Stargate Atlantis actually has the WORST series ending ever known to mankind.

Pip Boy · 01-09-2009, 10:31 PM

Its a new record! It wouldn't be so bad if not for a few things...

First, the Area 51 scene. A dogfight happens over area 51 in which Sheperd's plane gets damaged and spirals out of control but magically can still fly 15 minutes later. Then he decides to phone in to home base and say he is going to launch his nuke at the Wraith Hiveship that is currently attacking. They reply that a single nuke would be almost useless against the hive ship, but he says that it will work because he's going to use it from the inside. Its just that the whole thing just SCREAMED Independence Day. Everything about it seemed to be torn right out of that movie. Then it gets worse...

Ronan and 2 others of the SGA team are on atlantis when the Hive Ship does some magic sci-fi thing to their stargate that makes it so that the only place they can get to from the stargate is the inside of the hive ship. It was awful polite of them to not send a flood of troops through it or at least put more than 2 guys with guns guarding the door. The SGA team members bust through and start a sabotage mission, whereabouts Ronan gets shanked and dies. This was red flag number 2. The character who is remarkably like Dargo dies in the series finale of a show that has already stolen 2 actors from Farscape. The same show where Dargo died in the series finale. Then they just happen to stumble into Sheperd while randomly wandering a ship the size of a planet. Why did Sheperd get out of the ship? I have no freaking idea. Furthermore, 5 minutes later Ronan is brought back from the dead by the Wraith so that they can interrogate him. But, just as the interrogation is about to start, the SGA team (who aren't looking for him because they think he is dead) happens to walk through the room he is in whilst randomly wandering a mothership the size of a planet. They shoot the only Wraith there and move on with their lives, Ronan in tow. It just seems silly. His death had no impact on the series at all except to act as a 5 minute time filler. Do they really need a time filler on the last episode? The answer was yes, since they needed something to fill the gaps that couldn't be filled by stealing script from Farscape or Independence day. They finished it off by setting up a remote detonator, flying out on Sheperd's ship (which I still don't know why he got out of), and blowing up the Hive. The Wraith are defeated, The humans and Atlantis are safe, and the show is over.

This kind of makes me wonder what Sci-Fi still has going for them. Sliders, First Wave, Farscape, SG-1, and Atlantis are all over now. It seems like all they have are Ghost Hunters and Sanctuary, which both suck from what I've seen. The only thing I can even speculate that they may be planning is making room for a schedule that will henceforth be composed entirely of the new season of Dr. Who, which I wouldn't mind a bit. That or they're just trying to free up all their actors and schedule time for a bunch of newer shows since they're probably sick of stargate and all that bollocks by now. (Is that even how you're supposed to use bollocks?)

Mike McC · 01-09-2009, 10:35 PM

Sci-Fi has Eureka still. And they are starting up Stargate Universe in the summer.

Also, aren't they doing the direct to DVD movies for Atlantis as well?

Pip Boy · 01-09-2009, 10:38 PM

Thanks, I forgot about Eureka, and thats one of the ones that I've liked. Even so, its sad to see how Farscape, which was in comparison much less popular, go with such a bang while the ending to Stargate Atlantis was either predictable, stolen from another movie, or just plain pointless.

EDIT: Interweb searches indicate this is not the totally real finally ending. It is the final airing of a normal episode so it has the normal season finale jargon, the fo' real series ending will be a 2 hour movie to be shown on TV and then released to DVD afterward.

Even so, I want to shank someone over the way that went.

BitVyper · 01-09-2009, 11:08 PM

They could always resurrect the horrible Stargate cartoon.

Mike McC · 01-09-2009, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Megaman FTW

Thanks, I forgot about Eureka, and thats one of the ones that I've liked. Even so, its sad to see how Farscape, which was in comparison much less popular, go with such a bang while the ending to Stargate Atlantis was either predictable, stolen from another movie, or just plain pointless.

Farscape actually got the shaft as well. It was supposed to get 5 full seasons. Instead, it only got 4 seasons and they had to tie everything up (and resolve the fourth season finale's cliffhanger) in a four hour miniseries which took over a year to get to air. This is pretty much par for the course when it comes to Sci-Fi.

