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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 9786302020199
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Digital Video Transfer, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6302020190
Label: MGM Domestic Television Distribution
Manufacturer: MGM Domestic Television Distribution
Number Of Discs: 5
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: MGM Domestic Television Distribution
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 13, 2006
Running Time: 894 minutes
Sales Rank: 1211
Studio: MGM Domestic Television Distribution
Theatrical Release Date: July 27, 1997
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
The beat goes on for Stargate SG-1 in this five-disc set containing all 20 episodes from the show's eighth season. If that beat is now a bit more faint than in previous years, that's not particularly surprising when a franchise has been around this long; what's more, if Season 8 has some fairly odd aspects to it ('Threads,' which appears to have been planned as the final episode of the entire series, is followed by two more in this set alone… not to mention an unexpected renewal that led to an all-new Season 9), that too isn't exactly unusual in the wacky world of series television.
Some significant changes are apparent in Season 8. Jack O'Neill (series star Richard Dean Anderson) has been promoted to Brigadier General and is now top dog (as he puts it, the guy who 'spent my whole life stickin' it to the man' now is the man). The existence of the stargate, an artificially created 'wormhole' through which one can instantly travel to different worlds light years away from Earth, is no longer a well-guarded secret. And Stargate Command itself now exists primarily to 'develop new weapons and technologies to defend the planet' from our various alien antagonists--principally the 'Replicators,' relentless little bug-machines poised to take over not only Earth but the entire galaxy.
The rest of the SG-1 core cast (Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, and Michael Shanks) is intact. But whereas Anderson, who has steadily reduced his role in the show, wasn't much missed in Season 7, one wishes there were more of him this time around; O'Neill's general insouciance and aversion to techno-speak are a welcome antidote to the kind of sci-fi gobbledygook (discussions about 'a time dilation field on the planet Hala' and such) that now threatens to take precedence over the action and fine special effects that distinguished earlier seasons. Most of all, while there are still all manner of villains (Anubis, Ba'al, the ever-present Goa'uld) to contend with, as well as a few good guys (the Asgard, the rebel Jaffa) to help our heroes fight the good fight, Stargate SG-1's writers and creators may be running out of steam. Hence we get an episode like the very peculiar 'Citizen Joe,' featuring Dan Castellaneta as an average guy who sees 'visions' (i.e., clips from past episodes) of the SG-1 team in action and becomes obsessed with proving that the whole stargate project really exists; an uneasy combination of self-parody and self-congratulation, this episode, while not unamusing, sticks out like a sore thumb.
Bonus features include audio commentary (mostly by the various directors) on 19 of the 20 episodes, along with photo galleries and one featurette per disc. --Sam Graham
Product Description:
Anno Domini: the seventh year of Augustus Caesar s reign. In the Roman province of Judea Jews return to the city of their birth for the census. A bright star in the night over Bethlehem marks the birth of Jesus Christ. Years later Roman commander Messala (Stephen Boyd) who was brought up in Judea takes command of the Roman garrison in Jerusalem. His Jewish boyhood friend Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) greets him. Messala is delighted. But when Judah refuses to name Jewish patriots Messala sentences him to the slave galleys and imprisons his mother Miriam (Martha Scott) and sister Tirzah (Cathy O Donnell). Judah vows revenge.In BEN-HUR William Wyler s much-lauded epic the story of Judah s search for his mother and sister and his quest for revenge intersects with crucial biblical events such as the Sermon on the Mount and the crucifixion. Wyler gets fine performances from Heston Boyd Jack Hawkins (as a Roman admiral who befriends Judah) and Hugh Griffith (as an Arab sheik who dreams of racing his beautiful white horses against Messala). Among BEN-HUR s vivid dramatic sequences are a violent sea battle and the famous chariot race that pits Judah against Messala in one of cinema s great action sequences.System Requirements:Running Time 211 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating: NR UPC: 027616152565 Manufacturer No: 15256
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - FIRST TV SERIES PURCHASE
This is the first time I have ever spent money on a season of TV. Loved it. It is so great watching something you love and not having commercials getting in the way. I also can pop it in my computer and watch it when I am in bed. I have already bought another season.
Rating: - Stargate Season 8
I would recommend any Stargate episodes to anyone who is a Stargate fan. I have really enjoyed watching Stargate over the past 10 years, and I am looking forward to getting the two movies Arc of Truth and Continuum. I did miss Richard Dean Anderson when he left Stargate after 8 years, but I still enjoyed watching the episodes when they aired on the Sci Fi channel. But I would definitely recommend Season 8. I loved all the episodes and especially the speacial features. They were great.
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I was amazed that Stargate lasted for 10 years. It's such a great show. So I hope it keeps on going for years to come.
Rating: - Great Season to wrap up the original SG1 story line
This season was a good season and this set has the full version of "Threads" which is my favorite SG1 episode out off all of them. Most of the episodes are really good exept "Avatar" which is probobly one of the weaker episodes of the whole series. All in all this season does justice to the end of the 1st SG1 storyline.
Rating:  - A fitting end
Others have written of this season.
My two cents is that the show comes to a very nice conclusion with the end of this season. You don't need seasons nine and ten. You can stop here if you wish.
Rating:  - Concerned about buying this....
I'm a little concerned about buying this because I have the original Season 8 boxed set and Volume 5 DVD plays very poorly, if at all. It will not play at all on my TV's DVD player and I cannot play the first episode at all on my computer.
I read a review with the original boxed set about this problem and I am wondering if it is occuring with this "Thinpak" set. I feel a little awkward buying the whole season again. There are individual used DVD's of the Voiume 5 CD but I am concerned I would just be buying another lemon.
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