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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 18 reviews)
Sales Rank: 11336
Category: DVD
Director: William Waring
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Number Of Items: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 6303961614
UPC: 027616152534
EAN: 0027616152534
ASIN: 6303961614
Release Date: June 13, 2006
Theatrical Release Date: July 27, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
Another fine set of episodes for one of TV's most consistent shows July 6, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have an extremely conflicted relationship with STARGATE SG-1. On the one hand, I think it one of the most consistently entertaining shows on TV, almost always featuring very strong individual episodes with remarkably few truly awful episodes. Although THE X-FILES was a much greater series than STARGATE SG-1, it probably had far more truly weak episodes (although it also had many more truly great ones). STARGATE SG-1's greatest virtue is its amazing consistency. Given that it is now heading into its tenth season, its track record for steadily solid episodes is almost without precedent. On the other hand, there was after Seasons Two and Three an opportunity to do something extraordinary, the potential for true greatness. In those two seasons it appeared that the show was going to embrace the long story arc format with one episode after another spilling into the next. Unfortunately, that did not occur. Luckily the show does possess a memory, and frequently builds new episodes on previous episodes. But in the end its narrative is more like STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION instead of FARSCAPE or FIREFLY. When I reflect on how good the individual episodes are, I inevitably wonder just how good the show could have been if in Seasons Four and Five they had fully embraced the long narrative format.
Why didn't STARGATE embrace the long narrative format after seemingly flirting with it in the second and third seasons? My suspicion is that the network put pressure on them to stress stand alone episodes. Networks are leery of long narrative shows because the assumption is that it makes it more difficult to attract new viewers. There is undoubtedly some truth to this. It would have been very hard for a new viewer to pick up BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER in the middle of Season Five while someone trying to start right now with LOST would have a great deal of difficulty, just as someone trying to start 24 with the 13th hour would be very much at a loss. But there is also no question that the long narrative format is vastly superior as entertainment and as art for the viewers. There is simply no greater experience on television than becoming deeply immersed in a series as it tells a rapidly developing and evolving story.
Another mark of the long narrative format is character development. Think of how much Aeryn Sun grew and changed over four seasons of FARSCAPE or Cordelia or Willow in BUFFY. One of the marks of the best shows is how characters change and grow over the course of a series. In this regard, STARGATE was by the end of Season Five quite a disappointment. Even factoring in Daniel Jackson's ascension at the end of the season, none of the main characters had changed or grown since the show began. Compare this to any of the main characters on BUFFY, where all of the characters had changed dramatically. Another contrast with BUFFY: each season of BUFFY was strikingly different from any other season. The show never was content with simply doing the same thing each year. Unfortunately, by Season Five of STARGATE it was pretty clear that the series had fallen into a formula. It had become a "safe" show, one that was not going to play with its core formula or truly shake things up. At the end of Season Five the ascension of Daniel Jackson seemed to show promise for altering the formula, but that was a hope that would prove short lived.
So the show had at the end of Season Five become enormously dependable. Each episode was almost certainly going to be a good one, but it was also going to be one in which nothing new was truly going to happen. It had become a show whose each episode I would very much look forward to, but one that never caused the viewer to say, "Oh my God! What's going to happen next!?" That is a question that I always asked with BUFFY or ANGEL or LOST or FARSCAPE or even SMALLVILLE, but that I never wanted to ask with STARGATE.
I find all of this tragic. One of my regrets about STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION is that it ran before shows like THE X-FILES and BUFFY made it possible for Sci-fi or supernatural shows to embrace the long narrative format. I find it perplexing that STARGATE did not choose to do so. It did, however, by continuously referring to previous episodes give some of the feeling of the long narrative format. But I would have so much more enjoyed the series if each week left many of the central plot elements unresolved. I would have liked to see an episode effect a character so deeply that they couldn't forget what had happened for weeks to come.
Still, all in all this remained an extremely fine Sci-fi series. And even as we head into Season Ten it remains a show that I enjoy very much indeed.
Stargate SG-1 series season 5 June 23, 2006
My boyfriend watches this show religiously, and I must say after a while, I totally got hooked. He was waiting to buy the set because he didn't have any money, but I am buying him the whole set for his birthday!!! He is going to be so stoked. And now I get to watch it too!
The new thinpack is great June 22, 2006
I've been meaning to buy the entire Stargate series on DVD, but have held off because I didn't have the shelf space for the older sets. This new release of the thinpacks has solved that problem. It also makes them easier to carry for viewing while travelling.
In this set of five DVD's, you get all of the Season 5 episodes along with audio commentary for each episode and video diaries from each of the major stars. The fifth DVD also contains a featurette tribute to "Dr. Daniel Jackson."
All in all these new sets at a cheaper price have encouraged me to buy something that I have been wanting for a long time.
Recommended highly.
The Best Biblical Epic Made July 27, 2000
8 out of 13 found this review helpful
This has got to be one of the finest Biblical epics ever made by Hollywood, back at a time when Christianity still got some respect by Tinseltown. It doesn't quite end up being one big soap opera like The Ten Commandments sometimes seems. A simple, yet powerful story of a man falsely accused, wrongly convicted and who has one thing on his mind, getting revenge on the "friend" who wrongfully imprisoned his family. Judah Ben-Hur gets the revenge he desired, but he doesn't gain a sense of fullfillment. His victory leaves him feeling "empty" and hollow. What's amazing about this movie is that Christ is only featured in a few scenes and has no dialog, but his mere presence has an immense impact on the life of Judah Ben-Hur. From a simple act of giving him a drink of water (which gives him the desire to live) to the time of the crucifixtion when the act is done in reverse.
Now that Warner Brothers has acquired the rights to a good many of MGM's films, I wonder when they'll get around to releasing a new digitally remastered version on DVD. That's the one film I'm waiting to add to my collection.
Ignore the 'Amazon.com essential video' review at the top December 20, 1999
131 out of 153 found this review helpful
Forget TITANIC, the unquestionable champion of most oscar-honored film (11 in all) belongs to 1959's BEN-HUR. It is the pinnacle of all biblical epics. Critics and viewers alike have to admit that this film, telling about the adventures of a Jewish aristocrat in the time of Christ, is SOMETHING of a milestone, whether they love it, hate it, or feel it overrated in its acclaim. In my opinion, the belief that this film is overrated is simply not justified. Thanks to William Wyler, it avoids the handicap of some sword and sandal movies by successfully fitting both the dramatic and spectacular elements together, resulting in many memorable scenes of visual and emotional power: The nativity prologue, Messala's march into Jerusalem, the conflicting relationship between Judah and Messala, Christ giving water to the despairing Judah, the sea battle (even though you can tell those ARE model ships, the scene is still well done), Arrius' triumphant entry into Rome, the cleansing of the lepers, and, of course, the great Chariot Race. The production is excellent, the sets and costumes looking lavish and realistic at the same time, with the immortal epic music by Miklos Rosza playing throughout. As for the acting, for someone whose acting ability has been labeled wooden and stiff, Charlton Heston gives a great performance as the tortured title character. He is well matched by the superb Stephen Boyd as the ruthless and power-intoxicated Messala. The supporting cast is also fine, with Haya Hararret as Esther, Jack Hawkins as Quintus Arrius, and the delighful Hugh Griffith as Sheik Illdrean. All associated have truly made BEN-HUR an epic to beat all epics.
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