20 Dec 2005
Stargate: Director’s Cut
An archaeological dig in 1928 unearths a strange artefact that is decorated with indecipherable symbols, buried near the Great Pyramid in Egypt. Years later, Dr. Daniel Jackson (James Spader), an Egyptologist working in the USA, is recruited by the military to study the symbols and work out the artifact’s function. It turns out to be a ’stargate’: a device that allows instant travel between distant planets. Dr Jackson and a team of US soldiers led by Colonel Jack O’Neill (Kurt Russell) are sent through the stargate to explore what lies on the other side, and encounter a civilisation ruled by an alien race who threatens the safety of human life back on Earth.
When many people hear the name of New Order the first song that often comes into their heads is that of the seminal track Blue Monday: the hypnotic dance beat with its synthesised bass line is as unmistakable as the melodies of Led Zep’s Whole Lotta Love and Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall. Substance, the double disc compilation from 1987 and re-released on CD in 1990, does indeed feature ‘That Song’. Before you skip straight to track four on the first disc and press stop when it finishes, you should remember that it also contains some of the greatest rock/dance tracks of the last twenty years.