STARGATE (1994) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

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00:00 - Intro
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33:48 - Review

[@Chris-ji4iu]

Cassie: "It looks like Tattoine ..." Me: (wipes tear from eye) ...she's come so far.🤣

[@paulguthrie4857]

I appreciated the Big Trouble in Little China reference as well.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

THIS is SO sad...but also pretty fxxxng GREAT 😀

[@Grimmyke7]

Hah xD

[@-taz-]

If she watches the TV show, most of the alien worlds look suspiciously like Canada.

[@pauld6967]

​​@@-taz-Well that's because Canada is occupied territory. Their Prime Minister is a Goa'uld.

[@anthonyy3594]

"This is a Big Trouble in Little China moment" is the most proud I've ever been of her

[@Solarsystemrdffdfyyhh]

Me too🎉 the nerd be strong in her!

[@user-ih5jr8rt5q]

except that she hasn't seen Escape from NY/LA - which is the epitome+original Kurt Russell badass, that Big Trouble is more akind of mockery of, and not one of his good movies, whereas Stargate and NY/LA are

[@Solarsystemrdffdfyyhh]

@@user-ih5jr8rt5q HOW DARE YOU! Saying Big trouble in little China is not one of his greatest! Blasphemy!

[@Mithinco]

It's all in the wrist

[@leesweets4110]

Im sincerely surprised anyone in her position, being relatively new to film, could have such a strong memory of the details of so many movies.

[@furious79]

Richard Dean Anderson's portrayal of the character is awesome because while he is funny and goofy the majority of the time, there are moments where he gets deadly serious and you can sense it. He's a very underrated actor.

[@qrogueuk]

I've watch a lot of SG1 and really enjoyed the way Richard Dean Anderson played Jack O'Neill

[@williamcrowley5506]

Agreed. SG1 is my favorite

[@cmlemmus494]

He's a great example of the difference between playing a character as cold or emotionless (as is often done for military characters) and playing as understated or restrained. Anderson (and Russell) make it clear they have emotions but can't afford to let them interfere with their job.

[@silenttitan416]

And half of him on screen is improv. The rest of the cast just had to adapt. As he was also one of the writers

[@JustIn-mu3nl]

At first I was put off by him replacing the dude who played the part in the movie, I didn't like it. He should have been in the movie, he was a great pick.

[@michaelnewsham1412]

So it's set just between Brendan Fraser finding the Mummy and Harrison Ford finding the Ark of the Covenant. Busy times in Egypt.

[@Lightmane]

The thing that made Stargate SG-1 so unique is that it was us, present day humans from the 1990s, going up against Aliens. There weren't any spaceships (at first). There was just the Stargate, which allowed us to go anywhere, basically. The show had to change some things from the movie, to make it all work, but I prefer what the show did. If you start watching SG-1, while also watching TNG, then I think I just died and went to Heaven.

[@EvilTheOne]

One thing hat Gene Roddenberry did with Star Trek TOS, was create the 'transporter'. Mainly as a story device to move the story along faster, as he didn't want time taken up on ships and shuttlecrafts/shuttlepods getting to their destinations. As Trek's TOS often started the episode with the Enterprise getting to the destination at the outset, it got into the story faster. They took Emmerich's idea and used it much like the ships and transporter, all rolled into one. And got us into the stories quicker.

[@jadespider7526]

Problem....while TNG episodes where mostly standalone, we can trim 20 episodes a season down to just 4-5 for Cassie to get the highlights, I think that's more difficult in SG1. While it's not strictly a continuous story, there are so many connecting threads that all advance together. I mean Season 1....1-3 are practically a single extended pilot...8 you meet the Nox...10 the Unas and tease Thor...11 Reconnects with catherine and defines the 4 races....12 Teal'c's Son and Master Bra'tac...14 HATHOR! 15 introduces Cassandra (okay...we have to trim, so maybe we skip 14 and 15) ....16 Teal'c gets more character growth in one episode than some characters will see in a season! This is the equivalent of Tasha's death! ...17 meet the Tollan, relevant for many seasons....surely we can skip18..no it introduces the 2nd Stargate...19..the robot doubles only ever come up once, I guess we can skip it., (but it's sooo good!)...20-22....practically an extended season finale...okay...21-22 then. Hell if we trim with a chainsaw...1,2, 8, 11, 12, 16!!!, 17, 21,22. I don't think you can cut it down further without leaving massive lore gaps in later seasons.

[@BlameThande]

I agree with the OP, I also always thought that made SG-1 very unique. The idea, which they occasionally came back to, that while everyone else has a DHD and doesn't even think how the Stargates work, our guys had to MacGuyver (haha) a way to control it with a 90s supercomputer - and ended up learning more about it in the process.

[@justintrefney1083]

It was great watching them evolve with the times. In the first few seasons they were using floppy disks 💾 😅

[@CNC-Time-Lapse]

@@jadespider7526 I always appreciate someone who knows their Stargate. Shal'kek nem'ron!

[@The_Rising_Ape]

Stargate SG-1 has over 200 episodes but it's absolutely brilliant. Richard Dean Anderson as Jack O'niell and Michael Shanks as Daniel Jackson have just some of the best chemistry on television and the show delivers with both sci-fi action and a hefty dose of laughs.

[@jaredf6205]

And all the episodes are great from start to finish.

[@thomassmart4088]

brilliant show - the only downside is like many scifis - kind of terrible quarantine policy

[@ghostphil6030]

And Stargate Atlantis after this with some great chemistries as well.

[@blechtic]

@@ghostphil6030 I never saw it but maybe you're right. I'm confident.

[@Zerodess]

@@jaredf6205 I love the tv show, watched it several times, but to say all the episodes are graet is a little exagerated. Especially the first few seasons have some lesser episodes but you should look at it as a learning curve. Best sci fi show ever.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

"So this guy created Earth, they're saying?" Not quite. He _discovered_ Earth and its humans and found out that his technology could repair human bodies quite easily, so he transferred his dying self into a human body to become effectively immortal. He then ruled over the Egyptians, and he kidnapped a bunch of them and brought them to this new planet to mine its ore for him -- but when he was away, the Earth humans rebelled and made their gate inoperable, which prevented him from being able to return to Earth.

