tomasajdari I don't know what to say about this. Every single plot line is terrible, the production is laughable, the directing is bad and 1/2 of the actors suck. Jack and Hammond are missing. Oh, the prison scene with Priors is good and maybe... the opening 3 minutes... these are watch-able. Avoid the rest. Only for die hard fans.

David Klecker 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.

Enchorde Recap: The SG-1 Team search for an artifact that can finally stop the power of the Ori. But the artifact is on hostile ground and the Ori is not about to give up without a fight. Suddenly the SG-1 find themselves fighting on several fronts, enemies both external and internal. The team is divided, an away-team trapped on a hostile planet searching for the artifact while the others stay behind on their ship Odyssey, that is under heavy fire from several Ori ships and risk to be overrun by replicators.Comments: A movie for the followers of the Stargate-series, or at least for those familiar to that universe. It follows and builds upon the series, using elements from that series. Actually it is very much an extended episode of the series, not differing much in either quality nor idea. So, if you like me enjoy the series you will most probably enjoy the movie as well even if it is far from being anything worth getting very excited about. Actually the budget seem also to be the same as of one episode so effects are used surprisingly sparse. I had expected more, I got the feeling it was a little diluted.Unfortunately, leading characters, most notably Colonel O'Neill, that started the series has trailed off and does not appear in this movie. The replacements are okay, but doesn't have the ability to lift the series as Richard Dean Anderson could.So, this is essentially a movie for those already following the series, it won't convince anyone new, as it is mostly average.5/10

yogi_jm Stargate: The Ark of Truth was a very good moving, surprisingly good in all honesty. I was not sure about the conversion from TV series (AMAZING AT THAT) to a movie. It seemed a bit ambitious although I was completely wrong, the end result does justice to the Stargate series.The movie does not go at the same pace of a 40 minute episode of Stargate and at first it seems odd to see the different tempo. The Stargate "humor" is still present and despite Richard Dean Anderson's absence in the movie still presents a good laugh. The only reason I gave the movie a 9/10 is because of RDA's absence and still a 9/10 on IMDb is superb! However the Ark of Truth is strictly based off of the show's Season 9 and 10 and thus I recommend that you watch those two seasons first.Despite a questionable set on the opening scene of the movie and some minor continuity errors, any Stargate fan should not be disappointed and in all honesty the change from TV Series to Movie was surprising but the end result does not disappoint. I can't wait till Continuum!