Stargate Atlantis Season 2 (Region 1 DVD)- March 6, 2007 (Confirmed date)

[Randy_Watson]

Nobody wants to do frame-by-frame on that shot in Instinct and see if the artifacts show up? Taking my DVD back is kind of pointless, WM is only going to have more copies from the same pressing...

I can live with this if I know everybody's set is this way. It also seems to taper off in the other discs, a bit. Still there, but not as obvious. Maybe I am also being too discerning.

Whats the time stamp on those shots? I can get some caps later today.

[Beckmen]

Somewhere around 39 or 40 minutes into Instinct. Not sure where the Runner one is anymore, but it doesn't really matter. That one shot from Instinct is a good one to check.

[Randy_Watson]

There is definately a little bit of something there, but to be honest I barely notice it on my 52 inch hd setup and I am usually the guy who complains about things no one else can see:

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[Beckmen]

Oh, yeah it's there on pic 2. OK, I didn't get a bum set. I can deal. I am sure I will be upgrading to the HD-DVD or BD eventually, anyway.

You might not notice it if your sharpness isn't up very high. I am one of those guys who completely ignore calibration advice and just does it to my own liking, so I got my sharpness up as far as it will go. It makes things look sharper, but also enhances flaws. Stuff like noise and grain are pretty apparent and stuff on my display.

[Randy_Watson]

Oh, yeah it's there on pic 2. OK, I didn't get a bum set. I can deal. I am sure I will be upgrading to the HD-DVD or BD eventually, anyway.

You might not notice it if your sharpness isn't up very high. I am one of those guys who completely ignore calibration advice and just does it to my own liking, so I got my sharpness up as far as it will go. It makes things look sharper, but also enhances flaws. Stuff like noise and grain are pretty apparent and stuff on my display.

That could be it, my sharpness is way down. I think I might not have noticed it the first time through as well, because I was doing other things while watching.

There is a report of some issues on disc 5 in the Atlantis Season 2 thread also, hopefully that is isolated, but who knows. Youd think they would have learned there lesson with the wrong disc 5 content on the last set.

[Angela V]

Youd think they would have learned there lesson with the wrong disc 5 content on the last set.

What? What was it? I've watched season 1 and didn't notice anything wrong.

[Randy_Watson]

What? What was it? I've watched season 1 and didn't notice anything wrong.

Some of the sets had disc 1 content on the 5th disc, even though it was printed with disc 5 art. I think this was limited to Canadian pressings, but I am not sure.

[SlytherinGal]

woohoo!! a package from Amazon was waiting for me today when I got home and it was my S2 DVD set... yay!!! so...what are the problems people are having....so i can look out for them

[Beckmen]

I got through all the content of the set on the same day that I watched Unending. Wow. How depressing.

[Lt.Colonel John Sheppard]

I was watching the trailer for atlantis season 2 box set and it said it had never before seen footage what was up with that? what is it?

[Angela V]

Some of the sets had disc 1 content on the 5th disc, even though it was printed with disc 5 art. I think this was limited to Canadian pressings, but I am not sure.

Oh okay. Then I have a fixed batch. My sister bought season 1 SGA for me at Christmas. Disc 5 has the episodes it's suppose to have.

[mcpickles]

I was watching the trailer for atlantis season 2 box set and it said it had never before seen footage what was up with that? what is it?

I asked the same thing earlier, and never got an answer. Anybody know? I've watched all the episodes and special features and can't figure out what these scenes might be.

[gateroom]

I asked the same thing earlier, and never got an answer. Anybody know? I've watched all the episodes and special features and can't figure out what these scenes might be.

The special features is what they are talking about.

[morjana]

SGA - Movie Web: Review of Season 2 DVDs:

From Movie Web:

http://www.movieweb.com/dvd/release/...review2651.php

Stargate Atlantis: Season 2
DVD


- Recommendation - BUY IT:

Written By Evan "Mushy" Jacobs

THE GOOD

Each show plays like mini movie packing in as much action and story
as possible.


THE BAD

Navigating around all the extras was a little tricky.


THE FLICK

Stargate Atlantis: Season 2 opens with our faithful crew having
gotten past a huge Wraith attack. The crew now goes about trying to
find out more about their history, as well as finding people that can
aid them in their cause. Compromise seems to be all around because
Atlantis needs energy yet they also know that they need to find the
member of the crew that has gone off on their own. Mixed in with all
of this are well put together battle scenes, strongly written
characterizations and the feeling that the subject matter is very
much speaking to today's world.

