Episode 172 SGA The Storm + The Eye

 An intense storm is heading towards Atlantis and without full shielding the intricate construction of the city will not withstand the huge forces mother nature has in store. The decision is made to evacuate the city and the Athosians on the mainland to a nearby friendly world for the duration with a handful remaining to attempt an almost hail mary pass by harnessing the lightning strikes to provide the energy the shield generators require. The Genii take this opportunity to stage a raid on Atlantis with a stolen IDC code and lead by Commander Kolya a ruthless and dedicated officer a small strike force take control and hold Weir, Mckay and a few others hostage. Things get a little complicated when Koyla realises he may be in a position to take the whole city for his people if the lightning experiment is a success but in the meantime the fly in the ointment aka John Sheppard is doing his impression of Die Hard and removing the threats to his home and co-ordinating a counter strike with a lone jumper and her crew who are returning from the mainland. You will need an umbrella! The Storm and The Eye are together an absolutely fantastic story but what really makes them special is that taken separately they both hit the highest marks in narrative, performance and production from the Stargate Atlantis team. The return of the Genii is perhaps quicker than you might expect but then again why delay, the writers had a story thread with Sora and Teyla and pure genius to imagine a hurricane as a story device which has a natural break built in. Robert Davi is pretty much awesome as Koyla, he delivers both the style and menace you would expect from a Pegasus human black ops commander and even better he will be appearing in upcoming episodes as an equal to John as do the Genii in opposition to the expedition. Do not cross this guy! This week we chose to release both episodes as a single feature length episode, we had the opportunity to record with Jeff making allowances for the time differences so they were recorded on the same day and it all felt right. We also had a small poll and that returned more votes for a feature so here we are. This weeks promo of from Flash Pulp, a very creative podcast releasing short audio productions in the pulp style, lots of variety and done with flare and passion and there is also a large community side to the productions. We would love to hear from you so feel free to email us or use the contact options on the website, you can also find us on Facebook, Stitcher, itunes and Google+. Promo… Flash Pulp Links… The Storm IMDB The Storm Wiki The Eye IMDB The Eye Wiki Robert Davi Erin Chambers Ryan Robbins Michael Puttonen Colm Meany David Nykel Paul McGillion Don Ackerman Cory Monteith Colin Corrigan Jason Diablo Jodie Graham Steve Archer Conan Graham The post Episode 172 SGA The Storm + The Eye appeared first on Gatecast.