| Stargate SG-1: The Complete Series Collection |  | Actors: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Don S. Davis
Studio: MGM
Category: DVD
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Rating:  411 reviews
Sales Rank: 1,217
Format: HiFi Sound, NTSC, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 54
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 9900 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.3
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 8 x 6.9
MPN: 027616092472
UPC: 027616092472
EAN: 0027616092472
ASIN: B000TJBNHQ
Theatrical Release Date: July 27, 2007
Release Date: October 9, 2007
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Product Description
Follows the adventures of an elite group of soldiers and scientists who travel to distant worlds through wormholes via ancient stargates.
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 Enter the Stargate July 17, 2007
E. A Solinas (MD USA)
245 out of 275 found this review helpful
Most TV shows spun off from movies are uninvolving and uninteresting ("Blade," anyone?), but such wasn't the case with "Stargate SG-1." Starting as a simple exploration series, the series expanded into a brilliant tangle of politics, aliens, and Earth's spirit and guts -- excellent writing, acting, and a sense of humor about itself and its characters.
The Stargate has been inactive for a year. Then a bunch of Egyptian-styled warriors come through and kidnap an officer. General Hammond (Don S. Davis) pulls Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) out of retirement, and sends him to Abydos to find out what happened. O'Neill is reunited with Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) -- only to have Daniel's wife and brother-in-law abducted by the evil Apophis. A rescue attempt sparks off a war with the Goa'uld -- aliens who have been impersonating human gods for many centuries.
So the team SG-1 -- made up of O'Neill, Jackson, scientist/pilot Sam Carter (Amanda Tapping) and Apophis' ex-slave Teal'c (Christopher Judge) -- explore through the Stargate, finding plenty of hostile aliens, strange allies (the Unas, the Asgard), and humans scattered all over. Not to mention the gate-builders, who have ascended to another plane.
Frst they battle the arrogant Apophis, then the devil-imitating So'kar, and the malignant half-energy Anubis and his army of undead warriors. The Goa'uld power structure starts to splinter, and new secret organizations make power plays on Earth, as SG-1 uncovers the hidden legacies of humanity's ancestors.
Even after the Goa'uld storyline ends, things haven't ended for SG-1. Cameron Mitchell (Ben Browder) is given command of SG-1, and manages to gather the disbanded team back together, with the help of a quirky alien mercenary, Vala Mal Doran (Claudia Black). Together, they find that the Milky Way faces its most deadly threat ever -- the Ori, evil ascended beings who demand that everyone worship them... or else.
Previously all "exploration" sci-fi focused on people on ships. "Stargate" avoids the usual space opera approach -- even when ships are introduced, the main focus is on walking through a big stone ring. It's also full of real military, political battles (both on and off Earth), and a very plausible reason why everybody in the galaxy (more or less) looks just like us.
It's graced with elaborate, opulant sets, solid special effects, shoot-'em-up action from Marines and Air Force, and some truly kinetic space battles (including one that resembles the climax of "Star Wars IV"). The storyline stumbles somewhat in the last two seasons, with the sudden switch in villains and cast. But all ten seasons are sprinkled with very warm human moments -- Daniel's farewell to his wife, Sam bonding with a doomed little girl, and Teal'c's struggle for freedom.
Best of all is the snappy script. Some of it comes from Teal'c ("Undomesticated equines could not remove me"), but mostly from the tart-tongued O'Neill ("Well, I guess we all start shooting. There's blood, death, hard feelings... it'd suck"). Other characters get great lines too (" I think the circle means 'the place of our legacy'...or it could be 'a piece of our leg', but the first seems to make more sense").
The cast is nothing short of brilliant -- Anderson does a quirky, disrespectful, pop culture-lovin' guy with a hidden tragic past, while Tapping and Shanks are great as an enthusiastic geek and a smart, capable military woman. And Judge is absolutely astounding as Teal'c, who slowly turns from a stoic, tragic warrior to a warm legendary hero.
