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Having only seen a few episodes of 'Stargate: Atlantis' and given it is a young show, I have to say that while it may not be on the same level as 'Stargate: SG1', it is enjoyable in itself. No first season of any series is wonderful (look at Star Trek: The Next Generation) but 'Stargate: Atlantis' has fared quite well.

The characters are likable although understandably we don't have much of a feel for them yet. There is a nice rapport between Sheppard, McKay, Weir and Beckett already but I think Teyla needs some work otherwise she'll just end up a token alien character. I'm still not sure how I feel about the Wraiths yet, I hope they don't crop up in each and every episode and other plot devices are explored instead. There is nothing so dull as when TV show focus on the main 'baddie' to the exclusion of everything else (Buffy and Angel were guilty of this as was 'The X-Files').

I think if given some time 'Stargate: Atlantis' can progress to be as great as its predecessor and it certainly has the making of being a thrilling sci-fi show. People need to stop compared it to SG1 though and give it a chance to develop. Too many potentially good shows are cancelled too soon because they are not given the opportunity to improve.

You would think the people on this expedition would be super smart and strategic. Some of the science sounds plausible but the crew does stupid things in emergency situations.

"Hey let's go down this hallway and not tell anyone." "Hey there's distress signal on that planet, it's probably a rath, but let's check it out without waiting for backup." "Hey we need to quarantine people who may have been exposed to a deadly bacteria, but I'm in charge, so let me out so I can check on things." "Hey I'm pretty sure this device is protecting this village, but I'm gonna take it back to our ship to run tests on it - and let's not tell the village we're doing this because it can't be that big of a deal."

There is no way this crew can survive as long as they do and I'm just a little over halfway through the first season. It's very frustrating because some of the story lines are interesting but because they dumb it down so much, it's hard to get too invested.

I hope season two is better, otherwise I won't make it through the whole franchise.

If these are some of the smartest people in our galaxy, we are doomed!

Stargate Command has sent a team to investigate the Ancients' city of Atlantis in the Pegasus Galaxy. The team is led by Dr. Elizabeth Weir (Torri Higginson) and Major John Sheppard (Joe Flanigan). While they are exploring the Pegasus Galaxy, they accidentally awakens the deadly Wraiths, a race of creatures that survive by sucking the life out of human beings.

It's the second TV show of the franchise. It takes the same concept, put new people in a team, and take them to different worlds. At the start of season 4, they decided to blow up the team by replacing Dr Weir to energize the show. What it did instead was crumple up any chemistry this show had. The producers probably had good reasons to try but it sped up the show's demise after 5 seasons.

I love it!... It could have went another five years..... Now all we see is garbage on t.v, bring back the GATE!!!!

Watch this series.

I am incredibly surprised at the quality of this series. At this point I have watched episodes 1 through 5, and am stunned at how much I am actually interested in watching this series.

The show appears to be well-thought out, the sets are remarkably authentic feeling despite what I am sure for a new series is a small budget, and the interplay between characters is consistent and easily acceptable.

The show is also very fast-paced and despite the short time (5 eps.), there are already a great number of believable plot threads.

Most importantly, the characters are believable and likable and for a sci-fi series, real. As mentioned earlier, the interplay between the characters is something to see. Indeed, when watching the series I actually forget I'm watching sci-fi.

Watch it if you can, I suspect you'll like it.

Dr. Jackson discovers the last symbol of the 8 digit code for Atlantis, the origin for the lost city Atlantis, the location not being earth, but much further away in a galaxy called Pegasus. Dr. Weir, who took control of the SGC facility in SG-1, have been appointed leader of a expedition that travels through the StarGate to find the lost city, together with Major Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) and his team they explore the lost city Atlantis and the Pegasus galaxy, hereby encountering a new all-powerful race 'The Wraith' that supposedly have wiped out the 'human' race The Ancients.

Major Sheppard, being a resemblance of Brigadier General Jack O'Neill, of course stirs things up, and awakens The Wraith, and hereby the battle between Good & Evil begins in the Pegasus galaxy.

SG:Atlantis is a lot like SG-1, don't get me wrong though, it's not entirely the same, but if you have seen the SG-1 show, you will know what I mean, it all begins in the same track that SG-1 did. To cut it short, Atlantis is more of the show we all love, SG-1, but in a new package, maybe even a better package, remember the budgets being bigger and bigger for the SG shows. I personally like Atlantis, it's not like I'm seeing anything shockingly new, but it's the fascinating universe of the SG, which we all love, and the more the merrier.

