alphantrion’s blog

Ok so here is my review of the series finale of Stargate Atlantis. First of all the episode definitely needed to be two hours. Everything seemed very rushed. It’s no surprise considering the fact that the producers learned the cancellation news very late. Overall the episode was an action packed episode that had everything but the kitchen sink. It had space battles, f302 battles, hive ship infiltration etc..

What worked: The pace of the episode definately worked, everything wrapped up nicely in 45 minutes despite being rushed. I’ll give the credit to the writers for accomplishing that. Seeing some old familiar SG-1 faces was also a plus in the forms of Samantha Carter and Major davis, although I dont understand why he still is a major after 10 years. The small tribute to the late Don S. Davis was also nice. (They are renaming the new earth ship Phoenix to the General Hammond) and finally it is of course always enjoyable to see Todd the wraith who I believe is the best character of the series played perfectly by Chris Heyerdahl.

What didnt work: I didn’t like the ending it was too contrived. (Atlantis landing on earth and appearing in cloak at the San Francisco bay) Also the “death” of Ronon was really cheaply handled by reviving him five minutes after his death. If you are killing a character make sure they stay dead have some drama FCOL. It doesnt have to be too dark like BSG but some drama always works and makes your heroes more vulnerable. That’s my review of this rushed series finale of Stargate Atlantis. Although I’d preffered a 6th season I still am looking forward to the new spin-off and the DVD movies.

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