Hey Guys,

welcome to my opinion about Stargate Atlantis Season 1. I don’t know how often i already rewatched this serie but here we go another round. I watched an old McShep vid (here) which brought all the feelings about the serie back. I always was a big fan of the original Stargate serie and the original movie. But i never wanted to watch Stargate Atlantis. I already stopped watching Stargate at this point. In the first run i stopped when Daniel died or ascended. So i never get to the point were Atlantis came into play. But than Stargate Atlantis get aired after some serie i watched and i just let it play without really looking. That changed when i saw a episode that had the focus on the relationship between Rodney and John. These two made me addicted to the serie. So i didn’t started with the first season. But after i got addicted i started from the beginning and so let’s start with my thoughts on season one.

My all time favorite: Rodney McKay

Rodney McKay is my favorite Character on Stargate Atlantis. But i really love almost everyone on that damm show – later more. Back to the smartest person in two galaxies. This is of course what he thinks of himself and sadly it is totally true. What ever problem there is on Atlantis Rodney is the one repairing it. He is the head of the scienice department and also a part of Mayor Sheppards Off-World-Team. He is smart, annoying and totally freaking out about almost everything. But that is actually the best part about McKay. He is a scientist. He can’t fight and is not the most athletic person on Atlantis. He is afraid of almost everything. But everytime his team goes through the Stargate he goes with them. Everytime something bad happend he is trying to prevent it. Yes he is afraid but he always tries to defeat his fear to protect his team and Atlantis. Which makes him for me one of the strongest person in two galaxys. Somehwo with is not so charming personality he became friends with a lot of people. Other people may not like him but almost everyone is respecting him and know that he is actually the smartest guy in two galaxys. Nobody would ever tell him that of course.

The Team

The reason i fall in love with the serie was the friendship that developes slowly and become the greatest love story without ever getting acknowledged for that. These two (Rodney McKay and Mayor John Sheppard) fall into place right from the start. Rodney is mostly one step behind Sheppard. Sheppard needs a way to fight. Rodney is the one that gives him that. They just seem from the start to always be around each other. Everytime we see Rodney in the medic bay John is beside him. His eyes almost everytime fall to McKay.
But McKay has also an easy ‘friendship’ with Ford. Ford touches McKay alot or is in his personal space. They talk easy and snappy with each other.
The only one Rodney don’t fall easy into place is Teyla. I really need along time to get warm with her and that time she needs to get warm with Rodney. I think that in the first season she doesn’t have a high opinion about him and he has to earn her respect with hard work.
Ford likes Sheppard from the first moment. Just the whole team dynamic is briliant. I love every bit about it.

Colonel Sumner and Weir

When i watched Stargate Atlantis for the first time i really disliked Sumner and loved Weir. After watching the full serie and than rewatching it. Everything changed about these two facts. I really started loving Sumner. He would be a great head of military and would be excatly the one they needed in a situation with the Wraith. He had a good overside, a natural distrust against everyone and he liked Sheppard. There are this small smiles when he looks at Sheppard interacts with Teyla. He let all that stuff to him and remaind in the state ‘i look at it with distrust even when i like them’. He would be amazing in his job and i wished we had seen some of it.
Weir on the other hand i started to dislike. She is really bad at doing her job. I never saw it like that before i saw Carter in command. When you rewatch it she makes so many mistakes and it is okay. But i can’t respect her anymore like this with knowing everything.
It is okay that she brought Sheppard on the expedition without talking to Sumner – it is not the right decission but it is okay. But she should have made something really clear from the start and that is that Sheppard has to do what Sumner says. Yes she is the head of the whole expedition but Sheppard is military and so under Sumner. She always undermines his authority. Sumner should choose a team for a Off-world-Mission and he does. But without talking to him. She send Sheppard with him against his decission. She is doing that always. She accused the Athosians to be traitor because nobody of her team could be one. Sorry. That is not true and even it were. You could stop being so obvision about it. But when Bates is talking against Teyla for actually good reason in the last episodes everyone shoots him down. Bates is an asshole but not wrong.

Aiden Ford – spoilers

When i watched the first season for the first time don’t really get warm with Ford because in my head i know that i shouldn’t get attached to him because Ronon will be coming and i love Ronon. But that was wrong. Ford is so amazing and totally deserve to acknoweldged and loved and totally missed when he leaves Atlantis. He is amazing he is a good soldier. He knows what an order is and acts on them. But he always have his own opinion. He thinks for himself. He is good at what he does. He can stand is ground alone even when he is really young. But also he is one of the kindest people. He cares so much about other people about everyone on that mission. He is always for the fun and makes people feel better. This alone makes him for me a hero. But he is also always ready to sacrifice everything to protect everyone and Atlantis. He always jumps into the danger when it is nessassary but doesn’t do it so suicidal like Sheppard. No Ford will always decide to live when there is a way. This whole character was a freaking gift.
What got me must about his fate is that he really believes that drug makes him stronger. I know that is what drugs make you think… but i really believe he never saw how good he was. That he was so strong without the drug. That he doesn’t need that drug even a little bit. He didn’t survive this long off-world because of the drug – it may be helped him – but he survived because he was always good at it. Because he knows how to use his brain and how to fight. And even when i am really happy that we got Ronon, i miss him deeply.

So this are just a few thoughts about the first season. Now i start looking the second season.