SG-1 Movies Coming to DVD

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2006-10-11 07:37pm

What's the future of Stargate SG-1? Fans have been wondering and rumors have been flying for weeks since the long-running SCI FI Channel series was cancelled in August (story). Now, at least the first part of that answer is here.

MGM has given a green light for the show's creators to produce two direct-to-DVD movies based on SG-1. Executive producer Brad Wright let TV Guide in on the news this week.

"It's the climax of the Ori story line," Wright said of the first film. The movie will tie up the loose ends from the show's tenth season, which is expected to conclude its U.S. television run in June. The film will be written and directed by current SG-1 executive producer and show-runner Robert C. Cooper.

The SG-1 cast is not signed for the movies yet, but are said to be "very eager" to continue.

Wright will pen the second film, which will involve time travel.

The producers have previously expressed a desire to set up a third Stargate television series with a film -- but it isn't confirmed yet whether or not this second movie will do just that.

The studio is targetting a fall 2007 release for both projects -- just a few months after Stargate SG-1 ends its historic, 10-year run on cable television.

It's entirely possible that the movies will also be aired on television -- something SCI FI commonly does with direct-to-DVD movies.

"They're not big-budget [films] by any definition, but for us it's pretty good," Wright told TV Guide. "As we've proven over the years, just give us little more money and we can make pretty good television, or DVDs."

"There's a sense of an era for us ending," he said, "but at the same time, we're all positive because of the prospect of continuing forward with movies and the introduction next year of Stargate Worlds, a massive multiplayer online game."

Season Ten of Stargate SG-1 resumes will all-new episodes in March on SCI FI Channel.

Interesting. So, SG-1 may end on a cliffhanger...

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-10-11 08:14pm

Well of course it'll run on a cliff hanger. I doubt whether they even could have wrapped things up completely in only a handful of episodes.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2006-10-11 08:15pm

Good news really. This allows SG1 to end the season without rushing things. Ori goes into a cliff hanger which can then be answered in the movie.

Stile · Post by **Stile** » 2006-10-11 08:30pm

"They're not big-budget [films] by any definition, but for us it's pretty good," Wright told TV Guide. "As we've proven over the years, just give us little more money and we can make pretty good television, or DVDs."

I think a SG-1 movie will be very good even if they have a non big-budget film. Look at what was done with "The Peacekeeper Wars" compared to a regular episode of Farscape. You can do so much more with effects and cinematography when you're not rushing an episode out week to week.

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » 2006-10-12 03:57pm

Great news! And hopefully this can spin off a third series..

But WHY of all things did it have to be Time Travel? AUGH.

Prozac the Robert · Post by **Prozac the Robert** » 2006-10-12 04:31pm

Darwin wrote: But WHY of all things did it have to be Time Travel? AUGH.

My thoughts exactly. That is the last thing SG1 needs.

Crazedwraith · Post by **Crazedwraith** » 2006-10-12 04:34pm

Prozac the Robert wrote:
Darwin wrote: But WHY of all things did it have to be Time Travel? AUGH.
My thoughts exactly. That is the last thing SG1 needs.

[Teal'c PI] Indeed[/PI]

1969/2010 are decent time travel episodes. Mobius was a stinking pile. And proves to me they should not be allowed another shot at it. Have there been any others?

Majin Gojira · Post by **Majin Gojira** » 2006-10-12 05:05pm

In my view, only the following may travel through time without consequence:

1) Teenagers from the 80s.
2) Time Lords and related races/species.
3) 18th Century Scientsits.

Everyone else just fucks it up.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-10-12 05:16pm

Crazedwraith wrote:Mobius was a stinking pile.

What? I'm sorry, were we watching the same episode in the same universe?

Crazedwraith · Post by **Crazedwraith** » 2006-10-12 05:31pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
Crazedwraith wrote:Mobius was a stinking pile.
What? I'm sorry, were we watching the same episode in the same universe?

If we're talking the last two episodes of season 8. With a time travelling Puddle Jumper. Then yes.

Mobius was a severe disappointment.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2006-10-12 06:04pm

I liked it. Sure, it wasn't up to the episodes before it - would have been better before them - but it held together well. Before I Sleep was probably the best SG-verse time travel episode, I'd say.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2006-10-12 06:27pm

Time Travel eps... Hrmm.

Before I Sleep.
Window Of Opportunity.(Oh, how I shall get my ass kicked for putting it in number two)
1969.
Mobius.
2010.

