Stargate Atlantis - Series 3 Vol.1 [2004]

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Ok, but the rip-off continues........2007-09-12

This is a decent DVD, with three pretty strong episodes out of four. (The third is not too great.) I particularly liked the fourth episode, which gave Jason Mamoa a chance to shine. Once again we're being asked to pay up for a series of discs though, if we want to buy series 3 episodes as they become available. But wait - nip across to Amazon dot com and you can get the entire third series in just a few days - for under thirty three dollars. I wish I hadn't bought this DVD now.

Stargate Atlantis Season 3 kick's off with a bang!.......2007-09-03

Episode 3.1 (No Man's Land) picks up from directly from the season 2 finally, with the team desperately attempts to stop two Wraith hive ships from reaching Earth. With a number of space battle sequences adding to the scope of the episode, this episode delivers action and suspense. The story continues and concludes in episode 3.2 (Misbegotten) as the Atlantis team must decide the fate of a colony of Wraith they have turned into humans. This episodes allows actor Paul McGillion to shine as Dr. Carson Beckett, by exploring the ethical issues of experimentation on prisoners of war. Episode 3.3 (Irresistible) is one of Atlantis more comic episodes, in which actor Richard Kind is introduced as Lucius Lavin, who's pheromones cause both men and women to take an interest in him to the point, ignoring their own self-interests. At times silly, this episode allows the actor to explore a different side to their characters. Episode 3.4 (Sateda), delves into the past of Ronon Dex. A mixture of high octane action and flashbacks, works well giving the episode a major big film feel into 42 minutes of television. Over all, the first four episodes of season 3 provide enough entertainment for any fans and new comes alike.

A reasonable start to the series.......2007-09-03

As is pretty traditional by this point, the series starts by carefully writing the good guys out of the horrible mess they were in in the end-of-season cliffhanger: "No man's land" and "Misbegotten" deal with somehow stopping the Wraith from reaching Earth, and then dealing with the consequences of the way that was achieved. They're both pretty enjoyable (though mildly schizophrenic) episodes.
"Irresistible" is apparently intended to be a comic relief episode in tone, but is unspecific enough about the motivating-danger-of-the-week that the superficially humourous moments are darkened with the question of whether the good guys are in fact in trouble at that point.
"Sateda" deals with the origin of Ronon, told mostly in flashbacks (not of actual earlier footage). If you like the character, or enjoy seeing very straightforward Wraith-are-bad/kill-lots-of-Wraith episodes, then you'll enjoy this one. It's not great, but rather better written than the other three.

Overall, not a bad start to the series, but it is pretty forgettable.

Eagerly awaited.......2007-08-22

For someone who doesn't have sky and so has only seen the first two series this is the most eagerly awaited dvd of the year, at least for me. The cliffhanger of series 2 will be resolved and we finally get to know some of the characters whilst meeting new bad guys. For any fan of science fiction i would reccommend trying this.

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brilliant disc the best yet
Very Good episodes !
A new direction for Atlantis
Best 4 Atlantis episodes yet!
TV to DVD, Stargate SG-1 Spin-off

Stargate Atlantis - Series 1 Vol. 3
Starring: Joe Flanigan , Torri Higginson , Rachel Luttrell , Rainbow Sun Francks , and David Hewlett
Manufacturer: MGM Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Release Date: 2005-05-16

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brilliant disc the best yet.......2005-06-26

Disc 3 of stargate atlantis contains the massive 3 part story: 'the gemni','the storm' & the eye'. which involes the somewhat gung ho race the gemni who force the atlantis team to help them blow a 'wraith' hive ship out of the sky, the gemni attempt to double cross atlantis but the team escapes.back on atlantis a massive storm which only appears every 30 years is making its way to atlantis. everyone evacuates apart from a skelton crew which stays behind to try & raise a sheild to stop atlantis from being destroyed,the gemni forces invade & capture the station. shepard seals the stargate & manges to outwith the forces of the gemni & take back the base
The defiant one is the final episode in which sheperad, mckay & 2 tset pilots find a downed 'wraith' ship they investigate & a dangerous game of cat & mouse ensues between shepard & a lone 'wraith' an entertaing episode finishes an excellent disc role on vol 4

Very Good episodes !.......2005-06-15

You will find in this DVD the two mid-season episodes which are the best episodes of the first season of Stargate : Atlantis after the two-parter season finale " The Siege ".

The DVD has a lot of extras which are very fun to watch and the episodes are really in amazing quality. ( High Definition )

[+] : - Very good encoding
- DVD9 ( with 4 episodes , practical )
- extraordinary episodes ( especially " The Storm " and " The Eye " )

[-] : - We want more extras ;-)
- Only english and deutsh subtitles..
- Too perfect ;-)

So , 5 Stars !

A new direction for Atlantis.......2005-05-21

This, in my opinion, is the disc where Stargate Atlantis comes into its own as a series with the excellent Underground/The Storm/The Eye triplet which use the advantages of this show's premise to finally do a story SG-1 couldnt do. Colm Meaney and Erin Chambers are good additions and hopefully this will not be their last appearence. Sheppard's personal story in the Storm/Eye two parter (and indeed in the rest of the disc) is excellent and helps to set him further apart from Jack O'Neill, who he is frequently compared to.
'The Defiant One' smacks of SG-1's 'Death Knell' and the story is essentially the same but it does have two advantages: 1) the nature of the Wraith and the characters involved make it a stronger story, and 2) its good. While 'Death Knell' tried to make a scary story about poor Carter and the faceless clone, the set up of the 10,000 year old wraith who comes across as a developed character rather than jsut bad guy muscle makes this episode far more scary.
From a DVD point of view the extras havent improved from the first two discs, but I've moaned enough about that already. Overall strong episodes, a good buy.

Best 4 Atlantis episodes yet!.......2005-05-20

These mid-season episodes are definitely the best yet as it sees the cast getting into their stride now. The two-parter (The Storm/The Eye) being as near to the edge of the seat as anything that has been done yet with the series.

One quibble is that I don't think the powers that be checked the content of the disc before release, as in the extras there is a fundamental mistake. On the featurette 'Sanctuary' the screen card for the director is wrong. It should read 'James Head' NOT 'Andy Mikita'.

Otherwise I would recommend this as a DVD to watch.

TV to DVD, Stargate SG-1 Spin-off.......2005-02-22

Altough this DVD is not out yet, i can assure you that, after watching the series on TV these are some of the best episodes I have seen, with new technologies and enemies, the only reason I recommend you get the DVD is becuase you get the quality and no adverts, whcih also helps viewing.

A must have for the Stargate fans out there.

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