The people of this world use the Stargate as a one way transport to a penal facility and on arrival SG1 find a small society of mainly men who are controlled or say influenced by one intelligent and resourceful woman who herself was guilty after thousands died under her care.

Overall a good episode with an interesting and twisty new character in Linea played by Bonnie Bartlett and a very smart looking studio set, shame about the dodgy animation on some of the gate shots.

Once again apologies for the slight delay and the audio quality. The VOIP recording app let us down for the second week running meaning the scheduled recording session this week was used to fix last weeks but we are trying another app and hopefully it should be more reliable.

Now I really enjoyed this new take on the SG franchise so I would assume I am part of the demographic that MGM are looking to exploit by this half season boxset released on DVD and Blu-ray. However the  pricing for this half season release especially when you double it up and consider that this could be the most expensive 20 episodes of a network/cable show on the market is a little optimistic especially with the mixed reactions to the series.

Anyhow for those with more money than sense or simply a much bigger fan than I am then both the US DVD and Blu-ray are up for pre-order before their February 9th release date. The UK DVD release is slated for July and no details on the content except for a vague mention of 6 discs so it could be a full season release.

Amazon

• DVD $27.99

• Blu-ray $38.99

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First off apologises for anyone who listens to this “commentary” while watching the episode, the recording had issues mid-way through and sync was all over the place, I eventually gave up and went for close enough.

The technical stuff aside we both enjoyed In The Line of Duty and marvelled at how good the episode teaser looked despite this ep supposedly being a budget limited production confirmed by Jonathan Glassner himself. A major revelation in the story opens up much of what will interest the SG1 story arc for the next season or two, good times are a coming:)

Colonel Samuels makes an ass of himself, Daniel is a space monkey and after all manner of rough and tumble Sam’s hair is perfect:)

This is the first show proper of the year and we have a few plans to improve things but it make take longer than anticipated. As always we welcome feedback in any form about any aspect of the episode or podcast overall.
As mentioned in the show…

Hubble was launched in 1990 so it was certainly up there when the ships arrived, it may not have been in a position to see them and of course someone would need to know where to point it in the first place. The wooly hat can indeed be bought with a SG1 badge or in this case Teal’cs emblem, you find the “beanie” hat here.

Alan and myself were all set up to record the season 2 premiere episode yesterday but the issues with the VOIP recording which first occurred with the state of the podcast reared it’s ugly head once again. Despite Alan paying for the license to use the app it still cut off recording after 5 minutes so he is getting back to the company to sort it out. Touchwood we can find the time to do the show this weekend and still hit out intended release date, if not bare with us we are committed or should that be until we are committed:)

If anyone has better deals then feel free to email or use the comment option.

UK

SG1 Full series plus Ark of Truth and Continuum £91.48

Atlantis Full Series £65.98

US

SG1 Full Series Collection $104.49

Atlantis The Complete Series $115.99

Anyhow to sign off the year I’ve put together what we did salvage and a brief chat on which episodes from season1 should be watched by someone who wants to understand the basics without being bogged down in filler or simply haven’t the time to devote to a show or risk getting the wrong idea.

As always we are open to anyone sending in a list of first (and next year second) season eps which they think are a must watch or simply their favourites or heaven forbid the hated ones:)

This was an excellent season finale bring back a couple of characters we’ve seen before and ending with a good cliffhanger, plenty of humour as well which was quite a feat given the subject matter.

We had a few technical issues with the recording when Alan was talking to himself for quite a while before he noticed I wasn’t there (perhaps I should chime in more often) but the wonders of editing and of course the bonus of some listener email:)

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

The first UK release of Stargate the movie is currently being priced down in preparation for the release of the remastered version (Feb 22nd) which is already being sold in the USA. Prices have been fluctuating between £5 and £7 over the last few days and from all accounts this version is better than the US original release which is stomped all over by the remastered version I imported.

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• The death of a recurring character
• Suspicion falling on a major player
• Backstabbing and conflict between the military & civilians
• Cliffhangers

Justice was well paced and well written with the whole cast playing a part and thankfully no Comm Stone element which for many is a blessing, I do actually think they have been used a little too much early on but then again some of the stuff like Telford and Young has worked very well.

We’ve a long wait for the next episode to see exactly how the major and minor cliffhangers are going to be resolved and it’ll be interesting especially off the back of the lowest ratings of the season how the audience is maintained over the next few months.