An international team of scientists and military personnel discover a Stargate network in the Pegasus Galaxy and come face-to-face with a new, powerful enemy, The Wraith. With the Ancients' city of Atlantis discovered in the Pegasus Galaxy by Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Major Sheppard lead a scientific expedition to the ancient abandoned city. Once there, the team not only find themselves unable to contact Earth, but their explorations unexpectedly reawaken the Ancients' deadly enemies, The Wraith, who hunger for this new prey. Now with the help of newfound local allies like Teyla Emmagan, the Atlantis Team sets about to uncover their new home's secrets even as their war of survival against the Wraith begins. This is one of my favourite sci-fi series ever. There's so much here to recommend and, although since it's a spin-off of Stargate SG-1, requiring you to be at least somewhat familiar with that series' first seven seasons, it is still a great show in its own right.<br/><br/>I think that a great part of its success is owned to the series' unrelenting spirit of adventure, in terms of tone the show's pilot is very similar to the first Star Wars movie, the music by the late Joel Goldsmith was robbed for an Emmie Award in my opinion, for its sheer uplifting nature that contributes much to the tone of the series.<br/><br/>The premise is that after the events of the seventh season of SG-1, Earth discovers that the mythical city of Atlantis is actually a city-sized starship build millions of years ago by a race of beings called The Ancients who are indirectly responsible for the creation of the human race, as well as its location in the distant Pegasus galaxy. Stargate Command, utilising what little power remains in an Ancient power source, supercharges the Stargate on Earth enough to establish a wormhole to Atlantis and send an expedition team on a (potentially) one-way trip to the city. Once they arrive they discover that 10,000 years ago the Ancients were brought to the brink of extinction by a malevolent race called the Wraith which now rules over the Pegasus galaxy's human-like inhabitants the same way a farmer rules over a cattle (that's not a figure of speech, the Wraith eat humans). The Atlantis expedition now must use the hyper-advanced technology of Atlantis to fight the Wraith and find a way to re-establish contact with Earth.<br/><br/>The series genre is Acton-Adventure with a little bit of comedy and drama tossed in, the action scenes and production values (in particular the CGI effects) put some sci-fi blockbuster films to shame, the acting and the writing are great across the board with the occasional bad or mediocre episode (just stay away from the episodes "Irresistible", "Irresponsible" and "Harmony" not only are they filler episodes but they are also unbelievably stupid) and the whole thing has an unbelievably uplifting tone.<br/><br/>This is the best of the franchise and I recommend this series to any sci-fi and action buffs out there, this tightly written, beautifully directed, superbly acted and scored and you won't be disappointed if you're looking for adventures. I know since SG-1 has been canceled, some people will stop watching Atlantis. I hope a lot of people don't do that. If we want to have something of Stargate left, we have to show our support for Atlantis. I, personally, like Atlantis almost as much as SG-1.<br/><br/>Stargate Atlantis is an excellent show with a great cast. The writers do a wonderful job with character interaction as well. I believe that it will continue to evolve as time goes on. My favorite interaction is between Sheppard and McKay. I also like the banter between Sam Carter and McKay. I hope other people see that Stargate Atlantis is a show worth watching.
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