To be honest, I liked all of them. Honestly. 2010 just gets on the bottom because I couldn't give much of a damn, and I was unenthused by the Aschen. 2001 was a far better episode featuring them(And I did wish they had the chance to make 2005.). Mobius was a fun romp. We went in knowing it was going to play second seat to the awe-inspiring battles and revelations of the precious episodes, and I expected just to have fun: Daniel teaching ESL, Carter as a geeky physicist, another valiant death for Kawolski, and some harmless, Alt-Universe 'shipping.

But really. Even as good as I found Mobius, it's up against goliaths for the top three.

Crazedwraith · Post by **Crazedwraith** » 2006-10-12 06:41pm

I can't beleive I forgot WoO and Before I Sleep. They were quality.

Anyhoo, I dislike Mobius Because there's no real point. Its a filler comedy episode and filler comedy episodes are never worth two-parters. It features the crappiest AU ever. That's only superficially different to the normal verse and any major differences disappear over ad breaks. (Teal'c being loyal to Apophisis, Sam not fancying Jack.)

Its basically lets see Ra/Kowalsky etc. Because every likes them. I'd actually like them appearing to have some meaning rather than just have them pop up for the heck of it.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2006-10-12 07:07pm

Gotta give it up for 1969. That's the all-time classic right there.

Window of Opportunity for the gut-busting humor factor.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2006-10-13 01:16am

My thoughts on the time-travel is that it may be the "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" idea that they've talked about (albeit not in great detail) and that's been floating around for the last three years

Meest · Post by **Meest** » 2006-10-13 06:56am

I wonder if it will be like the Babylon 5 time travel ep. With huge time leaps of hundreds or thousands of years to put some closure. Though it probably will just restrict SG:A.

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-10-13 07:53am

Not a damn time travel episode. Just a two-parter about wrapping up the battle with the Ori, please!

Johnathon_Chance · Post by **Johnathon_Chance** » 2006-10-17 07:03pm

It's Ground Hog day!

Which ep was that one?

DesertFly · Post by **DesertFly** » 2006-10-17 07:53pm

Johnathon_Chance wrote:It's Ground Hog day!

Which ep was that one?

*sigh* "Window of Opportunity".

Zor · Post by **Zor** » 2006-10-17 11:00pm

Hopefully the SGC will either go public in the movies or slightly before, as well as a the mother of all SG-1 Space Battles. Ori Warships, Ha'taks, Human ships (preferably from nations other than earth) and Asgard Craft duking it out must be in any SG-1 related movies if you ask me.

Zor

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2006-10-17 11:34pm

Zor wrote:Hopefully the SGC will either go public in the movies or slightly before, as well as a the mother of all SG-1 Space Battles. Ori Warships, Ha'taks, Human ships (preferably from nations other than earth) and Asgard Craft duking it out must be in any SG-1 related movies if you ask me.

Zor

There's a slim chance of the big space battle against the Ori in the first one, since it's wrapping up the Ori storyline, but forget about the SGC going public. Atlantis is still ongoing, and I don't think they'll reveal the secret while a show is on the air. The producers of SG-1 and SG-A have kept the stargate program a secret, despite it becoming more and more implausable, and I just can't see them changing the status quo.

One other note. If the big space battle against the Ori does happen, then I hope to god that SG-1 finds some ancient tech or something that makes the battle more even than the one in "Camelot." The Ori ships slaughtering everything in their path worked well for a cliffhanger finale like "Camelot," but in the bigass final battle, I damn well better see the Ori taking some goddamn casualties. I don't expect the Milky Way forces to achieve a direct 1:1 kill ratio, especially given that the Ori ships are about twice as large as even an O'neil, but show me one Ori warship going down for every four or five milky way ships, make it ten even, just don't show them slaughtering all opposition without so much as a scrach like they did at the end of season nine.

ray245 · Post by **ray245** » 2006-10-19 09:01am

Do not mention about size on that episode...there's tons of errors all around. By the way, any chance of seeing better visual effects on Direct to DVD movies?

And are there any mention of a much bigger budget. I just hope they used filming location other than vancouver and make the sets look much better.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2006-10-19 09:19am

Darksider wrote:show me one Ori warship going down for every four or five milky way ships, make it ten even, just don't show them slaughtering all opposition without so much as a scrach like they did at the end of season nine.

Even 1:1 volumetic-killing power parity would suggest at least eight O'Neill's per Orii ship, going by those numbers.