Stargate 15th Anniversary Blu- Ray Review

I actually saw Stargate in the theatres when it first came out and found it pleasantly entertaining.  At the time there weren’t too many Sci-Fi movies or televisions shows around like there are now.  Much like with comic book movies, much improved visual effects and the general audience’s more open acceptance of such films has changed that.

Stargate which was written by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin (same duo did Independence Day and Godzilla) and directed by Roland Emmerich still remains their best work.  While the characters and plot itself are nothing novel, the concept of the ‘Stargate’ itself combined with good acting from the cast and entertaining action make the movie better than the sum of its parts.

 Kurt Russell plays the hardened military officer Jack O’ Neil that leads the team through the Stargate and onto the new planet which is galaxies away, while James Spader plays the stereotypical “smart yet dorky with crazy theories that happen to be true” professor Daniel Jackson. 

Both actors carry the film well, a