Stargate Atlantis Cancelled
 

http://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/0..._end_thi.shtml


I saw this coming two years ago. It had a great premise, but around the third season, the fan adulation had gotten to everyone's heads (it was affecting SG-1 also, RDA was wise to get out when he did), and they started turning every character into indestructable supermen and got too smug about themselves. It wasnt Stargate anymore to me.

Then the show got even sillier when it became a victim of "Daniel Jackson Syndrome". The casts started changing frequently, and things got really desperate when they had to pull in The Replicators, Tapping and Picardo...Atlantis no longer stood on it's own, it looked like SG-1's handicapped sister show needing as many crutches as it could to stay releavant. It made the abysmal animated series Stargate Infinity look like a better show in concept (which it was, it was just executed badly)

SG-1 was popular because it was a great throwback to syndicated fun and was about down-to-earth military trained people exploring worlds and going through personal journeys. We saw where they lived, who they loved, what they did off-duty...Atlantis had NONE of that relatable content because it was set on alien worlds and cut off from Earth..and the city's ability to fly completly down-graded the importance of the Stargate.

I don't watch spin-offs that think that there Star Trek, instead of what they ought to be. It's more than obvious after twelve years that the Stargate franchise has run it's course and ought to end before it needs a reboot as big as Star Trek.

Argh!!! Dangit! Oh well...hopefully Stargate Universe will pick up after this....maybe the cliffhanger and movie will be a lead into Stargate Universe???

Good riddance. I bailed when I saw they were going through cast rotational. That's always a sign that the ship is sinking, and I just hate getting attached to people they are going to drop off a cliff.