Really starting to appreciate the look of this show now. Check out the first glimpses of their new shuttlecraft... That, and the uniforms are finally starting to grow on me somewhat.
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I am so looking forward to this, but I can't shake the feeling that I'll be sorely disappointed.
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No shots of the Atlantian gate in operation, it looks like. Though it does seem to be (blurrily) visible in the background of this shot.
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Sweet. Looks like the SGC's gate room will be used in at least some of the scenes. Just like using the Enterprise for the launch of DS9, I think it's definitely necessary. So I'm glad to see we'll get a strong tie in.
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Probably won't for a while yet... I think they shot the scenes with RDA and Shanks after principal on Atlantis was done. RDA's schedule is very limited these days (only three or four days a week) since he commutes from his family in LA. The SG-1 production crew are experts in this however (many episodes last year were filmed across several weeks instead of in one 6-7 day shoot), so I'd expect them to make the Atlantis scenes just as well.
Likewise, I doubt we'll see any VFX shots for a few weeks at least... They gotta make 'em first. The SGC sets are seen as the Atlantis team embarks on their mission. I'm sure they'll keep parts of it around for future Atlantis stories involving getting home.
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Yah, I'm really hoping they'll come home from time to time. I'm almost positive they'll be receiving personnel and supplies from Earth regularly. How could they not?
Does the premise give us a reason why the US Air Force has chosen to piss off yet another superpowerful alien species? Is it all to find technology to help defeat the Goa'uld back in our own galaxy?
It's cool that Shanks is in the pilot too. I didn't know that. I can't wait to get caught up on my SG-1 to find out how he comes back.
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$ $ $ $ $ I know it has something to do with the Ascended getting sick and tired of his meddling, which frankly comes as a surprise to me since he's so far refused to interfere with Jack's imprisonment by Baal and Tealc's symbiont sharing incedent. But that's as far as I've seen and I'm sure I've missed things.
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You're missing the sixth season finale, which returns everyone to Abydos, where it all started. Ultimately,Daniel must choose between his ascendency and openly using his abilities (as opposed to the Jack and Teal'c incidents, which were relatively subtle). The results become apparent in the following episode.
As for Atlantis, it seems that *at first* they will be pulling a Voyager-esque "we're trapped with no way home", except in a far better context IMO. They have to search for the "ZPMs" (seen in the S7 finale) they need to power the gate and get them back to their own galaxy. Unlike Voyager, they won't be aimlessly wandering through space. It's more like being trapped on an isolated group of islands and surviving until you can fix your transportation home.
I've got a hope that this means that gate travel TO the Pegasus galaxy from Earth is still possible, but not the return trip (at least initially). That way the Atlantis team can recieve communications, equipment and supplies, but no additional personel unless they want to become trapped there too. At the very least, that will solve the problem of where our heroes will get their bullets.
Anyone notice that Dr. McKay isn't in any of these pictures?
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"It's more like being trapped on an isolated group of islands and surviving until you can fix your transportation home."
So it's like Gilligan's Island?
OK... yah. I haven't seen anything from the 7th season, so I don't know what ZPM's are.
The way you described it sounds good to me. They're within arms reach of Earth... they can still communicate, receive orders, supplies, etc., but can't get back. The only question I have is, why do they have Atlantis uniforms before they embark? They must be planning on setting up shop there. Or possibly they've formed the team that will be assigned to explore that galaxy and just hadn't planned on getting stranded there.
This series tempts me to finally get cable so I can get the Sci Fi Channel.
quote:This series tempts me to finally get cable so I can get the Sci Fi Channel.
Heh, that's why I got cable, to see SG-1 on showtime.. so long ago.
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I still wish they would say whether they're going to syndicate it like "SG-1". Because, if they're not, I'm going to have to hurriedly catch up on season 7 so I can start downloading "Atlantis" when it begins.
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Regarding the uniforms, I'm wondering how it works out in the first place. In the gateroom, Colonel Sumner and some of the others are in US camo fatigues, but later on we see them in the Atlantis military grey uniforms. Stranger still, in the gateroom Major Sheppard is already IN the grey duds.
I'm guessing the Atlantis team is being sent there for long-term study of the Lost City, but were under the impression that they'd be able to get back home fairly easily. But arriving there, they quickly discover they're stuck. Sumner, originally in charge of the military SG team detailed to guard all the civvies, becomes integrated into the team's mission to find the power sources (the aforementioned ZPMs) to get home and switches outfits accordingly.
It's a little iffy that they'd send such a large team there in the first place before getting assurance that they can get home - isn't that what the SG teams are for? They should've learned their lesson following "Torment of Tantalus". OTOH, inter-galactic gate travel is still pretty new to them. Asgard technology and exploding stars aside, they really haven't been doing it much.
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