I'm usually not one to complain about Atlantis episodes, but this episode really made me angry, even more because it was the final episode of the series. Atlantis deserved a much a better ending than that.
Some of my problems are:
1. First, all of sudden the Wraith acquired many ZPM's without showing maybe how they acquired all of these Z)PM's. (At least Spoils of War showed us how the Wraith acquired one ZPM
2. The battle between the Superhive and the Daedalus seemed to short with the Daedalus just firing its beam weapons only once and standing there while the Superhive shot at it. No moving around, no missiles, no nothing just a couple of shots and the Daedalus is down.
3. The extremely long time it took to get the Daedalus fixed I think over a week or something, while their was no extreme structural damage (like chunks of the ship missing). Normally I wouldn't comment on this but seeing the amount of damage that Daedalus class ships can take I am doubting this.
4. The Apollo and Sun Tzu taking on the Superhive without showing it and the extremely long time for repairs on both ships, but if they just stood their like the Daedalus I wouldn't be surprised. Also the Odyssey conveniently not being there.
5. Todd's information giving Atlantis 2 more ZPM's without seeing how or where they get them. ( I don't mind Atlantis having its full compliment of ZPM's but not showing where they came from or maybe even a battle in getting them or showing Lorne in command of a team)
6. Sheppard at the last minute being returned to Earth to control the chair, which I'm sure that Earth should have more people to do that including Oneil. (That should be apart of homeworld security)
7. Colonel Carter being in charge of Earth's security. Don't get me wrong it was good showing Amanda Tapping but shouldn't their be U.S. generals, representatives from the I.O.A, perhaps generals from the countries involved in the I.O.A.
8. The lack of defense of Earth. The only defense Earth had was 302's? No other fighters, I know there is the issue of being classified but when the planet is being threatened I think it wouldn't matter. Also the chair being moved to Area 51 a U.S military base! I thought that was the last thing the I.O.A. wanted. Plus the destruction of the Chair something that has been vital to the protection of Earth being so easily destroyed. I thought Area 51 like all other top secret U.S bases had many levels and wouldn't be so easily destroyed. Also that means that any advance technology that we had acquired in Area 51 was destroyed.
9. The infiltration of the Hive Ship instead of trying to blow it up. Even if Atlantis didn't have nukes, send anything instead of a team, where they would be outnumbered by the thousands. Also the death of Ronon and conveniently bringing him back again.
10. The magical new wormhole drive that has never been mentioned before or even hinted at and now suddenly can be activated.
11. I understand Atlantis' shield being weakened from the strained and everything, but how now sparks fly from nowhere and how the shields are now measured in strength out of 100% which cancels any notion of the fans figuring out how Atlantis' shields functioned.
12. How where drones could barely do damage to the Superhive but I missile from a 302 could pierce through. Also, the superhive should have had a better death than just a nuke exploding inside of it, it just has become so redundant.
13. How there is no splash when Atlantis drops near the Golden Gate Bridge and the sudden last minute cloak. Unless the Cloak takes Atlantis out of phase then their should be a splash. Also the fact that they still managed to keep Atlantis a secret after all that I mean just reveal it already.
14. And finally, the whole superhive concept. I mean this episode shows that Wraith technology can actually best Ancient technology with the right amount of power. I mean nothing could defeat this ship not the Asgard Plasma beam weapons or drones could defeat this ship, also the incredible speed of this ship. In "Allies" at least they gave a background as to how the Wraith upgraded their hyperdrives rather than simply "well they have more power" I know that how fast a ship travels in hyperspace depends on the power given to the hyperdrive, but I always thought their would be more work than that as shown on "Lost City Part 2" when Oneil upgraded the hyperdrive on the Tel'tak and in "Aurora" when it took a time and calculations to upgrade their hyperdrive.
- I know this is long but I really felt that Atlantis deserved much better than this episode. It felt as if it was rushed, not thought out, and simply the writers did not care about the fans. Does anyone else feel as I do?
