An excerpt from the eighteenth chapter of the _Stargate_ novelization: "His species was so entirely different from this human host body he had discovered. His people had nothing within their own nature akin to empathy, sympathy, love, or kindness. This was a race that existed only to survive and acquire. After thousands of years of this existence, their knowledge seemed unending, yet they still lacked wisdom. Their unending pursuit of acquisitions, knowledge, art, science, and possessions had eventually led to the extinction of their race. "As the last breaths escaped the people of his world, he was millions of light-years away from home, searching desperately for a host. He was determined not to follow the fate of his own kind. He had mastered the technology to transfer himself into another being but had to choose carefully. Along with inhabiting the host's body, he knew he would absorb certain personality traits that were exaggerated within the host's psyche. Perhaps had he known the intimate details of the life of this young boy named Ra, he might have chosen another. Or perhaps not. "Ra's childhood proved to be an excellent preparation for the life he was to lead. It made it easy for him to walk directly toward the blinding light and ferocious wind tearing unexpectedly across the desert that night one hundred centuries ago. Although both his parents were alive, for all practical purposes he had grown up an orphan. His mother was a lunatic, barely able to care for herself. His father was worse-a violent, aggressive outcast who spent weeks at a time wandering the desert by himself. From infancy, the boy had been reared by the entire tribe at once, belonging partly to everyone but to no one in particular. Because he was not an especially lovable child, no one took care to nurture and touch the boy. While other children slept huddled between their parents, Ra was the only child his age with a private tent. Under these circumstances, he grew into an almost feral child: aloof, unresponsive, slow to trust, and quick to attack. The situation only worsened as Ra got older and began to develop his skills under the unwelcome tutelage of the Old One, the leader of the tribe. He despised being segregated from the hunting crew and forced to spend his days practicing magic in the caves. He felt alone in every possible way, and developed a caustic resentment for all those around him. When the frightening lights came across the midnight sky, he had no idea what might lay on the other side, but he was prepared to embrace any fate other than his own. "His hatred for his own people proved useful, as there were no inner conflicts when the boy became the pharaoh king. There would be no feelings of guilt or remorse as Ra's people were put to hard labor. In fact, a strange new sense of pleasure became the most powerful trait he absorbed from this strange young boy. Ra was now a part of himself, and together they became the sun god, to be worshiped and feared by this primitive human race."
@@Cast_iron_bitch Reading that chapter was the beginning of the end of my love affair with SG-1. Here was a rich backstory for Ra, and it went completely ignored for that insipid Goa'uld crap. smh
When I saw the Asgard species and learned of their advanced intelligence and technology as well as the tragic self-inflicted extinction (due to excessive modification of their genes), I developed a loose headcanon that Ra was actually a rogue Asgard individual who was going to extend his life no matter the cost and ended up using a human host for that purpose. Now, reading that excerpt from the novel, I wonder how different the lore would've been had the Asgard actually already gone extinct and the Goa'uld were rogue Asgard individuals who broke off to beat the odds.
@@Intrafacial86 I think it would've been better if Ra had been an Ancient, with the Goa'uld a separate serviter species. It would've gone a long way towards fixing the broken continuity between the movie and series, and would've meshed with the ascension stuff that came later.
@@Duragizer8775 A really cool origin story for the human host, reminds me a Little of the short story "THINGS" wich retells the story of John Carpenter's The Thing but from the Alien's point of view. Anyway SG1 basically ruined the whole charm and mystery that the original film had by giving silly explanation and basically contradicting the movie, i used to Watch It when i was younger but only out of love for the original film. In my mind SG1 Is non Canon, there Is only one stargate
Darth Plagueis 3.63K subscribers (At 5:04 to 7:16 ) Daniel Jackson: [speaking to Ra in the Ancient Egyptian Language] "I was dead?" [Ra looks directly at him at this point.] Ra: "That is why I chose your race... your bodies... so easy to repair. You have advanced much... harnessed the power of the atom." [Daniel approaches, noticing the bomb and several of his books, opened and strewn about.] Daniel Jackson: "What are you going to do?" Ra: "You should not have reopened the gate." [revealing his plan to wipe out all life] "Soon, I will send your weapon back to your world with a shipment of our mineral which will increase your weapon's destructive power a hundred fold." [He stretches out his arms for the servants to adorn his arms and fingers with the jewelry.] Daniel Jackson: [horrified] "Why would you do that?" Ra: "I created your civilization. Now, I will destroy it." [Ra stands, and after getting adorned with a final ornamental breastplate, starts walking slowly to Daniel.] "But before my workers question my authority, you will prove that I am their one god by killing your companions." Daniel Jackson: "If I refuse?" Ra: [while smirking evily] "Then I will destroy you, and all who have seen you." [He stands in front of Daniel, grabbing his necklace and yanking it off him while his eyes glow with anger.] "There can be only one Ra!"
