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| ACTORS: | Kurt Russell, James Spader |
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Roland Emmerich |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 28 October, 1994 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Artisan Entertainment |
| MPAA RATING: | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Science Fiction |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 012236022237 |
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Customer Reviews of Stargate
Put your brain on hold and it's actually pretty good Before they achieved success with the idiotic Independence Day, director Roland Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin spawned this mind numbing sci-fi hit which would inspire a much more intelligent hit cable TV series. James Spader stars as an Egyptologist who, along with Kurt Russell and his band of troops, are sent to the otherside of the known universe courtesy of an interdimensional transportation device called the Stargate. Once there, they discover a culture much like that of ancient Egypt which is ruled by Ra (Jaye Davidson) who uses his boyish appearance to cover up his alien form. When the film was released it was roasted by many a critic, but as the dynamic duo of Emmerich and Devlin later proved with Independence Day, it's the box office receipts that matter. The special effects still hold up today, and the action scenes are rousing as well despite the hokey and lacking screenplay. This seems like the umpteenth release of Stargate on DVD; first the Special Edition, now this Ultimate Edition; what's next the Super Extreme Edition? Anyway, Artisan usually makes good and affordable DVD's (this one is no exception) but for God's sake, quit re-releasing and re-releasing just for the sake of more extras and different packaging.
ALIENS ANSWER ANCIENT MYSTERIES?
STARGATE - Ultimate Edition is the third version on DVD of this visually striking and sometimes hokey tale about an ancient artifact that can zap explorers to a distant Mars-like world. It's a little misleading to call this the "Ultimate Edition) as it merely transfers the director's cut of the film from the previous "Special Edition" (but now in anamorphic and not letterbox widescreen) which includes nine additional minutes cut from the theatrical and subsequent first DVD version. Got that straight? Cool extras abound, however.
There's a spooky documentary in which Erich Von Daniken discusses his "Chariots of the God's" theory of extra-terrestrial visitations in ancient times. The sound on the feature has been remixed in a thunderous 6.1 DTS ES track. There are commentaries and a nice 23 minute making-of featurette.
Just an attempt to get more bucks from fans
If you're like me, you are really - really - getting tired of producers, film compaines, whomever there is to blame re-re-re-releasing the same DVD with different packaging, and calling it the "Ultimate" or "Supreme" or "this time it really is a Limted edition" special releases. The motivation? Raking it in from fans who expect and want more. You'd be better off spending your bucks elsewhere.
There is NOTHING to make this DVD stand out from any of the numerous previous releases. Save your money! Sure the director's cut is great - but it's on what, three previous releases?