DVD
Call it a Stargate

Starring: Peter Ward, Ian Paterson, Andrew Jones & Lee Burt
Superteam Productions

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Certificate: PG
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After a breakdown in communication, SG-1 are dispatched to planet LV414 to find out what has happened to more than 700 recently relocated inhabitants...

There are plenty of fans of sci-fi shows that have created their own homage to their favourite show. Who hasn't filmed their friends then paused the camera, asked their friend to move out of shot and resumed recording? There you have it, your first Star Trek beam-up special effect. SuperTeam Productions' Call it a Stargate takes the medium about as far as you can on a budget of pennies.

It is obvious that the cast and crew of four had a ball putting this production together. OK, the acting is never going to win any awards, and I doubt that the real Stargate SG-1 series would use the script for one of their shows, but then the Canadian/American series has a truck full of money spent on each episode for costumes, scripts and special effects. I am reliably informed that only £1.25 was spent on a couple of cans of cola and a few bananas on this production.

The special effects are incredible - especially when you consider demo versions of software given away on the front of many high street computer magazines was used. The effects of the Stargate, T-Rex and space ship are pretty impressive.

Call it a Stargate will do for Stargate SG-1 fans what Hardware Wars did for followers of Star Wars. Although, Call it a Stargate is superior in that the production actually has an original plot instead of copying straight from an established plot line.

We received a copy of the DVD here in the office which includes a making of documentary, outtakes and deleted scenes and an additional commentary. The deleted scenes include a couple of special effects which were left out of the finished production. These include a floating alien and a giant snake.

This is a superb production, one that all Stargate SG-1 fans should see. But don't just take my word for it. You can see the movie free by clicking here.

And even better news, SuperTeam Productions are currently hard at work on a follow-up that will feature the Replicators and Asgard.

Nick Smithson

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