Stargate SG-1: The Ark of Truth

Southern Presbyterian · #1 (**permalink**) 03-31-2008, 01:35 AM

Anyone besides me seen this yet?

Any SG-1 fans about?

Grymir · #2 (**permalink**) 03-31-2008, 01:57 AM

I'm a fan, but I haven't even heard of the Ark of Truth.

Southern Presbyterian · #3 (**permalink**) 03-31-2008, 02:00 AM

It's a feature length film. Just came out on DVD week before last. I finally got to see it Friday.

If you're a fan, you'll enjoy it. It answers many of the questions regarding the Ori that were left hanging in the final episode of the series.

Grymir · #4 (**permalink**) 03-31-2008, 02:02 AM

Oh, thanks. I'll look for it. I wanna see this.

Coram Deo · #5 (**permalink**) 03-31-2008, 08:34 AM

I really like Stargate, and I did enjoy the "Ark of Truth" But.....

The whole Orii arc just jabs me in the wrong way.... It seems to me to jab at Christianity and really promote free thought and individualism and not about a sovereign God... Science is truth and superior and leads to higher spiritualism and belief in religion is backwards and wrong and goes against man's so-called free will.... Many of the features of the Orii comes direct from many facets of Christianity through history though cast by the producers in a dark light... At time I almost wanted to cheer for the Orii instead of Earthlings....

But I did enjoy the closure of the "Ark of Truth" since it wrapped up the series of SG-1....

Anyway, that is just my beef with the whole Orii Arc.....

Southern Presbyterian · #6 (**permalink**) 03-31-2008, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Coram Deo

I really like Stargate, and I did enjoy the "Ark of Truth" But.....

The whole Orii arc just jabs me in the wrong way.... It seems to me to jab at Christianity and really promote free thought and individualism and not about a sovereign God... Science is truth and superior and leads to higher spiritualism and belief in religion is backwards and wrong and goes against man's so-called free will.... Many of the features of the Orii comes direct from many facets of Christianity through history though cast by the producers in a dark light... At time I almost wanted to cheer for the Orii instead of Earthlings....

But I did enjoy the closure of the "Ark of Truth" since it wrapped up the series of SG-1....

Anyway, that is just my beef with the whole Orii Arc.....

Yes, the entire series seemed to trumpet the "free will" thing throughout. But what else whould we expect from the pseudo-science and sci-fi crowd?

I've always thought of the Ori, and the Goa'uld before them, as Muslim Terrorist types. Though I certainly see how they (the producers, et al.) would have a broader view of religion in general being the oppressor of the people.

However, wasn't it interesting that throughout the series they often received "divine intervention", in the form of the Ancients (or perhaps even the Asgard) stepping in to "help"? So at least accidentally they didn't portray man as having all the answers himself.

Neopatriarch · #7 (**permalink**) 03-31-2008, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Coram Deo

I really like Stargate, and I did enjoy the "Ark of Truth" But.....

The whole Orii arc just jabs me in the wrong way.... It seems to me to jab at Christianity . . .

Initially, I thought the intended target might be Christianity, but I'm not so sure. The Ori are definitely a cult, and Cameron mentions an 'Ori Vatican' in the movie, but I agree with Southern Presbyterian here in that the Ori seem more like Muslim terrorists in the way they promote their beliefs than Christians.

Overall, I enjoyed the movie. Maybe that's just fan bias though.