Stargate movie (1994)
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Plot and background: Stargate is a 1994 science fiction adventure film[6] directed and co-written by Roland Emmerich. The film is the first entry in the Stargate media franchise and stars Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson, Alexis Cruz, Mili Avital, and Viveca Lindfors.
The plot centres on the premise of a “Stargate,” an ancient ring-shaped device that creates a wormhole, enabling travel to a similar device elsewhere in the universe. The film’s central plot explores the theory of extraterrestrial beings having an influence upon human civilization.
Originally theatrically released on October 28, 1994, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), the film received mixed reviews, with its atmosphere, story, characters, and graphic content both praised and criticized. The film grossed $196.6 million worldwide against a production budget of $55 million.
In 1928, at Giza, Egypt, archaeologist Professor Paul Langford, accompanied by his daughter Catherine, unearths cover stones (also called pyramidion or capstone) engraved with Egyptian hieroglyphs and other markings. Beneath, he discovers a large metallic ring of unknown purpose.
In 1994, Catherine invited Egyptologist and linguist Daniel Jackson, Ph.D. to translate the hieroglyphs. The stones are now part of a U.S. Air Force classified project overseen by Special Operations Colonel Jack O’Neil. Jackson determines that the hieroglyphs refer to a “stargate” that uses constellations as spatial coordinates. He is then shown the Stargate, the ring device from Giza. They use his coordinates to align the Stargate’s rotating inner track with markings (or “chevrons”) along its outside. When all seven chevrons are locked in, a wormhole opens, connecting the Stargate with a distant planet. Jackson joins O’Neil and his team (Reilly, Porro, Freeman, Brown, Ferretti, and Kawalsky) as they pass through the wormhole.
They emerge inside a pyramid on the arid desert planet of Abydos. Jackson attempts to locate the symbols required for the return journey through the Stargate but fails. O’Neil orders Kawalsky to set up camp. Jackson sees a large animal with a harness, which drags him off when he approaches it to investigate. O’Neil, Kawalsky, and Brown follow, and they discover a tribe of humans working to mine a strange mineral
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_(film)
Stargate SG1
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Plot and background:: Stargate SG-1 (often stylized in all caps, or abbreviated SG-1) is a military science fiction adventure television series within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 science fiction film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich.
The television series was filmed in and around the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The series premiered on Showtime on July 27, 1997, and moved to the Sci Fi Channel on June 7, 2002; the final episode first aired on Sky1 on March 13, 2007.
The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets and in space. SG-1 is an elite United States Air Force special operations team, one of about 20 teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats such as the Goa’uld, the Replicators and the Ori. The series draws upon Egyptian, Greek, and Norse mythology, as well as the legend of King Arthur.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_SG-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Stargate_SG-1_episodes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Stargate_SG-1_characters
Stargate Atlantis
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Plot and background:: Stargate Atlantis (usually stylized in all caps and often abbreviated SGA) is an adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM’s Stargate franchise. The show was created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper as a spin-off series of Stargate SG-1, which was created by Wright and Jonathan Glassner and was itself based on the feature film Stargate (1994). All five seasons of Stargate Atlantis were broadcast by the Sci-Fi Channel in the United States and the Movie Network in Canada. The show premiered on July 16, 2004; its final episode aired on January 9, 2009. The series was filmed in and around Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The story of Stargate Atlantis follows the events of Stargate SG-1’s seventh season finale episode “Lost City” and eighth season premiere episode “New Order”, in which the cast of that series discovered an Antarctic outpost created by the alien race known as the Ancients.
In the pilot episode “Rising,” Dr. Daniel Jackson discovers the location of Atlantis, the legendary city created by the Ancients, and Stargate Command sends an international team to investigate it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Atlantis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Stargate_Atlantis_episodes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Stargate_Atlantis_characters
Stargate Universe
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Plot and background: Stargate Universe (often abbreviated as SGU) is a military science fiction drama television series and part of MGM’s Stargate franchise.
It follows the adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team travelling on the Ancient spaceship Destiny several billion light years distant from the Milky Way Galaxy.
They are now trying to figure out a way to return to Earth while simultaneously trying to explore and to survive in their unknown area of the universe.
The series, created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper premiered in the United States on Syfy on October 2, 2009. The series featured an ensemble cast and was primarily filmed in and around Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A second season of 20 episodes was announced by Syfy in December 2009.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Universe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Stargate_Universe_episodes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Stargate_Universe_characters
References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_(device)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythology_of_Stargate
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