Atlantis Stop Trying To Be Like 'SG-1'

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[Kosh GTO]

So Amanda Tapping is leaving the city of the ancients behind to pursue the weird, the bizarre and the supernatural? Well, that’s okay … because “Stargate: Atlantis” was beginning to feel too much like "SG-1" anyway. Now don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love Tapping as an actress and Carter was a fantastic character on "SG-1." Some of my all time favorite episodes remain the Carter-centric ones -- to me “In The Line Of Duty,” “Jolinar’s Memories” and “Divide And Conquer” represents the best the series has to offer. But on "Atlantis," Carter doesn’t seem to do anything aside from wander the corridor.I was hoping to she more of her in a wonder-Bra typed outfit  ..



chirp in at briefings from time to time and pretend to hold some kind of authority in the expedition.

Dr. Weir (Torri Higginson) on the other hand always kept the series moving and fresh and actually brought something to the table. As a chief negotiator, her skills were integral to the early days of the series where all things ancient were exciting and new. Higginson was perfect for the job and the series did suffer a substantial blow with absence in the latest season (even if she is lurking around somewhere in the background as a potential baddie).

In the third season the series took another step in "SG-1’s" direction with the recycling of some old villains from the parent series. With so many stories focused on the Wraith, "Atlantis" certainly needed some new baddies to mix things up a bit from time to time. Replicators however don’t represent the best the writers can come up with.

. As Lego spiders they were only mildly entertaining but when they eventually “evolved” into human form, they reached the point where they were as cruel, wicked and every bit as fascinating as the Goa’uld themselves. Something not even the Ori managed to achieve. The human robots story was done to death on "SG-1" and was finally given a satisfying conclusion at the end of the eighth season so why rework on the spin-off series?

 Since then, the show has taken on a host of second hand plot devices including Earth-based tales revolving around The Trust. The shadowy cabal will never be as entertaining as the N.I.D. in "SG-1" and the most recent episode, “Outcast,” proved this as Col. Sheppard (Joe Flannigan) returned to Earth after the death of his father and is quickly caught up in a conspiracy involving contraband Replicator technologies.

While this episode wasn’t exactly a yawn-fest, it’s not why I enjoy watching “Atlantis” as a series. I want to see the team trying to unravel ancient technology, dealing with the Wraith, Michael Kenmore (Connor Trineer), Genii, Travellers and exploring a new Galaxy of new planets that all coincidentally look like the Vancouver forests.

The show is called “Stargate: Atlantis” for a reason so lets keep the stories in Pegasus. Earth is "SG-1’s" territory, and Replicators are its villains.


Well what do you think Please Pretell.Rafiki need your thought's on this and Neo you also. GTO

[Rafiki]

I never liked the idea of inheriting actors, writers and/or producers from SG1.
That series was flogged to death by writers and producers without any semblance of imagination.
And after Jack O'Neill was replaced the remaining characters could not keep SG1 going.
Now, after they lost Weir and killed off Beckett, they are trying to get SGA going again by bringing over the same boring old characters from SG1.
I hate to think what bums like Woolsey as the head of SGA will do to the series.
If that is the best they can do to replace Carter then I can't see how they will be able keep the series going past season 5.
If they really want the series to go anywhere then they should get rid of all the old SG1 characters and the old writers who are incapable of doing anything other than re-making old stories.
I always maintained that these old writers and even the producers are incapable of producing any kind of story that falls outside their little literary worlds. They can only come up with the 'medieval princess on a quest' type of story because they have no experience of anything else and are too lazy to research something outside their sphere. They will just keep on borrowing from old stories written by others or remaking their own old stories hoping that something that worked before will do so again.

This is why we are unlikely to see new interesting enemies or discoveries in SGA. They will just keep on flogging the old horses again and again and again until nobody is watching anymore.

[Kosh GTO]

and then they want to blame the fans for not supporting the show anymore........

[Neoandrew1]

Rafiki I agree with you unfortunately bud, I wish I could say different but I cant.........


all this tech in Atlantis and were is it??? the only major tech improvements they`v found were really given to them by the Asgard so whats the point lol

were do they make the Drones?? you cant tell me the ancients lasted that long fighting the wraith with a couple of boxes of boxes of them?

I maybe looking to closely at the story/timeline so the holes are getting bigger an bigger for an now Woofter boy incharge..... thats gonna make the biggest hole of all..


ASSHOLE (Great Actor but no for the leader of Atlantis)