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I finally watched Stargate Continuum and the most important thing I have to say is HELLO DANIEL JACKSON. He looked "pause you DVD and stare for a few minutes" good.
My non-spoilery review is this: I loved, loved, loved the movie. I loved it more than I expected to and ate up every single second of SG-1 on screen. It was an entirely satisfying 98 minutes the the bonus of some great DVD extras.
Just generally speaking, I loved the story. I thought it played to everyone's strengths extremely well and time travel is always fun. I was very worried about the whole, "going to an alternate time line where no one believes them about the Stargate" but that was solved quickly and in a way that was deliciously angsty. They couldn't even talk to each other! I felt awful for them.
In more detail:
Jack: JACK! Every second that Jack was on screen was a perfect moment for me. I've come to love Cameron and definitely associate him with SG-1, at this point, but this is Jack. He was 100% himself when he was bitching about the length of the ceremony and equally so when he told Sam, Daniel, and Cameron to leave him and get to the gate. I was worried that the movie teased us a bit and that beginning part was all we'd get of Jack but he turned up as "Jack O'Neill, Special Forces" in the Arctic and I squealed! Daniel's befuddled look when Jack walked in the room on the sub was awesome and pure Daniel. So was, "In our time line I'm the closest thing you have to a best friend." AWWWWW. Even watching Jack try to get a grip on these people who supposedly knew him was pitch perfect down to the bit about Charlie. (A small aside...I love to glimpse a time line where Jack still has Charlie.)
Daniel: Here are some moment when I thought Daniel was particularly hot: Sitting on the gurney on the submarine in that brown t-shirt. In the bookstore in the blue hoodie and jeans. IN THE RUMPLED BED. God, he looked good in this movie.
I just plain loved Daniel in the movie. He knew he had to send Cameron and Sam on for help but also knew the situation was dire (and that he's not always going to get another chance) except that he did and he's too pragmatic about his near calls (and true calls) with death to get distraught over losing his leg.
I love that Daniel calls himself and tells him he's right about the pyramids and should believe in his work. OH, Oh, oh. It must be so difficult to see what he became without the Stargate program and Kathryn...how easy it was for him to lead such a drastically different life than the one he had.
Oh, and here are two of my favorite Daniel exchanges:
In the debriefing: "Seriously. Who would make this shit up!?!" (I loved the debriefing scene. They all played the frustration perfectly and I loved how they edited it with all three of them talking over each other like broken records.)
Landry: I take it, in your time line, you're not a discredited wackjob living on the fringes of society.
Daniel: That really depends on who you ask.
Sam: Watching Sam grieve for Jack was a bit heartbreaking. The look on her face when they came through the gate was so raw.
I thought Sam was wonderful in the movie and I was particularly pleased to see that, even without the Stargate program, she was successful and heroic. :)
Vala/K'tesh: Holy cow, I loved seeing Claudia Black as K'tesh. She was AWESOME. I know this will never happen but I'd love to see more of her. She was so powerful and commanding and utterly evil.
Teal'c: What I adore about Teal'c is that, in any time line or universe they encounter him, the core of who he is remains the same: duty to his people and honor above all.
Ba'al: I was kind of annoyed with what they did to Ba'al in season 10. Ba'al was a bad ass who brutally tortured Jack. There's no forgiving that. I thought the clones and the softening of Ba'al during his stint with SG-1 (looking for the sword in the stone) took away from the truly evil Ba'al of prior seasons. I was glad to see him return to the power hungry, evil bastard we knew years ago because that's how I always think of him.
Cameron: Cameron make me smile. His brotherly bickering with Sam is great and I though it was awesome that he's the one who went back in time to (live for 10 years OMG) and save the day with his grandfather. The shot to Ba'al's head was a long time coming. It was also really neat to see Cam and Sam flying the F-14s!! That's so rare and I sometimes forget that's who they were, first.
YAY! I loved it! It's kind of frustrating sometimes when alternate time lines mean the characters don't remember the story you just saw but I didn't care! It felt like old school SG-1 doing what they do best. \o/
I didn't read anyone's reviews because I wanted to stay unspoiled. I'd love it if you can link me to what you said. (It seems "love" is my word of the day.)
Entirely unrelated, I have a random Facebook etiquette question: Do you feel an obligation to accept friend requests from anyone you know who sends one? I have random colleagues sending me friend requests and, while I don't actually update Facebook with anything personal or revealing, it seems weird to just accept friend requests from casual acquaintances in the office. On the other hand, it seems awkward to ignore a request from someone I see around the office fairly regularly even if we don't interact much.
My non-spoilery review is this: I loved, loved, loved the movie. I loved it more than I expected to and ate up every single second of SG-1 on screen. It was an entirely satisfying 98 minutes the the bonus of some great DVD extras.
Just generally speaking, I loved the story. I thought it played to everyone's strengths extremely well and time travel is always fun. I was very worried about the whole, "going to an alternate time line where no one believes them about the Stargate" but that was solved quickly and in a way that was deliciously angsty. They couldn't even talk to each other! I felt awful for them.
In more detail:
I just plain loved Daniel in the movie. He knew he had to send Cameron and Sam on for help but also knew the situation was dire (and that he's not always going to get another chance) except that he did and he's too pragmatic about his near calls (and true calls) with death to get distraught over losing his leg.
I love that Daniel calls himself and tells him he's right about the pyramids and should believe in his work. OH, Oh, oh. It must be so difficult to see what he became without the Stargate program and Kathryn...how easy it was for him to lead such a drastically different life than the one he had.
Oh, and here are two of my favorite Daniel exchanges:
In the debriefing: "Seriously. Who would make this shit up!?!" (I loved the debriefing scene. They all played the frustration perfectly and I loved how they edited it with all three of them talking over each other like broken records.)
Landry: I take it, in your time line, you're not a discredited wackjob living on the fringes of society.
Daniel: That really depends on who you ask.
I thought Sam was wonderful in the movie and I was particularly pleased to see that, even without the Stargate program, she was successful and heroic. :)
YAY! I loved it! It's kind of frustrating sometimes when alternate time lines mean the characters don't remember the story you just saw but I didn't care! It felt like old school SG-1 doing what they do best. \o/
I didn't read anyone's reviews because I wanted to stay unspoiled. I'd love it if you can link me to what you said. (It seems "love" is my word of the day.)
Entirely unrelated, I have a random Facebook etiquette question: Do you feel an obligation to accept friend requests from anyone you know who sends one? I have random colleagues sending me friend requests and, while I don't actually update Facebook with anything personal or revealing, it seems weird to just accept friend requests from casual acquaintances in the office. On the other hand, it seems awkward to ignore a request from someone I see around the office fairly regularly even if we don't interact much.
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