The Ori arc was truly good. This epic invasion scene through the supergate. Morena Baccarin as the Ori prophet Adria and the Goa'uld systemlord Baal who was able to trick her despite her power. I always like your Stargate content.

“Hallowed is the [actress that should have been filming more episodes of Firefly]”

I really enjoyed the Ori arc of SG-1. I was bummed that they canceled the show before it really got fleshed out. I mean, yeah, they did more or less finish it with the Ark of Truth but I think it would have been better for it to run through another season where they could have really fleshed it out into something amazing.

Thanks elaine. I finished my sgi rewatch but not the ark of truth tv movie..( the raod to perdition ( hell ) is paved with good intentions

Julian Sands is an incredible actor. Loved that story line.

Loving the StarGate content. Keep it coming!

I’ll be forever mad that star gate was canceled just as the conflict with the Ori was getting good. The Christian analogue was a rich vein of story telling that unfortunately we didn’t get to see go very far.

I preferred the Ori to the Goa'uld and think Stargate is one few shows were the later series are the better ones.

I would of told the Ori about the Pegasus Humans as well and let them and the Wraith fight it out lol

0:10-0:34. One of the most interesting speeches in the series, especially as slightly modified I can see a religious human on earth say the exact same thing, a crusade or jihad or any other type of holy war.

For me it has to be Adrian like she is so powerful she even survive the super weapon that’s meant to kill anything that’s on the car

Amazing series

Hallowed are the Ori 🙌

Stargate was a fu series thar was allowed 5o grow before corporate product management and it shows. love the Stargate Universe

Alteran is very similar to alterer which means one who alters. Wondering if the writers were thinking of this when they came up with that name because it fits their personality of having differing opinions and quite often robust discussions about them. As much as I love SG-1, the Ori storyline was my least favorite and would've preferred they ended the series with the previous season. Great video Elaine, just my 2-cents and looking forward to your next video. 🤓🍪😋👍✨🔥💥

"have mercy. I was blind now I see"-Doci ark of truth

I wonder who, or what, the Ori worshiped before they ascended.

This is awesome. A follow-up could be the individual players involved.

see, I've always found the argument that the Ancients didn't allow worship of them a line that was bs in view of what they did in Pegasus, they both lived with and encouraged stories and legends of them with the name Ancestors and the same with the Jaffa in the Milky Way, proponents would argue they didn't take this power but I call bs on that as well, I just think they were more standoffish than the Ori, not directly affecting things but still reaping the benefits of it.

I believe julian sands passed away recently. ( played the main ori prier )

