Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks, Christopher Judge, Don Davis

Director: Martin Wood

Summary: Features the episodes 'Serpent's Venom', 'The Curse', 'Chain Reaction' and '2010'.

This STARGATE SG-1 collection chronicles more adventures from the fourth season. Colonel Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) leads the SG-1 military team on continuing missions across the universe through the stargates, encountering various alien creatures and cultures on their journeys. This release presents episodes 13-16: "The Curse," "Serpent's Venom," "Chain Reaction," and "2010."

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The 1994 movie Stargate was originally intended as the start of a franchise, but creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were distracted celebrating their Independence Day. Episodic TV treatment was the natural next step. In the roles of Colonel Jack O'Neill and Dr Daniel Jackson respectively are Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks. They're joined by Captain Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and guilt-stricken former alien baddie Teal'c (Christopher Judge) to form the teacher's pet primary unit SG-1 With a seemingly endless network of Stargates found to exist on planets all across the known universe, their mission is to make first contact with as many friendly races as possible. Chasing their heels at almost every turn are the "overlord" Goa'uld--the ancient Egyptian Gods who are none too chummy after the events of the original film. There's something of The Time Tunnel to the show's premise, but Stargate has held its own with stories that put the science fiction back into TV sci-fi.

On the DVD: Episodes: The Curse, The Serpent's Venom, Chain Reaction and 2010.

It's five years after the Stargate movie saw Dr. Jackson's theories professionally debunked. In "The Curse", he finally finds short-lived vindication with a few of his old archaeological colleagues. Unfortunately, one of them is more interested in the recently discovered Osiris Jar than is healthy. The birth of a powerful new Goa'uld God is sure to spell trouble for the SG team soon. "The Serpent's Venom" is the strongest test of Teal'c's loyalties anyone could have imagined. Betrayed and captured on homeworld Chulak, the "sholvah" is tortured to the point of death. In fact, it is his willingness to accept death that convinces his captors that perhaps his rejection of Apophis has meaning for them too. This is a powerful episode with strong violence and performances. When General Hammond announces his resignation on the grounds of disliking sending people into danger, the team know something's wrong. A "Chain Reaction" of events and clues leads O'Neill to the recently incarcerated turncoat Maybourne. Suddenly with this episode, all the previous references to the sinister NID agency make worrying sense. As Hammond explains, they're "above the law". That doesn't stop Jack from MacGuyvering a way out of the clutches of Ronny Cox's double-dealing Senator Kinsey though! Inexplicably, we're then presented with a future vision of the year "2010" where Kinsey has become President. Here we see Earth in peaceful alliance with the Aschen race. But Jack is sulking in secluded retirement. Sure enough things aren't at all idyllic--just as he forewarned--and in typical style for the series, an engaging time-travel plotline unravels to safeguard the past from this imperfect present. --Paul Tonks

Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Featurette - 1. SECRET FILES OF THE SGC - Aliens: Friend & Foe, Audio Commentary - 1. Serpent's Venom and Chain Reaction - Martin Wood - Director, 2. The Curse and 2010 - Andy Mikita - Director, Trailers - 4 Promo Trailers, Fan Club Spot
Subtitles:	Danish, English, Norwegian, Swedish
Year:	2000
Release Date:	November 26, 2001
Runtime:	180 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	21460 D V D
Keywords:	General, Series, Wide, Screen, Fiction, Science, Tv, Horror, Episodes, Stargate, Vol, Sci, Fi, Sg
Genre:	Science Fiction