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roses4cb
June 19th, 2010, 04:24 AM
I have seasons 1-5 purchased on line. Season 5 has commerical trailers along the bottom of the screen and the sci- fi logo appears in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. You can see how the commericals were deleted. Is there a seson 5 produced with out this like seasons 1-4
General Jumper One
June 19th, 2010, 09:53 AM
purchase the season 5 box set
Major_Griff
June 19th, 2010, 10:11 AM
Seems like you bought a bootleg copy. If you get the official Season 5 box set, it won't have that problem.
Pharaoh Atem
June 19th, 2010, 11:37 AM
season 5 was the worse season i don't recommended it
Gate Traveller
June 19th, 2010, 01:14 PM
yeah where did u buy? That seems really shady to me..... and if u don't mind how much did u pay?
Major_Griff
June 19th, 2010, 04:23 PM
season 5 was the worse season i don't recommended it

Worth it for the 'The Shrine' "First Contact/Lost Tribe", and a couple others, imo.
jelgate
June 19th, 2010, 04:33 PM
Worth it for the 'The Shrine' "First Contact/Lost Tribe", and a couple others, imo.

The Shrine was boring. Hasn't McKay been near death enough?
Major_Griff
June 19th, 2010, 04:42 PM
The Shrine was boring. Hasn't McKay been near death enough?

What?!? How could you say it was boring? And for me it wasn't really about McKay being near death as much as it was about great acting performances from the entire cast.
jelgate
June 19th, 2010, 04:43 PM
What?!? How could you say it was boring? And for me it wasn't really about McKay being near death as much as it was about great acting performances from the entire cast.

Because its been done so many times on SGA. I wanted something different
Major_Griff
June 19th, 2010, 04:46 PM
Because its been done so many times on SGA. I wanted something different

There is no episode of SGA that is anything like 'The Shrine' other than a character being near death. The closest parallell I can come up with is 'Dao of Rodney' and again the only similarity is Rodney almost dying. 'The Shrine' is the only episode of SGA that was completely dependent on great performances from the actors to work. We'll have to agree to disagree on that one.
Rac80
June 19th, 2010, 04:46 PM
The Shrine was boring. Hasn't McKay been near death enough?

the problem is he was only NEAR death!!! after his murder of Peter in the season 1 finale he deserved the firing squad! :eek:
jelgate
June 19th, 2010, 04:56 PM
There is no episode of SGA that is anything like 'The Shrine' other than a character being near death. The closest parallell I can come up with is 'Dao of Rodney' and again the only similarity is Rodney almost dying. 'The Shrine' is the only episode of SGA that was completely dependent on great performances from the actors to work. We'll have to agree to disagree on that one.
It also shows him saying goodbye to all his friends and loved ones just like The Shrine
Major_Griff
June 19th, 2010, 04:58 PM
It also shows him saying goodbye to all his friends and loved ones just like The Shrine

*Shrug* Okay, but still I really enjoy watching good acting, and 'The Shrine' has some of the best acting in the entire franchise, imo.
Rac80
June 20th, 2010, 07:56 AM
it was too much mckay...but then that was the theme of season 5-- "the Mckay Hour"...:(
bluealien
June 20th, 2010, 08:21 AM
it was too much mckay...but then that was the theme of season 5-- "the Mckay Hour"...:(

It was horrible. I can't really think of anything I liked about the Shrine.. . nearly everyone was acting out of character..and don't get me started on Keller... and we've had enough near death experiences from McKay... I like McKay in small doses, but the overuse of his character turned me off him and I found his performance cringeworthy in the Shrine....

In fact Jeannie outdid him by a mile for me..
Rac80
June 20th, 2010, 12:18 PM
It was horrible. I can't really think of anything I liked about the Shrine.. . nearly everyone was acting out of character..and don't get me started on Keller... and we've had enough near death experiences from McKay... I like McKay in small doses, but the overuse of his character turned me off him and I found his performance cringeworthy in the Shrine....

In fact Jeannie outdid him by a mile for me..

his sister Jeannie was the best thing about mckay! I always LOVED how she handled him and his arrogance...slapped him down a time or two...:D
Briangate78
June 21st, 2010, 11:52 AM
The Shrine was boring. Hasn't McKay been near death enough?

For a guy who puts SGU in front of SGA, I find that very surprising. That was character drama for SGA at it's best.
hedwig
July 17th, 2010, 12:39 PM
What?!? How could you say it was boring? And for me it wasn't really about McKay being near death as much as it was about great acting performances from the entire cast.

Ditto.

Though I confess I haven't watched it again, because it hit too close to home, since my Mom died from what amounted to Alzheimer's or senile dementia, which is similar enough to what McKay was going through. DH played it very well.
phenomenon-x
July 20th, 2010, 03:01 PM
I LIKED season 5, including The Shrine...

Also yeah, that DVD sounds veeeery dodgy.
mercy moon
July 21st, 2010, 09:20 AM
i love 'the shrine' too - i think DH's performance is heartbreaking as he descends into to senility ... alzheimer's and dementia don't respect IQ's and to see mckay's genius slowly devoured is powerful and poignant stuff indeed.

BTW, i have the complete series box set and none of the seasons have any commercials other than a few trailers for other MGM shows prior to the SGA section of the disc starting.