[@LeoHernandeznyc]

I've noticed a lot of movies these days when you watch them on streaming don't have subtitles when it's some sort of alien language but I remember on the DVDs or watching in the movie theaters they had a translation because it was part of the story

[@worsel555]

As a polyglot this movie has my absolute favorite linguistics joke of all time. When Jackson is about to tell the story about how the people became enslaved he's asked "I thought you didn't speak the language?" and he replies "Oh, it's easy once you know the vowels." Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs are only the consonants, we have no idea what the vowels are so they have to take their best guesses on what a shockingly large amount of stuff is actually saying. I can guarantee that joke goes over 99.999% of audiences heads but it still cracks me up.

[@lancekilkenny721]

Speaking seven languages, I got the joke.

[@alimanski7941]

As a linguist, there's also a fair bit of believable linguistics in Stargate (e.g phonological shifts from ancient languages). Someone knew their stuff in the writing team.

[@lancekilkenny721]

@@alimanski7941 Absolutely.

[@-taz-]

If 99.999% don't understand the joke, then only 1 million people on the planet would understand the joke. There are approximately a half million linguists in the world. So your estimate seems pretty close.

[@chadfalardeau5396]

I didn't get the joke until years later after learning about the great vowel shift

[@Davedio]

"Oh...he's going to put her in the "bring-her-back-to-lifer" thingie!" My absolute favorite new Cassie euphemism. 😁

[@YourXavier]

Look, don't overcomplicate it. A toaster toasts, a drier dries, and a bring-her-back-to-lifer brings her back to life.

[@nicktoons125]

​@@YourXavier"Remember, all toasters toast toast!"

[@tvdroid22]

Reminds me of when Lennier on Babylon 5 repeats the order to initiate the "Getting the Hell out of here maneuver."

[@Jarsia]

love a good Cassieism

[@1977rw]

Better known as a sarcophagus.

[@LogicalNiko]

"No!!! Dangerous!!! " Grabbing the MP5, with his finger on the trigger, and pointing it directly at the kid.

[@haardo]

Yep, that horrific trigger discipline... :/

[@LogicalNiko]

​@@haardo A bit morbid but if this is how O'Neil taught his son to deal with firearms there is a reason he was shot....and it is all his fault then. If you are going to keep firearms in your household you have two options. One rigorously teach and drill with all your children what to do if they encounter a firearm (namely immediately leave the room and tell an adult). Two, once old enough to have responsibility, rigorously train them on the proper handling, inspecting, clearing, making safe, and operation of said firearms. Doing anything else is irresponsible.

[@phillydelphia8760]

​@@LogicalNiko it ain't that deep.

[@Lodai974]

22:08 It's an Anubis soldier.A jackal head representing the Egyptian god Anubis (a Goauld murdered by his peers 2000 years ago). It is the Prima of Râ (the soldier who is his right arm) Râ is at the top of the pyramidal hierarchy of the Goa'ulds (name given to the species of alien in the series). Given this fact, he could have soldiers headed by Anubis, and Horus (soldiers with head of Falcon,which represent the god Hôrus, who protected the family of Râ). Stargate has a very extensive and complex lore behind it, especially since the saga includes 3 films and 3 series. The majority of Goa'ulds are ruthless, a few, rare, are more moderate or even friendly. For the translation of the Egyptian language, the subtitles must be activated I think.

[@treborrrrr]

I haven't watched the movie in ages but SG-1 and Atlantis remain at the very tippy top of my fav TV-shows of all time. I've rewatched both shows several times. They have that perfect mix of self aware silliness (not so much at the very beginning, but it grows into it) and seriousness.

[@badplay156]

I became a major fan. I have all the TV series (including spinoffs) and all the movies

[@synaesthesia2010]

they're never off tv in the UK, they're on daily in the mid afternoon

[@JuryRigged]

I still remember, for all my absolute adoration of Macgyver and Richard Dean Anderson as a kid, hating that he got roped into what seemed like an obvious cash grab (to uninformed, young me). Then the show went to SciFi and they were running a 4-hour block of it every Monday. I *immediately* became a fan. I did and still like the movie as its own thing, or as an alternate-universe take on events.

[@samieltheinfamous]

​@@JuryRigged"It's O'Neill, with two L's. There's another Colonel O'Neil with only one L, and he has no sense of humor at all."

[@cmudd9788]

@@JuryRigged Even RDA thought it was just a cash grab that wouldn't be any good so he didn't take the role seriously at first which is why he says Jaffa the way he does.

[@dan_hitchman007]

James Spader and William Shatner were AWESOME together on "Boston Legal." Hilarious and at the same time very touching.

[@JoergWeida]

DENNY CRANE!!!

[@AndyPickle-fd5qr]

Denny Crane!! ​@@JoergWeida

[@icoborg]

DENNY CRANE!

[@johnfriday5169]

If I ever needed an attorney I'd want Alan Shore

[@alucard624]

That was one of the best shows ever. Still the best thing to come out of The Practice.

[@Ryan-eu3kp]

KZbinr of many years, same age as you. Would like to thankyou for your very honest and non acted reactions. This is what people want to see, normal people reacting honestly and not putting on an act. it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack these days. Kudos to your success

[@bazkeen]

Richard Dean Anderson's Jack O'Neill is absolutely brilliant in the series. Love his references to McGuiver throughout the series 🤣🤣

[@glennszydlowski5987]

One of my all-time favorite TV bloopers was the one with Amanda Tapping and Richard Dean Anderson when they were chipping away at ice and Amanda makes a very direct MacGyver reference (kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6PMi2yoqr-kZ6c)

[@user-rp9hs3ct5z]

In the TV show it was Richard Dean Anderson who was quoted as "That is O''Neill with two L's, that other guy has no sense of humor" talking about Kurt Russel in the movie

[@Anthyrion]

RDA combination of seriousness and silliness was always great. "CARTER... I CAN SEE MY HOUSE!"

[@cmudd9788]

@@Anthyrion Fun Fact: RDA's silliness comes from the fact that he thought the show was going to flop so he didn't take the role seriously at first and the silliness just stuck because people loved it.

