1994 · sci-fi · adventure · space
Stargate
Directed by Roland Emmerich2h 1m1994
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
Our read: Stargate (1994) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive sci-fi · adventure · space entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured sci-fi / adventure, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- brisk
- intense
Watching Stargate tonight? Spin for your lens.
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How Stargate feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want Egyptology meets space portal adventure with Russell and Spader chemistry.”
Skip it tonight — You need modern VFX polish or dislike nineties blockbuster earnestness.
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