Just an FYI, the StarGate Movie Ark of Truth (I think that's the title) is being released to DVD March 11, 2008.

Already got mine on pre-order!

What can I say? I'm a 'gate junkie!

I'm waiting for Continuum.

This too shall me mine! Oh, yes....

Quoth the Loth.. "shell me mine!"

Jaffa dialect?

That would be "Shell Kree Mine!!"

Finger fumble... heh!

Now calling in an airstrike on the Kree Mine . . . hehe . . let's see how those Goa'uld manage when their supply of kree ore is cut off! Bwahahaha!

Mine's on pre-order, too!!!

Oh, and guys...

"Just don't...kree..."

"Kree means KREE!"

As the redneck Goa'uld might say, Kree-haw.

snort

git along little Taur'i

The Goa'uld who won't leave you alone at a party: Kreep.

The Goa'uld from the classic horror movie: Kreeture From the Black Lagoon.

The Goa'uld who joined a cult: a Hare Kreeshna.

*buries face in hands, muffling giggles*

Where I left that Goa'uld: up a Kreek without a paddle

How we'll dispose of the remains: Kreemation

How my knees feel: Kreeky

Okay, enough. I'll stop now. Promise.

Dammit I can't think of any! Keep it coming, I need a good laugh today.

This was an awesome movie. Alas, Continuum will blow it out of the water. O'Neill + Baal =

Yeah, I can't wait for that one. I'm gonna be watching Arc again this weekend.

I enjoyed Arc, but found it rather lacking in character fun, for me. I might need to rewatch it to be sure, though, as I was still fighting the flu when I watched it the first time. The fact that I haven't rewatched it says something...there are no stand out parts for me. Usually, there are scenes that I simply have to rewatch, etc...nothing comes to mind here except for the comedy of WEAPONS AT MAXIMUM. I laughed so hard at that I went into a ten minute coughing fit, and then I laughed some more. I'm one of those fans that loved '200' and the reference was hysterical.

But not much else was going on for me. But that's Robert Cooper for ya...as opposed to say, Martin Gero...just different story-telling, and that's ok!!!

I'm excited about Continuum, but I'm happily living in spoiler-free land, so off I go!

Does anybody know when it will be released in Europe?

Does anybody remember the episode in which O'neil andtilk are stuck in a time line?
"If this doesn't stop, I'm going to loose it."
Tilk gazes at him
"Loose it, means go crazy, nuts, insane, bonzo, no longer with the capability of telling when you're short of one happy meal WAAAKOO!!!!" (holds up a plate where he has blotted out a face with ketchup and mustard.

Another good part is where they play golf in front of the open gate, man is that funny

Stargate is ok, but like Macgyver and other series, it's always the same thing, only different situation and scenario. After a while it looses the inicial spring and it's that funny or exiting, don't you think?

I believe that was "Window of Opportunity" It went something like this...

[A tired O'Neill sits in the Commissary, drinking a coffee. Teal'c enters and walks up to him]

Teal'c: Colonel O'Neill, should we not be assisting Daniel Jackson with the translation?
Jack: I'm taking this loop off.
[Teal'c hesitates, uncertain, then takes a seat alongside his friend]
Jack: I'm telling you, Teal'c, if we don't find a way out of this soon, I'm going to lose it.
[Teal'c throws him a look, eyebrow arched]
Jack: It means go crazy. Insane. No longer in possession of one's faculties. Nuts. Out of one's tree. Bonzo. Three fries short of a happy... [FLASH]

Indeed. Window of Opportunity.

As for SG getting old, not for me. I love the character interaction, and the inside jokes that the writers are constantly throwing out there.

Like in a relatively recent episode of SGA (Doppelganger), when Shep grouses to McKay about their current situation:

SHEPPARD: I don’t know. It’s almost as if somebody in a warm, cosy room typing onto their computer sent us here for their own amusement.

That would be a shout-out to the fic writers...these things make my day!

Oh yeah... I got a bad memory for names sometimes. Anyway, I can't deny that SG hasn't got a comical line, what I mean is that in the episodes in every show I know, theres always the same line: Go on a mission, take care of the bad guys, return to the base and there! We saved another world from the grasp of the Gua'uld*.

(can't spell it right...)

That's called a formula, and you're right, it is extremely common, but that's because the formula works. There's a book out there called Stepping Through The Stargate that talks about the 'real' aspects of SG. It contains a review from top military officers on, say, the effectiveness of the staff weapon in combat (not very good, really) and one on the horrible fashion sense of most of the villians (Ba'al excepted, of course) and one about stilted dialogue from aliens and, yes, the formula.

All stories are told in three acts. Set up, crisis, then resolution. From the Bible to Shakespeare to Star Wars to the abbreviated form of that in episodic television, the formula is present, and the formula works. What keeps people watching the formula isn't the formula itself (even though that pattern of action does pull you in, it does get old), but the characters in your formula. If you can create characters that people adore, they will watch them in the fomula again and again. Underscore your formula with humor, character backstory, and character interaction, and WHAM! You have a show that runs for ten seasons.

(Now, I'm the first to admit that MacGyver, despite its strengths, well...in rewatching as an adult, I'm amazed that it kept going as long as it did...I think in Mac's case it was the idea of having a non-traditional main character that kept folks interested. Lord knows there isn't much character development, etc. And, it really was a children's show, and it found its niche. The heavy-handed 'after school special' morality was welcome in the eighties, esp for families, etc. That is Mac's main strength still. It's pretty much safe for all ages. That and the fact that it's a straight adventure show and makes no apologies for that. It doesn't really try to be anything else (other than those occasional activist episodes, like Black Rhino, etc), and that's perfectly ok. Straight adventure works, too! It just usually doesn't work for quite as long as Mac did-just shows you that he's such a lovable guy he can overcome anything!)

I heard in Germany it should be around first of May.

Germany? I once went there. to Cologne (Can0t spell it). I can't remember, but I had the impression that you guys like SG.

Aufwierdesen!

What's not to love?

It's true that SG is actually more popular in other parts of the world than here in the States. At least that is my impression most days.

You can count me among the SG fans. I have started watching SG Atlantis on DVD. I never really got to see it when it was broadcast on network TV and I don't have cable. I finished watching Season 1 a couple of weeks ago and I really like it. The show is very well written and the characters developed with distinctive and dynamic personalities. I really enjoy the dialog and have been studying it as an example of interplay betweeen characters.