Corin Nemec had a one-season stint as Daniel's "replacement," and he makes a nice, eager young newbie, and Ben Browder channels much of O'Neill's quirkiness when Anderson left. Black is kind of annoying at times, but she's admittedly quite funny and quirky, with a tragic past of her own.
"Stargate SG-1" is undeniably the best TV spinoff, and one of the best "exploration" shows to make it onto the air... and stay there for a whole decade. Definitely worth seeing, from beginning to end.
Best series ever! Chelnak! December 3, 2007
Jason (NC, USA)
35 out of 36 found this review helpful
I'm going to assume, if you are thinking of buying this collection, you are a fan of stargate. So it goes without saying, it is one of the best shows ever. To say this is my favorite series of all time, would be a vast understatement.
Now on to what most people are here to know. Previously, I bought the stargate disc sets when they first started coming out (remember the big boxes, they were a real pain to get to fit anywhere!). I paid full retail for them, and watched them countless times. These dvd's got a heavy workout. And cost quite a bit. I own season 1-9 in the original box. I didn't buy ten because of this coming out (and I had a season pass on itunes). With that said, buying this set was still a no brainer for me.
The 4 discs that are included in this package are very indepth. They contain many video features that are 45 minutes in length (discs 1 and 2), and 20 minutes for the other features. Some, like the directors series run 8 to 10 minutes. I would guess their is approximately 8 hours of bonus features. My only complaint is the first disc is letterboxed opposed to widescreen, and disc 2 only has 1 (mythology) in widescreen, the rest are also 4:3 letterboxed.
The other complaint I have about this purchase, are the containers that house the discs. Several of my discs arrived in bad shape. On my first batch I got 26 discs that had a good amount of scratches on them, 4 of those had glue or some other white mass attached to the discs. I was able to rid them from the discs using a cleaner, but this is still very bad.
I own both the buffy and angel collectors sets, and I think all collectors sets should use a similar style. Buffy takes up as much room as 2-3 of my other tv show cases, and all of the discs arrived scratch free because they use cd holders opposed to cardboard. I cannot forget my horrible experience with Alias, I could not find one disc without a serious scratch. The stargate discs with scratches were small, light, surface scratches. They were able to play through (just finished a marathon session) with only a few discs exhibiting slight problems. Thanks to amazon's amazing customer service, a replacement set is on it's way, and with luck, I will be able to replace the ones with flaws for those without. (I would recommend only buying this set from amazon, if you buy from other places the discs could be horribly damaged, and you would be unable to request another set)
On my small shelf, I can fit the whole Stargate Collection as well as 2 seasons of another show, on the same small shelf. (opposed to 3 of my original stargate boxes only), so economy wise, you cannot get any better.
The box is beautiful, it is more muted compared to the image you see in the description, and the Stargate water does not glow as it does in the image. I love this set, the care and attention that went into designing it is fantastic. You also get a small book, that shows you the episodes, tv guide line, and any special feature that is located on each disc.
I cannot wait for the future movies (coming in march and july), and I truly hope MGM will release this show in a High Def format.
I highly recommend purchasing this set, and I eagerly look forward to a blu-ray or hd-dvd release of this in the future.
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I mentioned in my review Amazon sent me a replacement because of the badly scratched discs (overnighted even, wow, way to go amazon!), sadly this brought new attention to details I did not notice prior.
First, the new box I got, most every disc was perfect, the packaging arrived pristine (minus the fact that the box seems to be of lesser quality (coloring wise) and the logo is on sideways). The part about the case stinks, because my original box was smashed on the sides thanks to UPS, so I either keep it (damage is minimal) or go with the box with the cockeyed logo (no thanks).
