I only ever watched Atlantis and that one was less garbage at least for the first season of so.
They cut off the crew from home immediately and the role of the gate switches from a link back to the military industrial complex, to a bridge to others who in turn help the stranded scientists.
The whole show is about kinda collecting all the misfits in the region and resisting the big baddie. When the link back home is finally re-established, the more revolutionary form that the expedition took becomes incompatible with the old style of imperial rule and there's a power struggle that ensues.
I only ever watched Atlantis and that one was less garbage at least for the first season of so.
They cut off the crew from home immediately and the role of the gate switches from a link back to the military industrial complex, to a bridge to others who in turn help the stranded scientists.
The whole show is about kinda collecting all the misfits in the region and resisting the big baddie. When the link back home is finally re-established, the more revolutionary form that the expedition took becomes incompatible with the old style of imperial rule and there's a power struggle that ensues.