Stargate Atlantis Complete Series Blu-Ray Review
Fans of Stargate Atlantis and Blu-ray set are likely to want to buy the Complete Series Blu-ray set for their collection. With over 50 hours of special features and episode commentary, along with all the goodness that comes with Blu-ray, there are plenty of great reasons to buy this fabulous looking 20 disc set.
Stargate Atlantis: The Complete Series
Stargate Atlantis continues the Stargate story, giving us new characters and new adventures to enjoy as Stargate SG-1 wound down. Each season brought new excitement to the series while continuing with story arcs begun in the early seasons of Atlantis and even touching on events from Stargate SG-1 story arcs.
By the end of its run, Stargate Atlantis had converted many SG-1 fans into Atlantis fans and gained a strong following of viewers who loved Stargate Atlantis not because it was part of the Stargate franchise but because it was a great science fiction show in its own right.
From the beginning, the Stargate Atlantis series gave fans a strong collection of episodes that cry out to be watched again and again.
There are plenty of excellent reasons why you should buy the SGA complete series on Blu-ray disc. As part of one of the best science fiction franchises ever written and filmed, Stargate Atlantis is a series of exciting, fun, entertaining, and thoughtful episodes, and it deserves a special place in television history.
Stargate Atlantis Blu-ray Box Set
Why buy this set? There are many reasons this Blu-ray set is a good purchase for fans: plenty of special features (see below for the list), commentaries for most episodes, guest appearances from SG-1 characters, plenty of action-adventure, extended episodes, compelling story telling, interesting characters you can care deeply about, and heroes of the kind that make great stories.
The special features and extras included in the Stargate Atlantis Blu-ray set range from highlights, blooper reels, story and character analysis, behind the scenes features, and informational videos about things such as the FX and costume departments. The Mission Directives are interesting to watch, as are the Profiles and Making of videos. My favorite of the special features from the Stargate Atlantis Complete Series Blu-ray set was the Stargate Atlantis: Stunts included on disc 3 of season 2, probably because I’ve always been fascinated by the men and women who are adventurous enough to put their bodies on the line to make a good episode great!
As a fan of the series, the Blu-ray discs make the show look better than ever, although some of the special features are in TV format instead of widescreen and many of them are available on the regular DVD season box sets. Still there’s enough about this set to make it special and the perfect purchase or gift for any fan of Stargate Atlantis and Blu-ray. See below for the complete list of special features and commentaries included in the Blu-ray set.
I love the compact sleekness of the packaging. Twenty discs in a single box, housed in 3 cases which fit inside. Each season is made up of 4 discs. Disc case 1 and 2 each contain 8 discs, seasons 1-2 and seasons 3-4 respectively, while the final case holds the 4 discs of season 5.
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Blu-Ray Special Features and Episode Commentary
Season One
Disc 1 Extras
- Stargate Atlantis Set Tour with Martin Wood and Peter DeLuise
Audio Commentaries
- Rising, Parts 1 & 2
- Hide and Seek
- Thirty-Eight Minutes
Disc 2 Extras
- Wraithal Discrimination: It’s Not Easy Being Green
- Diary of Rainbow Sun Francks
Audio Commentaries
- Childhood’s End
- The Storm
Disc 3 Extras
- Mission Directive: Sanctuary
- Mission Directive: Before I Sleep
- Mission Directive: The Storm/The Eye
Audio Commentaries
- The Eye
- The Defiant One
- Hot Zone
- Sanctuary
Disc 4 Extras
- Mission Directive: The Seige
- A Look Back on Season 1 with Martin Gero
Audio Commentaries
- The Brotherhood
- The Gift
- The Siege
- The Siege (Part 2)
Season Two
Disc 1 Extras
- Mission Directive: The Siege (Part 3)
- Mission Directive: The Intruder
Audio Commentaries
- The Siege (Part 3)
- The Intruder
- Runner
- Duet
- Condemned
Disc 2 Extras
- Mission Directive: Instinct
- Introduction to a Character: Ronon Dex
Audio Commentaries
- Trinity
- Instinct
- Conversion
- Aurora
- The Lost Boys
Disc 3 Extras
- Profile On: David Hewlett
- Stargate Atlantis: Stunts
Audio Commentaries
- The Hive
- Epiphany
- Critical Mass
- Grace Under Pressure
- The Tower
Disc 4 Extras
- Road to a Dream with Martin Gero
- Profile On: Paul McGillion
Audio Commentaries
- The Long Goodbye
- Coup D’Etat
- Michael
- Inferno
- Allies
Season Three
Disc 1 Extras
- Mission Directive: Sateda
- Mission Directive: Progeny
- Inside the Stargate Atlantis Visual FX Department
- Profile On: Rachel Luttrell
Audio Commentaries
- No Man’s Land
- Misbegotten
- Irresistible
- Sateda
- Progeny
Disc 2 Extras
- Mission Directive: Phantoms
- General O’Neill Goes to Atlantis
Audio Commentaries
- Common Ground
- McKay & Mrs. Miller
- Phantoms
- The Return (Part 1)
Disc 3 Extras
- Mission Directive: The Game
- Masters of the Alien
Audio Commentaries
- The Return (Part 2)
- Echoes
- Irresponsible
- Tao of Rodney
- The Game
Disc 4 Extras
- Mission Directive: First Strike
- A Look Back on Season 3 with Martin Gero
Audio Commentaries
- The Ark
- Sunday
- Submersion
- Vengeance
- First Strike
Season Four
Disc 1 Extras
- Mission Directive: Doppelganger
- A New Leader: Amanda Tapping Joins Atlantis
Audio Commentaries
- Adrift
- Lifeline
- Reunion
- Doppelganger
- Travelers
Disc 2 Extras
- Stargate Atlantis Bloopers
- Mission Directive: This Mortal Coil
Audio Commentaries
- Tabula Rasa
- Missing
- The Seer
- Miller’s Crossing
- This Mortal Coil
Disc 3 Extras
- Mission Directive: Quarantine
- Mission Directive: Outcast
Audio Commentaries
- Be All My Sins Remember’d
- Spoils of War
- Quarantine
- Harmony
- Outcast
Disc 4 Extras
- The Making of Trio
- A Look Back at Season 4
- Deleted Scenes
Audio Commentaries
- Trio
- The Kindred (Parts 1 & 2)
- The Last Man
Season Five
Disc 1 Extras
- Mission Directive: Search and Rescue
- Showdown! Ronon v. Tyre
- Bringing the Seed to Life
Audio Commentaries
- Search and Rescue
- The Seed
- Broken Ties
- The Daedalus Variations
Disc 2 Extras
- Mission Directive: Whispers
- Mission Directive: Tracker
- Tricks of the Trade: Submerging the Stargate
- Joe Flanigan: A Conversation with the Colonel
Audio Commentaries
- Whispers
- The Queen
- Tracker
- First Contact
Disc 3 Extras
- Building a Humanoid with James Robbins and Martin Gero
- Dr. Jackson Goes to Atlantis
- The Life and Death of Michael Kenmore
- Inside the Stargate Costume Department
- Deleted Scenes
Audio Commentaries
- The Lost Tribe
- Outsiders
- Inquisition
- The Prodigal
- Remnants
Disc 4 Extras
- Mission Directive: Brain Storm
- Stargate Atlantis Goes to Vegas
- Deleted Scenes
Audio Commentaries
- Brain Storm
- Vegas
- Enemy at the Gate
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For a complete episode list for the entire series, see the SGA episode list.
August 14th, 2011 at 8:52 pm
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