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Stargate - The Ark of Truth (2008)

Ben Browder , Amanda Tapping  |  NR |  DVD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (542 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, Claudia Black
  • Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, Closed-captioned, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Dubbed: French, Spanish
  • 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 (Video & DVD)
  • DVD Release Date: March 11, 2008
  • Run Time: 97 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (542 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0010YSD7M
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,025 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Stargate - The Ark of Truth" on IMDb

Special Features

  • Commentary by Robert C. Cooper, Christopher Judge, and Peter Woeste
  • The Ark of Truth: Stargate at Comic-Con
  • Uncovering the Ark of Truth featurette
  • Stargate SG-1: The Road Taken--Prelude to Stargate: The Ark of Truth

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Fans disappointed by the demise of the Stargate SG-1 television series after ten fruitful seasons will delight in The Ark of Truth, the first full-length movie to follow in the show’s wake. In fact, some will be more than pleased--they’ll be relieved. For not only does the 102-minute film offer an opportunity to enjoy the same likable characters, reliable effects work, superior writing, and other elements that made the series so appealing, but after season upon season in which viewers were left wondering how everything turned out, The Ark finally brings at least one cliffhanger to a conclusion: the storyline involving the villains known as the Ori, who dominated SG-1’s final two years. Our heroes (including Ben Browder as fearless leader Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell, Amanda Tapping as the intrepid Lt. Col. Samantha Carter, Christopher Judge as the implacable alien Teal’c, Michael Shanks as the ever-resourceful Dr. Daniel Jackson, and Claudia Black as the irreverent Vala) have long known that the Ori are perhaps the most irresistible force they’ve ever encountered, in part because they are "ascended" beings who don’t exist in recognizable physical form (their spaceships do, and they're huge). But now the team faces an even greater threat: the Ori have set their sights on good ol’ Planet Earth. That’s where the Ark comes in; if the good guys can just get their hands on it, they hope this ancient artifact will effectively put the big, bad Ori, their minions, and their entire religion (known as "Origin") out of business. Of course, it ain’t easy. Both collectively and individually, the team will be severely tested, their task complicated not only by the Ori but by an arrogant, clueless government official whose meddling results in the return of the metallic, insect-like Replicators. There’s little doubt about how it will all turn out--after all, there’s at least one more movie already in the pipeline--but it’s all about the ride, and despite a few flaws (as was sometimes the case with the series, the script leans a bit too hard on exposition and techno babble), this one is lots of fun. Bonus features include commentary by writer-director Robert Cooper and others, a lengthy "making of," and a helpful "prelude" to bring the uninitiated up to speed. --Sam Graham


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Blasting off where the Sci-Fi Channelâ??s longest running show, Stargate SG-1, left off, this thrilling feature thrusts the Stargate team â?" Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks), Vala (Claudia Black), Tealâ??c (Christopher Judge), Sam (Amanda Tapping) and Cam (Ben Browder) â?" into their biggest challenge yet. In search of an Ancient artifact they hope can defeat the oppressive Ori, the team not only learns that the Ori are set to launch a final assault on Earth, but a double-crossing I.O. operative is aboard the Odyssey! Also starring Beau Bridges, this pulse-pounder is loaded with enough suspense, humor and action to fill a galaxy!

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71 of 79 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Truth March 13, 2008
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This review is spoiler free!!

I have to preface this review with the statement that I am an avid Stargate fan, and as such, my review may be biased (but I think not!)

After enduring season 4 of Atlantis this year, it is nice to get back to the show I truly love, Sg-1. Opposed to Atlantis, SG-1 takes place on earth, spends time on the explorations, and takes into account ancient mythologies, opposed to Atlantis, which is more action oriented, with dumbed down dialog, and shooting anything that moves.

I have been awaiting this release since it was announced, it finally came to my home yesterday, I watched the movie, then the extras (comic con conference which was really cool! and a behind the scenes which was great as well (this is almost 1 hour of material), I then watched the movie again, this time with commentary (again, I love SG-1).