[@user-rp9hs3ct5z]

@@cmudd9788 But RDA wasn't the only one that was silly because people loved when Amanda Tapping got silly also kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6KzmK2sg7qXnJY

[@Anthyrion]

@@cmudd9788 Nice to know. Thanks

[@modarkthemauler]

@@cmudd9788 And that made the few serious dramatic moments even better.

[@ArabianLady]

Kusaf ( The Leader/ Father) is played by Erick Avari. He was in The Mummy, The Chosen and numerous other things. He's a great actor.

[@cameraman502]

One of two or three actors to reprise their movie role for the TV show

[@ArabianLady]

@cameraman502 yes! I loved that they kept him.

[@grogu9698]

Also in Independence Day, from Roland Emmerich too.

[@LordVolkov]

Shows up in a ton of stuff and is always entertaining, even if he only gets one scene (like Independence Day)

[@duanevp]

Definitely one of the great character actors. Instantly recognizable, always entertaining in anything.

[@PaulLoh]

When I was in college, a radio station had a call in question. I don't remember what it was, but I called in and answered it correctly. My prize was a DVD copy of this movie. I hadn't seen it before, but I enjoyed it very much. I was so happy when he was able to bring her back to life. "Go, Sha'uri. It's ya birthday!"

[@trssho91]

I actually met James Spader in Richmond VA when he was filming Lincoln. It was at a rite aid and he was there with his family who was sick at the time so he didn’t want pictures or attention drawn to them, but he still talked to me and it was a positive experience, nice guy. He was not rude and took the time to say hi and explain why he needed to lay low and go.

[@matt01506]

Did you notice one of the soldiers was played by French Stewart who played "Harry" in 3rd rock from the sun !

[@weldonwin]

Yeah, but you wouldn't recognise him, because he has his eyes open

[@rcrawford42]

This is his best work.

[@clarencewalker3925]

Yes, I did. Did you notice one of the bad guys was Djimon Hounsou?

[@cardiac19]

"In coming message from the Big Giant Head!"

[@mjs752002]

Forget Stewart and Honsou, I'm freaking out hearing Bing Bong's voice in the command center.

[@cyberneticbutterfly8506]

The series of stargate SG-1 is bright light in the sci fi world. While most new sci fi are overfilled with interpersonal drama that only wears the guise of sci fi, sg-1 actually appeals to the adventure/mystery/sci fi demographic in a real sense.

[@JimAllder11]

As a writer, it's always interesting to get the perspective of an average member of the audience during a first time viewing. Thank you for doing these. It's very helpful to know when you understand something, vs when you do not understand something. When you get a joke, when you don't. I love taking breaks and watching these vids of yours. Thanks.

[@jp3813]

I reckon that there will always be at least one person who doesn't understand something, and another complaining that the movie is holding his hand too much.

[@RossWrock]

As a realist, I don't expect Cassie to watch 10 seasons of SG-1, let alone Atlantis and Universe. But I'd LOVE to see her react to at least the pilot TV episode, or Season 1.

[@walkir2662]

She' doesn't seem to do whole series, Great style if it works for you, but it doesn't for me.

[@The2ndQuest]

If she were to do just the pilot for SG-1, she should try to find the "Children of the Gods: The Final Cut" version that was released on DVD in 2009. It was a special edition re-edit, remix, rescore version of the pilot that brought the quality up and made it feel more like the rest of the series. It is also more like a stand-alone sequel, since it removes 1 or 2 cliffhanger details that led into the next episode, etc.

[@charlesballard5251]

An entire series I'd like to see her do is the re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica".

[@brigidtheirish]

So would I! One of those rare cases of the sequel being better than the original. This movie is great, but the end point being in a different galaxy doesn't make sense given the coordinate system, I *really* didn't like how the military team was depicted as immature idiots who apparently hadn't even considered the possibility of being stuck on an alien world, and I generally got the impression that the writers hadn't quite thought through the actual nature of the aliens.

[@The2ndQuest]

@@brigidtheirish The nature of the aliens fluctuates a bit probably because Ra’s death with his closeup was a reshoot insert to make it clearer to audiences that he died (they originally only showed the ship blowing up). So we didn’t see him revert to his Asgard-like form originally.

[@LegoGBlok]

STARGATE SG-1!!! STARGATE SG-1!!! STARGATE SG-1!!! 😍

[@jameshowlet7432]

YES! Great series all the way through. How many TV shows can you say that about?

[@DEEJAYWAL]

Stargate! It's a crazy trip. You can go quite far, don't need a car or even a ship.

[@Manu-rb6eo]

SG1 and Atlantis were great. Universe wasn't that bad but most of the episodes were........boooooooring as fuck......

[@uosdwiSrdewoH]

@@jameshowlet7432 Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Battlestar Galactica, The Wire, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The West Wing, Fargo, Ted Lasso, The Boys, Parks and Recreation, Daredevil, Futurama, Dead Like Me, Quantum Leap, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, The Twilight Zone...probably some others I can't think of off the top of my head.

[@Tony-B23]

I have always liked Atlantis more than SG-1, but that's like choosing between Filet Mignon and a big fat juicy Ribeye. Just a personal preference, they are both great shows

[@vanyadolly]

One of the most important movies of my childhood! My entire family has a lifelong obsession with the Stargate TV shows, and this was how it all started. I remember how excited we were when the show was announced, and we still rewatch it religiously. 😄 I highly recommend watching the show or at least the pilot movie! It's like a precursor to Star Trek where a more flawed, contemporary society takes the first steps to one day hopefully becoming something like Star Trek.

[@ghostofyourmom]

"like a precursor to Star Trek" Um excuse me?? Star Trek began airing in the 1960s. Stargate didn't exist yet. And ST is DEFINITELY one of the sci-fi influences on Stargate (movie & show). You literally have it BACKWARDS.

[@vanyadolly]

@@ghostofyourmom Dude. Chronologically. Star Trek is set in the 23rd C.

[@ghostofyourmom]

@@vanyadolly Ok, as long as you admit that Star Trek came first. Otherwise heh heh, you just look ignorant 🤣🤣🤣

[@CarloCarrasco]

The old lady who appeared early in the film was the late Viveca Lindfors. She played Bedelia in one of the short stories in Creepshow (1982). She died in 1995 and Stargate was one of her very last films.

