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Stargate: Origins

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    #2
    s15r330
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    10 minute episodes, that's a bit annoying.


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    Antar Bolaeisk
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    Where do you see the 10 minute thing? Although it being released in 2017 considering they have no footage to show and we've heard nothing about it before now does make it unlikely to be a full-fledged show.

    Glad Stargate is coming back but it's a shame that they've decided upon a prequel.


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    The_Valeyard
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    A prequel???


    Glad there's more Stargate, but not sure a prequel is the way to go.


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    seamus
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    It looks like they've gone with an option to kind of please everyone, that is following Catherine Langford in her younger years investigating and experimenting on the gate.

    It makes sense if you don't want to reboot or piss anyone off by contradicting either the movie or the series.

    I guess that's what the 10-minute episode thing is about - without an active gate you won't be able to make good long episode, but you could make interesting shorts, like the loss of Ernest Littlefield.


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    s15r330
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    Antar Bolaeisk wrote: »
    Where do you see the 10 minute thing? Although it being released in 2017 considering they have no footage to show and we've heard nothing about it before now does make it unlikely to be a full-fledged show.

    Glad Stargate is coming back but it's a shame that they've decided upon a prequel.

    Just googled it, 10 episodes at 10mins each.


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    Mr E
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    Could lead to more. Remember how Sanctuary started.


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    AlmightyCushion
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    I'll give it a watch but not I'm not exactly excited for this. Especially, seeing as the episodes are only 10 minutes long. Hopefully, this is just a precursor to us getting a proper new series.


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    _Brian
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    I'm disappointed it's only 10minute episodes but hopefully this will kick off something bigger.
    Imagine, a new Star Trek and a new Star Gate show.


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    The_Valeyard
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    _Brian wrote: »
    I'm disappointed it's only 10minute episodes but hopefully this will kick off something bigger.
    Imagine, a new Star Trek and a new Star Gate show.

    Well, we are getting a new Star Trek show, what's it called again?

    Oh yeah...

    The Orville


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    Agent Coulson
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    Ellie Gall has signed on to play Catherine Langford.


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    ixoy
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    I also see they've cast Connor Trinner as her dad. He played Michael in Atlantis so it's a little surprising they'd reuse an actor whose been in multiple episodes - unusual even by Vancouver standards.


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    Agent Coulson
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    Starts February 15th 2018.


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    Antar Bolaeisk
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    Anyone manage to see it yet? Tried to sign up and was met with a geoblock. Tried to go through my travel agent and my card wasn't accepted.


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    crazyderk
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    Watched the first 3 episodes. acting is a bit gaff at times but its fun and will make you want to rewatch SG1 again


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    unhappyBB
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    The first 3 episodes scream low budget, almost fan made with an old camcorder. The acting was simply terrible. It was so hammy I thought the German general was going to just tie Catherine to some train tracks and cackle like some 1920s evil villain.

    As nobody else seems to have watched it, (not really) spoilers...
    • The Stargate itself looks to be made of some kind of cheap plastic.
    • Cannon just went straight out the window.
    • The CGI guys obviously only knew how to use one water type effect for the wormhole entrance and nothing else. When the characters went "through" the gate they didn't emerge from it, they just appeared in front of it. You could practically see them stop and restart the camera.
    • Speaking of water, when they show Catherine going through the gate for the first time she doesn't even seem to try to hide the fact that she just held her breath a shoved her head into a dish of water.
    • And on Abidos, I've seen better sets/costumes at school plays.
    • The spinning camera shot at the end of the first webisode, WTF!?:confused:

    After all that, you'd never guess that I actually loved all of the previous Stargates. This is such a disappointment, I was really looking forward to anything Stargate related.


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    AlmightyCushion
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    Watched the first 3 episodes and wow, the acting, sets, CGI are really poor. Obviously it was really low budget but hopefully this leads to a proper series and it will have a decent budget meaning we get a much better quality show. Thank feck they're releasing them in batches because the first 2 end just as you're getting into it. I wonder are they going to come up with a way to stop this affecting canon (I really hope they don't give Langford amnesia or something stupid like that). Normally, I don't mind shows changing things that affect canon but these are some massive changes and it seems pretty pointless seeing as this show will probably go nowhere after these 10 episodes.


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    Varik
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    That wasn't great.

    I think allo allo had less camp nazis, and then the reactions and criticism when they get it working. If you weren't sure if it was rock or not, you don't get to complain.

    Only upside was the old worm hole visual returning and the frost on rematerialisation.

    In SG1 they had it that the gate was used once before the movie, but while I don't remember the details that seemed to be a once off.


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    Varik
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    They put the original movie on YouTube too.


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    AlmightyCushion
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    Varik wrote: »
    In SG1 they had it that the gate was used once before the movie, but while I don't remember the details that seemed to be a once off.

    They sent Catherine Langford's fiance through (Ernest if I remember right) and he got trapped on the planet. In the episode SG1 and Catherine go to rescue him.


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    Varik
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    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    Varik wrote: »
    In SG1 they had it that the gate was used once before the movie, but while I don't remember the details that seemed to be a once off.

    They sent Catherine Langford's fiance through (Ernest if I remember right) and he got trapped on the planet. In the episode SG1 and Catherine go to rescue him.

    I remember that part, it's just the why it worked and then why it didn't work again.

    From origins they have the point of origin which is what Daniel discovered.


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    Slydice
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    I put this on the films board. Think it's part of the marketing campaign for Origins
    Slydice wrote: »
    You Can Now Watch the Original Stargate Movie for Free
    https://io9.gizmodo.com/you-can-now-watch-the-original-stargate-movie-for-free-1823037097



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    AlmightyCushion
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    Varik wrote: »
    I remember that part, it's just the why it worked and then why it didn't work again.

    From origins they have the point of origin which is what Daniel discovered.

    Yeah, given what we've seen so far in origins, it removes the need for Daniel in the film altogether


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    #24
    Varik
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    Better than the first 3.

    Tau'ri still means earthling which is nice.


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    Inviere
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    Filing this firmly in the "Non canon fan fiction" folder. Beyond awful, SG1 must be rolling in its grave.

    Retro Computers/Consoles Repair/Restoration List



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    Antar Bolaeisk
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    Inviere wrote: »
    Filing this firmly in the "Non canon fan fiction" folder. Beyond awful, SG1 must be rolling in its grave.

    It spins a little faster every time they use that Goa'uld awful spinning outro.


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    #27
    corkie
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    STARGATE ORIGINS Ending and Original Movie Set-up Explained

    SPOILERS for Origins included!





    Not a new movie, and it is not like we need this explained in the first place?

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