Customer Reviews

good fourth season It's a pity the show has been cancelled - By: jacksparrow, 12 Nov 2008
Good fourth season except maybe one or two episodes. great characters development, good actions. The show become more mature. The relationship between the characters become interesting. I like the relation between John Sheppard & Rodney Mackay. Many plots have been created & deserves to continuein a fifth season & more. The cast give depth to the characters. congrat particularly to Joe Flanigan & David Hewlett. Now the actors possess more their character & bring a lot to them.
I'm waiting for the fifth season.
I'm sad to know MGM, SCI-FI & producers decided to cancel the show when the current rates are good & the quality become better & against the viewers opinions & petition signed a lot.

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Good but I still miss Carson - By: Johnny B Goode, 29 Aug 2008
Of all the characters that they killed off within the first three series' Paul McGillion's character Dr Carson Beckett was the one I missed most of all. He wasin at the very beginning & although Jewel State's character Dr Keller is engaging & credible Carson was the sort of character you could laugh at but still empathise with. It's a real tribute to the writers & to Paul that the character is so interesting & entertaining to watch.

One character I could do without is Ronan Dex. For some reason despite the writers attempt at puttingin a history he always comes off (to me) as one dimentional. You can sum him upin just three words, violent, impulsive & uncommunicative. There's an episode when Teal'c & Ronan are paired up & the differencein the depth of characters are apparent. His apparent lack of discipline makes you wonder how he acquired so much martial art prowess. Maybe the writers for his character need to do more than just default to stereotypes

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A Welcome Improvement - By: IJ, 13 Aug 2008
After what I felt to be a disappointing third year, `Stargate Atlantis' considerably ups its game with season four. But it's not with particularly clever or imaginative stories that the shows writers & producers manage to bring about this change; it's actuallyin the areas of character development & action that this season really excels. Events simply move too fast to criticise & before I was even aware- the season had ended & I found myselfin eager anticipation of yet another action-packed season.

With the (implied) deaths of inarguably my favourite two charactersin season three, I wasn't expecting their replacements to integrate perfectly, or right away into the Atlantis team, but both actors are given such great material to work with that it's impossible not to be engaged with their individual story-arcs. Sam carter is (of course) as brilliant as always, but unlike Doctor Weir, doesn't appearin nearly as many episodes, or seem to be involved as deeplyin the decision-making processes on the base. She just feels like any other member of the team & fits rightin almost immediately. Doctor Keller is initially unconvincingin her role as chief medic, but before long she too blossoms into a really intriguing & multi-layered character. Where as fans of Ronan Dex will be relieved to know that his character develops not one iotain season four, but remains as infuriatingly/reassuringly dense, rude & one-dimensionally violent as always.

While there are more than a handful of solid Replicator & Wraith-based episodes to enjoyin this twenty-episode season, it's the character-based stories that stand-out for me as the best examples of this season. Episode 7- `Missing' (8/10), episode 13- `Quarantine' (9/10) & episode 16- `Trio' (9/10) are each so gripping that it's hard to believe you're probably watching the three most cheaply made episodes of the season. The action largely takes place on only one set per episode, but it's just fantastic to see the main characters doing what they do best i.e. acting-outin their familiar personas, but slowly coming to realize their own short-comings & question their relationships with one another. `Missing' has two characters stranded on a single planet for the duration of the storyin an episode that finally sees Teyla awarded some meaty material to enrich her character, while Keller becomes a much more well-rounded character along the way. `Quarantine' imprisons each member of the Atlantis expedition into their own unique hell, allowing them to developin satisfying ways. While the third is all about characters (who are supposed to be geniusesin their particular fields) being forced to think outside the box, literally!

The final stand-out story for me would be the concluding episode- `The Last Man' (9/10), which finally breaks out of the mould of the finale's of previous seasons & doesn't involve an unprovoked attack on the city, or a multi-episode build-up. It's pretty self-contained on the whole & mixes well themes of time-travel, action & season four's despicable mystery nemesis.

Miscellaneous comments- the Genii appear hardly at all (good thing), Teal'c putsin an appearancein the episode `Midway' (9/10) (great thing) & characters who you thought dead & gone for good...may not be (awesome thing)!!

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language options??? - By: Jennifer Gys, 12 Aug 2008
Can anyone who bought the DVD box 4 through amazon tell me more about the language & subtitles possibilities?? I want to suprise a friend & it would be helpfull if i knew what those language options contained!! Thanx for your time :)

Greetings,
Jennifer

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Stargate Atlantis season four - By: C Tyrold, 04 Aug 2008
I have been waiting for this DVD boxset since they finished showing this season on tv. I have really enjoyed Stargate Atlantis from the beginning & generally believe that the series gets better all the timein terms of characters & plots.I loved the addition of Col. Sam Carter this year as I am a huge Stargate SG1 fan. I believe that this year was more focused on the long running story line through-out this season, compared with the more 'stand-alone' episodes of the three preveious seasons. So even though this season is slightly different to the previous three, I still think it was an excellent season which I enjoyed as much as the others.