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Stargate Atlantis Coming This Summer

boog3r writes "According to this and SCIFI there is a new Stargate series on its way to your local passive viewing device this summer. Quickie for all the click-deficient types: "In the new series, a secret base left by the originators of the Stargate is discovered in the most unlikely of places -- on Earth, buried among the ruins of the legendary city of Atlantis." Sounds fun to me! I found more info here and here. Take these tidbits with a grain of salt, much misinformation about the new series is circulating right now. I just hope this great franchise does not go the way of Star Trek, post Roddenberry."

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  1. Step through the gate by ObviousGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    And drown at the bottom of the ocean?

    Count me out!

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    1. Re:Step through the gate by Acts+of+Attrition · · Score: 5, Funny
      Atlantis? Darn. I was waiting for them to do Stargate Miami first.

      "This stargate opens into the heart of Miami, a magical world full of bikini clad women and fast cars. Oh, And the cubans are using it to escape Castro."

  2. SciFi Channel ... by SimplyCosmic · · Score: 5, Funny

    No thanks, I've pretty much ignored anything from the network that killed Farscape so that it could pay for Tremors: The Series.

  3. Stargate SG-CHEAP? by Wag · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are they setting this show all on Earth so they don't have to pay for expensive sets?

    If anything I'm happy this show will get the rest of SG-1 DVD box sets out faster.

  4. Even worse... by Nimloth · · Score: 3, Funny
    "I just hope this great franchise does not go the way of Star Trek, post Roddenberry."

    Or Rodenbury post Star Trek...

  5. Stargate and Atlantis by centauri · · Score: 5, Funny

    This circle is now complete.

    Some people saw some glaring similarities between the original Stargate and Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

    - Brilliant linguist has goofy theory and is reviled by the scientific community.
    - Senior citizen contacts scientist to reveal that his theory was right all along.
    - Scientist brought along as expert advisor for military expedition based on aforementioned theory.
    - Strange world reached via a twisting tunnel.
    - Scientist teased and tormented by expedition members.
    - Expedition utterly reliant on scientist for salvation.
    - Military expedition has a secret adgenda.
    - Scientist falls for beautiful native.
    - Glowing eyes.
    - A symbol like an upper-case lambda features prominantly in the promotional material for each movie.

    There are probably more I'm forgetting and of course the differences are significant, but it is very suspicious.

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  6. Slashdot Jinx by N8F8 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You guys just killed Stargate. Every time a SciFi show is mentioned here a cancellation notice follows within three months. Damn.

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    1. Re:Slashdot Jinx by g00z · · Score: 5, Funny

      Enterprise enterprise enterprise?

      - Enterprise

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  7. Re:Not to mention... by mdw2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you saw the special they showed last christmas there was an outtake scene where the pretty blonde (don't know her name) says to him "CMON MCGUYVER YOU'VE GOT A STICK OF BUBBLEGUM AND A THIMBLE, YOU MUST FIX THE STARGATE"(or something to that effect), much laughter ensued, so his being forever tied to mcguyver is well known :)

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  8. Slashdot really missed the boat here... by X86Daddy · · Score: 2, Funny

    This article was supposed to pe posted around 8PM Eastern last night, and give away the episode's ending in the article title.

    Way to go, editors.

  9. Re:SG-1 and Jack *Spoiler* by fireman+sam · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dr. Frasier didn't die, he is just doing the voice of Sideshow Bob full time now.

    Wha?... Oh sorry, wrong Dr Frasier. My Bad

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