Has anyone else seen the latest direct-to-DVD movie Stargate: Continuum... and felt that maybe they should just stop making these things?
I enjoyed SG-1 for most of the series, although I think they completely jumped the shark when they imported Ben Browder and Claudia Black from Farscape (Fargate SG-1?). This latest attempt at a feature-length movie feels like simply rehashed crap with a slightly bigger budget (ooh, they get to use actual US Navy and Air Force equipment and personnel!).
Not one element of the story hadn't already been done on the show...
SPOILER COMING..
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ok, so rehashed story elements:
- Bad guy goes back in time to change earth to make it more amenable to invasion. Already done in SG-1, not to mention a billion sci-fi shows, including Star Trek: First Contact.
- Heroes find themselves in changed timeline with weak explanation why they weren't changed along with it. I think SG-1 had several alternate timeline or alternate universe stories with the same premise.
- Heroes need to convince their friends in alternate timeline they're telling the truth. ("I can prove I know you! Let me tell you something that only I could know!")
- Good guys go back in time again, stop the original bad guy from changing time line, everything is fine. This is of course accomplished by some technobabble and an alien computer. Again.
- Time line changes, everyone dead is no longer dead and we have a whimsical banter-filled closing scene.
Were the good writers still on strike? This is all so incredibly stale fare. Either come up with something new or let it just... die already!