Some of the stand out episodes in this collection are "Aurora," which
sees the crew of Atlantis discovering a very old crew inside an older
ship and are then brought face to face with their worst
nightmare. "Trinity" was an episode that seemed to speak to today's
oil problems when a new form of energy is found to power Atlantis.
However, nothing is ever this simple for our faithful crew and this
is never more apparent here. Lastly, "Allies" really struck me
because we got to see a different side of the Wraith as they ask to
join forces with Atlantis. The main questions are what are their
motives and is something like this even possible?

All in all, Stargate Atlantis: Season 2 is one DVD set that offers a
lot of bang for your proverbial dollar.

THE FEATURES

Commentary Track

The gracious folks behind this DVD set have kindly donated their
voices to commenting on every episode in this collection. I decided
to make things easy on myself and just listen to the first commentary
for the first episode titled, "The Siege - Part III." The creators
talk here about wanting to create "3 times" the excitement for the
Second Season. Also, they say that this episode would have had a
better title but they sadly couldn't think of anything better. After
this they discuss keeping the plot points organized over this three
part show, the various camera moves that were employed, and how they
tried to put across the arcs of their characters. The only problem
that I had with this track was that the audio needed to be turned
over half way up for me to hear things.



Photo and Production Design Galleries

Featurettes

This release is swimming in featurettes. Here is a general listing of
what they are on this release:

- Mission Directives: The Intruder and The Siege - Part III
- Road to Dream
- Profile on Paul McGillon

I watched the Mission Directive for The Siege - Part III and the Road
to Dream featurette. The Mission Directive was helpful because I
never had watched this show before I was given this DVD set to
review. It essentially walks us through this show, going beat by beat
as it takes us through the various pay offs. Then we get to see
some "behind the scenes" aspects of the production, informing us of
who the characters are and breaking down, essentially, what is going
on in the show. The Road to Dream featurette shows us how Stargate
Atlantis basically came into existence.



The Look

Widescreen - 1.78:1. Fox, as usual, has done an amazing job bringing
these shows to DVD. The look really sharp and clear and even better
than that, the visual effects look top notch. I never felt like I was
watching a show that was taking any shortcuts in a production value
sense. Add to this that each episode feels like a mini- war movie and
you have a set that seems to build upon itself, upping the ante as
the arc of the entire Second Season plays itself out.



The Sound

Dolby Digital. English - 5.1 Dolby Surround. French - Dolby Surround.
Close Captioned. Subtitled in English and Spanish. Like the picture,
the audio is of very high quality. Aside from the minor audio problem
that I mentioned with the commentary track, everything played really
well. The only real question I had as I was watching this show
is, "Why do actors when they work in military movies and on
spaceships, feel the need to talk in the lowest possible voices?" It
seems to me like it's in an actors playbook that they would do this,
but ultimately I find it annoying and distracting.



The Packaging

This aqua, gray, slipcase cover features the main cast with various
sci-fi accouterments surrounding them. The back maintains this motif
as it offers up a description of this show, a Special Features
listing and also points out where the various episodes are in regards
to each disc. Underneath this are system specs for your DVD player.
The five discs that contain the 20 episodes are each laid out with
individual artwork. They showcase different characters and important
scenes from each show. Those back covers offer up episode listings
and descriptions, as well as what Special Features are available on
each disc.



FINAL WORD

I normally am not a huge fan of these sorts of shows mainly because I
find them hard to follow. I will admit it, there is something about
TV shows set on my own planet that make it very easy for me to grasp.
Give me something like Hawaii Five-O or Boston Legal and I am all
over it. There is something about seeing the day to day jobs, set in
a world I know, that really grabs me. Now, Stargate Atlantis might
touch on issues that are relevant to my world (good television
usually does this and it's especially well done by shows that don't
take place in this world), but often times I find that the characters
and situations are too "out there" for my tastes. Overall, I liked
Stargate Atlantis but there was also something about it that made me
pull back from fully embracing it here.

Sci-Fi fans will be ecstatic to own Stargate Atlantis: Season 2 on
DVD. It is packed with bonus features and it has stellar production
values for a sci-fi television show.

[Redhooks]

I didn't want to start a new thread so I am putting this info in this one.
Circuit City has SGA Seasons 1 & 2 DVD sets on sale for $19.99 from Oct. 7 to 13 according to the weekly ad flyer I got today. If anyone was waiting for a good deal on these DVDs, it looks like this maybe the best opportunity.