

    A spell checker in a web browser?

  5. Re:So let me get this straight. by ParraCida · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually, the plan is to release these movies directly to DVD, so they won't be in theaters at all.

  6. Plot Synopsis by Paulrothrock · · Score: 4, Funny

    Movie 1: The evil aliens do something and one or more of the team are put in jeopardy. The rest of the team accomplishes a harrowing rescue and then the commander says something moderately amusing just before the end credits. Movie 2: The team goes to another planet that looks suprisingly like Vancouver and then some evil aliens separate one or more of them and the others accomplish a harrowing rescue. Then the commander says something moderately amusing just before Teal'c raises his eyebrow in disbelief.

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  7. Re:Yawn @ second movie by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny
    I'm just really sick of time travel and alternate reality crap. It's been done to death

    Hey, that could work! Death goes back in time to help his younger self, and ends up playing a guitar solo at the big dance. Or maybe Death gets to see a nice little town at Christmas where Death never happened? A whole series of Time Travel done to Death shows!

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  8. hmm by mastershake_phd · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Devlin(writer of original movie) has, however, stated that he plans to write his own sequel to Stargate separately to its spin-offs, providing two versions of the continuing story. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate

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  9. Actually, they're TV movies, not Cinema movies. by MROD · · Score: 4, Informative

    The actual announcment of these films was a few months back and they're going to be TV movies for the SciFi channel. For more details browse ISN.

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  10. Re:Can they kill Vala? by AndroidCat · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know, that's not quite what I expected Excalibur to look like...

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  11. Re:Ha! by PhoenixFlare · · Score: 3, Informative

    And end up failing miserably like every other sci-fi tv to big screen endeavour outside of Trek TOS?

    I doubt it, since it seems atm that they'll either be direct-to-DVD or TV-only. Slashdot and the linked site are woefully behind, these movies have been known about for at least a few weeks now.

  12. A Better Storyline by airship · · Score: 5, Funny

    Samantha Carter single-handedly develops a super-weapon that destroys both the Ori and the Wraith and is unanimously declared Queen of the Universe. Wearing an outfit creatively fashioned from a thin lace hanky, she chooses only the fattest and pimpliest of slobbering SciFi fanboys to slake her insatiable lust.

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