Nyarlathotep wouldn't send a bomb through a portal to destroy the Earth though. He would appear as a wise mentor and teach key people across the world how to make bombs that could destroy the earth, and let them know others were also building them. Then he would sit back and watch mankind eradicate itself for his amusement.
@@OpenGL4ever Nah, Egypt stood strong for three thousand years. It was more stable, more efficient and more organized than Rome. It was stronger in pretty much every aspect.
@@OpenGL4ever No, Egypt collapsed during the bronze age apocalypse and after that, Egypt was conquered by the Assyrians and after that they never recovered. Then the Babylonians conquered it and then the Persians conquered Egypt and then the Greeks conquered it. When Rome came to Egypt, it was already gone.. You obviously haven't studied history. Size of the empire doesn't matter either. The Arab Empires were bigger than the Roman empire but far less organized and efficient. By your logic they are greater than Rome. But your logic is flawed so. Egypt and Babylon are still the greatest ones regarding empires.
unpopular opinion I know but I loved the movie when I was 13 years old when it first released in theaters, So when the show came out I was devastated that they made the aliens worms and never watched it again, Wish they can continue the original vision of Stargate. Think the Movie was ahead of its time with all the conspiracy theories out there now I think the movie would have done great today if released now, RA would be rite up there will all the Villain Greats! Like Darth Vader
They are described as parasites in the movie, the original 2nd and 3rd movie would focus on other civilisations. The show just built the lore up a bit more.
@@manticore4952 not really. In movie Ra was an alien dying who had mastered power of possesing other body. In fact his real body is the one to the right on this picture, not worm. He was just mentioned to live inside boy's body like a parasite by Jackson when he interpreted ancient Egyptian text on the stone. There was no actual description of his parasitic physique, only nature. Worms are invented for show only.
@@manticore4952 Not _really_ . They describe (in the og source material) what Ra did to his host as being 'like a Parasite', in order to propagate himself (or help his species survive), but Ra himself doesn't resemble the Goa'uld worms at all like the TV writers try to force on viewers. As soon as the 'aliens' (cosplayers) came out with the worms coming out of their chests, I got really confused: Until they started playing the David Arnold Ra Score over it and I rolled my eyes like "Oh...I see...you didn't have the budget to make a Ra species like they did in the movie, so you just lazily retconned that bit to save money huh?" There was literally no other reason for them to do so. They could've had exactly the same plot as the show and kept the Ra species as was. Even down to Daniel's explanation as given in SG-1. I would even go so far as to say the existing references to the movie in show, even the humorous bit about the Nuke blowing up in Ra's face, and Daniel retelling the legend of Ra in the show - which I might add are both scenes where we see Ra's true form- kind of make the discrepancy/lazy retcon stand out more. You can't fit a square peg into a round hole.
@@caffeinated4671 I'm not sure if it was a budget reason, Ra's appearance in the film looks almost exactly like what would become an Asgard in the show, which they clearly had the budget to make. Honestly I'm not sure' why they decided to change them into worms.
ImplantedWheel7 2 months ago Same here too. Ra was actually the very first Goa'uld System Lord and Stargate Main Antagonist to appear in the entire Stargate Franchise.
@@bryanferratt6598 The name of this movie is called "Stargate" which is a 1994 science fiction adventure film directed and co-written by Roland Emmerich (as well as his very first film he worked on before directing the sci-fi alien invasion film "Independence Day" in 1996). The film is the first entry in the Stargate media franchise and stars Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson, Alexis Cruz, Mili Avital, and Viveca Lindfors. The plot centers on the premise of a "Stargate", an ancient ring-shaped device that creates a wormhole, enabling travel to a similar device elsewhere in the universe. The film's central plot explores the theory of extraterrestrial beings having an influence upon human civilization.