Kyanbu The Legend · 01-10-2009, 01:08 AM

Did SGA get bad ratings, or did they just get tired of it and decided to wrap up the whole thing in one 4 four special?

Mike McC · 01-10-2009, 01:13 AM

I hear the rising production costs and the falling dollar value were strong contributors to why it was cut loose.

Solid Snake · 01-10-2009, 01:20 AM

Which network is Battlestar Galactica on again?
I wouldn't know as I've only watched the DVDs.
But if Battlestar Galactica has any association whatsoever with the sci-fi channel than my only advice to you would be to stop watching every other sci-fi show and just watch Battlestar Galactica because it's like twenty thousand times better quality than anything Stargate I have ever had the misfortune of watching.

Mike McC · 01-10-2009, 01:25 AM

This is Battlestar Galactica's final season. And yes, it is on Sci-Fi.

It wasn't cancelled, the creators just realized they ran out of stories to write.

Solid Snake · 01-10-2009, 01:30 AM

So Sci-Fi can at least do one show well.

Granted I haven't watched a single Season Four episode yet (not even the Season Four episodes currently released) so if any of those ruin everything, I guess I'll be in for a nasty surprise. I have about, what, nine days left to catch up on them all before the next new episode is aired?

As for Stargate, I just have to say: I watched a few episodes of either Atlantis or the original television series (they all kind of blend in for me) and the show wasn't so much "atrociously terrible" as it was "pathetically inconsistent." Like, I'd watch one show about a woman who's hallucinating herself in a mental facility on Earth and I'd say, hey that's actually fairly clever. And then the next episode would be like "this is Sci-Fi but we're totally traveling to a planet consisting of medieval faire humans with swords living in medieval European towns!" And I'd be like I want these writers dead this is absolute bullshit. I like my Sci-Fi to actually be, you know, Sci-Fi. It's also nice when a show tries to be somewhat realistic as opposed to just making shit up that sounds "really cool" but makes absolutely no coherent sense for the next episode.

01-09-2009, 10:31 PM	#1
Pip Boy Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: A right and proper Nerd Cave Posts: 2,460	Stargate Atlantis actually has the WORST series ending ever known to mankind. Its a new record! It wouldn't be so bad if not for a few things... First, the Area 51 scene. A dogfight happens over area 51 in which Sheperd's plane gets damaged and spirals out of control but magically can still fly 15 minutes later. Then he decides to phone in to home base and say he is going to launch his nuke at the Wraith Hiveship that is currently attacking. They reply that a single nuke would be almost useless against the hive ship, but he says that it will work because he's going to use it from the inside. Its just that the whole thing just SCREAMED Independence Day. Everything about it seemed to be torn right out of that movie. Then it gets worse... Ronan and 2 others of the SGA team are on atlantis when the Hive Ship does some magic sci-fi thing to their stargate that makes it so that the only place they can get to from the stargate is the inside of the hive ship. It was awful polite of them to not send a flood of troops through it or at least put more than 2 guys with guns guarding the door. The SGA team members bust through and start a sabotage mission, whereabouts Ronan gets shanked and dies. This was red flag number 2. The character who is remarkably like Dargo dies in the series finale of a show that has already stolen 2 actors from Farscape. The same show where Dargo died in the series finale. Then they just happen to stumble into Sheperd while randomly wandering a ship the size of a planet. Why did Sheperd get out of the ship? I have no freaking idea. Furthermore, 5 minutes later Ronan is brought back from the dead by the Wraith so that they can interrogate him. But, just as the interrogation is about to start, the SGA team (who aren't looking for him because they think he is dead) happens to walk through the room he is in whilst randomly wandering a mothership the size of a planet. They shoot the only Wraith there and move on with their lives, Ronan in tow. It just seems silly. His death had no impact on the series at all except to act as a 5 minute time filler. Do they really need a time filler on the last episode? The answer was yes, since they needed something to fill the gaps that couldn't be filled by stealing script from Farscape or Independence day. They finished it off by setting up a remote detonator, flying out on Sheperd's ship (which I still don't know why he got out of), and blowing up the Hive. The Wraith are defeated, The humans and Atlantis are safe, and the show is over. This kind of makes me wonder what Sci-Fi still has going for them. Sliders, First Wave, Farscape, SG-1, and Atlantis are all over now. It seems like all they have are Ghost Hunters and Sanctuary, which both suck from what I've seen. The only thing I can even speculate that they may be planning is making room for a schedule that will henceforth be composed entirely of the new season of Dr. Who, which I wouldn't mind a bit. That or they're just trying to free up all their actors and schedule time for a bunch of newer shows since they're probably sick of stargate and all that bollocks by now. (Is that even how you're supposed to use bollocks?)

