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* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: [[3rd Rock from the Sun|French Stewart]] in a movie about aliens. |
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: [[3rd Rock from the Sun|French Stewart]] in a movie about aliens. |
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* [[Special Effects Failure]]: Retroactive example from the [[Blu-Ray]] edition. The picture quality is so much higher than when the movie was filmed that you can see the wires holding up the Death Gliders (especially during close-ups on the pilots. |
* [[Special Effects Failure]]: Retroactive example from the [[Blu-Ray]] edition. The picture quality is so much higher than when the movie was filmed that you can see the wires holding up the Death Gliders (especially during close-ups on the pilots. |
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* [[Values Dissonance]]: You have to admit that all those scantily-clad children running around Ra's ship would [[Paedo Hunt|raise eyebrows if it were done today]]. Yes, apparently ''1994'' was a more innocent time. Either that or they wanted to give Ra an implied push across the [[Moral Event Horizon]]. |
* [[Values Dissonance]]: You have to admit that all those scantily-clad children running around Ra's ship would [[Paedo Hunt|raise eyebrows if it were done today]]. Yes, apparently ''1994'' was a more innocent time. Either that or they wanted to give Ra an implied push across the [[Moral Event Horizon]]. |
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** Given how he has them trained to use themselves as human shields for him and has his own little Child-Emperor theme going, it's likely it was a different horizon they were aiming for. |
** Given how he has them trained to use themselves as human shields for him and has his own little Child-Emperor theme going, it's likely it was a different horizon they were aiming for. |
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** Still an improvement over reality considering Ancient Egyptian children generally went around [[National Geographic Nudity|completely nude aside from jewelry]]. |
** Still an improvement over reality considering Ancient Egyptian children generally went around [[National Geographic Nudity|completely nude aside from jewelry]]. |
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* [[What the Hell, Casting Agency?]]: Jaye Davidson as Ra. |
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** You'd think so, but Ra in Egyptian mythology was ''supposed'' to be somewhat androgynous. |
** You'd think so, but Ra in Egyptian mythology was ''supposed'' to be somewhat androgynous. |
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** Jaye did come across as appropriately creepy. |
** Jaye did come across as appropriately creepy. |
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Revision as of 13:54, 31 December 2014
- Adaptation Displacement: The series is more widely known to audiences than the film that inspired it, partly because the original cast got replaced in all subsequent entries.
- Cliché Storm: Roger Ebert's review boiled every element of the movie to this, right down to the snare-drum "military" music as Daniel arrives at headquarters.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: French Stewart in a movie about aliens.
- Special Effects Failure: Retroactive example from the Blu-Ray edition. The picture quality is so much higher than when the movie was filmed that you can see the wires holding up the Death Gliders (especially during close-ups on the pilots.
- Values Dissonance: You have to admit that all those scantily-clad children running around Ra's ship would raise eyebrows if it were done today. Yes, apparently 1994 was a more innocent time. Either that or they wanted to give Ra an implied push across the Moral Event Horizon.
- Given how he has them trained to use themselves as human shields for him and has his own little Child-Emperor theme going, it's likely it was a different horizon they were aiming for.
- Still an improvement over reality considering Ancient Egyptian children generally went around completely nude aside from jewelry.
- What the Hell, Casting Agency?: Jaye Davidson as Ra.
- You'd think so, but Ra in Egyptian mythology was supposed to be somewhat androgynous.
- Jaye did come across as appropriately creepy.
- Oddly enough, Jaye Davidson initially rejected the role, basically daring the crew to offer him a million dollars to play Ra. They called his bluff.