@@bryanferratt6598 (Me speaking in a Dalek Scientist voice): "OH! My apologies.... David Arnold does have a list of work on music soundtrack scores that he did in both movies and TV ( as you see listed here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Arnold )!"
I like Ra in part because he reminds me of my cat Anubis (No connection to the Guard or the System Lord). They are both flamboyant and androgynous creatures with Egyptian roots.
@@FoolOverride Would have been nice if the host was a mutual agreement. Perhaps the Asgard was desperate to solve the cloning problem, and against his species wishes, allowed a Gouald to take it as host. The Gouald, who we now know as Ra, was not able to reverse the damage, and instead found himself trapped and dying himself. This was only thought up 5 minutes ago so don't think too much into it haha.
@@darthplagueis66 That letter with a circle on top of an a looks like a Swedish letter. Are you sure it's plot-related? You're the only person who's spelt it like this.
@@Re-Destro As seen in the image, it's a nod to the symbol of a pyramid with the Sun over it that represents Earth. While not used in the film's promotional material or opening titles, this style of spelling was used for SG-1 and beyond. There are a number of other examples where the first film in a franchise doesn't use a font, etc. that was established in later entries...ones that immediately come to my mind include Raiders of the Lost Ark, Predator and Scream.
Fun fact, the sound Ra’s ship makes when it comes down to the pyramid and attaches itself to it is the same sound that the alien spaceship makes when it was coming over New York in Independence Day.
I agree, mostly. I loved _SG-1_ as a kid, but outgrew it years ago. The low budget paired with the blatant derivativeness of better shows like _Star Trek_ and _Babylon 5_ have aged it terribly in my eyes. The movie's not without its flaws, but I still consider it a favourite of mine in spite of them.
I always thought it was weird how they shoe horned the Goa’uld thing. The original concept of Raa just being another bipedal humanoid that took over a human body was an amazing concept. Would’ve worked in the show: they could’ve just retconned the whole extinct race thing and said a hand full survived and did the same body snatcher shit.
He possessed and shared a body with a kid as a psychic-based entity. He cast off his corporeal form. I've seen forums where people argue that he can't physically possess a human body as there's no space. Sigh. He did it spiritually via some form of occult method. In this movie, the aspect of Ra that is shown is Amun/Amon-Re. The Hidden One. The Goa'uld and SG1 are abysmally stupid.
I liked SG-1 a lot but I always saw it as completely separate from the movie. There was just so much different between the two that it was easy to just not really connect them in my mind.
An excerpt from the eighteenth chapter of the _Stargate_ novelization:
"His species was so entirely different from this human host body he had discovered. His people had nothing within their own nature akin to empathy, sympathy, love, or kindness. This was a race that existed only to survive and acquire. After thousands of years of this existence, their knowledge seemed unending, yet they still lacked wisdom. Their unending pursuit of acquisitions, knowledge, art, science, and possessions had eventually led to the extinction of their race.
"As the last breaths escaped the people of his world, he was millions of light-years away from home, searching desperately for a host. He was determined not to follow the fate of his own kind. He had mastered the technology to transfer himself into another being but had to choose carefully. Along with inhabiting the host's body, he knew he would absorb certain personality traits that were exaggerated within the host's psyche. Perhaps had he known the intimate details of the life of this young boy named Ra, he might have chosen another. Or perhaps not.
