I didn't know too much going into this "movisode", a term I like to call TV events such as this. It's not a movie per se, but it's not an episode. It's an episode with a budget, much like the Season 7 finale had. The Ark of Truth was an OK episode that was marred by story ideas that had no reason to be there and furthermore did not have that epic Stargate SG1 genius behind it.
It starts with the SG1 team on the ruins of Dakara where Jackson has found what he thinks is the Ark of Truth. We learn about this in a flash back to where the Altarans (if I spelled that right) are discussing it. It is here where I am thinking, "we are finally going to get some insight into why these Altarans do NOT interfere, even in events that could destroy them outright?" The Ori catch up to the team and Tommin is with the Ori Army as commander. He captures the team but SG1 still manages the impossible in front of him, by killing the prior. Tommin is shocked and has a change of heart. Something we knew was coming. What happens next is shocking. The rest of the movie/episode is SG1 looking for the real Ark of Truth using the beefed up Oddessy with the "elephant in the room" Asgard core. During this quest the Oddessy gets plagued by Replicators because "someone" who isn't important nor was important to the show, took orders and designed one using the Asgard replicators and it gets loose on the ship. The rest of the movie/episode plods along with this B-story and the A-Story with the Ark of Truth. After a beginning with so much potential, in the end, we get an unoriginal, uninspired show.
We can start with Tommin. You've got the actor so why not expand on this character? They try, but they drop him in favor for the B-story, the replicators. Second, you've got Julian Sands, a well known actor reprising his Prior 1 role. Why not expand on that character? It's dropped in favor of again the replicators. You can see where I am going here.
The replicator B story should have never been in this episode. All the elements of a great story are in place here. Tommin, a fanatic whose world is suddenly turned upside down. You have Ori troops and an Ori underground. You have SG1 going into the Ori Galaxy. You have SG1 on what is the Ori home world. You have the potential to answer the most important question the whole series presents, "when will the Altarans finally get involved?" Nothing like this happens. What we get are replicators. Nothing is new under the sun in this episode. Nothing original happens. It tries. It pokes. It wants to scream out and say something significant. But what we are left with a mediocre show that puts everything into a B-story that was wrapped up two seasons ago.
A very disappointing movie/episode.
It starts with the SG1 team on the ruins of Dakara where Jackson has found what he thinks is the Ark of Truth. We learn about this in a flash back to where the Altarans (if I spelled that right) are discussing it. It is here where I am thinking, "we are finally going to get some insight into why these Altarans do NOT interfere, even in events that could destroy them outright?" The Ori catch up to the team and Tommin is with the Ori Army as commander. He captures the team but SG1 still manages the impossible in front of him, by killing the prior. Tommin is shocked and has a change of heart. Something we knew was coming. What happens next is shocking. The rest of the movie/episode is SG1 looking for the real Ark of Truth using the beefed up Oddessy with the "elephant in the room" Asgard core. During this quest the Oddessy gets plagued by Replicators because "someone" who isn't important nor was important to the show, took orders and designed one using the Asgard replicators and it gets loose on the ship. The rest of the movie/episode plods along with this B-story and the A-Story with the Ark of Truth. After a beginning with so much potential, in the end, we get an unoriginal, uninspired show.
We can start with Tommin. You've got the actor so why not expand on this character? They try, but they drop him in favor for the B-story, the replicators. Second, you've got Julian Sands, a well known actor reprising his Prior 1 role. Why not expand on that character? It's dropped in favor of again the replicators. You can see where I am going here.
The replicator B story should have never been in this episode. All the elements of a great story are in place here. Tommin, a fanatic whose world is suddenly turned upside down. You have Ori troops and an Ori underground. You have SG1 going into the Ori Galaxy. You have SG1 on what is the Ori home world. You have the potential to answer the most important question the whole series presents, "when will the Altarans finally get involved?" Nothing like this happens. What we get are replicators. Nothing is new under the sun in this episode. Nothing original happens. It tries. It pokes. It wants to scream out and say something significant. But what we are left with a mediocre show that puts everything into a B-story that was wrapped up two seasons ago.
A very disappointing movie/episode.