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STARGATE ATLANTIS: The Siege
GRADE: D-
Reviewed Format: TV Show
Network: Sci-Fi Channel
Cast: Joe Flannigan, Torri Higginson, Rainbow Sun Francks, Rachel Lutrell, and David Hewlett
Creator: Brad Wright & Robert C. Cooper
Writers: Martin Gero
Director: Martin Wood
Television Review
STARGATE ATLANTIS: The Siege
Melodrama, technobabble, and enough cliches to fill a Wraith hiveship.
Dateline: Saturday, March 19, 2005
By: JASON DAVIS - Columnist
Continuing the threads from the preceding episodes, the Atlantis team is preparing for an invasion force of three Wraith hive ships. While a planet is sought for evacuation, Dr. McKay attempts to reactivate an ancient defense station near the Wraith attack route while Weir prepares to destroy the city to prevent it from falling into enemy hands. On the whole, these stories seem compelling enough to fill an episode with edge-of-the-seat excitement. Unfortunately, the plots are presented with predictable twists, comically overwrought performances, and enough technobabble to confuse the writing staff of a recent STAR TREK series.
**snippity doo-dah**
In the wake of a well-written bottle episode like "Letters from Pegasus", it's disappointing to see part one of a season finale squander a carefully built dam of tension in what amounts to a collection of dramatic cliches. This episode is the antithesis to STARGATE SG-1's daring take on the alternate-reality concept and airing after that spectacular episode does this one no favors. With a little luck, part two of "The Siege" will recover the promise of earlier installments in time for a grand finale, but it's going to take some work to recover from this fumble.
© 2001-2005 Mania Entertainment LLC
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Morjana
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http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial...&sub_id=270402
or
http://tinyurl.com/6lcjd
(Please follow one of the links for the complete review.)
STARGATE ATLANTIS: The Siege
GRADE: D-
Reviewed Format: TV Show
Network: Sci-Fi Channel
Cast: Joe Flannigan, Torri Higginson, Rainbow Sun Francks, Rachel Lutrell, and David Hewlett
Creator: Brad Wright & Robert C. Cooper
Writers: Martin Gero
Director: Martin Wood
Television Review
STARGATE ATLANTIS: The Siege
Melodrama, technobabble, and enough cliches to fill a Wraith hiveship.
Dateline: Saturday, March 19, 2005
By: JASON DAVIS - Columnist
Continuing the threads from the preceding episodes, the Atlantis team is preparing for an invasion force of three Wraith hive ships. While a planet is sought for evacuation, Dr. McKay attempts to reactivate an ancient defense station near the Wraith attack route while Weir prepares to destroy the city to prevent it from falling into enemy hands. On the whole, these stories seem compelling enough to fill an episode with edge-of-the-seat excitement. Unfortunately, the plots are presented with predictable twists, comically overwrought performances, and enough technobabble to confuse the writing staff of a recent STAR TREK series.
**snippity doo-dah**
In the wake of a well-written bottle episode like "Letters from Pegasus", it's disappointing to see part one of a season finale squander a carefully built dam of tension in what amounts to a collection of dramatic cliches. This episode is the antithesis to STARGATE SG-1's daring take on the alternate-reality concept and airing after that spectacular episode does this one no favors. With a little luck, part two of "The Siege" will recover the promise of earlier installments in time for a grand finale, but it's going to take some work to recover from this fumble.
© 2001-2005 Mania Entertainment LLC
|*|(*)|*|(*)|*|
Morjana
SG1-Spoilergate
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/SG1-Spoilergate/
Richard Dean Anderson Fans
http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/rdandersonfans/
Fans of Joe Flanigan
http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofjoeflanigan/
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