You don't have to know the SG-1 show, to enjoy Atlantis, even though you don't have the full insight of the SG world from the former shows, you can still enjoy Atlantis, and part by part learn about the SG universe, so don't be afraid to watch this show, even though you haven't seen the movie or SG-1.

Enjoy your journey with StarGate Alantis.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that as a spin off, Atlantis has done much more than its parent series, Stargate SG1, by introducing a new cast of characters who give us more of what the essence of Stargate is - funny, serious, sad, and epic at the same time.

The premise of Atlantis is a continuation from the "Lost City" two-parter that ended Season 7 of SG1. Following further examination of the cave in which the Antarctic Stargate and Ayiana were found, Jackson discovers that the address to Atlantis is eight-symbol - that is, it is located in a whole new galaxy. Dr. Weir, the former head of the SGC, played by Tori Higginson, is appointed the head of the expedition, and some old favorites such as Dr. Rodney McKay return to the scene.

The newcomers are no less handy. Major (and later Colonel) John Sheppard, played by Joe Flanigan, is the junior (and then later senior) military leader of the Atlantis Expedition and possesses an uncanny talent to pilot or use anything that requires the use of the Ancient Technology Activation gene. Carson Beckett played by Paul McGillion, is the medical officer aboard the ship and has become a fan favorite for innumerable reasons.

Upon their arrival, they discover that Atlantis has almost completely run out of power and has been submerged under the sea. Not having enough power to activate a gate back home, they start looking for a way out within the new galaxy, and discover the Athosians, who tell them of a new enemy, the Wraith. Their leader, Teyla Emmagan (Rachel Luttrell), recognizes them as technological descendants of the Ancestors, as they refer to the Lantean Ancients, and believes that they have the power to stop them. Soon after, the team discover that the Wraith are waking up in droves and are a far greater threat than they envisioned - they were responsible for the extinction of the Ancients within the Pegasus galaxy. Much of the series revolves around trying to find ways to combat and destroy the Wraith.

Later on, new enemies are introduced, including a new variant of the human form replicators created by the Asgard - only this time they have very powerful Ancient technology which rivals that of the original Ancients. Later on, Ronon Dex (Jason Momoa), a Satedan fighting against the Wraith in vengeance for the destruction of his homeworld and the murder of his people, joins the Atlantis team.

A must see.

I love how they made this series! It ties in nicely with Stargate SGI, but also stands firmly alone. Everything about this series was so well done! Each episode contained an exciting story to watch, as it built off of the next toward something bigger. The humor in the show was done very tastefully, mixed in with great action and good heart. The bad guys were a little on the scary side, very intense, but the great humor made up for it. I love the cast chosen for their roles; everyone was perfect as they fit their character to a tee. Stargate SGI was good, but lagged a little making it boring after awhile. But Stargate Atlantis doesn't leg at all and it never gets boring; instead it just gets better after each season. It's too bad they canceled it so early, this could have easily made it to 10 seasons.

IF ever there was a Stargate show that could be restarted its Stargate Atlantis. Having just watched it again from start to finish in Feb/Mar 2018 I was reminded why I loved it so much the first time round - great cast chemistry, mostly very interesting episodes, good humour, very good special effects, and more.

Many of the actors are available as well if they wanted to use any of them in a reboot.

I did realize this time more then my first go around that they relied on Rodney to much to resolve situations in fantastical ways, and so yes I could conclude the writing was a bit weak in that department. Yet the writers did succeed at great characterization for a number of the principals, so not everything fell down in that department.

They also lost their way a bit with a couple of them such as Teyla - the purposes of her being sort of "drifted" and it was clear the writing team in later seasons did not know what to do with her other then she be a strong member of the team. I will say this -Rachel Luttrell is really drop dead gorgeous - I had to be an adult to come to that realization....

There is so much unfinished business for this series - I know the Stargate Atlantis Legacy book series helps close many of the loose threads, but I would like to see them acted out onscreen.

Each Stargate series had something I liked, but I think this one had perhaps the best balance, and was the most "enjoyable" to watch. And to me at least it wore well.