[@EvilTheOne]

Spader is such a chameleon. His roles from Lincoln, Blacklist, Pretty in Pink, Secretary, Less than Zero, and here on Stargate is so diverse. His hyper-intelligent take on Daniel Jackson made them reprise the 'character' for the series.

[@RichardFay]

...And let's not forget Ultron

[@RHack1]

Forgot Boston Legal.

[@Chumppi]

You forgot Robert California

[@jculver1674]

I remember when my wife and I were watching The Blacklist, I showed her a picture of him from an '80s movie and she refused to believe it was the same actor.

[@Skawty]

Also The Watcher which also stared Keanu Reeves and Marisa Tomei.

[@BobSmith-lb9nc]

One of my teachers at UCLA was the technical advisor on this film. He also wrote the Egyptian word-script which is the foreign language in this film.

[@nicktoons125]

THAT'S AWESOME! 🔥

[@thomassmart4088]

NICE

[@user-ih5jr8rt5q]

cool

[@thetenthplanet_]

So fun fact, the effects for the Stargate activation (typically referred to as the vwoosh by fans) along with the vortex that appears behind it were created with practical effects. They filled a clear container with water and shot pressurised air into it to create that explosion of bubbles effect. They then put a fan at the bottom of the container to create the vortex. They proceeded to super-impose both shots on the Stargate. Credit to both James Spader and Kurt Russell, they may not have been entirely invested in the material of the script, but they still gave the roles their best performances. Also, David Arnold - who scored the music for the film - has provided the music on two other Roland Emerich films, Independence Day and the 1998 Godzilla. He also worked on the scores for three of Pearce Brosnan's Bond movies as well as the first two of Daniel Craig's Bond films. Man has mad talent.

[@cbbred]

"Douche canoe" I've forgotten that amazing phrase, thank you for the reminder!!

[@McPh1741]

The scene where they finally open the Stargate is so epic.

[@ramstrong1961]

The Stargate TV series (1997-2007) was filmed in Vancouver and starred 2 Canadian actors (Amanda Tapping & Michael Shanks)

[@JuandeFucaU]

there is no truth to the rumour that both of those actors have evolved webbed feet and gills from living in Vancouver for a decade.

[@Dreadnort]

@@JuandeFucaU They didn't cross the trans-warp threshold either, did they?

[@arnaudgerard1971]

Amanda was born in the UK, but yeah :)

[@jameshowlet7432]

Honestly, the TV series was even better. So well written with the perfect cast. Great all the way through.

[@lyletuck]

And GUEST starred countless Canadian actors, including quite a few who would also appear in the 2003 Battlestar Galactica mini-series and the 2004 series.

[@alteredchallenge9318]

What made stargate so special was that a single idea of a wormhole could spawn millions of stories.

[@tomspring213]

I remember my mom dropped me off at the local theater so I could watch this. I was like 10 and I don’t recall anyone else being in there with me. Loved it. And James Spader is now one of my favorite actors because Boston Legal and Blacklist.

[@BlameThande]

I was blown away by the special effects when I saw it in the cinema, that and the concept of dialling the Gate at the start. There was a narrow window when Stargate could've been made, when the special effects were good enough but people still found the concept of rotary phones natural. A great film but it spun off an even better TV series.

[@kenduncan3221]

To be honest SG1 had a LOT more time to world build the the movie so yes it was more enjoyable because of that. The movie was a great movie with great world building for the time allowed.

[@alexhaas9653]

Great movie. Remember watching it in cinema. Someone said about it that time: Cost 50 million, looks 100 million and made 200 million in the box office. Spot on. Great movie with a great Kurt Russell. "Breakdown" is a great underrated gem of his. Or "Executive Decision".

[@yzolakitchi]

Love Breakdown - Great thriller!

[@markmaioli4]

And don't forget Soldier

[@synaesthesia2010]

upvoting Breakdown

[@GUNNER67akaKelt]

@@markmaioli4 I 2nd 'Soldier.'

[@mikeroman5208]

I also remember watching in the theatres but, to be honest, I didn't think it was a great movie. Yes, it was a good entertaining movie well worth the ticket price, but to this day I don't think it's a _great_ movie.

[@dean0195]

Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis are two of my favourite TV series. They expand the Stargate lore so well and provide a rich history. I recommend it and the chemistry of the SG-1 team is so good that they make it easy to get invested in their adventures. For crying out loud - Jack O'Neill Well, I do speak 23 different languages, pick one - Daniel Jackson Indeed - Teal'c You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water - Sam Carter

[@thomassmart4088]

Fringe is on par i'd say

[@SRG558]

My ex-wife and I saw Stargate at the theater when it was released. It is still to this day one of my favorite movies of all time, and that's saying a lot because I'm about to turn 70!

[@Robert_Douglass]

22:25 "Nani wey ya-sachayya." (You have come here to destroy me.) 23:41 I don't remember the exact wording in the subtitles, but Skaara asked Sha'uri why Ra was punishing them, and she told him something I don't remember, then asked about Daniel. Then Kasuf, the elder who covers a dead villager's body in the next shot, tells Skaara that they should not have helped the strangers (the Terrans, aka Daniel and the Air Force personnel). 24:06 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qp69mnqcgbumbtksi=ZdP6QCTHtIE3LzGw

[@thomassmart4088]

Jaffa! Kree!

[@memnarch129]

Ill say this. If you EVER do a full watch through of ANY Sci-Fi TV series Stargate SG-1 is IMO one of the top choices. It has one of if not the most internally consistent worlds, meaning rules they set up during season 1 still apply in season 8, and has some of the best story telling of any Sci-Fi series ever released. Now unfortunately you dont get Kurt Russell back but you do get a EXCELLENT replacement in Richard Dean Anderson, aka the OG MacGyver.

