The first of two straight to DVD Stargate movies was released a few days ago. Stargate: The Ark of Truth brings an end to the Ori story arc that began during season nine.

To be honest, I had forgotten most of what had happened during season nine and ten. Heck, it’s been a year now since season ten ended with a whimper. I highly recommend that if you pick up this movie that you first watch the prologue contained on the DVD. It recaps the last few seasons (previously on Stargate: SG-1…) and it’s only a couple of minutes long.

Yes, it really does wrap up the story, and you’ll find out if the ascended being killing device did the job. You’ll also be introduced to a few new faces, and of course get to see several old faces, including an encounter with an unexpected enemy. I really want to elaborate more, but I won’t.

The movie is about an hour and a half long, so it doesn’t feel like it’s much more than a normal episode. Though it’s pretty obvious the production quality went up a bit.

In all, it was really nice seeing Ben, Amanda, Christopher, Michael, and Claudia together again. Too bad there wasn’t any RDA action, I really miss his character. Oh, and Amanda is the Carter we all love in this movie, not the dud that she’s ended up being on Atlantis. I cannot wait for the next movie due out later this year.