Stargate: The Ark of Truth story
Stargate: The Ark of Truth is a 2008 Canadian-American, military science fiction, direct-to-video film in the Stargate franchise, acting as a sequel to the television series Stargate SG-1. It is the first of two Stargate SG-1 direct-to-DVD films, the second one being Stargate: Continuum.
12 total · 2 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| religious fundamentalism | major | The Prior aliens served as evangelists for the Ori, killing anyone who refused to believe in the sacred Book of Origin of the Ori. |
| transcendental being | major | The Ori were a race beings who'd use their advanced technology and knowledge of the universe to attempt to trick non-ascended humans into worshiping them as gods. The god-like being Adria wanted people to worship her as a god. |
| beating one's self up | minor | Tomin came to regret having slaughtered people for not believing in the sacred Book of Origin. |
| coping with a crisis of faith | minor | In the end, the Priors had to come to terms with the reality that they'd been tried by the Ori into believing the Ori were gods. |
| extraterrestrial being | minor | There was talk of the Ori aliens. Various other aliens, including the friar-like Priors, were featured. |
| human vs. sentient machine | minor | The Odyssey crew found them selves in a life and death confrontation with sentient self-replicating machines. |
| military related work | minor | The story follows the adventures the military team SG-1. |
| remorse | minor | Tomin came to regret having slaughtered people for not believing in the sacred Book of Origin. |
| self-replicating machine | minor | Spider-like replicator bots got loose on the Odyssey battlecruiser and went about disassembling the ship to make copies of themselves. |
| space portal | minor | Upon passing through the "Supergate", he bettlecruiser Odyssey was transported instantaneously to the Ori galaxy. |