Stargate: Atlantis -- A whole new adventure with a new team begins in the successful Stargate universe. In this spin-off from MGM Worldwide Television, a secret base left by the originators of the Stargate is found in the most unlikely of places-on Earth buried within the ruins of the legendary civilization Atlantis. The implications of this discovery lead the team to a distant universe, where they find a primitive human civilization threatened by a sinister new enemy.

I lost the link to the report, it was somewhere on aintitcoolnews.com and I posted about it in another thread.

I can't fooking wait. May sound a little far fetched, but to me it does make some sense. Yes, the Ancients built Atlantis, very clever indeed

Well, gee Thor. Considering that SG1 never mentions Atlantis, and no one ever mentions another crew, you would think that it would be obvious that this wouldn't come out of the blue.

I for one wanna see more episodes with that nifty spaceship that they have. What's it called? The Protheysuck? How many times have they gotten stuck all the way out on the other side of the universe with no way back? About five times, and there never really stuck either. Frell SciFi channel.

Did anyone here watch Scare Tactics? I didn't! Because scifi channel can eat my *** *** **** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

Moderator Warning: Wait! I am a moderator! Frell this!

Sacred Feth man! It's the Prometheus. Named after a legend about an immortal man that wanted to die but could not.

Well, considering the fact that Atlantis is considered to be untrue, why would they even bring it up. And there are many other teams, I can recall the number of SG teams going up to SG-11. And they could set up another command, like the SGA (Stargate Atlantis, duh)

I seem to remember reading something about Stargate Atlantis happening a few thousand years in the past...

And if it's in the present they couldn't set up another command since two stargates can't be operated from the same planet.

Also, I think I read something about that sweet looking tok'ra in the tight uniform being in one of the leads of the spin-off.

In any case, I can't wait for them to start airing it. When's season seven due out? Mid June? I've gone way too long without my stargate fix.

That is true, DC. Two Stargate's cannot operate on the same planet. Maybe the command could be moved to the moon? Or mars? Or maybe they could fly around on that ship with a gate!? Or maybe they'll do it on another planet, like Jonas' home world.

Could it take place under water to? I'd like to see something with a dolphin, sorta like Seaquest.

I remember in the episode 2010. Earth had several off-world bases. And when is the gate going to be made public? They already told the Chinese, and the russians already knew, and British just now found out to! It'll be very interesting to see how the international community will handle the discovery of atlantis, along with another gate. But what to do?

Well, considering that this Stargate MAY take travellers further out than the one in the SGC may mean that they don't use the same wormholes. Which would mean that two commands may be set up.
Also, having two commands even though they may use the same network of wormholes is still possible. They don't use the stargate 24/7 and they can regulate. May take some planning, but nothing a kid in kindergarden can't figure out.

It certainly has me intrigued anyway. Just have to wait and see if the show has etherially the right "feel". Theres been some crazy series that have worked out before, like Buffy for one.

What? Not up for an off world base? I would love for the new SG series to take place on another planet. After all, one of the missions that the SGC is suppose to have is to get off world bases, establish embassy's, and colony's. It would be so cool. And the possibilities for cross overs are boggling.

Originally posted by CounslerCoffee
What? Not up for an off world base? I would love for the new SG series to take place on another planet. After all, one of the missions that the SGC is suppose to have is to get off world bases, establish embassy's, and colony's. It would be so cool. And the possibilities for cross overs are boggling.

Why call it Atlantis if it's not going to take place in Atlantis?

Right, I'm gonna say that again. That's a very good point DC, pretty obvious really. And if I can't say that I'm gonna go crawl into a hole and die, is that what you want, you want me to die?

Just seen an episode where SG-1 learns that Daniel is an Ancient, not an original, but is one now. And that they now have to look for "The Lost City of the Ancients". Might as well be saying "The Lost City of Atlantis" really. I think that SG-1 are gonna go look for this place just like they went looking for Sha're and the Harhesis Child and then once they find it the new show comes on. Hopefully the original show will continue and it will start to become like Star Trek. I guess SG-1 is like ST:ToS, then Atlantis is like ST:TNG. Infinity is like that awful Star Trek cartoon. Do you see where I'm going with this?

