STARGATE ATLANTIS {1st. Season} (DVD Review) - 11/9/06

My mate Franky The Squirrel lent me Season 1 of "Stargate Atlantis" that he had recorded off of Sky 1 - Unfortunately he had missed a couple of episodes so I have had to track them down individually. The episode I had missed from this single disc DVD from Season 1 - Vol. 5 - Episodes 17 to 2o was the episode entitled "Letters From Pegasus". I felt this first series of "Stargate Atlantis" had a real sense of urgency and really piled on the pressure; the only complaint I have about genre series like this is the repeated use of "clip-shows" where they pad the story out with clips from previous episodes to save money. It's a cheap tactic and I usually fast forward these episodes - Luckily enough though both "Stargate SG-1" and it's spin-off manage to accommodate these clip shows with a fairly good story so I put up with them for that reason alone. We get some fairly good action on this disc and it also has a good selection of Special Features in the form of 4 short featurettes, production design & photo gallery, with some trailers and a preview of the Stargate Alliance Videogame. To be perfectly honest MGM have done a very good job on the production of the DVD Cover Sleeves, lay-out of the DVD Menus and the show itself plus of course the Special Features per disc. Now I just need Franky The Squirrel to record me the third season when it's available!