Jul 23, 2008
I’d seen trailers for this episode of Stargate Atlantis, and they weren’t very inspiring. It’s a pretty hackneyed idea after having someone be taken over by an alien plant. But let’s not rush to judgement. Old ideas can still be done in interesting ways.
I think putting Woolsey in charge of Atlantis could lead to some interesting internal conflicts which this show will benefit from. Often the Atlantis team is just…
Jul 15, 2008
Stargate Atlantis returns for its fifth season with Search & Rescue Part 2 which concludes Season 4’s closer. Nice pan out from the ruined building into space and across to Michael. I wonder how much they spent on that special effect?
This was actually the first episode of Atlantis that I watched in SciFi’s HD broadcast and the special effects in particular did benefit from it.
Unfortunately I’m really not a fan…
Jul 4, 2008
The fourth season of Stargate: Atlantis hits DVD on July 8th 2008 with a 5 disc boxed set that offers not only all 20 episodes from season 4 of Atlantis, but over an hour of new content. Stargate: Atlantis spun off from Stargate SG-1 and the fourth season sees the arrival of SG-1’s award winning star Amanda Tapping as the new leader, Commander Samantha Carter. Jewel Staite (Firefly) also reprises…
Dec 4, 2005
This is a juicy little rumor. According to the Sci-Fi Heaven blog, there may be a new villain (or race of villains) on its way for season 3 of Stargate: Atlantis. Unfortunately the source of the rumor doesn’t give out any solid details beyond saying that season 3 will hold many surprises.
I’d certainly like to see a new villain appear on Atlantis. One of the biggest problems I have with…
Nov 29, 2005
The SciFi Wire offered up a short interview with fantasy author Martha Wells about The Gate of Gods, the third and final book in her Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy of novels. During the interview she notes that she will be writing a couple of short stories also set in the world of Ile-Rien. The new stories will be publihed in the magazine Black Gate.
The Gate of Gods is currently available…