Stargate Atlantis Season 3

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We had a thread going for the previous seasons of Atlantis but I don't mind a new one for S3.

Great shows. I miss my weekly Stargate dose. Bring it on.

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Greetings

Lots of action here ... a nice payoff ...

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Anyone notice how Robert Picardo's character appeared on both Stargates this week, voicing the same concerns? Yay for continuity between shows!

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There is going to be a lot of crossover between the two shows this year as plots shall cross

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Anyone else find the ending somewhat amusing?

Sheppard: "I think we're out of the woods."
"To Be Continued..."

Yeah, great cliffhanger.

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Good shows. I also liked the continuity between both shows. The Atlantis crew acknowledging the Ori problem and the SG-1 crew acknowledging the Wraith problem.

I can finally get my weekly Stargate fix.

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Greetings

Just wanted to comment on the Second Episode on Friday night. I found it most interesting that the Humans would decide to screw over "Michael-Trip" even after all the help he was to them; thus making him extra pissed at the humans after this.

I genuinely hope the character survived ...

Definitely like the fact that the Atlantis folk don't always do the nice nice things. But they sure do like to lose big ships so quickly. First an ancient ship and then a hive one.

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I agree. Their intergalactic drivers license should be suspended.

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you guys caught the "yeah i saw that in a movie once" reference to star wars the han solo mil falc. trick? that had my on the floor =).

is the michael character good or evil? lots of grey lines. i like the moral/ethical issues that are brought up... especially the decision to shoot the planet at the end, very trekian.

but if it's an effective weapon, then the atlantis team has a shot at winning the war. but i still roll my eyes... at the fact they're still trying to convert everyone to humans... imperialism anyone?

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The only other choice is to simply kill them all. It does seem they have an effective weapon combo - convert them with the virus and then in their passive confusion simply shoot them all. Sort of like shooting them in their sleep. An interesting ethical dilema but it seems there can be no compromise. There can be only one!

Same sort of issue they had with the Jenii(sp?). What do you do with a group of people that want to kill and/or screw you over every chance they get and are completely untrustworthy? Wipe them all out even if they are humans to prevent future issues?

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well, the key is they're tackling these issues. i think atlantis has done more of these episodes than SG-1 has by far. SG-1 is more of a adventure romp, but atlantis seems to take it just a notch higher. just a bit. it's still adventure romp and it is not BSG... but it's attractively packaged.

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Greetings

After two strong opening episodes, a breather episode ... a let down of sorts. Just for laughs ... but also very star trek plot like in ways ... and not a good trek plot wise either.

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Yeah, this ep wasn't the greatest... But I like that they're trying something different every now and then, even if I don't always end up liking the end result (I usually do, though).

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Wasnt the best episode, but it did have some laughs. Seeing Carson break down in tears was GOLD. Also glad to see the Sam carter reference

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That was the first episode of any Stargate series where I seriously wanted my 45 minutes back after watching. Instead of funny or amusing as I must assume TPTB intended, I found it disturbing and creepy. Very disappointing.


That was pretty funny.

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I thought it was very entertaining (reminded me of "Urgo" from SG-1 Season 3). Richard Kind was great in this, and everyone was having some fun.

"Sometimes all at once. . ."

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This is, of course, the second character Richard Kind has played in the Stargate universe.

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My immediate thought from the beginning of the episode was "Mudd's Women". This episode was very much in line with what Henry Mudd would get himself involved with.

Jason

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except Mudd's women wouldn't say "all at the same time", that was more on a preverse side than titillating since he's basically emotionally influencing and thereby it is a sort of a "date rape" drug. i think it is creepier than you guys are giving it credit for.

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I'll grant you that Atlantis is tackling these issues more than SG1 is ---now. But there are numerous instances where SG1 has tackled moral/ethical issues - "The Other Side", "Scorched Earth", and "Menace" easily come to mind. The writers for SG1 have simply succumbed to an overwhelming storyline and have sacrificed a lot of drama for action.

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What did you guys think of the crossover episode? I liked how they took down an Ori spaceship by blowing up a Wraith hive ship.

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Greetings

Too bad the only reference in the following SGA episode was Rodney mentioning that the gate linking was Sam's idea.

So what's the deal with linking gates? Is it for a puddle jumper ... gateship to get to earth faster? Obviously manned travel would not work ...

That seems like the only continuing idea from this episode ...

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Well, manned would work, if they placed the gates on habitable planets. But this way, they don;t have to have a local DHD, they can just use the unit on the jumper. And it's not really so much linking gates as making a bunch of sequential gate jumps.

RG

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They couldn't put the gates on planets because there are no planets in the void.

I imagine what they are planning is to use the jumpers dialing capabilities to jump through the void and at the first location possible jump to a planet and then to earth. Didn't they say it would save draining the ZPM and be quicker then using a starship.

It would also result in a shorter return trip back to Atlantis because they could also gate home.

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True. The impression that I got was that they were going to need a number of gates placed in the void, as it is too wide to cross with a single gate. ANd as you pointed out, one they getinto the milky way, they just use one of the local gates to jump to Earth.

RG

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Greetings

Episode 4 ...

A good episode with more backstory for Ronin. The Hive ship did not have a female running it. Do they always have to be hive ships? What about the support ships that follow the carrier groups?

Are the Wraith turning into Jaffa ... gettings dispatched rather quickly ... to serve the story.

Still enjoyable ... but moving toward SG1 in some ways.

Any item from this story that would service future story lines?

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