Product Details

• Actors: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Don S. Davis
• Directors: Allan Eastman, Brad Turner, Charles Correll, David Warry-Smith, Dennis Berry
• Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: MGM Domestic Television Distribution
• DVD Release Date: May 22, 2001
• Run Time: 981 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (307 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000059TGH
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,729 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Boxed Set" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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220 of 241 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just more info about this set., April 16, 2001

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Charles Jaeger (Alexandria, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Boxed Set (DVD)

The complete chronological release of season one of the highly-rated television series Stargate SG-1.

Saturn Sci-Fi Award Winner For Best Syndicated TV Series, 2000 Saturn Award Winner For Best Actor (Richard Dean Anderson) In A TV Sci-Fi Series, 1999

Episode Listing:

Disc 1: Children of the Gods (pilot), The Enemy Within, Emancipation

Disc 2: The Broca Divide, The First Commandment, Brief Candle, Cold Lazarus, Thor's Hammer

Disc 3: The Torment Of Tantalus, Bloodlines, Fire and Water, The Nox, Hathor

Disc 4: Cor-Ai, Singularity, Enigma, Tin Man, Solitudes

Disc 5: There But For The Grace Of God, Politics, Within The Serpent's Grasp

46 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stargate SG-1 - One of the greatest one-hour programs on TV, May 30, 2001

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Dustin Solis "DustoMan" (Sparta, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Boxed Set (DVD)

I fell in love with this series towards the end of Season 1, so I'm glad MGM decided to release this series on television. I can finally see the episodes I missed. This series is a great balence between action, science, and great storytelling. Richard Dean Anderson as O'Neil is a riot! Espically when he get's this blank look on his face after Daniel or Carter say something way over his head (Which happens a lot).

After seeing this set, there is something the buyer should know:

1. The series is shot in Canada, and to put it in a nice way, the cameras they used wern't exactly A+ equipment. That's why some scenes appear grainy. It's not the conversion to DVD, the grainyness was there on Showtime and when the show was syndicated on TV.

2. This show is presented in Dolby 2.0 Surround. To get the best experience, set your home theater to 2 Channel Dolby, and have the reciever send the two channels to both front and surround speakers. Some episodes of the series have some really neat surround effects if you listen carefully.

I put this series on par with X-Files, and Babylon 5, all great series in terms of storytelling.

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Series, June 16, 2001

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myfieldnotes "CathyL6" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stargate SG-1 Season 1 Boxed Set (DVD)

This is a great series. And this boxed set covers the entire first season all in one fell swoop.

The writing for the episodes was excellent picking up on the threads that the movie Stargate had left off on in a logical manner. The transition between the movie and the series being nearly seamless with the return of the Goa'uld and the re-opening of the Stargate on Abydos and without any of those huge contraditions that so many tv series seem to have when based on movies.

And,I was immediately hooked on watching how the four characters, making up the team of SG-1, start out as strangers and then grow to be friends and fiercely loyal to one another.

The interplay between Michael Shanks as Daniel Jackson and Richard Dean Anderson as Colonel Jack O'Neill is worth the DVD's price alone. Michael Shanks shows us an earnest Daniel Jackson who still has that sense of childlike wonder despite the way life keeps knocking him down. And Richard Dean Anderson creates a Jack O'Neill who is strongly military but with a wicked sense of humor. Also, the added talents of Amanda Tapping (who plays Samantha Carter, an airforce captain and scientist) and Christopher Judge (Teal'c, a former first prime, a.k.a. head soldier, of the enemy) play off of these two in such a way that it makes a good balance.

I would highly recommend this series to anyone who likes strong character development.

Although I liked all the episodes (with the possible exception of Emancipation), I particularly liked: Cold Lazarus, Hathor, Fire & Water, Solitudes, There But The Grace of God, and Within The Serpent's Grasp. My only objection is that Within The Serpent's Grasp is the first of two parts and I would really hope that MGM would hurry up and release the second season set so that I can buy the sequel to this episode to add it to my collection.

Overall, the film quality of the DVD's was good. The storylines were well written (the characters learn and change throughout, with each episode adding a little bit to the previously established material, and not simply being the "monster of the week" vignette). I also liked the fact that the series, like the movie, uses elements of different historical time periods, particularly egyptology, to form many of their premises. (If you're a history buff or amateur archeologist you'll run into a lot of familiar myths and legends and historical facts.) Also, the added bonus material of interviews and such was fun.

Would I recommend this to a friend to buy. Yes. Do I think it's worth the money? Yes. Will I buy the next set. Yes.

So, if you liked Stargate the movie. Or you like stories similar to the television show Farscape or books by such authors as Lois McMaster Bujold, where character development and witty dialogue are wrapped around adventures then I think you will enjoy this series too.

Definitely a thumbs up!