[@user-ih5jr8rt5q]

Farscape

[@StrangeFriendsMedia]

@@user-ih5jr8rt5q Seconded. SG-1 (and its spin-offs) and Farscape, plus (though they're a different branch of sci-fi) Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Fringe, remain my four favorite sci-fi series (I'm not counting Firefly, because it was only one truncated season, which makes it a more of a mini-series, and I didn't know it existed until AFTER I saw Serenity in theater with a friend who told me about it). Don't get me wrong - there are easily dozens more shows that I love and that deserve recognition and reactions. But nothing would make me sub to a channel quicker than someone reacting to those shows!

[@user-ih5jr8rt5q]

@@StrangeFriendsMedia interesting, Firefly is one of the worst shows I've ever seen, and I tried watching the movie twice and turned it off both times Buffy is poor-mediocre continually

[@amehak1922]

I love how Daniel casually corrects the translation with little effort.

[@topherbec7578]

That is my favorite scene.

[@randallwright1973]

And utterly destroys the ego of the poor guy who did translate it first.

[@RedCaio]

It cracks me up that he "corrects" synonyms too. "for all time" vs "for all eternity" is the same thing. Same with "doorway to heaven" vs "star gate". it's just synonyms, no need to act like you're correcting him, Daniel. lol.

[@modarkthemauler]

@@RedCaio It's a word for word translation vs translating the meaning of a sentence. Both are right but one conveys the meaning better. That's why google translate was/is so bad, it does not translate the context well unless you put in a full paragraph. even then it struggles.

[@amehak1922]

@@RedCaio there's an actual difference between "doorway to heaven" and "Stargate."

[@redtesta]

one of my favorite movies and actors. It led to my favorite tv series ever, Stargate SG-1 and then led into Stargate Atlantis. Stargate tv series is the longest Syfy show ever, meaning, to never take a break. Straight through 10 years. Miss it. Remember, O'neil said he was there in case they succeed. His own mission , going to the other side is to close the gate so aliens cant come to earth. HIS mission not telling the others is to set the bomb, and get back to earth all of them . He didnt create earth he was a alien. Earth was original domain. Years later the tv series takes off from where the movie ended. Jack O'neil is now Richard Dean Anderson who is hilarious and great ( the original macgyver) and then the supporting cast which were amazing. Spader doesn't come back but his replacement, Michael Shanks, is insanely good. Sam Carter.. It is so worth binging. Then , once you get through 10 seasons, it leads you into stargate atlantis.

[@mykeprior3436]

I love how this movie launched one of the best Sci-Fi absolute rip of shows of all time, then two sequels!

[@mrwidget42]

In 1994, when Stargate came out in theaters, it was the most anticipated and hyped movie for nearly an entire year before it was released.

[@ortizmo]

Saw it opening night. Wasn't disappointed.

[@shadout]

I remember the promotions making a big deal out of the visual effects of the portal and how they were achieved using practical effects in a time when CGI wasn't up to that sort of realism.

[@ct6852]

I was eight when it came out. Just remember thinking it looked terrifying for some reason. But yeah remember the cgi being a big deal.

[@harumistborn]

Ok, how do we get her to watch all of Stargate lmao

[@sherlockholmes6341]

"The problem is I'm wanting more, like, I want to know what now with Stargate..." To which I holler - "TO THE TV SHOW WE GOOOOO!"

[@mr_reborn]

It's a crime that this was never continued in cinema. What an absolutely insanely epic trilogy of crazy proportions this could be. I wouldnt want them to do it today, though, it would be woked to death.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Saw Star Wars many times in the theater in ‘77, have all the OG toys. Grew up on with TOS on tv in reruns, watched TNG and am a die hard Voyager & Enterprise fan. But even with all that, Stargate is my favorite and my happy place, especially SG-1. They walk the line of being just self-aware enough, and believable enough, for it to work. It’s a real gem. My second fav is definitely Wormhole eXtreme though.

[@nicktoons125]

Sad that Wormhole Extreme doesn't get the respect it deserves.

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

*I saw the first episode of SG1 and never saw another episode.* Some stories are better left to one telling.

[@thejamppa]

Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis are my Feel-Good Scifi series.

[@user-ih5jr8rt5q]

DS9 and Farscape are better - Farscape is underrated and perhaps best sci-fi show!!!

[@StrangeFriendsMedia]

New seasons of Wormhole eXtreme or we riot!!! "As a matter of fact, it DOES say Colonel on my uniform!"

[@thetankgarage]

Stargate is one of my favorite universes. Just like Star Trek it's mostly really smart people cooperating well. Atlantis is probably my favorite but they are all great in their own way. I have rewatched SG-1 almost as many times as I've rewatched Buffy. Oh and yes, nearly all good TV sci-fi in the late 90s and to some extent still today was all made in Canada. Stargate, Battlestar Galactica (best TV show ever made), The Expanse, The Travelers, personal favorite Van Helsing and countless more. All having Canadian actors and guest stars that you would probably recognize even more than me.

[@JoergWeida]

Atlantis was Jason Momoa breakout role

[@geoffwilliams4478]

I really wish I was Canadian instead of American.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Rodney makes Atlantis.

[@apoc9ify]

Atlantis is popular in my country thanks to Dr. Zelenka.

[@BlameThande]

I agree that both TNG and SG-1 are "really smart people cooperating well" with no made-up unnecessary disagreement or stupidity. You can believe they're solving real problems and it feels satisfying when they do, mostly without deus ex machina.

[@jakleist]

There’s a meme out there I love about this. ‘Joined Space Force. Still got deployed to the effin desert.’

[@jihongkim5270]

I watched this in Korea with subtitles when I was around 13, I think. My mom took me and my brother to the video tape rental shop in the neighborhood time to time back then. We got to watch so many Disney's, and Hollywood movies. For some reason I chose stargate and I LOVED it right away. It Immediately became one of my favorite movies. Then we moved to US few years later and I got to watch the entire TV series starting from Season 5 or 6 and re-runs of the previous seasons. I could not wait for the new episodes on Fridays. I was glued to the TV for hours when the Scifi channel was doing a marathon for a day or something. I learned so many expressions from the show. Where else would I learn when to say something like "For crying out loud!!" or "Indeed." Also, the fact that they are team of people who has different professions helped widening my vocabulary spectrum as well. I mean if you watch something like House MD, they almost always talk about medical stuff, and almost nothing else, but SG-1 had a Soldier whose vocab is colorful, a archeologist who does not shut up, a scientist who speaks, well, science, and a jaffa who does not speak much.

