Mass Effect= Stargate:Atlantis?

Fox broadcasted the first episode of Atlantis in my country, I already had seen Stargate:SG1 and I kind of like it (Well, for a SCI-FI show the lack of alien lifeforms is dissapointing. Too much humans).

And well... I found it HUGELY similiar to Mass Effect. One of the main character's named Sheppard (By all means not a very usual name), there's an ancient race of super advanced aliens and the humans set out to get their technology,just like in the game only in the show it's a city and the game is a beacon, and finally there's a race of destroyers that come and destroy everything in X cycles. The only difference is the race in Stargate's named Wraith and in Mass Effect Reapers.

Anyone else found these similarities?

I suppose, Maybe whichever came first ripped off the other one?

How dare that game rip off Atlantis.

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I suppose, Maybe whichever came first ripped off the other one?

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Atlantis has been going for about 5 years. I think Mass Effect is from earlier this year or last year.

SGA showed on my television like over 2 years ago, and i live in belgium so you might wanna add some more month/years to the making of SGA

edit: cloud beat me