"Ra's childhood proved to be an excellent preparation for the life he was to lead. It made it easy for him to walk directly toward the blinding light and ferocious wind tearing unexpectedly across the desert that night one hundred centuries ago. Although both his parents were alive, for all practical purposes he had grown up an orphan. His mother was a lunatic, barely able to care for herself. His father was worse-a violent, aggressive outcast who spent weeks at a time wandering the desert by himself. From infancy, the boy had been reared by the entire tribe at once, belonging partly to everyone but to no one in particular. Because he was not an especially lovable child, no one took care to nurture and touch the boy. While other children slept huddled between their parents, Ra was the only child his age with a private tent. Under these circumstances, he grew into an almost feral child: aloof, unresponsive, slow to trust, and quick to attack. The situation only worsened as Ra got older and began to develop his skills under the unwelcome tutelage of the Old One, the leader of the tribe. He despised being segregated from the hunting crew and forced to spend his days practicing magic in the caves. He felt alone in every possible way, and developed a caustic resentment for all those around him. When the frightening lights came across the midnight sky, he had no idea what might lay on the other side, but he was prepared to embrace any fate other than his own.
"His hatred for his own people proved useful, as there were no inner conflicts when the boy became the pharaoh king. There would be no feelings of guilt or remorse as Ra's people were put to hard labor. In fact, a strange new sense of pleasure became the most powerful trait he absorbed from this strange young boy. Ra was now a part of himself, and together they became the sun god, to be worshiped and feared by this primitive human race."
Wow thanks! I always wondered why that kid would just casually check out something so frightening 😂
@@Cast_iron_bitch Reading that chapter was the beginning of the end of my love affair with SG-1. Here was a rich backstory for Ra, and it went completely ignored for that insipid Goa'uld crap. smh
When I saw the Asgard species and learned of their advanced intelligence and technology as well as the tragic self-inflicted extinction (due to excessive modification of their genes), I developed a loose headcanon that Ra was actually a rogue Asgard individual who was going to extend his life no matter the cost and ended up using a human host for that purpose. Now, reading that excerpt from the novel, I wonder how different the lore would've been had the Asgard actually already gone extinct and the Goa'uld were rogue Asgard individuals who broke off to beat the odds.
@@Intrafacial86 I think it would've been better if Ra had been an Ancient, with the Goa'uld a separate serviter species. It would've gone a long way towards fixing the broken continuity between the movie and series, and would've meshed with the ascension stuff that came later.
@@Duragizer8775 A really cool origin story for the human host, reminds me a Little of the short story "THINGS" wich retells the story of John Carpenter's The Thing but from the Alien's point of view. Anyway SG1 basically ruined the whole charm and mystery that the original film had by giving silly explanation and basically contradicting the movie, i used to Watch It when i was younger but only out of love for the original film. In my mind SG1 Is non Canon, there Is only one stargate
Darth Plagueis
3.63K subscribers (At 5:04 to 7:16 ) Daniel Jackson: [speaking to Ra in the Ancient Egyptian Language] "I was dead?"
[Ra looks directly at him at this point.]
Ra: "That is why I chose your race... your bodies... so easy to repair. You have advanced much... harnessed the power of the atom."
[Daniel approaches, noticing the bomb and several of his books, opened and strewn about.]
Daniel Jackson: "What are you going to do?"
Ra: "You should not have reopened the gate." [revealing his plan to wipe out all life] "Soon, I will send your weapon back to your world with a shipment of our mineral which will increase your weapon's destructive power a hundred fold."
[He stretches out his arms for the servants to adorn his arms and fingers with the jewelry.]
Daniel Jackson: [horrified] "Why would you do that?"
Ra: "I created your civilization. Now, I will destroy it." [Ra stands, and after getting adorned with a final ornamental breastplate, starts walking slowly to Daniel.] "But before my workers question my authority, you will prove that I am their one god by killing your companions."
Daniel Jackson: "If I refuse?"
Ra: [while smirking evily] "Then I will destroy you, and all who have seen you." [He stands in front of Daniel, grabbing his necklace and yanking it off him while his eyes glow with anger.] "There can be only one Ra!"
This music is so fantastic! It gets better and better every time I listen.
I can see the Lovecraft influence of the movie with Ra being similar to Nyarlethotep.
Nyarlathotep wouldn't send a bomb through a portal to destroy the Earth though. He would appear as a wise mentor and teach key people across the world how to make bombs that could destroy the earth, and let them know others were also building them. Then he would sit back and watch mankind eradicate itself for his amusement.
@@lesigh1749 Oh, you’ve read that Robert Bloch story too 👍
Movie that made ancient Egypt look cool!
