If you can believe it, 30 years have passed since Stargate landed in theaters worldwide. To this day, Roland Emmerich's big 1994 sci-fi feature still causes some division amongst cinephiles, yet it's gradually become a mainstream cult classic — in part thanks to the three TV series that followed and took the universe the new heights.
With Amazon's purchase of MGM back in 2022, they now control the rights to the franchise. No one could have anticipated Stargate's success after the movie's modest reception, and we have to wonder what's next for this story. Will Amazon reboot Stargate? Regardless, the original movie remains an often overlooked sci-fi romp with all the right ingredients and a shockingly restrained scale, especially if we compare it to Emmerich's next movie: Independence Day
