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How much of a dork for science fiction am I? IвЂ™ll keep recording Atlantis, and keep watching it, and keep being disappointed. Last Friday nightвЂ™s half-season finale, вЂњThis Mortal Coil,вЂќ appeared to have given the Replicators some new dramatic life, but it was all a combination retread of two done-to-death stories: вЂњthe crewвЂ™s stuck in VRвЂќ and вЂњthe crewвЂ™s been duplicated as robotsвЂќ (which SG-1 already did extremely well). Ditto the Replicators, the Erector Set alien intelligence that SG-1 seemed to have fully explored the ramifications of.

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AtlantisвЂ™s Season 2 episode вЂњMichael,вЂќ in which a Wraith was de-Wraith-ized and all sorts of questions about species bigotry and just what constitutes a war crime were raised, was brilliant, one of the best single episodes of TV science fiction of any series, but all the promise of that episode has long since been squandered. Even Star Trek: The Next Generation eventually figured out that hive creatures like the Borg quickly burn out their storytelling possibilities if youвЂ™re not willing to do something adventurous with them. AtlantisвЂ™s вЂњoriginalвЂќ bad guys, the space vampire Wraith, are the dullest SF villains ever: without individual motivations beyond an animalistic need to feed, theyвЂ™re limited in a dramatic sense. The Memento episode, вЂњTabula Rasa,вЂќ started off with a glimmer of hope for something different, but rapidly devolved into the same old вЂњspace bug infects the crewвЂќ clichГ© that had been done to death before Stargate ever came to television. ThatвЂ™s what I was hoping for more of this year.Д«ut instead itвЂ™s been the same old SF-TV tropes: aliens run amuck so the crew runs around in circles trying to stop them. AtlantisвЂ™s lackluster scripts never seem to inspire the cast вЂ¦ except one: last seasonвЂ™s episode вЂњSunday,вЂќ which gave the characters room to stretch. Beckett, at least they gave us a decent replacement.) I thought that perhaps a few of the SG-1 writers might have migrated to Atlantis with the wrapping up of their show - because where SG-1 really shone and where Atlantis has really fallen down has been with the writing.

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I was hoping that the arrival of Samantha Carter (the awesome Amanda Tapping) to command the Atlantis mission, plus that of way-cool Firefly alum Jewel Staite as the cityвЂ™s new doctor would have given the show a boost. It got easy to give the show a pass without its SG-1 lead-in, and so episodes piled up on my DVR.ДЄnd the first half of Season 4 has only confirmed for me that Stargate the franchise is past its peak. And when this came on right after SG-1, it made for a dorky-cool Friday night to watch two new episodes back to back.Д«ut Atlantis has never been as intriguing as SG-1: itвЂ™s too heavy on action at the expense of character and, well, philosophy, as cheesy science-fictional as it may have been on the original show.

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Not that IвЂ™ve ever been madly in love with Atlantis, but IвЂ™ve been madly in love with Stargate since the beginning (of the series, not the movie *shudder*). Used to be, back, in the day, this was appointment viewing for me вЂ¦ if I didnвЂ™t actually make a point to be home to watch it live on Friday nights (because thatвЂ™s what dorks like me do: stay home and watch the Sci Fi Channel on a Friday night), I didnвЂ™t let the weekend go by with it unseen.

She will also perform the song Beyond the night by Joel Goldsmith in.

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Still, good episode: Nice plot, nice characters, better-than-average treatment of ethical problems.I caught up on Stargate Atlantis this weekend - yeah, all of the fourth season so far, all 10 episodes. But she is mainly known for her role of Teyla Emmagan in the series Stargate Atlantis. Probably I'm one of the few people who is happy to see a lot of him in any given episode.) Weak points: Teyla's emotional, poorly-considered decision will annoy some viewers who should see a much more obvious solution to the problem. And there's a lot of McKay in this episode (Confession time: McKay is my favourite character. The characters, especially Weir, are willing to own up to and consider the ethical dilemmas raised by their actions, a refreshing step in light of some of the episodes at the beginning of Season 3. A few episodic characters are brought back, including Kavanaugh (who turns in a consistently realistic performance as the annoying, self-absorbed civilian with authority issues). In spite of the tension, the writers also work in some good humour (using Zelenka and Lee). The ending has a beautifully unexpected twist, the implications of which are unfortunately not fleshed out in later episodes. In terms of plot, the danger that Atlantis faces escalates smoothly from a contained threat to a wholly uncontained and terribly threatening one. A combination mystery / action plot, the story kept me on the edge of my seat throughout and had a nice twist at the end.

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