While plenty of stuff blew up, "everything explodes" certainly wasn't the MO of the original Stargate movie.
Stargate Comic-Con Appearance after 7 years
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His movies all tend to be very "Yee haw! 'Merica rules!" action fests, which Stargate was to some extent. I can just imagine he would overemphasize those aspects of it.
As someone who doesn't even like the Stargate movie very much, but loves SG-1, I hope he stays far away from the franchise. Especially after the turd that was Independence Day: Resurgence (and I call it that even though I like the original Independence Day as a fun, brainless movie).
The Emmerich "Stargate" film was okay, but it wasn't until the series where Mr. MacGyver himself was cast, that it really connected.
Emmerich has since become a theatrical auto-shit that thinks the audience is the toilet.
Emmerich has since become a theatrical auto-shit that thinks the audience is the toilet.
I used to really like Emmerich, but he's definitely not the same any more.
I think his tinfoil hat is leaking into his brain.
I think his tinfoil hat is leaking into his brain.
ID4 works better as a standalone film, IMO
And by "standalone" I mean without needless sequels.
And by "standalone" I mean without needless sequels.
Not to turn in to an Emmerich apologist, because I'm not and Stargate is the one film of his that I really like, but I'm going to play advocate for a bit.
First of all, Stargate was one property where he was working from something more than just the 'Merica! tropes. It was "Chariot of the Gods" inspired, conspiracy level story with ancient aliens. While not completely unique it was fun, and wasn't mired in the usual tropes.
Many films are like that.
Especially the original "Star Wars."
That's a myth. ID4 was never planned to be a Stargate sequel. The story gets conflated, what actually happened was that Emmerich and Devlin first discussed a story idea that eventually became ID4 while attending the premiere for Stargate.
Awww, bummer. Well thanks for straightening me out.
A better title would have been:
Stargate EXTREME!
Stargate EXTREME!
I hear that's already takenA better title would have been:
Stargate EXTREME!
The rumour I recall circulating way back when was that at some point they considered doing a third movie that would be a sequel to both Stargate & ID4, bringing the two together.
It seemed at least half way plausible given the alien tech in ID4 felt aesthetically similar to what we saw in Stargate. I think ID4 even used some of the same musical cues for both the aliens first showing up and Ra's entrance.
Mind you it could just as easily be pure fabrication. I've never bothered to try and verify it.