Ancient Egypt has always been cool. The most powerful and successful civilisation that has ever existed, none can compare except for Babylon perhaps.
@@christianriddler5063 Roman Empire.
@@OpenGL4ever Nah, Egypt stood strong for three thousand years. It was more stable, more efficient and more organized than Rome. It was stronger in pretty much every aspect.
@@christianriddler5063 Egypt was much smaller and had not as many opponents. The Roman Empire conquered Egypt.
@@OpenGL4ever No, Egypt collapsed during the bronze age apocalypse and after that, Egypt was conquered by the Assyrians and after that they never recovered. Then the Babylonians conquered it and then the Persians conquered Egypt and then the Greeks conquered it.
When Rome came to Egypt, it was already gone.. You obviously haven't studied history.
Size of the empire doesn't matter either. The Arab Empires were bigger than the Roman empire but far less organized and efficient. By your logic they are greater than Rome.
But your logic is flawed so.
Egypt and Babylon are still the greatest ones regarding empires.
unpopular opinion I know but I loved the movie when I was 13 years old when it first released in theaters, So when the show came out I was devastated that they made the aliens worms and never watched it again, Wish they can continue the original vision of Stargate. Think the Movie was ahead of its time with all the conspiracy theories out there now I think the movie would have done great today if released now, RA would be rite up there will all the Villain Greats! Like Darth Vader
They are described as parasites in the movie, the original 2nd and 3rd movie would focus on other civilisations. The show just built the lore up a bit more.
@@manticore4952 not really. In movie Ra was an alien dying who had mastered power of possesing other body. In fact his real body is the one to the right on this picture, not worm.
He was just mentioned to live inside boy's body like a parasite by Jackson when he interpreted ancient Egyptian text on the stone. There was no actual description of his parasitic physique, only nature. Worms are invented for show only.
they did in comic form
@@manticore4952 Not _really_ . They describe (in the og source material) what Ra did to his host as being 'like a Parasite', in order to propagate himself (or help his species survive), but Ra himself doesn't resemble the Goa'uld worms at all like the TV writers try to force on viewers.
As soon as the 'aliens' (cosplayers) came out with the worms coming out of their chests, I got really confused: Until they started playing the David Arnold Ra Score over it and I rolled my eyes like "Oh...I see...you didn't have the budget to make a Ra species like they did in the movie, so you just lazily retconned that bit to save money huh?" There was literally no other reason for them to do so. They could've had exactly the same plot as the show and kept the Ra species as was. Even down to Daniel's explanation as given in SG-1.
I would even go so far as to say the existing references to the movie in show, even the humorous bit about the Nuke blowing up in Ra's face, and Daniel retelling the legend of Ra in the show - which I might add are both scenes where we see Ra's true form- kind of make the discrepancy/lazy retcon stand out more. You can't fit a square peg into a round hole.
@@caffeinated4671 I'm not sure if it was a budget reason, Ra's appearance in the film looks almost exactly like what would become an Asgard in the show, which they clearly had the budget to make. Honestly I'm not sure' why they decided to change them into worms.
KREE JAFFA!!!!
KEL NOK KRI SEK!
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Has there been a more Fabulous Villain?
Sokar. Fucking Chad literally took the persona of Satan
That's why Apophis hated him, because he could never be. And Her'ur never even tried to be as fabulous as Ra.
Equivalent is dark Vader
@@AgentK-im8keDarth Vader.
Frieza.
Very awesome, I hope one day David Arnold can work on a big movie again...
ImplantedWheel7
2 months ago Same here too. Ra was actually the very first Goa'uld System Lord and Stargate Main Antagonist to appear in the entire Stargate Franchise.
What kind of big movie though 🤔?
@@bryanferratt6598 The name of this movie is called "Stargate" which is a 1994 science fiction adventure film directed and co-written by Roland Emmerich (as well as his very first film he worked on before directing the sci-fi alien invasion film "Independence Day" in 1996). The film is the first entry in the Stargate media franchise and stars Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson, Alexis Cruz, Mili Avital, and Viveca Lindfors. The plot centers on the premise of a "Stargate", an ancient ring-shaped device that creates a wormhole, enabling travel to a similar device elsewhere in the universe. The film's central plot explores the theory of extraterrestrial beings having an influence upon human civilization.