On to another problem. As I said, this new box set, almost every disc was pristine. There were disc's with scratches, but very very few (maybe 5, and those were very light surface scratches, most every other disc was mint!). What I noticed upon replacing damaged discs with those that were not, was the new discs (and my old) had different printing. Some had that cheap hong kong bootleg copy coloring going on, while other were perfect, deeply saturated, and sharp. What is sad is many of my damaged discs from my first batch where sharp, and the replacements seemed to be incredibly dull and blurry (not the picture quality, I have yet to check that on these new discs, but I doubt those are changed).
It seems the studio is using different companies to produce these box sets. Discs in each set are both faded, and sharp (different discs throughout the set), on their own, they are un-noticeable. but when you stack them up with a duplicate set, or your older disc's, it becomes increasingly obvious.
Shame on this company for not having better quality control and using the same printing throughout!
Great Set, good extras, but poor protection for the discs. October 15, 2007
Jon Lechner
31 out of 32 found this review helpful
Just got my set, and I thought I'd write a review incase some people are still deciding whether or not they should buy it. To start off with, the packaging is really cool, and compact(as you can see in the picture). The problem here is with the cardboard sleeves. If you're not careful removing the discs and replacing them, you could scratch them. After inspecting all of my discs, I found that a few already had some minor scratches. I've read other reviews saying that some discs were all scratched to hell and had fingerprints all over them, thankfully none of mine were like this. The collectible book has the same descriptions of the episodes that were included in each individual set. It also lists all of the special features, old and new. The first 50 discs, seasons 1-10, are the exact same discs that they've been selling in the individual season sets. All the episodes are the same, and the special features are all the same. Seasons 1-3 still have no commentaries, and nothing is remastered. Any sets that did not have subtitles to begin with still do not. The four extra discs, have a lot of new material, and some that was released elsewhere. For example, the three-part featurette on disc 53, "Timeline to the future" was previously released on the region 2 set of season 3. "From Stargate to Atlantis: The Lowdown" was also previously released. There are also a lot of "director's series" featurettes that were left off of the original sets. I watched the first bonus disc hoping for something new about the upcoming movies, but they only had the same promos that were on Season 10 of SG-1 and Season 3 of Atlantis. The bottom line, if you already have the previous 1-10 sets and are thinking about selling them to buy the complete set, all you are getting that's new are the four bonus discs. My advice would be to find someone who already has the complete set, and copy their bonus discs. But if you don't have any of the previous sets, then this is definitely the set fot you.
Great Series - But Check Your Purchase June 28, 2008
sbz (Canada)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Stargate: SG-1 is a great series that any sci-fi fan, and even non sci-fi fans, should enjoy. It blends action, humour, adventure, and both serious and lighthearted themes very well. The cast is excellent, the special effects are superb, and the storytelling is, for the most part, top notch.
However, this package is rife with problems. As multiple people have noted, the DVDs are prone to arrive scratched. Amazon has been great giving replacements for something that isn't their fault. Furthermore, I just discovered I received disc five of season one twice and no disc one for season two - but it is long past my thirty days for replacement. So do yourself a favour - if you buy this, CHECK IT THOROUGHLY, for scratches and that you actaully have all the discs.
High quality DVDs & Packaging - Amazon packaging poor January 3, 2008
Marty Watson (Near Roanoke Va. USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Not a review of SG-1. If you are shopping the box set, then you know how awesome it is already.
I received my set and I was immediately annoyed that they had put it in a huge, thin shipping box with a few air bags. The set had a lot of room to flop and slide in the shipping container. I was very lucky to have had no damage. Amazon was rolling the dice here and I can't imagine why....They really need to package this item better for shipping.
The Box of the set is beautiful. The theme is perfect with the little Stargate on the front. Covered in deco antiqued gold foil with embossed glyphs and the like The DVDs are very compactly stored in two large fold out booklets. The DVDs were in flawless condition. I loaded them all into my 400 disk changer and had a marathon run through the episodes. All the DVDs worked perfectly.
I didn't notice a single scratch or flaw on my DVDs. The price is right. Don't stall any longer.
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