Stargate SG1: The Ark Of Truth

Reign-Mack · 24-12-2007, 9:05 AM

Think this movie will either go straight to DVD or TV maybe both but its up at the usual places. Running Time is 1 Hour 42 Minutes. But there are enough sub-plots going on in this to fill half a series.

Starburst · 24-12-2007, 11:23 AM

Yes it's a straight to DVD release and yes the screener is sitting comfortably on my hard drive

meansizzler · 24-12-2007, 7:41 PM

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Yes it's a straight to DVD release and yes the screener is sitting comfortably on my hard drive

Singh400 · 24-12-2007, 11:52 PM

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Yes it's a straight to DVD release and yes the screener is sitting comfortably on my hard drive

Same here. Early Xmas present.

meansizzler · 25-12-2007, 3:47 AM

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Same here. Early Xmas present.

I should of known you would of stuck your nose in sooner or later, I hope the bad special effects and poor PQ ruin it for you...

Singh400 · 25-12-2007, 5:06 AM

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I should of known you would of stuck your nose in sooner or later, I hope the bad special effects and poor PQ ruin it for you...

Nope, it was great

I'll be buying it on DVD when it comes out.

Starburst · 25-12-2007, 8:52 PM

Am I missing something here?

Does meansizzler have a problem with screeners being leaked (officially and unofficially) or that people then given the opportunity acquiring them?

Singh400 · 25-12-2007, 10:48 PM

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Am I missing something here?

Does meansizzler have a problem with screeners being leaked (officially and unofficially) or that people then given the opportunity acquiring them?

Meh, I don't give a ****. He's always on my case about something.

Anyway, you watched it yet? I watched it last night. Awesome movie!

Reign-Mack · 26-12-2007, 9:49 AM

Yeah it was pretty good, you have to feel sorry to teal'c that always happens to him...

also did anybody catch that tiny reference to atlantis which may spoil things a little.

Starburst · 26-12-2007, 5:55 PM

Putting aside the framing and place holders for the CGI which were no surprise given this early a screener I enjoyed every second of the movie.

It was so good to hear the theme back again and a nice fly by of snow/ice capped mountains which gave the opening a leg up from the normal budgeted TV episode and then straight back into the dynamic that is SG1.

I was going to buy it on DVD anyway, this just paves the way for the finished article which with it's CGI complete should look fantastic (HD or DVD).

Singh400 · 26-12-2007, 8:01 PM

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Yeah it was pretty good, you have to feel sorry to teal'c that always happens to him...

also did anybody catch that tiny reference to atlantis which may spoil things a little.

What do you mean? What always happens to him?

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Putting aside the framing and place holders for the CGI which were no surprise given this early a screener I enjoyed every second of the movie.

It was so good to hear the theme back again and a nice fly by of snow/ice capped mountains which gave the opening a leg up from the normal budgeted TV episode and then straight back into the dynamic that is SG1.

I was going to buy it on DVD anyway, this just paves the way for the finished article which with it's CGI complete should look fantastic (HD or DVD).

Indeed, fantastic end to a terrific series.

Indiana Jones · 26-12-2007, 8:23 PM

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What do you mean? What always happens to him?

Indeed, fantastic end to a terrific series.

Its not the end though, dont forget about the 2nd DVD movie.

Starburst · 26-12-2007, 8:24 PM

Still got Continuum to look forward too as well, SG1 always did do brain racking time travel stories

A minute too late

nwgarratt · 26-12-2007, 8:45 PM

I don't want any spoilers as I still have to watch season 10 and waiting for the proper Ark DVD to watch it together. Does the film wrap everything up nicely?

Looking forward to Continuum as well as I like their time travel episodes.

Starburst · 26-12-2007, 10:26 PM

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I don't want any spoilers as I still have to watch season 10 and waiting for the proper Ark DVD to watch it together. Does the film wrap everything up nicely?
Looking forward to Continuum as well as I like their time travel episodes.

Still haven't got around to getting season10 on DVD (was hoping for a HD release) so only watched the season 1.5 times, that's seriously light viewing for me

Yes the Ori story is brought to a conclusion.

nwgarratt · 26-12-2007, 10:37 PM

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Yes the Ori story is brought to a conclusion.

That's good. I think I wait to watch them together.

Singh400 · 27-12-2007, 1:15 AM

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Still got Continuum to look forward too as well, SG1 always did do brain racking time travel stories

A minute too late

Yeah I know about Continuum, but you can't really consider it a S10 finisher. It's more of a standalone, although not really. :\

meansizzler · 28-12-2007, 2:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Starburst

Am I missing something here?

Does meansizzler have a problem with screeners being leaked (officially and unofficially) or that people then given the opportunity acquiring them?

Well you admitting to illegally aquiring them and no smack on the wrist by the mods, yes that does pee me off...., mods where are you, I thought the dicussion of pirated material was against forum rules?, hoq would it look to your advertisers..eg play.com who will sell the retail copy of it...

AML · 28-12-2007, 6:52 AM

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Well you admitting to illegally aquiring them and no smack on the wrist by the mods, yes that does pee me off...., mods where are you, I thought the dicussion of pirated material was against forum rules?, hoq would it look to your advertisers..eg play.com who will sell the retail copy of it...

I thought the rules were that we are not allowed to tell people where to get these downloads. Discussing a movie or show (downloaded or otherwise) shouldnt matter.

He did also say that he would get the DVD once it came out, so I dont see the problem in watching a screener.
After all thats what screeners are for...

Reign-Mack · 28-12-2007, 8:56 AM

^^^This is also my undertsanding, if he has that big of a problem with it then he should report the thread to the mods and let them take it from there.