@@jamieolberding7731I already know this is from the movie "Stargate". I was talking about, " what other big movies should David Arnold do"?
@@bryanferratt6598 (Me speaking in a Dalek Scientist voice): "OH! My apologies.... David Arnold does have a list of work on music soundtrack scores that he did in both movies and TV ( as you see listed here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Arnold )!"
12:10 I'm no longer amused zaaaapppppppppp!!!!!!!
I like Ra in part because he reminds me of my cat Anubis (No connection to the Guard or the System Lord). They are both flamboyant and androgynous creatures with Egyptian roots.
Egypt's true state religion. 💗
Ra's white body looks so cool
Божественное во мне🙏
Missed a brief iteration in "Leaving Nagada".
Best mix
Stargate* It's not an Å, it's the sun/Ra over the pyramid and also a representation of Earth.
Theory. He did not parasite a human first but an asgard. That's why he was so powerful.
Not a theory, thats what actually happened. Ra took an Asgard as a host for a while before the body died
@@FoolOverride Would have been nice if the host was a mutual agreement. Perhaps the Asgard was desperate to solve the cloning problem, and against his species wishes, allowed a Gouald to take it as host. The Gouald, who we now know as Ra, was not able to reverse the damage, and instead found himself trapped and dying himself. This was only thought up 5 minutes ago so don't think too much into it haha.
Ra a sido el malvado mas completo dentro de una pelicula
in reality Ra was and is a positive being, but was portrayed negatively by the reptilians who rule Hollywood
What's up with the spelling? And is that pic from the actual poster or movie?
The spelling is plot-related. The images are not from an official poster.
@@darthplagueis66 That letter with a circle on top of an a looks like a Swedish letter. Are you sure it's plot-related? You're the only person who's spelt it like this.
@@Re-Destro As seen in the image, it's a nod to the symbol of a pyramid with the Sun over it that represents Earth. While not used in the film's promotional material or opening titles, this style of spelling was used for SG-1 and beyond. There are a number of other examples where the first film in a franchise doesn't use a font, etc. that was established in later entries...ones that immediately come to my mind include Raiders of the Lost Ark, Predator and Scream.
Immettere coordinate destinatario pianeta Israele. Ready. Go go go.
Rah ordine.
Anyone got the lyrics?
There can be only one Ra
2:38
Independence Day's soundtrack was in many ways a rehash of this one.
Which makes this superior.
Fun fact, the sound Ra’s ship makes when it comes down to the pyramid and attaches itself to it is the same sound that the alien spaceship makes when it was coming over New York in Independence Day.
Good ear. Everyone once in a while, in a John Williams soundtrack, you can also hear themes from Jaws.
@@sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462I'd say I like ID4's more but this one gets points for originality.
The ID4 trailer used this music because it's so epic.
12:09 iam not amused
Merrell Leon Beavers class Shawn Bryant
He was never a Goa'uld. The series came up with that nonsense. I never cared for that crapshoot of a show. The movie was incredible.
I agree, mostly. I loved _SG-1_ as a kid, but outgrew it years ago. The low budget paired with the blatant derivativeness of better shows like _Star Trek_ and _Babylon 5_ have aged it terribly in my eyes. The movie's not without its flaws, but I still consider it a favourite of mine in spite of them.
I always thought it was weird how they shoe horned the Goa’uld thing. The original concept of Raa just being another bipedal humanoid that took over a human body was an amazing concept. Would’ve worked in the show: they could’ve just retconned the whole extinct race thing and said a hand full survived and did the same body snatcher shit.
He possessed and shared a body with a kid as a psychic-based entity. He cast off his corporeal form. I've seen forums where people argue that he can't physically possess a human body as there's no space. Sigh. He did it spiritually via some form of occult method. In this movie, the aspect of Ra that is shown is Amun/Amon-Re. The Hidden One. The Goa'uld and SG1 are abysmally stupid.
@@sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462 I like this even better. your thoughts about SG1 notwithstanding I think this would have made the show far superior.
I liked SG-1 a lot but I always saw it as completely separate from the movie. There was just so much different between the two that it was easy to just not really connect them in my mind.