Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods - Final Cut (Video 2009)

Remastered, re-cut, re-imagined, remarkable! The thrilling pilot episode of television's longest-running sci-fi series.

Director:

Mario Azzopardi

Writers:

Brad Wright (developed for television by), Jonathan Glassner (developed for television by),

Stars:

Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Richard Dean Anderson	...	Colonel Jack O'Neill
Michael Shanks	...	Dr. Daniel Jackson
Amanda Tapping	...	Captain Samantha Carter
Christopher Judge	...	Teal'c
Don S. Davis	...	Major General George Hammond
Jay Acovone	...	Major Charles Kawalsky
Vaitiare Bandera	...	Sha're / Amaunet
Robert Wisden	...	Major Bert Samuels
Peter Williams	...	Apophis
Brent Stait	...	Major Louis Ferretti
Gary Jones	...	Sgt. Walter Harriman
Alexis Cruz	...	Skaara / Klorel
Rachel Hayward	...	Sgt. Carol Weterings
Rick Ravanello	...	Guard #2
J.B. Bivens	...	Guard #1

Storyline

An alien similar to Ra appears out of the Stargate, killing five soldiers and kidnapping another, a year after the original Stargate mission. A new team is assembled, including some old members, and they go in search of the missing soldier in order to find out how Ra could still be alive. Meanwhile, the alien Goa'uld kidnap Sha're and Skaara, implanting them with symbiotes and making them Goa'uld hosts.

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 July 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Stargate: Children of the Gods

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min 92 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Last role of John 'Bear' Curtis.

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Goofs

When Colonel O'Neill is escorted into the SGC at the start of the film in the elevator he is escorted by someone who is in USAF Uniform but wearing both Major Pins (Officer) on his shoulders and Staff Sergeant Chevrons (Enlisted) on his upper arms.

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Connections

Edited from Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods (1997)

User Reviews

Why'd they bother

From what I can tell this "improved retelling" is just a child friendly version of the original. With all the after watershed moments removed, to make way for some woeful special effects.

Given how fickle the American television giants are when it comes to continuing with Sci Fi shows, the fact that this pilot gained it enough popularity for a permanent series, when many doubted it, is surely evidence enough that the original doesn't need "improving. After all expectations must've been high given the success of the original film.

PS it started in 1997 and finished in 2007, ten years by my admittedly not perfect maths, but even I can work out that Doctor Who, which started in 1963 and ran uninterrupted until 1989, not counting the current series, lasted 16 years longer than SG1. If your gonna lie to sell your product, at least lie convincingly.