Stargate: Continuum (Video 2008)

Ba'al travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from being started. SG-1 must somehow restore history.

Director:

Martin Wood

Writer:

Brad Wright

Stars:

Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge

3 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ben Browder	...	Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell / Captain of the Achilles
Amanda Tapping	...	Lt. Col. Samantha Carter
Christopher Judge	...	Teal'c
Michael Shanks	...	Daniel Jackson
Beau Bridges	...	Mjr. Gen. Henry 'Hank' Landry
Claudia Black	...	Vala Mal Doran / Quetesh
Richard Dean Anderson	...	General Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neill
William Devane	...	President Hayes
Cliff Simon	...	Ba'al
Don S. Davis	...	Major General George Hammond
Steve Bacic	...	Camulus
Gary Jones	...	Chief Master Sgt. Walter Harriman
Jacqueline Samuda	...	Nirrti
Peter Williams	...	Apophis
Darcy Cadman	...	Russian Officer

Storyline

When the Stargate team goes to see Ba'al, the last of the System Lords, being extracted from his host. All of a sudden, Tealc, Vala and all of their allies start to vanish. Later Carter, Daniel, and Mitchell try to escape through the Stargate but find themselves not on earth but on a ship trapped beneath the polar ice cap. They learn they are on the freighter that was delivering the Stargate found in Egypt in 1939 to America. The ship is about to sink and they evacuate. They are picked up by a submarine and brought to a Naval Base where they learn the SG project never happened. They try to warn the government that the Gouald might attack earth. But the government doesn't believe and tells them that they're being released and given new identities and not to talk about what they are talking about. Three months later, the Gouald attack and the government asks for their help.

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Plot Keywords:

stargate | ice | submarine | authority | false god | 

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Taglines:

History may never repeat itself again

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 July 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Continuum

Filming Locations:

Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station, Arctic

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Kawoosh! Productions DTV II, MGM Global Holdings

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby (as Dolby Surround)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is dedicated to the memory of Paul McCann, 32, and Anthony Huntrod, 20, of the HMS Tireless, who died in an accident during the filming of the arctic scenes of 'Stargate: Continuum'. The accident was an explosion of an oxygen generator and not related to the maneuvers made for the movie.

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Goofs

While Carter and Mitchell are walking through the Arctic, a helicopter can be seen flying over one of the hills in the background as the shot fades to the next sequence. However, since the US military is conducting a training exercise in the area at that time (as Jack confirms later), there is no error in having a helicopter flying around.

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Quotes

Dr. Daniel Jackson: [Daniel is in his 3rd day of being interrogated about the history of the Stargate program] Seriously, who would make this shit up?

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Crazy Credits

This film is dedicated to the memory of Paul McCann and Anthony Huntrod, who lost their lives during an accident under the ice cap on a Royal Navy submarine at the time of filming.

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Connections

Follows Stargate SG-1 (1997)

User Reviews

Stargate: Continuum Has Plenty Of Action

The latest episode of Stargate involves SG-1 trying to prevent System Lord Ba'al from permanently changing history so he can conquer the Earth. Given a bigger budget for this made for DVD movie, this movie has quality production values and well done visual effects. Unlike many Stargate SG-1 episodes, there are no scenes set in the forests of British Columbia, as I recall.

Stargate: Continuum is almost all fast paced action. But the movie gives the audience what it wants, explosions, evil people and Earth in danger. Nothing wrong with that, unless you were expecting Shakespearean prose.