At the time, I was plenty satisfied that it was over... I wasn't satisfied with how the Expedition had been written and handled, I believed (and still do) that they had been written as unrepentant war criminals. I didn't like that the main villain of the series had been sidelined for a year just to make room to retread Replicators, a villain we'd already done a lot in SG-1. I hated that they'd killed off Carson in such a stupid way, and then robbed that terrible death of any emotional impact by backpedaling a year later. I found that I was loving all the show's side characters and hating the main characters. And that finale--oh my god, "Enemy at the Gate" remains one of the worst series finales I have ever had the misfortune of watching.
But you know what? Ten years later, I miss the hell out of it. I wish like crazy we'd gotten a Season 6 and 7. I have a file on my Google Docs where, when the mood takes me, I like to lay out how I would redo Atlantis, cherrypicking the stuff I liked and making them more interesting (to me), shifting them around in the storylines (with the benefit of hindsight), dreaming up what might have been.
If they revived Atlantis today, I'd be all over it.
But you know what? Ten years later, I miss the hell out of it. I wish like crazy we'd gotten a Season 6 and 7. I have a file on my Google Docs where, when the mood takes me, I like to lay out how I would redo Atlantis, cherrypicking the stuff I liked and making them more interesting (to me), shifting them around in the storylines (with the benefit of hindsight), dreaming up what might have been.
If they revived Atlantis today, I'd be all over it.
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