Stargate
No, not the TV shows, but the precursor to the Sci-i franchise we have today. The Actual movie starring James Spader and Kurt Russell.
James Spader plays a geeky, scruffy archaeology professor Daniel Jackson. Who's proposed theories about the Egyptian pharaohs' involvement with the pyramids and the time of their construction are regarded as foolishness and discarded by the scientific community as ridiculous and preposterous. A woman approaches him and offers a job where she says Daniel may be able to prove his theories. As it turns out, the woman is the daughter of a 1920's archaeologist who unearthed a ring made of a mysterious medal. The US military believes its a gateway, but they need Jackson to decipher certain symbols on a set of cover stones found above the ring.
The symbols are revealed to be constellations used as markers for the ring that acts as a gate way to another planet. A planet that is inhabited by humans still in early stages of development. They are controlled by an evil god like entity called Ra. A very similar image to what Egypt would have looked like at the time of the construction of the pyramids. To get back Jackson must find the proper symbols to set up the gate on this planet so they can get back to earth.
In the meantime they have encounters with several of the guards which wear helmets reminiscent of Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead which featured the head of a jackal on a human body.
The fight Ra, and manage to release the people from under his oppression, but not before Jackson falls in love with a native girl. Jackson with the help of the girl manages to find the final symbol to align the ring, and sends the team back while he stays behind.
The movie features some o.k special effects, while other's are a little on the goofy side, like the strange ox like creature the find that ends up leading them to the native's camp.
The back story is what initially drove me into this film, and one that becomes even more plausible now with recent discoveries and theories proposed by writers such as Graham Hancock and Zecharia Sitchin.
All in all its a fun movie to watch, which provides some interesting possibilities to the history of the Egyptian monuments. Some will just write if off as some crazy idea of aliens building the pyramids, but its not as far fetched as you may think.
I truly recommend this movie for a fun time, and some interesting tidbits of more recent theories.
3.5 out 5 reels.
James Spader plays a geeky, scruffy archaeology professor Daniel Jackson. Who's proposed theories about the Egyptian pharaohs' involvement with the pyramids and the time of their construction are regarded as foolishness and discarded by the scientific community as ridiculous and preposterous. A woman approaches him and offers a job where she says Daniel may be able to prove his theories. As it turns out, the woman is the daughter of a 1920's archaeologist who unearthed a ring made of a mysterious medal. The US military believes its a gateway, but they need Jackson to decipher certain symbols on a set of cover stones found above the ring.
The symbols are revealed to be constellations used as markers for the ring that acts as a gate way to another planet. A planet that is inhabited by humans still in early stages of development. They are controlled by an evil god like entity called Ra. A very similar image to what Egypt would have looked like at the time of the construction of the pyramids. To get back Jackson must find the proper symbols to set up the gate on this planet so they can get back to earth.
In the meantime they have encounters with several of the guards which wear helmets reminiscent of Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead which featured the head of a jackal on a human body.
The fight Ra, and manage to release the people from under his oppression, but not before Jackson falls in love with a native girl. Jackson with the help of the girl manages to find the final symbol to align the ring, and sends the team back while he stays behind.
The movie features some o.k special effects, while other's are a little on the goofy side, like the strange ox like creature the find that ends up leading them to the native's camp.
The back story is what initially drove me into this film, and one that becomes even more plausible now with recent discoveries and theories proposed by writers such as Graham Hancock and Zecharia Sitchin.
All in all its a fun movie to watch, which provides some interesting possibilities to the history of the Egyptian monuments. Some will just write if off as some crazy idea of aliens building the pyramids, but its not as far fetched as you may think.
I truly recommend this movie for a fun time, and some interesting tidbits of more recent theories.
3.5 out 5 reels.
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