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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT EAN: 9786302020199 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Digital Video Transfer, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 6302020190 Label: MGM Domestic Television Distribution Manufacturer: MGM Domestic Television Distribution Number Of Discs: 5 Number Of Items: 5 Publisher: MGM Domestic Television Distribution Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 13, 2006 Running Time: 894 minutes Studio: MGM Domestic Television Distribution Theatrical Release Date: July 27, 1997 Sales Rank: 3951 MPN: 15256
Product Description: STARGATE SG-1 DVD:8TH SSN V1: Episode #8.1: New Order Part 1 - When Carter and Teal'c fly to the Asgard world of Hala in hopes of finding a way to revive O'Neill, they are attacked by Replicators, who take Carter prisoner. Meanwhile, Dr. Weir and Daniel Jackson attempt to negotiate a treaty with Goa'uld System Lords who wish to unite against a common enemy. Episode #8.2: New Order Part 2 - The Goa'uld send a mothership to Earth, demanding that it prove its superior defenses. As Dr. Weir applies her most expert diplomatic tactics, Daniel and the still unconscious body of Colonel O'Neill are unexpectedly beamed aboard Thor's ship, where Thor tries to access the knowledge of the Ancients. Episode #8.3: Lock Down - When Jackson contracts a mysterious illness from a Russian colonel, O'Neill is convinced that a contagion has infected the base and orders a lockdown. But when Jackson reveals that he was actually possessed by Anubis, who is now loose on the base, O'Neill must discover the identity of the new host! Episode #8.4: Zero Hour - O'Neill finds his plate full with a visit from the president and negotiations between two warring tribes from the planet Amra. But when SG-1 is captured by a Goa'uld System Lord and he's forced to choose between the safety of the team and the fate of an entire planet, O'Neill begins to question his competency!
Amazon.com: The beat goes on for Stargate SG-1 in this five-disc set containing all 20 episodes from the show's eighth season. If that beat is now a bit more faint than in previous years, that's not particularly surprising when a franchise has been around this long; what's more, if Season 8 has some fairly odd aspects to it ("Threads," which appears to have been planned as the final episode of the entire series, is followed by two more in this set alone⦠not to mention an unexpected renewal that led to an all-new Season 9), that too isn't exactly unusual in the wacky world of series television.
Some significant changes are apparent in Season 8. Jack O'Neill (series star Richard Dean Anderson) has been promoted to Brigadier General and is now top dog (as he puts it, the guy who "spent my whole life stickin' it to the man" now is the man). The existence of the stargate, an artificially created "wormhole" through which one can instantly travel to different worlds light years away from Earth, is no longer a well-guarded secret. And Stargate Command itself now exists primarily to "develop new weapons and technologies to defend the planet" from our various alien antagonists--principally the "Replicators," relentless little bug-machines poised to take over not only Earth but the entire galaxy.
The rest of the SG-1 core cast (Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, and Michael Shanks) is intact. But whereas Anderson, who has steadily reduced his role in the show, wasn't much missed in Season 7, one wishes there were more of him this time around; O'Neill's general insouciance and aversion to techno-speak are a welcome antidote to the kind of sci-fi gobbledygook (discussions about "a time dilation field on the planet Hala" and such) that now threatens to take precedence over the action and fine special effects that distinguished earlier seasons. Most of all, while there are still all manner of villains (Anubis, Ba'al, the ever-present Goa'uld) to contend with, as well as a few good guys (the Asgard, the rebel Jaffa) to help our heroes fight the good fight, Stargate SG-1's writers and creators may be running out of steam. Hence we get an episode like the very peculiar "Citizen Joe," featuring Dan Castellaneta as an average guy who sees "visions" (i.e., clips from past episodes) of the SG-1 team in action and becomes obsessed with proving that the whole stargate project really exists; an uneasy combination of self-parody and self-congratulation, this episode, while not unamusing, sticks out like a sore thumb.
Bonus features include audio commentary (mostly by the various directors) on 19 of the 20 episodes, along with photo galleries and one featurette per disc. --Sam Graham
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - For my step-son
My step-son is an avid Stargate fan and this was an addition to his collection.
Rating: - Excellent
Stargate SG-1 Season 8 (Thinpak)
I am a Stargate Fan from way back, esp. when Richard Dean Anderson was on the show so Seasons 1 through 9 I guess are the ones I want to collect. I have Season 1 & 8 now and am very pleased with both DVD's I have ordered. I have ordered mine new, and felt the prices were very reasonable. The quality of the DVD's are exceptional, and I will continue to order mine from Amazon.com.
Rating: - One of the better seasons of SG-1
My children and I have been going through each of the Stargate videos starting with the original movie (and editing out the one nudie scene in "Children of the Gods", which is otherwise a very good episode). They love it. We're now in Season 8 and many story lines are coming together, it's a very satisfying season.
It's pretty funny when I'm reminding my 7 year old about something and she replies, "You blow up one sun and everybody expects you to walk on water!"
Rating: - enjoyable sci-fi storytelling
although I enjoy Battlestar Galactica and Farscape more than SG1.... SG1 is an enjoyable ride in the sci-fi television universe. Amanda Tapping is especially good in the well-written role of Lt. Carter that she plays with enthusiasm.
fun series to rent and watch over the weekend.
Rating: - Love the Series
I love the series and continue to really enjoy it. I'ts been great.
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