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 something new, original October 10, 2008
I was getting bored of the Raith so I welcomed a new 'first contact'. I'm also glad to see Daniel Jackson back in character! A great episode - a great series.
hq cool September 18, 2008
its my first amazon on demand video. i fell asleep friday but had to see this ep on satuday like a drug attic the video is hq n theres no experation. next up is the trek movies.
 great show - poor quality video September 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought the first episode of season 5 in the video download version because I wanted the cliffhanger from season 4 resolved. I might even buy more versions, but the quality of the downloaded video is quite poor. The lighting, even when adjusted on my laptop, is odd and often things are not quite in focus. It may just be my laptop, but I have no problem with instant play on Netflix. I think I'll wait until the technology is a bit more perfected to spend my money on anymore unbox episodes.
great, but suffering. September 4, 2008
(before reading this, note: i love stargate, both series. this review only includes what i do not like)
though i enjoy stargate atlantis. it suffers from something that has plagued the entire franchise from the beginning, even starting as early as season one of SG1. even the greatest episodes have this slow lengthy period at the the end, that involves nothing more then talking heads, sometimes poorly scripted talking heads. like we have to slow down and talk about everyone feelings. on the Atlantis pilot, the worst line is the last, something like "you know, that could get us in to trouble." its weak, but is short, so i can deal, but that is mostly what these "closing lines" consist of. the worst of, being "the broca divide" from SG1. the episode is good, but has one of the slowest boring endings.
and their system for writing battles leaks through from sg1. this is how battles went in sg1: good guys shoot, we watch enemies die for a while. camera pans, its the bad guys turn to shoot. turn based action. i think this system carries through to Atlantis's way of presenting problems. something happens, Mckay solves, and guess what, something else happens, didn't see that coming.
at least they got rid of the dinosaur carter, just because some people cant deal with canceling SG1 after ten years (the show was dead anyway, after Richard dean Anderson quit) is no reason to bring over someone that i would say was the most replaceable character of SG1. even that aside, her character never had enough depth to say anything new after ten years. her saying pissy lines was mildly entertaining the first dozen times, we don't need to see it even more.
something about Tayla says "give me fewer lines!" Ronan too, that was the whole point of Ronan, man of few words, but now he is the friggin philosopher. and the caveman hunter Tayla, is a computer wiz? right. not saying she should be stupid, but come on, there is some word for how fast humans can except technology. and i think they forget were Tayla comes from.
and their brilliant idea of, character episodes. though i love these actors, none of them have the strength to pull it off alone. Richard dean Anderson, or Micheal Shanks, they could handle it. but not any of atlantis, except maybe Joe Flanigan, and i think they have already done that. just stick with the group thing, its what they do best.
though i admit, season 5 is turning out better then season four. which involved more cliches and SG1 reference then ever before.
Great concept but disturbing ending August 16, 2008
I liked the plot. The entity being Dr. Weir was unexpected, but from knowing her character too many things that she did were very uncharacteristic of her. She put Atlantis and her people in danger several times, lied about the others knowing that she was going to Atlantis, and never lie to people, replicators or not and essentially commit genocide. I really disliked the ending. Both Dr. Weir and the members of the Atlantis crew would not feel comfortable killing a small group of replicators that were being peaceful, just because one went rogue and tried to escape. I call that genocide. Especially tricking them into walking through the stargate to their deaths while they think they are getting a chance to continue their research. I think the writer seriously should have realized that it was out of character and in bad taste.
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