[@Cadinho93]

"Give my regards to King Tut, asshole." Very good movie that launched one of the best Sci-Fi series ever, "Stargate SG-1"! Highly recommend checking out the series when and if you have the time, great cast with amazing chemistry, not to mention great writers, creators who actually wanted the show to be as scientifically accurate as possible, despite the whole premise of the show being based entirely on theoretical physics. Also, if you like Kurt Russell you really should watch his performance in "Soldier" (1998), barely says anything the whole movie, but even then his acting is just astonishing... That and his character is a BADASS!

[@-taz-]

In a couple years AI can replace MacGuyver with ol' Jack Burton. Then I'll watch the series...

[@Paul_Waller]

The music, the writing, the actors, fantastic plot piece! Stargate SG-1 has it all.

[@-taz-]

I remember when it came out, the big selling point was that they used lots of real extras, like in the early movies. I would classify it as a pure action/adventure movie, not really sci-fi per se. I can't think of any sci-fi theme.

[@fastertove]

@@-taz- It does have sci-fi elements to it, but science fantasy could also be a way to describe it, I guess.

[@DEEJAYWAL]

The Stargate franchise has clocked up more hours of science fiction TV than any other apart from the Big Two - Star Trek and Doctor Who. And both of those have been around on and off since the Sixties. An impressive statistic.

[@akeel_1701]

After the movie, Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin talked about doing a sequel but that never materialised and they moved onto other projects. Meanwhile the Stargate project ended up in the hands of the guys who went on to produce the TV show, which starts off one year after the events of the movie and ran for ten seasons, with a couple of TV movies and the two spinoff series Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe.

[@markwilliams6394]

I like that Amanda Tapping (Sam) tells Richard Dean Anderson (O'Neil) to Macgyver up before they go through the Stargate together for the first time on SG-1.

[@cmudd9788]

@@markwilliams6394 Actually when they go through the gate for the first time Sam just stands there in awe talking about how impressive the event horizon is until O'neill (with 2 lls) just shoves her through the gate. The line you're thinking of was when they find the DHD on Abydos and Sam says "It took us 15 years and 3 supercomputers to MacGyver a system for the gate on earth."

[@alucard624]

@@markwilliams6394 I like the blooper where she calls out RDA when they are stuck on a glacier and tells him he should put together a bomb or something, calling him MacGadget and MacUseless as well.

[@akeel_1701]

@@cmudd9788 I recall seeing an out-take where they had to fix something and she said something like: "you spend seven years as MacGyver you can't figure this one out?" kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6PMi2yoqr-kZ6csi=xJs9s26PzdDQRsBK

[@piotrangelus7534]

@@alucard624 and face of RDA... priceless :D

[@Ugnutz]

Thing to remember the Movie and the Shows are actually in differnt universes/ timelines as the Character of Jack spells his last name differently in both O'Neil in the movie and O'Neill in the show

[@MrDeathpilot]

I would call that "a thing to ignore". 🙄 It's NOT "in a different universe" as you call it, since many of the actors and characters are the same ones as in this movie.

[@Geminias]

The TV show establishes that Jack told the army that they destroyed the gate on the other side. The Earth Gate is basically put into storage as everyone assumed it only went to one location.

[@robertchurch5646]

Ra’s guards are Horus (falcon heads) and the leader wears a jackal head which represents Anubis.

[@RabbitShirak]

Exactly. They're supposed to awe and even frighten the worshippers.

[@LordVolkov]

The first Horus guard defeated is a young Djimon Honsou

[@christopherwall2121]

​@@RabbitShirak Like almost all Goa'uld weaponry and armor, they're meant for intimidation over practical function, indicative of their greatest weakness

[@geoffwilliams4478]

​@@christopherwall2121SG-1, S5, E 18, "The Warrior." Colonel O'Neill: "This is a weapon of terror. It's made to intimidate the enemy."

[@josiahzabel8596]

@@geoffwilliams4478 This is a weapon of war- it's made to KILL your enemy.

[@MegaToronto1]

Richard Dean Anderson only took the role on Stargate SG-1 after he insisted they give O'Neil a sense of humor. He thought it would be boring trying to play Russell's stoic, brooding version of O'Neil every week. Jack was at a conference one time and he mentioned to someone that there was another Jack O'Neil, but "he spells his name with two L's." in reference to the movie. lol

[@PilsnerGrip]

Oh man watching the Stargate TV show with your dad sounds like a great memory

[@subzero-wo9ri]

This was the first movie I watched as a kid at the cinema , the SFX of going through the Stargate on the big screen blew my mind like a VR rollercoaster

[@Glisern]

Incredible movie that spawned my favorite tv-show of all time.

[@cafeabasedecinema]

I remember when Stargate came out. Every day I saw the poster in front at the local theater when I returned home by bus. When the film was released VHS, I rented it and watched with my family. My father was so enthusiastic at the end that he said: "Where did you get this movie from?" 😄

[@53kenner]

Honestly, SG-1 built upon this movie... and did it better. One of the few times a TV show based upon a movie improved upon the original.

[@jonathanryan9946]

