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Summary: Buy the Special edition verion, NOT THIS VERSION!
Review: The resason for me giving this film only 2 stars is that in the middle of the film, you have to flip it over to watch the second half. This is VERY frustrating. Buying the special edition version, you won't have to worry about this. This is a great film and I wonder who the brilliant mind behind this version's editting is (i.e.- cutting the film in two parts).
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Summary: Great Idea, Great Film!
Review: Stargate SE is a great science fiction film. This DVD release is much better than it's predecessor. Although I found the nine minutes of additional footage not as benefiting as I hoped. What really helped explain a little more of the story was the commentary by Emmerich and Devlin. This film would have been better if it was actually longer! The video transfer is good, bit grainy in some spots, but otherwise fine. The sound is excellent! If you have your Dolby Digital 5.1 system set up, you in for a treat. What baffles me is why this SPECIAL EDITION, is not anamorphic? I mean, the difference between the SE and Theatrical release, is minimal at best. I would have rather had Artisan just include SE and pack in more features. Aside from this, Stargate is great film, and if you are a fan of the genre, I recommend picking up this title.
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Summary: it doesn't get any more mediocre than this
Review: i can't say that this film was bad or good. it fell right on the borderline. i don't know why i bothered to see it.
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Summary: awful film
Review: One has to preface this kind of review with a disclaimer, sohere it is: I LOVE science fiction movies. I even love hokey,low-budget ones. Hey, _Trancers_ is one of my favorite films. Stargate is truly an egregious film. I don't want to spoil it for you--just watching it will take care of that, but you won't believe what's on the Other Side of the gate. Ouch. This was painful to watch. Really, the kind of bad you almost laugh at, but not the kind of bad you can actually laugh at. In other words, the worst kind of bad. Ugh.
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Summary: special editiongs
Review: THe first time I saw Stargate, I wanted it to be longer. I felt some edits were rushed & not enough exposition. Well, the special edition is the version I WANTED to see. There is a bit more back story on 1928 and also with Kurt Russell & the Air Force knowing more than they led on.Overall, this improves the movie.
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Summary: A great idea revealed
Review: Stargate is a finely tuned science fiction movie that focuses on Egyptian History and life on other planets. The special effects were remarkable,and the plot was very interesting. I have watched this film several times, and learn something new each time. If you are a science fiction freak, or not, this movie will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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Summary: Stargate special edition VHS versus the orginal edition
Review: First of all let me say that the Stargate film itself is excellent. I felt a sense of awe as this ancent device opened a door to another world. I have seen the special edition on VHS and the original VHS. In my opinion, I found the extra content of the special edition distracting. Actually, I can see why the scenes were dropped. They really do not contribute to the storyline. The movie runs smoother without the scenes. The scenese are neat to see atleast once, but thats all... If you are getting the VHS and not DVD edition, then I recommend the movie edition and not the special edition.
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Summary: Good idea, bad execution.
Review: I bought this because I wanted to see what all the hype was about. Any original cinema release that can impregnate network television is worth checking out. As a writer, I was enthralled quite a bit at the idea running under the picture but somehow the chemistry was all wrong. I don't know - Kurt Russell playing a role absolutely straight was something that I'd never seen before. He lacks his wry smiles and one liners. The inhabitants on the other side of the portal were hard to accommodate mentally also. The enslaving villains made for some fearsome moments with their gadgety armour but eveybody looks too good. I could hear echoes of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome' when I watched the middle part of this film: too much put into empowering downtrodden feral adolescents. From here on, the movie drags excruciatingly. While realistic and well intended, 'Stargate' just seems to fall far short of another film based upon a similar premise, 'Contact', but it's worth watching once and perhaps (just to scrape the insides of the jar for anything you'd missed on the first go) twice. To that end, you shouldn't want to part with your silver over it for ownership; my copy lasted just one month before I traded it for a 'Star Trek - Original Series' tape. Don't go and make the same mistake.... this release is mightily mediocre, I'm sorry to say.
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Summary: Awesome!
Review: This an excellent movie and one that any SCI-FI fan should see. I don't know what is wrong with you people who gave this movie less than five stars. You have got to be stupid not to like this movie.
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Summary: Hate Flipping That Disc
Review: Great movie! Moderate picture quality. Extremely good surround sound track 5.1! The only thing I hated and that is why I am giving it three stars it having to flip the disc at the middle of the movie.
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