Starburst · 28-12-2007, 11:34 AM

Lets be honest the studios/distributors already make use of "leaked" content to generate a "buzz" for marketing. Dr Who was leaked in a partially completed form and the hype it generated was huge, full premiere episodes have been offered officially by US networks this season along with "unofficial" screeners in the years before.
Sanctuary gave away a version of their Net only production in the hopes it would generate interest leading to retail sales.

The idea of acquiring content being totally wrong/illegal or unethical is based on a marketing and business model that is rapidly becoming irrelevant as the target consumer is no longer going to sit on their backsides and wait for the shows to turn up on broadcast TV or even DVD only.
Even now we have no idea if this early screener was leaked on purpose, it certainly isn't good enough to take the place of the finished article for any fan of the show and the floating watcher probably doesn't give a toss anyway

However it's suddenly brought Ark of Truth into the SG1 spotlight bringing lots of publicity with no down side to the content owners, makes you wonder who exactly leaked the screener doesn't it

On a personal note I have 9 seasons of retail DVD's on my shelf, I'll buy the tenth since it doesn't look like a HD release is coming and I'll snap up the two DVD movies at launch. Watching the US and Canadian broadcasts via the net never negated my SKY1 viewing or DVD purchasing of the show, no loss to any content owner/providers.
That is where the whole anti-piracy argument falls flat on it's face, it's almost impossible to quantify a loss to a content owner based on watching a screener unlike stealing a DVD from a shop yet that is the core argument for the industry which is locked in a business model that is no longer the only option for the consumer.

Starburst · 28-12-2007, 11:42 AM

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Well you admitting to illegally aquiring them and no smack on the wrist by the mods, yes that does pee me off...., mods where are you, I thought the dicussion of pirated material was against forum rules?, hoq would it look to your advertisers..eg play.com who will sell the retail copy of it...

Why?
How does it affect you what I watch in my home and over the years the AVF have only protected themselves by limiting the information into how you got such content.

As I've said the watching of leaked or pirated content can not be shown to have a definite impact on retail sales infact Cinema and DVD revenues have increased year on year even with the explosion of p2p (Usenet has always been around). Lets not forget that the importation of R1 DVD's probably hurts the R2 sales more than p2p since every R1 purchase is a definite loss to the UK market where as a p2p/usenet source is not.

By all means make a formal complaint to the AVF if you really have an issue with me or any of the dozens of members who discuss programming (not the ways to acquire such content) but if it's just hurt feelings or the personality trait (which you can not be criticised for having) that thinks if you don't do it then no one else should then stay away from threads like this for your own mental well being.

Indiana Jones · 28-12-2007, 3:02 PM

Just thought I would say I watched it with my sis on Boxing and we both loved it

Roll on the HD release

AML · 28-12-2007, 4:06 PM

Well ill admit that I have (just) watched TAOT. And even though it wasnt complete I still enjoyed it and I will be getting it on HD DVD or Blu Ray.

Just hope that it does come out on one or the other....

*Spoilers*

I'm happy that the story has kept its continuity and they still have all the asgard tech and weapons. I know they didnt get to use it, but its all still there.

Also very happy to see the whole Ori story get nicely wraped up.

Hopefully they will still have access to the super gate and to ori tech in the future.

Looking forward to the next movie and also to the next show they come up with.

They need to keep this story going and I want to see the continuity keep up too.

Humans with access to both asgard and ori tech would basically be the 5th race and become a massive galactic empire/republic (whatever)

Love stargate and want to see it go on forever!

Reign-Mack · 28-12-2007, 8:21 PM

yeah buts its becoming like those japanese cartons Dragon Ball Z how powerfull are the next line of bad guys going to have to be.

I prefer the good old days when they had to fill the bad guys with lots of bullets, now its just a search for the special weapon that kills all of them at the same time everywhere.

raigraphixs · 28-12-2007, 8:43 PM

is this due on uk tv before its march dvd release?, as i understand the workprint has unfinished special effects..., then i dont prefer that version.

Starburst · 29-12-2007, 1:21 AM

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I prefer the good old days when they had to fill the bad guys with lots of bullets, now its just a search for the special weapon that kills all of them at the same time everywhere.

That's the problem when there are a Billion enemy soldiers armed with superior weapons and ships, killing them one by one get's a bit tricky

There is precedent as well, we humans in real life have used WMD's to save on time and effort

Starburst · 29-12-2007, 1:26 AM

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is this due on uk tv before its march dvd release?, as i understand the workprint has unfinished special effects..., then i dont prefer that version.

Nope, it's straight to DVD in the same manner as B5 The Lost Tales with I expect a R2 release a few weeks later than the R1 although a global release would be welcome. Unlike the series proper MGM have a stake in a making the most of the DVD revenues, they made a ton of cash selling SG1 to broadcasters outside the US but as they own the whole DVD rights package any TV sale would impact on DVD sales.

The CGI place holders don't ruin the screener after all the story is the most important thing otherwise we would never watch the majority of TV scifi over the last decade or the current scifi saturday and RHI TV movies

Still it's only three months away and not too difficult to remain spoiler free.

AML · 29-12-2007, 2:27 AM

There is some CG missing but its not a huge ammount. All the main stuff is there and its all perfectly watchable.

But yea, it might be better to wait for the release of the DVD if you want it at 100%

Singh400 · 29-12-2007, 2:57 AM

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Originally Posted by raigraphixs

is this due on uk tv before its march dvd release?, as i understand the workprint has unfinished special effects..., then i dont prefer that version.

It's around 85-90% completed CGI wise. Theres really only one screen where it's lacking badly (right at the end). And that doesn't make a difference at all.