When it was a primetime show I was always tuned to each new episode. Flash forward 12 years after it's final season. As I watched the first season I said to myself, yes, as good as I remembered it. It was gripping, appropriately gory at times, the special effects good. My only complaint seeing it the second time around was the now dated and horrible Wraith makeup. They looked like they had shiny hard plastic skin. Not at all realistic or believable. But, small problem for an otherwise great series. Starting in the second season and progressively more so as the seasons rolled by I started to get fidgety. Something like "god, when is this episode going to get bette" The plots became increasingly contrived with new threats seeming nowhere near as menacing as the Wraith. The good constants for me were all - except one - the lead characters. They all showed a range and depth of emotion. They grew into better individuals. The one exception was Dr. McCay. He started off in SG-1. He was admittedly scientifically intelligent. That was it. His stupidity in not being able to shut up, spilling secrets in the process, acting irresponsibly causing dangerous and even massively disastrous results, being obnoxiously arrogant and self important were what he excelled in. He started off that way in SG-1 and remained that way through the end of Stargate Atlantis. In short, he never grew from his experiences. I so many times wanted a Wraith to devour his life force. This second time around, I had to stop with season 5. What did I ever see in the series before?

Hi i am i Scifi fan and therefore i have not missed one of the best series of all time.

I noticed that Stargate Atlantis has been canceled ! This is something that can't be allowed please help me and all other fans of Stargate by going to these sites and help us get the show back on the air with new episodes not only reruns

addresses to sites that are trying to keep the show alive:

www. tvseriesfinale .com/articles/stargate-atlantis-sci-fi-cancels-series-no-season-six/

www. petitionspot .com/petitions/SaveSGA/ (there was some problems with this "long Word" so in the address no spaces) (no )^^

I say again please don't let them kill Atlantis

Thank you for reading and Don't let them cancel Stargate!!

I enjoy several syfy series; including, the original "Stargate". I never had the opportunity to watch this series when it first aired. Recently, I was finally able to give it a try. I watched all of the episodes in the first 2 seasons, and I watched the first 3 episodes in season 3, but, finally, I had to raise the white flag.

I like the concept of the series. I like most of the characters and many of the actors. In my opinion, the writing lets this series down. If I had to use one word to summarize my main complaint with this series, it would be "haphazard". As I watched this series, I felt like there was only a loose general idea where the writers/creators wanted to take it, and that they didn't agree with one another as to how they wanted it to develop. This was reflected in a couple of different ways. For instance, some episodes seem to completely contradict one another logically, plot-wise, etcetera. A bigger issue for me though came to character consistency. I expect characters to evolve over the course of a series, but the writers frequently had some of them making 90-180 degree personality changes too abruptly. It's jarring and illogical.

The writers, also, made a huge mistake with the Dr. Rodney McKay character. He is too relentlessly unlikable. Once in a blue moon the writers tried to humanize him- to help us empathize with his obvious lack of social skills, but their efforts are weak and infrequent. He becomes irritating to the point where it is completely off-putting.

After watching the 3rd episode of season 3, I decided to read all the plot summaries of the remaining episodes. After doing so, I decided my fears of encountering the same type of plot holes and problems I'd endured up to S3,E3 outweighed my desire to see what happens to the characters I do like.

I wanted this show to be a bit of intelligent, fun, and interesting escapism. Instead, I found it an aggravating waste of my time.

In the beginning was a huge blockbuster movie introducing RA. RA was a Goauld, thousands of years old. He had used a round circular thing, flushes like a sideways toilet, to bring a bunch of people from Earth and enslave them on a planet called Abbados. Enter Daniel Jackson and Jack O'Neill (Originally two L's) and they learn that as powerful as RA is, he's pretty stupid, and they blow him into atomized pieces of Naquada (The stuff the Gate is made of).

A year later, Daniel is still on Abbados and the Stargate is shut down, when a new Goauld "Apophis" shows up at Stargate Command in ridiculous snake-headed armor and they kidnap the sole woman in the room. Jack is called back, drops one of his "L's" and he sends a box of Kleenex to Abbados, rejoining him to Daniel Jackson, Sheauri, and Skaara, who both get kidnapped by Apophos and then SG-1 through 9 are formed: SG-1 consisting basically of Jack and Daniel and a new Captain chick named Samantha Carter, they meet up with a skinhead named Tealc on a planet called Chulak and they start doing great things. It turns out that RA was not the last of the Goauld, there are hundreds if not thousands of them, who all need people to take over. And so SG-1 finally kills most of them, but an odd thing happens: Even worse bad guys show up.

