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Stargate: The Ark of Truth

Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)

March. 11,2008
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7.2
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PG
| Adventure Action Science Fiction TV Movie

SG-1 searches for an ancient weapon which could help them defeat the Ori, and discover it may be in the Ori's own home galaxy. As the Ori prepare to send ships through to the Milky Way to attack Earth, SG-1 travels to the Ori galaxy aboard the Odyssey. The International Oversight committee have their own plans and SG-1 finds themselves in a distant galaxy fighting two powerful enemies.

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VeteranLight
2008/03/11

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

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Aneesa Wardle
2008/03/12

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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Roxie
2008/03/13

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

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Scarlet
2008/03/14

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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SnoopyStyle
2008/03/15

SG1 is looking for the ultimate weapon against the Ori. Mitchell (Ben Browder), Jackson (Michael Shanks), Carter (Amanda Tapping), Teal'c (Christopher Judge) and Vala (Claudia Black) are on Dakara. They find a box but is then captured by the Ori led by Tomin (Tim Guinee). Mitchell kills the Prior and a shocked Tomin surrenders. James Marrick is an IOA representative who joins the team to search for the Ark of Truth in the Ori galaxy. He tries to unleash the Replicators on the Ori in a secret IOA mission.It's a TV movie meant to finish off the Ori storyline after the TV show was canceled. This is obviously only for the fans of the TV show. It is interesting to continue after the show's cancellation. It suffers a bit from too many story elements. Fans of the show should easily follow but I sure wouldn't want to be non-fans watching this. As for the story, it lacks drama. It seems like they added the Replicators to spice things up.

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David Klecker
2008/03/16

I didn't know too much going into this "movisode", a term I like to call TV events such as this. It's not a movie per se, but it's not an episode. It's an episode with a budget, much like the Season 7 finale had. The Ark of Truth was an OK episode that was marred by story ideas that had no reason to be there and furthermore did not have that epic Stargate SG1 genius behind it. It starts with the SG1 team on the ruins of Dakara where Jackson has found what he thinks is the Ark of Truth. We learn about this in a flash back to where the Altarans (if I spelled that right) are discussing it. It is here where I am thinking, "we are finally going to get some insight into why these Altarans do NOT interfere, even in events that could destroy them outright?" The Ori catch up to the team and Tommin is with the Ori Army as commander. He captures the team but SG1 still manages the impossible in front of him, by killing the prior. Tommin is shocked and has a change of heart. Something we knew was coming. What happens next is shocking. The rest of the movie/episode is SG1 looking for the real Ark of Truth using the beefed up Oddessy with the "elephant in the room" Asgard core. During this quest the Oddessy gets plagued by Replicators because "someone" who isn't important nor was important to the show, took orders and designed one using the Asgard replicators and it gets loose on the ship. The rest of the movie/episode plods along with this B-story and the A-Story with the Ark of Truth. After a beginning with so much potential, in the end, we get an unoriginal, uninspired show.We can start with Tommin. You've got the actor so why not expand on this character? They try, but they drop him in favor for the B-story, the replicators. Second, you've got Julian Sands, a well known actor reprising his Prior 1 role. Why not expand on that character? It's dropped in favor of again the replicators. You can see where I am going here. The replicator B story should have never been in this episode. All the elements of a great story are in place here. Tommin, a fanatic whose world is suddenly turned upside down. You have Ori troops and an Ori underground. You have SG1 going into the Ori Galaxy. You have SG1 on what is the Ori home world. You have the potential to answer the most important question the whole series presents, "when will the Altarans finally get involved?" Nothing like this happens. What we get are replicators. Nothing is new under the sun in this episode. Nothing original happens. It tries. It pokes. It wants to scream out and say something significant. But what we are left with a mediocre show that puts everything into a B-story that was wrapped up two seasons ago. A very disappointing movie/episode.

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adc2000974
2008/03/17

OK things I liked about Stargate: The Ark of Truth: + Nice intro. + Nice ending. Things I didn't like about Stargate: The Ark of Truth: - Poor corny acting with inappropriate comedy I found an issue throughout the entire show(s) Apart from Universe which remain to be seen. Low resolution Visual Effects: Low model texturing on that spaceship. Poor weapon effects on the Ori spaceships. Poor giant Stargate models. * Didn't have the money to do better? lacked creativity? *Mediocre Script: What's the point of telling a story if it adds nothing to the show credibility. * Quick cash that's the answer. * - Poor props: Super clean village, anyone? Shiny clean million year old artifacts? - Poor customs: * Same team as power rangers? * Bad camera work: On sets that clearly were made in one day. Ie that super clean village, dudes if you don't have the money to make something good, hide it with camera angles. * 101 stuff. * Goodbye SG1, maybe goodbye Atlantis.. All hopes rest with Universe.

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pelguy
2008/03/18

Ark of Truth was a decent conclusion to season 10, but it was quite scatter-shot in the writing. I am a long time fan of SG1, but i felt cheated by this "movie".Why oh why bring back the relicaaatoooorsss, as Thor would say. When that scene played out when they were reveled, I sad to myself, OH NO...Please no more.The epic battle of Ancient/Ori just another light show like the " death of Anubus" Cookies and a kiss???? really??? Thought Carter and ONeall had hooked up by now. Jack should kick Cam's butt for that, but he was smart enough to stay away from this "mission"All in all, I really wish I had just rented this extended episode. I complain about movie ticket prices, yet i paid twice that amount for a DVD I will probably never watch again.

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