Well, i still am curious about what would have happened if Oris decided to go to Pegasus instead of Milky Way. Oris VS Wraiths. Oris remain ascended beings, without burdens of not interference. We saw ascended Ancient wiped out Wraith (Chaya) after all... So, what would happen if ascended Ori decided to clean Pegasus galaxy directly (without sending humans to fight)? Because Pegasus also has a lot of humans as food tank for Wraiths... Wouldn't that have been more productive to go and wipe out Wraiths, then being seen as saviors instead of invaders, then collecting all the remaining humans in Pegasus as followers, without having to deal with opponents? Ascended Ancients basically can't fight Oris, because the result is they "would fight forever"? Also... Ancients don't want to deal with Oris. They "escaped" from the conflict in their own galaxy, before they ascended... But after Ascension, they never returned to try to deal with Oris, also ascended beings. They claim they don't interfere with "material beings" as rule... But why not going to deal with ascended Oris? Also, it's quite not clear what is this higher place... They are on a place, but still in the universe. And if they putted a "veil" on a far away galaxy to avoid Ori to see humans or else, doesn't that mean they can see Oris to be sure Oris don't see them? So... What's the deal of the Ancients. They are ascended beings... But what did they do since thousands of years, as a civilisation of ascended beings? Any society, whatever level, has to have a purpose. Oris have a clear purpose, they gain some kind of "power" trough having followers. So... They have Celestis, they order preachers, preachers deal with collecting followers... They do something. They monitored in a sense. What Ancients do to pass time? They are here... Outcast ascended Ancient like Oma deals a lot with lower life, she has a purpose, help to enlightenment. What is the deal with ascended Ancients? Also... They are totally hypocrites. Because, even if evolved don't interfere, they evolved from Ancients / Alterans... Ancients build stargates, tech, and let their "toys" at the disposal from anyone. That is an undirect intervene. Even so, when first Ancients reached ascension... There were still "flesh and blood" Ancients just beside them. Imagine you reach this level, trough meditate and else... You have to be helped. You have to learn. Maybe all by yourself, but if the only way to reach alone this level is that, why did they regroup after being evolved, and together decided to not help at all their own "previous" kind (remained Ancients)? Isn't it the mere definition of selfishness? It's a failure as beings... Because, they are the same people in essence. They are energy beings with their mind from before... They don't born as ascended beings, with 0 memory... They reach this state. Most of them literally regrouped to meditate... Sharing their experience in a way. If you regroup, there is reasons. So what, some died, some quitted, some succeeded in the same group? And after, the succeeded ones literally see everything, but don't care if other succeed, or if the success amount decreased to the point nobody would never reached this higher state? So... When this pest was send by Oris, wiping out Ancients to the point they AGAIN quit a galaxy (funny to considerate changing galaxy means you let everything behind to restart) and reached Pegasus... Wasn't it totally illogical? Because... The "veil" was settled at this point, right? Letting a false image of a galaxy empty of life... So... They hidden Lantiens, so they could go with Atlantis elsewhere? And Lantiens knew that, right? Isn't it interfere with them directly? And later on, when they came back on earth, 10.000 years ago... Seeing Goa'Ulds, and the mess in the Milky Way... Millions years after their departure for Pegasus... What would have the ascended beings do at this point? ... Just saying, maybe ascended being means top evolution as specie, but i think Ancients where at the top of their game when they settled gates, colonized Milky Way, participated to alliances with other races, send Destiny... Millions years ago. Ascended beings and Lantiens from Pegasus seem like dumbass for me. They create more problems than growing as civilization.

Their religious beliefs? Who or what were they worshipping? I like to imagine the idea that the ancient Janus had ascended, and decided to go back in time to witness the big bang, but in doing so, his energy turned out to be what jump-started the big bang, causing it......and the Ori were actually, unbenounced to them, worshipping Janus

The ori were great villains but the replicator were best villains. Star gate last year of shows were best and put the TV production easily in top ten of all time science fiction TV shows .

Sweet 👍

Hints of some gnostic ideas here, as far as the human soul and faith having some tangible energy which "higher" beings covet and want to steal. As far as starting with good intentions... I don't know how you could become so corrupted but I guess we have plenty of examples in the real world. The Ancients could be pretty arrogant at times but they stuck to a strong code of ethics, which implies good intentions even if it was flawed thinking

Ori just reminded me of that tired trope of the enemy that gets infinitely more powerful, so the heros have to become more powerful, then the next enemy has to become more powerful, etc. Its the DBZ "THIS ISNT EVEN MY FINAL FORM" and I kind of lost interest in Stargate when they came to the scene. How do you defeat gods? And then if you do, whats possibly next? The Lucian Alliance was a better enemy because they were a realistic enemy. They were a criminal cabal, taking advantage of a power vacuum created by the death of the Goauld.

Anybody think it ironic that Adria referred to the jaffa as a " backwards people". How did a society of religious fanatics advance to the level of their ancient brothers.

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I wonder where the Alterans parked the first big escape ship when they came to Earth. On the moon in a crater? Bottom of the ocean?

In short, a true story.

Hallowed are the ori .

...it should be spelled Orai, and Dosai, etc.

Ori (-●-)

Are we ever going to see her Nerdyness?😉

It's basically meant to be Christianity

The similarities between the Ori and Christianity were a major turn-off for me. Luckily, the Pryors were more like Mormons and Jehovah’s witnesses than Christian Missionaries, which redeemed the series.

Reminds me of Islam