The Gold Box spotlight deal of the day over at Amazon today is Stargate Atlantis: The Complete Series DVD box set for $29.99 (85% off the list price of 199.98) and Blu-ray box set for $44.99 (78% off the list price of $199.99).

Both sets contain all 100 episodes of the 5 seasons of the popular scifi television series Stargate Atlantis (the DVD has 26 discs; Blu-ray 20), which aired from 2004 to 2009 on the Syfy Channel (back when it was the SciFi Channel), along with bonus features.

Note, this deal is valid only for today, Friday, August 22, 2014, until 11:59pm PST while supplies last.

It’s a Stargate: Atlantis reunion! Jewel Staite (Stargate‘s Jennifer Keller), David Hewlett (Stargate‘s Rodney McKay), and Rainbow Francks (Stargate‘s Aiden Ford) have all assumed major roles on a new 3D web comic series titled State of Syn. Additionally, fans will be happy to hear the voice of Torri Higginson (Stargate‘s Elizabeth Weir) in the opening narration of each webisode.

This science fiction web drama created by Daniel Dales and Jarett Sherman, features a combination of voice-overs, photography, and comic still drawing and animation. Directed by Jed Weintrob, State of Syn plays out like a live comic in approximately five-minute segments; similar in length to a single issue. The images serve as moving panels, transporting the viewer from one scene to the next. Adding to cross-platform element of the show, the fans can also get involved with an “interactive companion game for IOS and Android devices.”

Curious? See the first two episodes for yourself and read a State of Syn‘s teaser description below.

Amazon’s featured TV show deal of the day is the Heroes Franchise Collection – Season 1 and Season 2 on DVD for $46.99 (that’s 53% off the regular price) and Blu-ray for $77.99 (54% off the regular price). This is an Amazon.com exclusive; sale ends today at 11:59 p.m. PST.

Another Amazon exclusive which is still available on sale is the Battlestar Galactica Franchise Collection for only $121.99, which I already mentioned in the DVD Box Set Sale. For this price, which is 48% off the valued price of $234.90, you get Season 1, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, and the BSG movie Razor.

Here’s some other TV show box sets still up for grabs, but get ’em soon because the sale prices aren’t forever …

This is the epitome of what we call cult reporting. I know that most of you do not give a rat’s ass for this news, but for some of us, this is really kind of exciting.

For anyone who has spent any amount of time watching Stargate, you will probably have come across the character Major Davis. A liaison from the Pentagon, the character was portrayed by Colin Cunningham, and became a very popular character, despite being nothing more than a recurring guest star.

However, according to GateWorld, Cunningham will be returning to the Stargate franchise for the series finale of Stargate Atlantis, which is scheduled to air in January 2009.

No, I’m not referring to some technical glitch, but simply the past few days in the Stargate universe (wait for the pun). Last Thursday, we reported (on my birthday of all days!) that Stargate Atlantis had been canceled. SCI FI Channel also announced that they would be making a tele-movie, but still, one of my favorite series was cancelled.

One of the benefits of that though, was the opening for Brad Wright and Robert Cooper, co-creators of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis to begin work on the third Stargate series.

And it was announced late last week, that SCI FI Channel and MGM Television Entertainment had reached an agreement to begin production on Stargate Universe (pun achieved!).