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Thirty years after the SG1's first trip through the Stargate, the discovery of a mysterious creature may hold the key to peace for a universe teetering on the brink of tyranny and destruction. Now, it is up to four exceptional Academy cadets and a Stargate veteran to take the creature back to its home planet and protect it from the evil clutches of the Tlak'kahn.
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55 of 58 people found the following review helpful
You'll have noticed that SG:I is a cartoon. And yes, evidently it's for kids, complete with gratuitous pseudo-educational content and conspicuous morals to the stories. It actually reminds me a little of "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe", in part for the everyone-stand-around-and-laugh-good-naturedly ending to some of the episodes. Of course, that comparison does Stargate: Infinity a disservice, as it's actually pretty sensible and well-made.
If, like me, you thought "ooh, Stargate!", then you're probably going to be disappointed, as this manages to be untrue to both the film and the TV series. There are DHDs, GDOs, stargates... but not quite as you might remember them. The "ancients" have apparently been completely reinvented, and the bad guys are a bunch of brutish sauroids who inexplicably carry Jaffar staff weapons and fly Mayan variant Goa'uld mother-ships. Much of that is necessary to dumb-down the content in order to capture fleeting attention spans, and to provide an antagonist alien enough to avoid suggesting that fighting real people is good, of course.
As entertainment, it's not too bad, though of course it's fantasy of the highest order, which you have to be willing to forgive. For example, despite its willingness to explain that you get a fair amount of energy from a hydrogen-oxygen combustion reaction, and that both can be derived from water, it kind of skips over the fact that you need to put energy in to extract the individual elements, so it isn't just water-in, power-out. Well, maybe they have a cold-fusion system capable of getting energy from the matter itself, and just use the hydrogen/oxygen as batteries...
One more thing worthy of note is the theme tune, which is utterly awful.
Overall, I give it three stars: there are far worse DVDs you could sit and watch (and also far better). Probably if I could regress to childhood, I'd give it four stars.
If, like me, you thought "ooh, Stargate!", then you're probably going to be disappointed, as this manages to be untrue to both the film and the TV series. There are DHDs, GDOs, stargates... but not quite as you might remember them. The "ancients" have apparently been completely reinvented, and the bad guys are a bunch of brutish sauroids who inexplicably carry Jaffar staff weapons and fly Mayan variant Goa'uld mother-ships. Much of that is necessary to dumb-down the content in order to capture fleeting attention spans, and to provide an antagonist alien enough to avoid suggesting that fighting real people is good, of course.
As entertainment, it's not too bad, though of course it's fantasy of the highest order, which you have to be willing to forgive. For example, despite its willingness to explain that you get a fair amount of energy from a hydrogen-oxygen combustion reaction, and that both can be derived from water, it kind of skips over the fact that you need to put energy in to extract the individual elements, so it isn't just water-in, power-out. Well, maybe they have a cold-fusion system capable of getting energy from the matter itself, and just use the hydrogen/oxygen as batteries...
One more thing worthy of note is the theme tune, which is utterly awful.
Overall, I give it three stars: there are far worse DVDs you could sit and watch (and also far better). Probably if I could regress to childhood, I'd give it four stars.
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
From the opening bars of the grating theme tune to the last credits; this is everything that the Stargate universe is not.
Unlike Star Trek's animated series which followed some canon within Trek boundaries and looked better, SG:I completely ignores Stargate history and barrels along, oblivious, the backgrounds and characters overdrawn.
Money making aside, this looks and feels cheap. Many children will find its explicit moral messages condescending.
The characters are all gross stereotypes. There is no character development. The younger members act 'out of character' at times augmenting the confusion.
Stacey is the teenager failing to assert herself. Pierced, tattooed and with a bizarre shaven hair-do, she is everything little girls DO NOT aspire to be. RJ is a two-dimensional character lacking a second dimension. I often hoped he would die as a result of his incompetence. Ec'co is a robot. Enough said. They also have an ancient in tow that looks like no ancient we've seen in SG-1 or Atlantis.
