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Stargate: Continuum - Behind The Scenes
The explosive new film hits stores today and we have interviews with cast and crew.
by Oscar Hillerstrom, IGN AU
Australia, August 5, 2008 -
...Whilst it has been designed for people who haven't seen any Stargate before, it really does have a lot to say to the fans, with plenty of inclusions and references that will make the hard core fan burst with pride.
Says Brad Wright, "The franchise has now been off the air for almost two years. If we're going to go forward with new movies, we have to get new fans. You can't just hope to get your base from years ago. It's not the first time we've tried to make a feature. We need to have access to 100% of the audience, not just our own audience. Under previous management we had toyed with a bigger movie. Continuum could have been even bigger."
That said, the film is big – really big, given its restrictive budget of only $US7 million, with a huge time-travel plot and a mammoth attack on a little blue planet the scale of which is reminiscent of Independence Day. There's a huge amount of visual effects shots that distinguish it from 'just another episode'. Michelle Comens and the Stargate visual effects team have already won eight Emmys for Stargate.
"It looks so easy," says Michelle, "you put up a blue screen, how hard can it be? But really – there's a lot of give and take – because you have to halt production to do Vfx shots while everyone else is waiting around. It's an extremely long process for everyone involved in the CG department. We had over 240 shots on this alone. But we do have fun – I don't think people will be able to tell if some things that we've done aren't real!"
**snippage**
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