This dvd has a "prelude" which basically goes over everything you need to freshen up on to fully enjoy and prepare for this viewing. As someone who has seen each episode of stargate countless times, I found this prelude a great review, as it has been a while since I watched it all.

The movie then follows, and it is a great movie. The scenery in this movie is astounding, it looks much better than we are used to seeing on the TV show. The pacing is slower, more akin to when the show aired on Showtime, which works well, as the aspect of stargate that i enjoy most, is the interactions between the characters, the explorations of new worlds and civilizations, and how everyone reacts to the culture.

This brings the conclusion to a satisfying end. I think several of the cliffhangers are drawn out a bit much (putting a tad too much tension near the end), but all in all, I enjoyed the movie.
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Good Production, Not so good script March 30, 2008
Format:DVD
SPOILERS AHEAD....

Stargate has always had its homages to other genre shows and they are clearly on display here -- the opening caption paraphrasing "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away", the peak-to-peak aeral shot just beging for Gondor outposts to light the signal fires, a Terminator-like rise from an explosion, ... (I'm sure folks can spot more).

The visual effects were lovely, and there were some really good bits of characterization. The converation between Teal'c and Tomin was wonderful, as was Tomin's final scene with Vala.

As for the rest...
While many a Stargate villain comes direct from Central Casting, Marrick (the IOA guy) is particularly ill-written in a series that brought us Senator Kinsey, Colonel Maybourne, and even the briefly-referenced Mr. Woolsey. In prior episodes where the IOA, NID, or Senator Kinsey were challenging the SGC often they had a legitimate PoV, even if they were wrong. Here, they are just wrong and profoundly stupid.

Similarly, Adria mostly gets to chew scenery in her scenes with Vala rather than have some character development before her inevitable defeat. (Itself a solution borrowed from Oma Desala's final battle with Anubis.)

Others have commented on problems with the Replicator subplot and Repli-terminator -- one other aside -- what did they make the walls and BLUs (blinkie-light-units, per the commentaries) out of?! Thousands of high-power rounds blasted around them, and not one bit of damage? Yet they bend when Mitchell is tossed into them? Yes, limits of CGIs, but might have been nice to show some collateral damage on a movie-scale budget.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Good but Utilitarian March 14, 2008
Format:DVD
I've watched every episode of Stargate. I even paid for Showtime just so I could see it, before it gated over to Sci-Fi. I very much hated the last episode for reasons I won't go into here. This should give my review a context.

Ark of Truth was good. Not great. I really like the actors and the characters they portray. The effects were up there and the interesting Ori story arc was closed nicely. HOWEVER, there was nothing new here. It was an extended episode. What was worse was the whole plot thread that seemed to be added by a fan of the Terminator. It was cheap and a waste. I can only guess their reasons for it but it was insulting to have to watch that to get to the real story.

The ending hints at more adventures to come and I'm glad for that. Maybe they can take the Ark over to the Pegasus galaxy...
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62 of 85 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One Word: Amazing February 12, 2008
Format:DVD
I had the privelege of watching a screener of "Ark of Truth" recently and I must say, quite simply, it's amazing. It exceeded my already high expectations. It excels in terms of character, story, and direction. Long live all things Stargate!
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29 of 39 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed it, but you have a right to be disappointed! March 18, 2008
Format:DVD
I've been a Stargate Fan since the first movie, and loyally throughout all 10 seasons over both cable networks it was carried on. Stargate: Ark of Truth is a fun ride, a step up from the weekly show, but a disappointment in complete lack of story originality.

In this story, (AN EXACT CLONE OF THE REPLICATOR DEFEAT EPISODE IN SEASON 9) SG-1 discovers yet another ancient artifact that will destroy the nearly un-beatable near-omnipotent foe. Exactly as they defeated the replicators with Bal's help in season nine, with a convenient 'link' between all Stargates and this Ancient weapon, the Replicators were wiped out in a single stroke, all over the galaxy with a coded entry on an old stone control pad.

Guess what happens at the end of this movie? Well, without revealing everything, a convenient 'link' to all the ((blanks)) from an old stone/metal tablet Ark, wipes out all ORI believer's faith in one stroke once the critical coded pattern is stuck on the device. ORI defeated, as quickly and as unbelievably neatly as the replicators were way back when.