But Daniel has not been Idle, in their treks through the star-gates SG-1 finds out about four races who had a sort of "United Nations of the Stars" - The Furlings who we only got to see in parody in one SG-1 Ep, the Asgard who become Jack's best buddies, the Knox who do nothing but hide and make themselves invisible, and a mysterious race called The Ancients.

We know little of these guys until Jack gets his head stuck in an Ancient Repository of Knowledge, twice... And the second time, it leads him to clues about The Lost City of Atlantis, which Daniel had given them vague hints about during the year he died and was an ascended being. Several episodes and story arcs were devoted to the finding of Atlantis, for the hope of finding more of those glowing squid-bombs that blew up Anubis. Or other Goauld-killing tech.

Well, eventually they figure it out, it's another 8-chevron Gate Address, and that's what this show is- It's about a bunch of people who opt to step out into the unknown, into another galaxy even, for the hope of finding help or tech for Earth.

But true to Stargate form, after one set of bad guys is killed off, new, worse bad guys show up. The leader of this expedition to Atlantis is Dr Elizabeth Weir (Torri Higgonson who was Beth Kitteredge in William Shatner's TekWars TV shows). Originally she was played by Jessica Steen, who I thought was much better, but Tori was OK, she should have bleached her hair for the part. But the other two main guys, one of them we have already met, as in the irritating Rodney McKay (the irritating David Hewlett) and the other is John Sheppard (Joe Flanagan) who likes Flying and Johnny Cash. These people spearhead the original mission, along with Colonel Sumner (The Evil T-1000/John Dogget himself, Robert Patrick).

The Pilot episode is magnificent for the first hour, but as cool as walking through a Stargate to another galaxy is, things go wrong immediately, and during a reconnaissance mission all hell breaks loose and we get to, well remember these new Bad Guys who are even worse? It's a race of Vampires called The Wraith, and we get to see their life sucking powers in great detail.

So from the start, it all went sideways, but over 5 years of 20 episodes per season, they acquitted themselves nicely, and many Canadian actors got to sink their teeth onto sometimes multiple roles. My only complaint was that the new Bad Guys were introduced in the pilot episode, they should have been introduced over a period of time- Because it's just too much to load into one pilot. But nevertheless, there are quite a few things in the pilot that are great, which was why I continued to watch.

Stargate Atlantis" stands as an incredible TV show that, unfortunately, came to an end, leaving fans like myself longing for more. The latest versions of the Stargate series just don't measure up to the brilliance of SG1 and Atlantis. These two classics set the standard, and nothing else quite beats the captivating narratives, memorable characters, and the sense of adventure they brought to the screen. It's disheartening to see newer versions going in different, often confusing directions. The simplicity and brilliance of SG1 and Atlantis are sorely missed in the current landscape of sci-fi television. One can only hope that someone recognizes the untapped potential and brings back the magic, perhaps in the form of a sequel or a long-awaited Season 6 of Atlantis. "Stargate Atlantis" has earned its merits, and its unique blend of storytelling and characters is something that remains unmatched in the realm of science fiction television.

After watching SG-1 two times, I wanted to see something new, so I decided to give Stargate Atlantis a shot. I had grown fond of the cast of SG-1, and hoped the new cast of SGA would have the same effect on me, and I was not disappointed! Even Rodney, who was so unlikable as a character in SG-1 has grown on me.

After the show's two-parter pilot, the storylines moved slowly at first, with a lot of ship-in-a-bottles or episodes taking place mainly on the base, which had me worried that there would be a lack of action, but as the show progressed, it definitely proved otherwise.

There's a lot to love here: great characters - well fleshed-out and with lots of development throughout the show; many interesting adversaries, as well as some unconventional alliances to overcome threats of many different forms.

What I also love about a series like this is how they shed a light on ethical dilemmas, and offer a lot of interesting perspectives on the actions taken by our heroes. SG-1 did a pretty good job of this already, but SGA actually made me sympathise with some of the enemies.

