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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT EAN: 9781404993167 Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 1404993169 Item Dimensions: Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Languages: Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD) MPN: MGMD12101D Number Of Items: 5 Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 15, 2005 Running Time: 873 minutes Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Theatrical Release Date: July 16, 2004 Editorial Review: Product Description: Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 01/13/2009 Run time: 873 minutes Amazon.com: It's not a franchise on the order of Law & Order, CSI, or Star Trek--not yet, anyway--but with Stargate Atlantis, a more than worthy successor to SG-1, Stargate is becoming a nice little cottage industry in itself. The premise, in a nutshell: The Ancients, the greatest race the universe has ever known (or something like that), abandoned Earth millions of years ago, taking Atlantis with them; they then sunk the entire city in order to escape the clutches of the dreaded Wraith, an implacable bunch of villains who nourish themselves by sucking the life from humans. Now, as the two-hour "Rising" pilot details, a new team has gained access to the legendary city. Once they arrive, Atlantis loses the power to sustain its protective shield and rises to the surface, and thus begin the team's adventures (i.e., using the stargate to travel to other planets in the Pegasus galaxy, encountering aliens both hostile and friendly, and trying to defeat the Wraith, or at least stay out of their way). Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), SG-1's driving force, is missed, but Atlantis has a strong replacement in Major John Sheppard (Joe Flanigan), easily the most charismatic member of the new team. Like O'Neill, Sheppard is a wiseacre and a loose cannon, as well as a superb pilot with an innate understanding of the Ancients' arcane technology. His humor, humanity and conscience provide a welcome contrast to the other characters, especially brilliant-but-neurotic Dr. Rodney McKay (David Hewlett) and ultra-serious project leader Dr. Elizabeth Weir (Torri Higginson), who has little to do but give orders and stand up for her people. The Wraith, who resemble a vampire mutation of the albino blues guitarist Johnny Winter, are the focus of most of these 19 episodes (including the pilot). These bad boys will stop at nothing--nothing, I tell you!--in their quest to snack their way through every galaxy in the universe, with Earth their ultimate feeding ground. And while the final four episodes, dealing with the Wraith's massive attack on Atlantis, end with an unsatisfying cliffhanger (basically, nothing is resolved), earlier shows effectively keep their ominous presence in the forefront. The episodes in which the Wraith play little or no active role are often compelling as well, including "Thirty Eight Minutes" (one of our heroes' "puddle jumper" spacecraft gets stuck in the stargate), "Childhood's End" (we meet a race whose members are convinced that only ritual suicide is keeping the Wraith at bay), and "The Eye" (a planet-size hurricane/tsunami bears down on Atlantis). As is the case with SG-1, the visual effects work, especially by TV standards, is excellent; in fact, one might wish for bit more cool sci-fi action and less talk in some of the episodes. Special effects include commentary (by directors, writers, and/or actors) for every episode, as well as the occasional behind-the-scenes featurette. --Sam Graham Average Rating:
 Rating:  - poor actingIn my opinion acting and casting are not good in this sci-fi. Altough there are some interesting episodes, most of the scenes are in stereotypical settings. Outdoor scenes are sometimes illustrated with artificial paintings, which is dissapointing. Rating:  - Great Show, Not so GOOD DVDI purchased the 4 season set of Atlantis at Amazon, at an amazing price. The DVD set 1. Disc 4 did not work on my Home Theater but it played OK in my DVR. 2. The menu is hard to understand and there are no scene selection. The Series: 1 The series is GREAT. 2. It was a bit slow at the beginning, but it picks up by season's end. 3. The special effects are OK, and at times AWESOME. 4. The characters are fun, and a welcome change ... Read More Rating: - chevron nine locked!as a stargate fan from the original movie to the sg-1 series and now Atlantis I highly recommend this series to any sci-fi lover out there. Rating:  - Stargate Atlantis FiendI'm one of the biggest Stargate fans so lets say FIEND!! lol I love Stargate Atlantis the most!!! Its extremely hard to find seasons 1,2, and 3 around where i live. Heck, it's hard to find anything you want around here!! I'm very glad that Amazon has these items!!! I've wanted to try and complete my SG-1 and Atlantis Collection and try to find the most coolest collectibles and clothes and patches etc. When i found this stuff on amazon.com i was estatic!!! They've got some of the killerest stargate items ... Read More Rating: - New series...Season 1 provides Stargate loves with new exciting villians! I was still sad to watch Stargate Atlantis knowing that Stargate SG-1 would soon be over but it was really excellent to know that the spin off had awesome scene's and villians. |