Thor, if SGA should take after anything, it should take after DS9. The best ST series ever.

Also, if Daniel is an ancient (Which he is) and he can appear anywhere in the universe, then why do the ancients need StarGates? Why did they make them? How did the StarGates get there.

I was thinking that when they do find Atlantis, it'll actually just be another gate. And that when they do travel through this gate, they end up on a distant Tropical planet (Or the moon, I'd settle for the moon) that's been abandon for a long time. And that the original people from Earth, are from Atlantis. It would be very interesting.

Well, this scaper can't wait to see what they come up with.

P.S. A moon base would be awesome. Or even a mars base. Why not?

then why do the ancients need StarGates?
There was that all important episode that said that the Ancients were a technolocally advanced race that bulit that Stargates. At the time they were human. Then a plauge hit the species and those who could ascended leaving the others to die. So they did need the Stargates.

How did the StarGates get there
Quite possibly by ship. Think Lost in Space (movie)

And that the original people from Earth, are from Atlantis. It would be very interesting.
Could be quite possible, in 'Frozen' they think they found an Ancient frozen in the ice who was still alive, if I remember rightly she died of an incurable dsease which I now believe to be that plauge. And she appear to be rather human. So the possiblilty of Earth being the last surviving colony of the Ancients is a great prospect but it may not happen due to Religious implications, damn Ronald McDonald!! Anyway, this would mean that all humans in the galaxy are in fact linked to the ancients and are superior to the Go'auld and explains why they can ascend. What puzzles me if this is true is why the Asguard haven't mentioned it.

Maybe the Asguard don't know? What would be cool is that they found Atlantis to be in Antartica (It does't have to be tropical). That is where they found the second gate, and that ancient chick.

Religion can be a possibility on TV. Just look at BattleStar Gallactica. They had angels, priests, and all sorts of other stuff. SG1 to my knowledge, is heavy on the religious side. What with all that "Those aliens are Gods!" talk. (The Asguard were Gods to the Norse men, and the Go'uld were Gods to the egyptians.)

I was talking about Religion in the sense that Earth may not be where humans originated from, which would mean "god" didn't put us here. But god-like creatures did, which may cause some uproar from some religious factions.

In the legends of Atlantis it's location is either near the Mediterranian or somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. So it would seem more probable it will be set around there, not Antartica but that is also a possibility considering.

Finally the SG teams can work up on their tans...more so!

Thor, I thought that they had already established the fact that humans didn't come from Earth. Am I wrong? I do remember one episode in which Christianity came up... Do you know which episode Im talking about?

Maybe not antartica, but it would be cool, really cool. Hehe. What I want to see is an international team of Gaters. I want a hot austrailian chick on that team, and a stern/possibly evil russian guy. Also it would be nice to have no aliens what-so-ever. (Unless it was that hot Tok'ra babe that liked O'neil, and the snake had a thing for Daniel)

I recall an episode with Christianity and a village which gave the sick (who they thought were possed) to a...damn...what's it called, big, green, scary, scaly dude. And Teal'c 'died' in that one, then came back to life.
Nothing about the true origins of mankind in there. But if it's Series 6 I may have missed it due to bad scheduling on SkyOne (SciFiUk don't have the rights)

They'll most probably incorperate teams from other nations, such as an English team, a Chinese team and a Russian team. Russia has always wanted a permanent team set up on the SGC so this may very well happen as Atlantis probably doesn't belong to anyone.

> What would be cool is that they found Atlantis to be in Antartica (It does't have to be tropical). That is where they found the second gate, and that ancient chick.

So Atlantis were supposed to be discovered when the pole ice mass will be melt down partly or completely?

Or alternatively without melt of the polar ice cap, pieces from Atlantis it inside icebergs fallen into the sea?

But I think if Atlantis was covered by the thick pole ice about 10000 years ago, then the enormous pressure, and the continuous move of the ice mass towards the sea, will have reduced everything under it to so small pieces that nothing will be recognized as a relict from Atlantis...