Even more lackluster, the ORI "were killed" and not just wounded by the device sent to kill them in the latter part of Season 10 where Daniel Jackson was a Prior deceiving old evil Audra. So, no better complexity of the Ancients versus the ORI, and how humanity can step in and fight is ever really explored. We'll just leave Jackson a new ancient buried wonder-device to take care of it in the end. With all of these perfect weapons laying around the universe in piles of desert dust, how in the world did the Wraith ever cause the ancients a sweat? The ancients could not have found all of this stuff when they needed it? Puhleeze!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars nothing special
rank low in action, sci-fic list. well, it feels like cheap movies trying to make money but i wouldn't pay money for this type of boring generic movie that has no creativiity
Published 4 days ago by Truc
4.0 out of 5 stars I love the story
I like watching team work and unity, family like qualities.
I like that the script writers can "carry on conversations" in the scripts without foul language.
Published 10 days ago by Ginger M. Snaps
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
My husband is a StarGate and StarWars fanatic. He has enjoyed this very much. It's a go-to thing for him when he wants something to do.
Published 10 days ago by DSPisme
4.0 out of 5 stars Completion
It completed the story line about the Ori which was satisfying since the series didn't have time to do it.
Published 25 days ago by Mctundra
5.0 out of 5 stars Stargate
Stargate was one of the best movies ever made and SG1 the best television show followed closely by SGA. Then it was all down hill. I have them all. Richard Dean Anderson Rocks.
Published 26 days ago by 45th_Johnny
2.0 out of 5 stars Ark of Truth very sloppy, pooly done
[Short review, others go into more depth on the issues]
Horrible acting; Very unrealistic;
Teams are sometimes extremely foolish & stupid besides, lacking even common... Read more
Published 29 days ago by Marie Antivo Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect
It was just what I was looking for and needed. Product was exactly as described above. Would recommend to others.
Published 1 month ago by Dustin Madden
4.0 out of 5 stars Good as I remember the series
I have always been a fan of Stargate, and this is one I missed, I loved it being complete in itself although I remember the "Priors".
Published 1 month ago by Br. James Aidan Ketler, FOCD
5.0 out of 5 stars Like it as much as the first time
Very happy. DVD arrived in perfect condition. Plays well. Detailed chapter listing making it very easy to stop and come back later.
Published 2 months ago by Matt Meis
5.0 out of 5 stars Stargate fan
If you like the Stargate universe, then you must get this movie. The storyline of the Ori is not completely finished, but a chapter is closed.
Published 2 months ago by ILoveSciFi
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Bring Back Stargate SG1
I watch very little tv these days. Stargate SG-1 is the one show no matter what I watched. Now all we are left with is the heartless Atlantis. They should of kept SG-1, but I imagine the expense of keeping the actors, and writers had to do with it being cut. I truly hope we get to see more... Read more
Mar 13, 2008 by Jason |  See all 7 posts
Extras ?
Yes, a behind the scenes look (30 mins)
A comic con sampling (very good and 20 mins)
and a prelude to the movie (9 mins)

it also has commentary on the dvd.
Mar 13, 2008 by Jason |  See all 5 posts
why is it taking so long?
I agree. I was just at Hollywood Video and my friend walks up to me with Stargate: The Ark of Truth in his hands. I couldn't decide if i should rent it and try to cancel my preorder, if that is even possible. If I can rent it at Hollywood Video it means that indeed the movie has been released.... Read more
Mar 19, 2008 by Brad J. Dale |  See all 2 posts
Why Straight to DVD?
That was always the plan. It must have something to do with their calculations on the budget vs. potential profit, but who knows how they decide this. Would have loved to see it on the big screen though!
Jul 15, 2008 by Lubo |  See all 4 posts
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Keep in mind that the writers didn't find out Sci-Fi was dropping SG-1 until they'd already finished most of the season 10 episodes. They had been assuming there would be another season (Tapping had even signed on for another season). The writers had to put something together in short time. ... Read more
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