Stargate Infinity: The Complete Series
starring: Mark Hildreth, Bettina Busch, Cusse Mankuma, Kathleen Barr, Lee Tockar
directed by: Will Meugniot
directed by: Will Meugniot
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Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music)Release Date: 05/13/2008
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All 26 episodes from Stargate Infinity's single season (2002-03) are included in this four-disc DVD package, and although it bears only a passing resemblance to the feature film, television series, and made-for-TV movies that share its name (in fact, it apparently isn't even considered an "official" member of the Stargate universe), the show boasts enough good qualities of its own to make for perfectly serviceable animated entertainment. Of course, the Stargate itself, the alien device that creates "wormholes" through which characters travel to different worlds, is still front and center; indeed, the visual effects used to depict the contraption are very similar in both animation and live action. But pretty much everything else about Infinity is different. It takes place years after the adventures chronicled in the long-running Stargate SG-1 TV show (in this world, the existence of the Stargate is now common knowledge), which means that all of that series' familiar characters are long gone. In their place are Major Gus Bonner (a salty, irreverent leader somewhat in the mold of SG-1 main man Richard Dean Anderson) and a team that includes a couple of teenagers, a half-human, half-alien brainiac, an empathic Native American, and weird creature who may or may not be one of the highly evolved "Ancients" familiar from the live action series. The villains have changed as well: principal among them are the huge, lizard-like Tlak'kahn, whose agenda, like all bad guys of their ilk, appears to be nothing less than total domination of the cosmos.
Despite the inherent limitations of television cartoons (principally the lack of a big enough budget to animate both characters and settings convincingly), Stargate: Infinity has all of the elements designed to appeal to its young (and presumably mostly male) audience, like cool aliens (Gigantic bugs! Slimy monsters!) and constant high-energy action sequences. This being a children's show, it also has a mandated educational element (we learn about everything from the difference between stalactites and stalagmites to the kind of arches used in Roman architecture), as well as various life lessons (believe in yourself, don't judge others by appearance alone, etc.); to the show's credit, the latter tend to be laid on with a trowel instead of a shovel. Bonus features include an "Animated Stargate Effects Test" and original concept art. --Sam Graham
Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music)Release Date: 05/13/2008
Amazon.com:
All 26 episodes from Stargate Infinity's single season (2002-03) are included in this four-disc DVD package, and although it bears only a passing resemblance to the feature film, television series, and made-for-TV movies that share its name (in fact, it apparently isn't even considered an "official" member of the Stargate universe), the show boasts enough good qualities of its own to make for perfectly serviceable animated entertainment. Of course, the Stargate itself, the alien device that creates "wormholes" through which characters travel to different worlds, is still front and center; indeed, the visual effects used to depict the contraption are very similar in both animation and live action. But pretty much everything else about Infinity is different. It takes place years after the adventures chronicled in the long-running Stargate SG-1 TV show (in this world, the existence of the Stargate is now common knowledge), which means that all of that series' familiar characters are long gone. In their place are Major Gus Bonner (a salty, irreverent leader somewhat in the mold of SG-1 main man Richard Dean Anderson) and a team that includes a couple of teenagers, a half-human, half-alien brainiac, an empathic Native American, and weird creature who may or may not be one of the highly evolved "Ancients" familiar from the live action series. The villains have changed as well: principal among them are the huge, lizard-like Tlak'kahn, whose agenda, like all bad guys of their ilk, appears to be nothing less than total domination of the cosmos.
Despite the inherent limitations of television cartoons (principally the lack of a big enough budget to animate both characters and settings convincingly), Stargate: Infinity has all of the elements designed to appeal to its young (and presumably mostly male) audience, like cool aliens (Gigantic bugs! Slimy monsters!) and constant high-energy action sequences. This being a children's show, it also has a mandated educational element (we learn about everything from the difference between stalactites and stalagmites to the kind of arches used in Roman architecture), as well as various life lessons (believe in yourself, don't judge others by appearance alone, etc.); to the show's credit, the latter tend to be laid on with a trowel instead of a shovel. Bonus features include an "Animated Stargate Effects Test" and original concept art. --Sam Graham
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- Typical, repetitive saturday morning cartoon - Poor disc design
I won't rehash what's been said before too much, but I concur with the general consensus that these little Stargate-based morality plays are okay for small children but a touch hard for an adult to swallow.
What hasn't been discussed much is the actual design and production of the DVDs. The packaging is fine, and much more sensible than the mess that is the complete SG1 set. It's just two slim-profile DVD cases with two discs each.
The discs themselves, however, feel sloppily ... Read More
Rating: - Simple Cartoon, but fun
Definitely not related to the Stargate SG1 or Atlantis other than in name only.Once you get past the inconsistancies and the Theme song, it is a fun show.
Rating: - Good for kids; so- so for Stargate franchise
Animated can mean a few things these days. In this case it is a throwback to mean "kid's show". Each show has an undisguised moral to the plot. OK, I can live with that a bit; however, the non-human monsters, the ever-so-flat planets that allow for wheeled vehicles and the unknown-but-ever-ample fuel for those vehicles all combine to leave a too much fantesy and not imagination feel to this series.
Bottom line, for kids not watching the other Stargate series... It's a cartoon.
Rating: 
- Okay but disappointing
I'm some what of a fan of Star Gate & I thought buying the cartoon episodes might be fun. They're okay, but they are very different from the movie and television series. Sadly, the challenges the heroes run up against are never really dealt with & just continue on at the end of the series. At the end of the final episode the attitude was that solving the problems so they could return to Earth wasn't important, but continuing their adventure was.
Rating: - Interesting at least.
So this is only for die hard stargate fans. Casual fans of the series probably couldnt stand 5 minutes of this incredibly cheesy and incredibly over the top show.
- Typical, repetitive saturday morning cartoon - Poor disc designI won't rehash what's been said before too much, but I concur with the general consensus that these little Stargate-based morality plays are okay for small children but a touch hard for an adult to swallow.
What hasn't been discussed much is the actual design and production of the DVDs. The packaging is fine, and much more sensible than the mess that is the complete SG1 set. It's just two slim-profile DVD cases with two discs each.
The discs themselves, however, feel sloppily ... Read More
- Simple Cartoon, but funDefinitely not related to the Stargate SG1 or Atlantis other than in name only.Once you get past the inconsistancies and the Theme song, it is a fun show.
- Good for kids; so- so for Stargate franchiseAnimated can mean a few things these days. In this case it is a throwback to mean "kid's show". Each show has an undisguised moral to the plot. OK, I can live with that a bit; however, the non-human monsters, the ever-so-flat planets that allow for wheeled vehicles and the unknown-but-ever-ample fuel for those vehicles all combine to leave a too much fantesy and not imagination feel to this series.
Bottom line, for kids not watching the other Stargate series... It's a cartoon.
- Okay but disappointingI'm some what of a fan of Star Gate & I thought buying the cartoon episodes might be fun. They're okay, but they are very different from the movie and television series. Sadly, the challenges the heroes run up against are never really dealt with & just continue on at the end of the series. At the end of the final episode the attitude was that solving the problems so they could return to Earth wasn't important, but continuing their adventure was.
- Interesting at least.So this is only for die hard stargate fans. Casual fans of the series probably couldnt stand 5 minutes of this incredibly cheesy and incredibly over the top show.