The only downside is that it was canceled too fast, which left a lot of potential unexplored. I'm glad they managed to wrap up many important storylines, but there are so many cool ideas, races, problems, solutions and what have ya that I would have loved to see more of, or learn more about.

All in all, if you liked SG-1, or simply like Sci-fi, I urge you to check out Stargate: Atlantis, it will not disappoint. If you feel the start is on the slow side, push through - it will be rewarded.

Watched the whole series now, and will likely rewatch it. Rating: 8.5/10, rounded up as I cannot give half stars.

Even though the origional stargate movie will always be OG and the SG-1 was the begining, Stargate Atlantis is easiest the best of the entire series. It REALLY deserved more than 5 seasons, the actors were all fantastic at making you like them and the effects were just generally better than the other shows. I also feel like the Wraith were a more intimidating and interesting enemy than the Gou'ld and this show really highlighted advanced alien tech. Sheppard, Ronan, McKay and Carson are by far my favorite characters from the show; but Todd the eventually friendly Wraith was also a great addition!

Quite enjoyable, and no, I'm not a teenager.. It's nothing fancy and it's single-layered: don't look for deeper meanings in these shows. It is however nicely executed and some of the main character do a very decent job (Dr. Weir, McKay Zelenka).

The main idea of how the Wraith came into existence is very refreshing and a good explanation for why they look so much like humans; a very big problem I have with Star Trek stuff is the inexplainable likeness to humans of literally EVERY alien they encounter. Here they at least try to give it a nice twist.

Currently at season 3, I have to admit, the cheesy episodes are getting more numerous but the good episodes still make up for that so I keep on watching it. Best SF sho ever is Farscape so keep that in mind while evaluating my view :-)

I finally found the time to watch this show, being a lover of the original movie, series and SG:Universe. What I want explained is how this show was renewed for another 4 seasons??

The story lines throughout the series are repetitive.

The progress of each episode is predictable, that being:

--Opening pleasantries, followed by

--Inbound crisis, followed by

--Mad scramble to fix the problem, followed by

--The all is fine ending

And there is nothing worse than the "Just In Time" type story line-

--A new technology is discovered Just In Time to fix the current crisis

--A new facility is found in Atlantis Just In Time to fix the current crisis

--The scientists are able to reprogram the Atlantis computers to evade the current threat Just In time

--The enemies reconsider their attack/switch sides/take on human morals Just In Time to evade annihilation

--The non-operational defense systems are fixed Just In Timefor the attack.

--etc etc

The best performances came from the support cast.

I can't believe I wasted 30 hours watching the first two seasons hoping it would improve.

An international expedition lead by Dr. Elizabeth Weir is set of through the Stargate into the Pegasus galaxy. They discover a threat far beyond anything encountered before. A race that destroyed the Ancients, the most developed race known to man.

As a big SG-1 fan I had my doubts that this spin-off would succeed in being close to SG-1. To my great surprise I found Atlantis better in many ways.

First there is a great well written story. They use the new galaxy for all it's worth. The casting is great. A nice mix of civilians and military. I find the characters here better then SG-1. David Hewlett and David Nykl make a perfect couple as Dr. McKay and Dr. Zelenka. And season two newcomer Ronon Dex is also turning out to be good as the quiet more mysterious type.

Atlantis is a lot darker then SG-1. It's one of the more darker sci-fi of it's kind I've seen and it works. Specially since the mood is so well captured. The cinematographers does a great job at that. However, at the same time it's dark, the show manage to have humor. I like that. They don't overdo it. It's a nice mix. It gives the show a kind of looser feeling. A feeling of that they don't take them selves all too seriously. That it one of the things I really like about the Stargate series.

The directing is also very good. The fact that the same directors and creative crew members work or has worked on both series gives the series much of the same qualities and they manage to stay somewhat in the same style without the one being a copy of the other.

Stargate Atlantis features some of the best special effects you find on television. The plain CGI sequences is very well made and when they mix CGI and real footage you can hardly tell the difference. There are also some pretty nice fight scenes. These are very well coordinated and well executed. The Wraith makeup and makeup through out the show is also nice done. So are the costumes.

As spin-offs have a tendency to might not be as good as the original Atlantis is on many points better then the original. This is a show you should catch if you get the chance.