Some of my problems are:
1. First, all of sudden the Wraith acquired many ZPM's without showing maybe how they acquired all of these Z)PM's. (At least Spoils of War showed us how the Wraith acquired one ZPM
2. The battle between the Superhive and the Daedalus seemed to short with the Daedalus just firing its beam weapons only once and standing there while the Superhive shot at it. No moving around, no missiles, no nothing just a couple of shots and the Daedalus is down.
3. The extremely long time it took to get the Daedalus fixed I think over a week or something, while their was no extreme structural damage (like chunks of the ship missing). Normally I wouldn't comment on this but seeing the amount of damage that Daedalus class ships can take I am doubting this.
4. The Apollo and Sun Tzu taking on the Superhive without showing it and the extremely long time for repairs on both ships, but if they just stood their like the Daedalus I wouldn't be surprised. Also the Odyssey conveniently not being there.
5. Todd's information giving Atlantis 2 more ZPM's without seeing how or where they get them. ( I don't mind Atlantis having its full compliment of ZPM's but not showing where they came from or maybe even a battle in getting them or showing Lorne in command of a team)
6. Sheppard at the last minute being returned to Earth to control the chair, which I'm sure that Earth should have more people to do that including Oneil. (That should be apart of homeworld security)
7. Colonel Carter being in charge of Earth's security. Don't get me wrong it was good showing Amanda Tapping but shouldn't their be U.S. generals, representatives from the I.O.A, perhaps generals from the countries involved in the I.O.A.
8. The lack of defense of Earth. The only defense Earth had was 302's? No other fighters, I know there is the issue of being classified but when the planet is being threatened I think it wouldn't matter. Also the chair being moved to Area 51 a U.S military base! I thought that was the last thing the I.O.A. wanted. Plus the destruction of the Chair something that has been vital to the protection of Earth being so easily destroyed. I thought Area 51 like all other top secret U.S bases had many levels and wouldn't be so easily destroyed. Also that means that any advance technology that we had acquired in Area 51 was destroyed.
9. The infiltration of the Hive Ship instead of trying to blow it up. Even if Atlantis didn't have nukes, send anything instead of a team, where they would be outnumbered by the thousands. Also the death of Ronon and conveniently bringing him back again.
10. The magical new wormhole drive that has never been mentioned before or even hinted at and now suddenly can be activated.
11. I understand Atlantis' shield being weakened from the strained and everything, but how now sparks fly from nowhere and how the shields are now measured in strength out of 100% which cancels any notion of the fans figuring out how Atlantis' shields functioned.
12. How where drones could barely do damage to the Superhive but I missile from a 302 could pierce through. Also, the superhive should have had a better death than just a nuke exploding inside of it, it just has become so redundant.
13. How there is no splash when Atlantis drops near the Golden Gate Bridge and the sudden last minute cloak. Unless the Cloak takes Atlantis out of phase then their should be a splash. Also the fact that they still managed to keep Atlantis a secret after all that I mean just reveal it already.
14. And finally, the whole superhive concept. I mean this episode shows that Wraith technology can actually best Ancient technology with the right amount of power. I mean nothing could defeat this ship not the Asgard Plasma beam weapons or drones could defeat this ship, also the incredible speed of this ship. In "Allies" at least they gave a background as to how the Wraith upgraded their hyperdrives rather than simply "well they have more power" I know that how fast a ship travels in hyperspace depends on the power given to the hyperdrive, but I always thought their would be more work than that as shown on "Lost City Part 2" when Oneil upgraded the hyperdrive on the Tel'tak and in "Aurora" when it took a time and calculations to upgrade their hyperdrive.
- I know this is long but I really felt that Atlantis deserved much better than this episode. It felt as if it was rushed, not thought out, and simply the writers did not care about the fans. Does anyone else feel as I do?
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