01-09-2009, 10:35 PM	#2
Mike McC Time is something else. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Wherever I am needed, I will be there. Posts: 5,065	Sci-Fi has Eureka still. And they are starting up Stargate Universe in the summer. Also, aren't they doing the direct to DVD movies for Atlantis as well? __________________ WHERE MIKEY IS IN 2022! tumblrs - http://werewolf.zone twitters - @itmightbemikey

01-09-2009, 10:38 PM	#3
Pip Boy Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: A right and proper Nerd Cave Posts: 2,460	Thanks, I forgot about Eureka, and thats one of the ones that I've liked. Even so, its sad to see how Farscape, which was in comparison much less popular, go with such a bang while the ending to Stargate Atlantis was either predictable, stolen from another movie, or just plain pointless. EDIT: Interweb searches indicate this is not the totally real finally ending. It is the final airing of a normal episode so it has the normal season finale jargon, the fo' real series ending will be a 2 hour movie to be shown on TV and then released to DVD afterward. Even so, I want to shank someone over the way that went. Last edited by Pip Boy; 01-09-2009 at 10:40 PM.

01-09-2009, 11:08 PM	#4
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01-10-2009, 01:08 AM	#6
Kyanbu The Legend Local Rookie Indie Dev Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,497	Did SGA get bad ratings, or did they just get tired of it and decided to wrap up the whole thing in one 4 four special? __________________

01-10-2009, 01:13 AM	#7
Mike McC Time is something else. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Wherever I am needed, I will be there. Posts: 5,065	I hear the rising production costs and the falling dollar value were strong contributors to why it was cut loose. __________________ WHERE MIKEY IS IN 2022! tumblrs - http://werewolf.zone twitters - @itmightbemikey

01-10-2009, 01:20 AM	#8
Solid Snake Erotic Esquire Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5,563	Which network is Battlestar Galactica on again? I wouldn't know as I've only watched the DVDs. But if Battlestar Galactica has any association whatsoever with the sci-fi channel than my only advice to you would be to stop watching every other sci-fi show and just watch Battlestar Galactica because it's like twenty thousand times better quality than anything Stargate I have ever had the misfortune of watching. __________________ *WARNING:* Snek's all up in this thread. Be prepared to read massive walls of text.

01-10-2009, 01:25 AM	#9
Mike McC Time is something else. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Wherever I am needed, I will be there. Posts: 5,065	This is Battlestar Galactica's final season. And yes, it is on Sci-Fi. It wasn't cancelled, the creators just realized they ran out of stories to write. __________________ WHERE MIKEY IS IN 2022! tumblrs - http://werewolf.zone twitters - @itmightbemikey

01-10-2009, 01:30 AM	#10
Solid Snake Erotic Esquire Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5,563	So Sci-Fi can at least do one show well. Granted I haven't watched a single Season Four episode yet (not even the Season Four episodes currently released) so if any of those ruin everything, I guess I'll be in for a nasty surprise. I have about, what, nine days left to catch up on them all before the next new episode is aired? As for Stargate, I just have to say: I watched a few episodes of either Atlantis or the original television series (they all kind of blend in for me) and the show wasn't so much "atrociously terrible" as it was "pathetically inconsistent." Like, I'd watch one show about a woman who's hallucinating herself in a mental facility on Earth and I'd say, hey that's actually fairly clever. And then the next episode would be like "this is Sci-Fi but we're totally traveling to a planet consisting of medieval faire humans with swords living in medieval European towns!" And I'd be like I want these writers dead this is absolute bullshit. I like my Sci-Fi to actually be, you know, Sci-Fi. It's also nice when a show tries to be somewhat realistic as opposed to just making shit up that sounds "really cool" but makes absolutely no coherent sense for the next episode. __________________ *WARNING:* Snek's all up in this thread. Be prepared to read massive walls of text.