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Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods
Set a year after the original Stargate mission was deployed, Children of
the gods picks up with a new alien race of Apophis and his Jaffa who
return to earth through the still active Stargate and take a soldier
hostage. With these events brought to light Colonel Jack O'Neil (Richard
Dean Anderson) returns to the Stargate facility and after being
questioned by military officials, it is revealed that the alien planet
Abydos wasn't actually destroyed by a nuclear blast and though the evil
Ra were killed, the population still exist including former mission
member Dr. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks). After sending a tissue box
through the Stargate to prove that Jackson is in fact still alive and
well, the SG-1 team with O'Neil, Louis Ferretti (Brent Stait), Charles
Kawalsky (Jay Acovone) and Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) assembles to
investigate just who or what is posing as a threat to human existence.
Originally aired as a two part episode in 1997, Stargate SG-1 : Children
Of The Gods does a great job at bridging a gap between the once off
movie and the future TV series, and although few of the original actors
returned for the TV series, the essence of the Stargate adventures
remained. This Directors Cut version of the pilot has some great changes
with a few minor removals of scenes to help the story flow better, some
great touch ups on the CGI to give the production a better gleam and a
lot of footage that was removed from the original airing has been added
in. All of these combined give this disk more of a Movie feel than
simply a long TV episode.
The DVD release also has brought forward the addition of a 16:9
widescreen format, noticably sharper action sequences and few slight
tweaks to the audio to remove some of that Television hiss. But probably
the biggest drawcard for 'Gaters' is the special features of a Behind
The Scenes documentary which tells the story of exactly why this
production went ahead and reveals a lot of the shuffling that happened
from the original airing to bring the DVD to life. As well as that there
is some extremely insightful audio commentary from Brad Wright & Richard
Dean Anderson who offer their own opinions on the changes that occur in
the movie and why each were put into place.
SG-1 has had, and still does have its cult following, but anyone who
watched the TV series, more than likely watched the first episodes, and
more than likely loved it too. This DVD is in fact better than the
original episodes, as it's transformed into the movie that it should
have always been, and it's great to see it finally come to fruition.
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