Ok... now in prep for the show. Russell Dean Anderson (the original MacGyver) will take over playing Jack O'Neill, he's a lot funner. Think of it like the Big Trouble, Little China reference becoming his primary personality. Michael Shanks will take over playing Daniel Jackson from James Spader. He's actually going to do an incredible job of being very much like him (even though he's clearly younger), eventually he will make the character his own but it comes across as incredible character development. The cast from Abydos, will reprisal their roles. Now there will be minor (and I stress minor) lore changes between them, Abydos is now not on the other side of the universe but only a few dozen light years away (one of the closest stars). This was done make the space travel more believable (Ra's ship shouldn't have been able to go that far in just 10,000 years). The alien design for Ra's species gets changed (saved budget and made them taking over human bodies more believable too... the alien design is more parasitic now) You will also get 2 other new leads. Samantha "Sam" Carter, played by Amanda Tapping, who is both a fighter pilot and physicist. She'll become one of the best written female characters in a science fiction series ever. The actress actually told the writers to just writer her as a regular character and let her figure out how to add the femininity that would be occasionally needed. Plus she was huge on as close to accurate science as possible, so she didn't come off as an idiot spewing babble because she knew fans would care. This resulted in the writers hiring real physicist. The actress also went on to producing and directing episodes in later years too. After that doing the same with other scifi/fantasy TV series too. Then Teal'c, an human hybrid warrior of another Egyptian "God", who realizes they're not gods and hates serving them but sees no alternatives besides slowly building his own resistance movement. The pilot, and first 5 seasons, were made by Showtime, the next 5 and spin-offs [and direct to DVD films] were made by Sci-Fi (later Sy-Fy) Channel. Anyways Showtime wanted nudity, it's only in the pilot episode though, so prepare for some extra editing in two scenes. However the producers (and were against it from the beginning but you can't tell the people paying for the show no unless it's gonna lose them viewers) and test audiences hated the nudity (so thankfully they could tell Showtime they tried it but it didn't work), so it won't repeat. Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis, and Stargate Universe all get better with nearly every season. So give each time, they all get better and better. I will say Universe has a darker tone than the other 2. It nearly rivals Star Trek, Star Wars, and Dr Who in the amount of content it has... and Amazon just bought the rights, and they're figuring out right now how to bring back the series. It's only not happened yet because of covid and then the writing/acting strikes.

[@StrangeFriendsMedia]

That's all great and super informative! One thing, though - Colonel Jack O'Neill-cum-MacGuyver was played by *Richard* Dean Anderson, not Russell.

[@rickfortier8664]

James Spader series you were talking about is "The Blacklist" as Raymond 'Red' Reddington. James Spader was also in a great satirical lawyer series with William Shatner called "Boston Legal"

[@Chris-ji4iu]

Shatner was so damn funny in that series! Start of sentence "Denny Crane ..." - end of sentence "...Denny Crane."

[@matthewgillies7509]

Ra keeps the kids around so that he has a viable host to inhabit if his present body is too badly damaged, or if his sarcophagus fails to reinvigorate him. It's something that most of his species do as a precautionary measure.

[@Ferox2121]

We never see the Ra kids in the second half of the movie. Did they flee when Daniel and the remaining Marines fled? Or did the sadly perish with Ra on his spaceship?

[@matthewgillies7509]

@@Ferox2121 they died. They were too heavily brainwashed by him, and would not abandon their god.

[@TheEldritchStrom]

I still binge and rewatch the television show now and again. Peak late 90s TV.

[@Enterprisek143]

SG-1 is one of my favorite tv shows growing up, Canadian actor Michael Shanks takes over Spader's role of Daniel Jackson, and Richard Dean Anderson (of the original MacGyver series) takes over Russel's role of Jack O'neil.

[@chuckwilliams6261]

22:40 "They've got magic?" Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -Arthur C. Clarke's third law

[@donrichards271]

The three laws are about robotics. Yeah, I'm that guy.

[@maderaadani2180]

Clarke's three laws are generally about technology and progress, completely distinct from Asimov's laws of robotics.

[@donrichards271]

@@maderaadani2180 Oops! Ur right. Reverse pedant takedown.

[@josiahzabel8596]

and how The Goa'uld COULD pretend to be gods for so long...

[@ct6852]

And trippy quote from The Box.

[@bornskinny77]

My favorite James Spader role is in "Boston Legal" His chemistry with William Shatner is amazing!

[@TroyConvers5000]

DENNY CRANE!

[@user-ih5jr8rt5q]

that character and show are from The Practice - good to watch that first ( :

[@antoniofernandez7075]

The ending scene is awesome and nostalgic. Saying goodbye after becoming unexpected friends and then crossing the portal to new adventures.

[@beckyg86]

26:46 "We just have to find the 7th symbol, it's gotta be somewhere!"... am I the only one who thought Cassie was gonna go find it when she leaned over? Lol

[@numunu013]

Loved this movie as a kid. I admit it was about 2 or 3 seasons into the TV series before I sat down and finally watched that. Now, the Stargate universe is one of my absolute favorites.

[@gerstelb]

Catherine is played by Viveca Lindfors, a Swedish actress who had a career going back to the 1940s, including “The Adventures of Don Juan” with Errol Flynn. She’s also in “The Sure Thing” with John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga, which should be on your “to see” list.

[@ronmaximilian6953]

It was Lindfors last mainstream role. Her last movie was in the more artsy "Last Summer in the Hamptons." I met Lindfors while she was filming this quite coincidentally on an outing with my mother and sister.. My mother, who was born in Sweden, started to speak with her. The actress was quite annoyed that neither my sister nor I could speak fluent Swedish, but merely understood some.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

21:07 "Can we just try . . . a bunch of different symbols and . . . _hope_ it works?" Yep! Flaw in the script there. There are only, what, 30 symbols on the gate? So it wouldn't take them very long to try them all. It's not like they'd have to try every combination of all seven symbols, which is what they were facing before Jackson found the carving. (Of course, there are other events now in motion that would complicate things regardless!)

[@donnaroo8042]

Couldn't that open up gates to other destinations, though? And one wouldn't know where it was going until stepping through, and if you're wrong, you're kind of screwed.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

@@donnaroo8042 Unlikely. Remember that the first six symbols define where you're going and the last defines where you're coming from. If you get where you're coming from wrong, it's unlikely that you'll make any connection at all. Kind of like dialing a phone number on your smart phone but then not pressing Send.

[@TheLoner73]

The show you were looking for Cassie in the beginning is „The Blacklist“! There is where James Spader is Raymond „Red“ Reddington, a brilliant and smooth criminal that “helps” the FBI solve some cases, and help himself of course with it! A very good show most of the time!

[@scifijunky1979]

Whoa, Cassie is finally getting deep into the sci-fi genre!😮👏

[@simonfrederiksen104]

Indeed.

[@rampageExtremeGamer]

@@simonfrederiksen104 😆

[@lancekilkenny721]

So say we all!

