For a show with such great character chemistry, consistently good writing, and some of the most interesting sci-fi concepts for the time period this was not a fitting send off.
EVERYTHING is rushed to the point of silliness. As someone else mentioned, this should have been at least a four episode cycle - inventing the wormhole drive (has this EVER been mentioned before? Maybe once? It's the McGuffin required to get the whole city to earth instantly), the wraith building a super ship, stealing the ZPM's from the wraith to power Atlantis (it's finally at full power! Now we've got like, 1 minute to enjoy that!), and then finally launching Atlantis and chasing down the hive, coordinating with earth, etc. 3 episodes minimum, 4 ideally.
What we get is all of that crammed into ONE EPISODE with so many Stargate tropes trotted out it almost plays like a parody of a Stargate episode. A sorry goodbye to an excellent series.
From Wikipedia research it looks like they were banking on a movie that was permanently shelved. After that Joe Flanigan himself attempted to put together funding for another season (he must have really liked playing Jon!) but just when it was about to be green lit for an almost inconceivable "10 more seasons" MGM (the current owner) went bankrupt *sad horn sound*.
Maybe in a parallel universe we got another ten years of (say it in Todd's voice) "SHEPARD."
EVERYTHING is rushed to the point of silliness. As someone else mentioned, this should have been at least a four episode cycle - inventing the wormhole drive (has this EVER been mentioned before? Maybe once? It's the McGuffin required to get the whole city to earth instantly), the wraith building a super ship, stealing the ZPM's from the wraith to power Atlantis (it's finally at full power! Now we've got like, 1 minute to enjoy that!), and then finally launching Atlantis and chasing down the hive, coordinating with earth, etc. 3 episodes minimum, 4 ideally.
What we get is all of that crammed into ONE EPISODE with so many Stargate tropes trotted out it almost plays like a parody of a Stargate episode. A sorry goodbye to an excellent series.
From Wikipedia research it looks like they were banking on a movie that was permanently shelved. After that Joe Flanigan himself attempted to put together funding for another season (he must have really liked playing Jon!) but just when it was about to be green lit for an almost inconceivable "10 more seasons" MGM (the current owner) went bankrupt *sad horn sound*.
Maybe in a parallel universe we got another ten years of (say it in Todd's voice) "SHEPARD."