Stargate SG-1: The Complete Seventh Season
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Actor: Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, Richard Dean AndersonBrand: ANDERSON,RICHARD DE
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 964 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-06-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM Domestic Television Distribution
Movie Reviews of Stargate SG-1: The Complete Seventh Season
Movie Review: A season that brings multiple major changes to Stargate Command
Summary: 5 Stars
Seasons One through Five were remarkably uniform, each season introducing new characters and developing storylines, but not really bringing about much in the way of major changes. Season Six was different because of the single-season departure of Michael Shanks. But Season Seven is the season where things were, as Elvis would say, all shook up.
For many fans the most painful moment in the season was the shocking and unanticipated death of Dr. Janet Fraiser, played by Teryl Rothery. Along with Tony Amendola (Master Bra'tac) and Carmen Argenziano (Jacob Carter/Selmak), Rothery was the most important non-opening credits actor in the entire run of the show, appearing prominently in several dozen episodes. She has been an extraordinarily busy actress, showing up on virtually every show ever made in Vancouver (off the top of my head I remember her in episodes of DEAD LIKE ME, THE X-FILES, and SMALLVILLE), but the show she is most closely identified with is STARGATE SG-1. Her death outraged and disturbed a host of fans. The most I can say about her death is that it helped correct one of the great shortcomings of STARGATE: how safe the characters all were. One of the things that BUFFY brought to genre television was the practice of making the world unsafe for characters. The moment when Angelus breaks Jenny Calendar's neck was one of the most shocking scenes I had ever seen. Until then, all major characters on all shows were more or less protected and safe. There over a dozen major deaths in BUFFY and ANGEL, and many fantasy and Sci-fi shows followed its example. Shows are simply more compelling when there is a real threat that major characters will die, and the very best shows are not afraid to have a body count (witness Season Two of VERONICA MARS).
The death of Dr. Fraiser was hardly the only change. Michael Shanks's Daniel Jackson returned to the show, necessitating the departure of Corin Nemec. Plot wise, we witness a major change as General Hammond is relieved of his command of SGC (though he has never quite left the series entirely). Don Davis's departure is understandable. In fact, as the series headed into its 8th season it was remarkable that so few major characters had left the show. Filming a series is a grueling affair and it is astonishing that so few performers had burned out. Michael Shanks left for one year but returned. Don Davis left as a full time performer. And Richard Dean Anderson would start reducing his involvement in the show. In this way, Season Seven can be seen as part of a trend that has continued.
Personally, I think the changes have been great for the show. Though it never quite started to feel stale, there had been a bit of sameness to the show that didn't help make it as good as it could be. Compared to some of the very best shows on TV (BUFFY, FARSCAPE, LOST, ANGEL, 24, or even SMALLVILLE) STARGATE had far less character and narrative development. But Season Seven started changing that.
The season ended with some major narrative changes as well. The alliance between the SGC and the Tok'ra became strained and threatened to collapse. And after multiple hints through the season that there was a great city of the Ancients that contained technology that would help them defend earth, it was discovered that this city was none other than Atlantis, leading not just to a thrilling season finale but to a spin off series.
All in all, this was yet another strong season in one of the most consistently excellent Sci-fi series we have seen, and certainly the longest lived.
Summary of Stargate SG-1: The Complete Seventh Season
No Description Available.Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 13-JUN-2006
Media Type: DVD
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