Movie Reviews for Stargate Atlantis - The Complete First Season

Stargate Atlantis - The Complete First Season

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Movie Reviews of Stargate Atlantis - The Complete First Season

Movie Review: The series is great! The merchandise wasn't...
Summary: 3 Stars

I think the Stargate series (both Atlantis and SG-1) are great. I already had seasons 1-10 for SG-1 and had watched all of the dvd's several times. So I decided to get the season 1 of the Atlantis shows. I purchased the box set from iNetvideo along with other dvd merchandise from other sellers. iNetvideo's shipment was delivered within a couple of days prior to the the deadline date. And the shipment arrived more than week after I had already received the merchandise from the other sellers eventhough the same shipping method was used.

After inspecting the merchandise and playing only the first dvd, I did gave an excellent seller's feedback. When I finally was ready to play the 5th and last dvd I instantly realized that something was wrong. The exact same episodes that are on Disk 1 Volume 1 were on Disk 5 Volume 1. I removed the dvd from the player and looked at the label - the label said Disk 5 Volume 1. I read the DVD case cover and it listed the episodes that were suppose to be on that disk but were not.

Now, how one dvd can get mislabeled and placed into a 2005 box set without a massive recall because other customers experienced the same problem is strange to say the least. My girl friend and I have order quite of few dvd through Amazon's website and this is the first time there has been a problem. I removed the feedback that I had previously give and contacted the seller via the Amazon website about this defect.

After two and no response from the seller, I contacted Amazon. They quickly responded and taking care of the situation with their A-Z guarantee. Meanwhile, I have download the last 4 episodes using Amazon's Unbox feature. I want to view these esipodes and found out what happens. I really like this series - it's as good as SG-1. Great originality in the storylines. There's actiion, humor and sometimes a tear jerker (my girl friend, of course). The characters every once in awhile make a comment about Star Trek (in a good way - I like Star Trek, too).

After I am refunded, I'll be returning the box set to the seller and will probably just download the rest the season 1. Lesson learned - watch all the dvd's before giving a seller's rating. I'll be purchasing season 4 but not from this seller regardless of what their prices are.

Movie Review: Excellent!
Summary: 5 Stars

Love this series. The acting, writing/stories, cast -- it really is fun to watch and keeps your interest. I enjoy it like I enjoyed the SG-1 series.

Movie Review: Best sci-fi in a long time!
Summary: 5 Stars

It has been a long time since I saw a good sci-fi show. Atlantis is really smart and entertaining right from the start.

Movie Review: Yeesh.
Summary: 1 Stars

Well, I *wanted* to like it, really I did. The effects were gorgeous, the premise wonderful... the writing abysmal, and the acting about 50-50. And when I say 50-50, I don't mean average; I mean 50% excellent and 50% forehead-slappingly bad.

If you loved the original series... you can watch this, but don't expect the same high quality, competence or intelligence. The writers are evidently rehashing old sci-fi standard plots, one at a time, without comprehending the basic premise behind the originals. I'm afraid we were yelling at the TV in disgust at one point. Writing characters who wouldn't be able to survive due to being too dumb to live on this world does not make me believe in their ability to make it on another.

It does get better, a little. If you can sit through the worst of it in the beginning they start to manage a couple better episodes towards the end. Now, if we can just some up with a way to assassinate that idiotic commander chick, it might all turn out ok. (I can only blame so much of her character on the writers having no clue of the leadership qualities necessary to run a remote scientific/military outpost. The rest is just bad acting.)