[@CrashWizard]

Only a matter of time before Abraxas, and Zardoz.😁

[@CYB3R2K]

​@@CrashWizardJesus no

[@TheSpiritOf97]

One of the COOLEST Things about the Stargate itself is that the massive jet of silver liquid and the opening spiral that fires out of the gate when it first open where all PRACTICLE EFFECTS! Done with a simple trick of shooting into reflective clear water at an angle! So glad you're watching this classic! Enjoy!

[@christopherwall2121]

They call that the "Kawoosh"

[@TheSpiritOf97]

@@christopherwall2121 ah, Cool! Wasn't aware of that, Learn something new everyday.

[@matthewgreganti4838]

It's such a great idea for a movie. Then came the show. It adds so much more lore to the story. It is TOTALLY worth it!!

[@Nichrs81]

I'm shocked that you, who loved Rush and Ford vs Ferrari, still haven't given Senna (2010) a chance. And next May 1st would be the perfect date to publish a reaction to this film, as it will mark 30 years of an extremely significant date for its fans. Please, do it! Greetings from Portugal.

[@fcsuper]

"Who's a nerd now?" with the hand gesture to push the thick glasses back up on the ridge of her nose. Solid 90's reference. Has she really been pretending to discovering nerd culture while being a nerd this whole time?

[@tempsitch5632]

No. And far from it.

[@Billinois78]

I didn't know that was a reference to anything.

[@karlschmitt6359]

Great movie with an even better TV series called Stargate SG1(10 great seasons), Stargate Atlantis(Jason Mamoa"Ronin" of Aquaman is a big part of the series!), didn't really watch Stargate Universe. I loved this movie!

[@mattybob59]

Kowalski. She had to mention those penguins. I laughed every time they said his name. 😂

[@klippitykloppity]

I watched this movie when I was a kid, with my Dad and then when the TV Series came out, we watched it every Friday night. Some of my most cherished memories of my Dad are because of this franchise.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

6:10 Mark! That officer plays a country music singer in an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"! 😂

[@Xanadu245]

Yes, the actor (Leon Rippy) who plays General West in this scene at 6:04-6:10 also plays LQ “Sonny” Clemons in ST:TNG S1E26 “The Neutral Zone” that Cassie watched not too long ago.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

@@Xanadu245 ! Yes! Thanks for supplying the details! 🖖

[@InsolentMusicalPeasant]

It's funny that she feels bad about not recognizing actors in certain roles she liked, but it's probably the highest compliment you can pay an actor.

[@ragingsithmaster]

Some actors hate being known for only one role over their entire body of work. Basil Rathbone apparently resented being known only for the Sherlock Holmes movies and radio dramas of the 1940s.

[@randallwright1973]

@@ragingsithmasterSnd funny enough, I never watched those so I just know him from The Adventures of Robin Hood and Captain Blood (admittedly, he was not the main character).

[@corryjamieson3909]

It always bugs me. "Who's this actor?" Or "Who's voicing this character?" Or "I know this actor, I think?"

[@Ambaryerno]

Erik Avari is a funny one because she watched him in The Mummy just a few months ago.

[@markharris1125]

@@Ambaryerno I literally said out loud to no one, "He was in The Mummy!"

[@cliffthedroid1663]

The Stargate movie was made by the same people who went on to make Independence Day. With the same composer David Arnold. Stargate is an epic movie with a genuinely thrilling ending. A great choice Cassie. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Thankyou for the video. You spoke of Western's after Silverado. The most epic western's I know are the Clint Eastwood movies, For a Fistful of Dollars, A Few Dollars More and the last in the trilogy, The Good, Bad and the Ugly. All have an epic score by Academy Award winner Ennio Morricone and genuinely dramatic and exciting. Highly recommended. Some of the best westerns ever made.

[@MrDDiRusso]

Kurt Russell has so many iconic roles: Snake Pliskin, Soldier, Colonel O'Niel, Captain Ron,

[@Petrosman]

I absolutely love Stargate. I love the spin-off shows, but the original movie has amazing magic in it. The magic of adventure and discovery. Hope you watch the shows at some point!

[@Robert_Douglass]

Another sci-fi series journey begins.... I guarantee you will love Stargate, Cassie! This precedes one of the best sci-fi television series of all time, Stargate SG-1, followed by Stargate Atlantis and then Stargate Universe.

[@hellomark1]

I forgot there's a "Kowolski" in this, but there's always a Kowalski in like every American military style movie. I guess it's the most common Polish last name.

[@BeOurGeist]

I love the movie, but to me it’s particularly special because it inspired my favorite tv series of all time, Stargate: SG-1. I know 10 seasons may seem daunting but it’s truly an amazing sci-fi series with compelling characters, and I hope you’ll one day watch it from the start.

[@samswords9993]

I watched this when it came out. I was in linguistics school and a bunch of us went together. We laughed when the guy said, "you're the linguist, talk to them" because that is exactly how people think about linguists.

[@3monthbender]

Spader was also the voice of Ultron in the MCU, as well as being the lead n the show The Blacklist.

[@k85]

Now you've done it. Next up, 10 seasons of SG1, 5 seasons of SG Atlantis, and 2 seasons of SG Universe. The whole lot of that just gets better and better along the years.

[@MundusTransit]

I have very warm memories of watching the TV show. JAFFA, KREE.

[@notgivennotgiven7776]

Kurt Russell with a flat top. You've gotta check out Soldier. He's pretty jacked too.

[@simonfrederiksen104]

And he has less dialogue than Rambo - his son is in it as well

[@notgivennotgiven7776]

@@simonfrederiksen104 oh yeah, that's right sir

[@RevelationNone]

We really need her to see that movie

[@user-ih5jr8rt5q]

movie is meh Escape from NY and LA are the two she should watch for is iconic character+acting

[@FresnoCA93727]

Her expression in the thumbnail. 😂

[@JuandeFucaU]

looks like she sat on a thumbtack.

[@jamespfp]

Mind Literally Popcorned in Bed.

[@andybullemor-music5928]

Can we just take a moment to recognise the amazing score by David Arnold. Whats even more amazing is that this is his first big score. Amazing work.

[@ScarlettM]

Iconic 90s sci fi movie! Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis are amazing tv shows!