Stargate: Continuum (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 & 10 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 | submarine | ice | clone | 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

Senior Executive Vice President of MGM, Charles Cohen has a cameo as the man pushing Daniel Jackson down the hospital hallway.

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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

interrogator [female]: Samantha Carter?
Lt. Col. Samantha Carter: Yes.
interrogator [female]: It's common knowledge that 4 years ago, a computer failure forced the space shuttle Intrepid's main engines to shut down before it could reach a safe orbit or secondary landing site. When the auto pilot also failed mission commander, Samantha Carter, stayed behind to fly it while her crew bailed out of the escape hatch. The orbiter went down over the Atlantic and her body was never recovered.
Lt. Col. Samantha Carter: It wasn't me.
interogator [female]: You just said you name...
[Sam cuts her off]
interogator [female]: [...]

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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

References Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

User Reviews

Worth the time

Well there will always be a difference in opinions, and mine does somewhat stray from the negative. I've enjoyed watching SG-1 over the years and still find pleasure in hunting down the latest episode of Atlantis. That said i did enjoy this movie, both for it's originality in plot and because it stays true to the series. Way to often have we seen movies that were more like spin offs than anything. You could argue that this could have been just another double header, but the shere amount of known characters in ever so small parts shows that this one has been done for the love of the show and fans, rather than "just in it for the money" I'd like to give it a 10 out of 10, but i also have to maintain a certain level of reality, where 10/10 is reserved for movies that stretches my imagination. I won't be talking about this for several months to come, but i will however make sure that all my fellow SG-1 fans know that this exist and is well worth their time.