CSI VS Stargate Atlantis
Abysmal. I enjoy CSI, but if I'm in the mood for CSI, I'll just watch CSI. For all its trademark effects,
CSI is a character driven show. Remove those characters, and there's really little to recommend it.
Stargate Atlantis is also character driven. Somehow this episode managed to remove those characters
as well, by placing them into the CSI setting and entirely altering their personalities. And then there
was the incongruence of the almost comical inclusion of the wraith... in makeup (to Marilyn Manson,
no less.) All-in-all, there were only two highlights to this episode - the sound track, and the guest
stars in the poker game. Not enough to hold it together, I'm afraid. Far below the SG:A standard.
Essentially 40 minutes of filler, for no other reason than to get us to the last few minutes - how the
wraith manage to make it to earth for the series finale I guess.
CSI is a character driven show. Remove those characters, and there's really little to recommend it.
Stargate Atlantis is also character driven. Somehow this episode managed to remove those characters
as well, by placing them into the CSI setting and entirely altering their personalities. And then there
was the incongruence of the almost comical inclusion of the wraith... in makeup (to Marilyn Manson,
no less.) All-in-all, there were only two highlights to this episode - the sound track, and the guest
stars in the poker game. Not enough to hold it together, I'm afraid. Far below the SG:A standard.
Essentially 40 minutes of filler, for no other reason than to get us to the last few minutes - how the
wraith manage to make it to earth for the series finale I guess.
