Product Description
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The STARGATE universe is exhilaratingly expanded and the epic
feel of the franchise is perfected in this accled spin-off of
the STARGATE SG-1 series, itself spun-off from the 1994
blockbuster from director Roland Emmerich. In STARGATE: ATLANTIS,
an international crew of scientists and soldiers finds yet
another Stargate... one which leads to the Lost City of Atlantis.
This Stargate, though, isn't on Earth but in the far-away Peus
Galaxy, and the secret city holds a formidable new enemy-the
Wraith. With this fourth season of the hit sci-fi series, things
take a turn in a bleak new direction, with team leader Dr. Weir
injured and captured by the evil Asurans as the damaged city of
Atlantis drifts through space. Features: 5-Disc Set Keep Case
Widescreen - 1.78 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish Additional Release Material:
Behind the Scenes - (4) Clips/ Highlights - Excerpts a Look Back
at Season 4 Deleted Scenes: 1. Stargate Atlantis Bloopers 2. Line
21 - VAM, Deleted Scenes Text/ Photo Galleries - 1. Photo Gallery
(Unspecified) 2. Production Design Gallery Episodes (20) Runtime:
900 minutes.
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Replicators and Wraith. ZPMs and hyperdrives. Good guys, bad
guys, and guys who could go either way. They’re all on hand for
the fourth season (originally aired in 2007-08) of Stargate
Atlantis, still one of television’s finest sci-fi shows. There
are a number of new developments in the course of this 20-episode
run. The first is the departure of leader Dr. Elizabeth Weir
(Torri Higginson), who’s gone from the team by the third episode,
replaced by Col. Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping, who will be
familiar to Stargate SG-1 fans after her long stint on that
now-defunct series); seems Weir’s body contains “nanites,” the
elements that make up the “sentient machines” known as the
Replicators, which leads to her making a supreme sacrifice on
behalf of her fellow humans. (Speaking of the Replicators, these
bad boys are so formidable a threat to the entire known universe
that even the Wraith--the cat-eyed, white-haired, weird-skinned,
vampire-like Johnny Winter lookalikes who feed on humans--fear
them, resulting in a rather fraught, on-again-off-again alliance
with the Stargaters. Unfortunately, the Replicator-Wraith
showdown, which could have made Godzilla v. Megalon look like a
game of tag, isn’t exploited to nearly the degree one might have
wished for.)
Meanwhile, the team’s personal lives are examined more closely
this time, as Teyla (Rachel Luttrell) becomes pregnant,
dreadlocked beefcake dude Ronon (Jason Momoa) considers rejoining
his original tribe, irreverent hero Lt. Col. John Sheppard (Joe
Flanigan) returns to Earth for his her’s funeral (where he
runs into his ex-wife and estranged brother), and genius
scientist Dr. Rodney McKay (David Hewlett, a good actor whose
character’s incessant glass-half-empty, pessimistic whining is
getting a bit old by now) once again meets up with his sister,
who also made an appearance in Season Three. Overall, the fourth
season contains several terrific stories (like “Adrift,” in which
the entire city of Atlantis heads into space in search of a new
home planet, “Tabula Rasa,” in which the crew is infected with
amnesia, and “Trio,” described by its creators as the most
logistically complex episode of the entire series), and a
smattering that aren’t so hot. As always, Atlantis has terrific
special effects, sets, and action (this show ain’t cheap to
produce, and it shows), plenty of wit (Sheppard, upon being
served a strange-looking meal by his captors: “Is that a form of
torture?”), and a very generous selection of bonus features,
which include commentaries for every episode, featurettes, and
photo galleries. --Sam Graham
Beyond Stargate: Atlantis – Season Four on DVD
Stargate: Atlantis – Season One on DVD (
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Stargate: Atlantis – Season Two on DVD (
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Stargate: Atlantis – Season Three on DVD (
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Stills from Stargate: Atlantis - Season Four (Click for larger
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