Gus Bonner has been accused of a crime he didn't commit (Yawn!). He travels the entire galaxy as "The Fugitive", gathering evidence to clear his name.
It's set 30 years after the original "Stargate" movie - that's just 16 years away. Maybe if it had been a more credible 100 years or ... what am I saying, this should never have been made!
Although not apparent from the description, this DVD set contains all 26 episodes. I'm unnerved that it states "Volume 1" on the box, as if there will be more volumes...
This cartoon series was unpopular. It was cancelled after one season and almost all of its major plots were never resolved. It was produced completely separately from the Stargate franchise.
"NO! For crying out loud!" as Jack O'Neill might say.
Unlike Star Trek's animated series which followed some canon within Trek boundaries and looked better, SG:I completely ignores Stargate history and barrels along, oblivious, the backgrounds and characters overdrawn.
Money making aside, this looks and feels cheap. Many children will find its explicit moral messages condescending.
The characters are all gross stereotypes. There is no character development. The younger members act 'out of character' at times augmenting the confusion.
Stacey is the teenager failing to assert herself. Pierced, tattooed and with a bizarre shaven hair-do, she is everything little girls DO NOT aspire to be. RJ is a two-dimensional character lacking a second dimension. I often hoped he would die as a result of his incompetence. Ec'co is a robot. Enough said. They also have an ancient in tow that looks like no ancient we've seen in SG-1 or Atlantis.
Gus Bonner has been accused of a crime he didn't commit (Yawn!). He travels the entire galaxy as "The Fugitive", gathering evidence to clear his name.
It's set 30 years after the original "Stargate" movie - that's just 16 years away. Maybe if it had been a more credible 100 years or ... what am I saying, this should never have been made!
Although not apparent from the description, this DVD set contains all 26 episodes. I'm unnerved that it states "Volume 1" on the box, as if there will be more volumes...
This cartoon series was unpopular. It was cancelled after one season and almost all of its major plots were never resolved. It was produced completely separately from the Stargate franchise.
"NO! For crying out loud!" as Jack O'Neill might say.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I guess this is deserving of a lot of the flak it has received, but I think it got so much flak because it carries the name Stargate...which has fans that are very protective of the license, and who hold it to a very high standard (which is fair enough).
Other than the use of the Stargate system and the references to the SGC (Stargate Command), there is very little else, if anything, that links this cartoon series with the live action movie and the 3 spin-off series. Certainly the powers that be have gone on record saying that the cartoon series is not canonical.
Animation is at its most basic level, characters are pretty much clichéd, and story telling is your typical Saturday morning cartoon action sprinkled with a moralistic good vs evil message. However, I have found some of the episodes to be quite enjoyable....and the box-set was cheap enough to not make me regret buying it, especially as I'm a completist and it looks good next to my giant Stargate SG1 complete series 1-10 box-set, and my Stargate Atlantis season sets. And even if you find you hate it, but have kids, I'm sure they'll find it worth a glance. I know I did.
Other than the use of the Stargate system and the references to the SGC (Stargate Command), there is very little else, if anything, that links this cartoon series with the live action movie and the 3 spin-off series. Certainly the powers that be have gone on record saying that the cartoon series is not canonical.
Animation is at its most basic level, characters are pretty much clichéd, and story telling is your typical Saturday morning cartoon action sprinkled with a moralistic good vs evil message. However, I have found some of the episodes to be quite enjoyable....and the box-set was cheap enough to not make me regret buying it, especially as I'm a completist and it looks good next to my giant Stargate SG1 complete series 1-10 box-set, and my Stargate Atlantis season sets. And even if you find you hate it, but have kids, I'm sure they'll find it worth a glance. I know I did.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Oops - I did it again
Not what I expected - was looking for more stuff in relation to STARGATE - but this was cartoon with no relation to the prime series STARGATE ONE & STARGATE ATLANTIS
Published 9 months ago by Carsten Poulsen
Not real stargate
many differences with other stargate shows. only the stargate in common. This is a kids show with short action packed episodes and only simple stories.
Published 9 months ago by G. Portheine
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