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Stargate Universe (Season 1)

Buzz Bumble said:
There was an original story. :rolleyes: Whether it was true or not, whether anyone now knows what it is or not (thanks to morons keep chaging it) is completely irrelevant, and largely proves the point that making such changes simply creates a complete mess of the "franchise", as well as smacking original fans in the face as no longer "good enough".
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Actually, no, there's not. Most old stories that were written down in one form or another were synthesis of many stories or aspects of many characters. Such is the nature of folklore, mythology and storytelling.
 
*Spoiler Alert for "Light"*

I called it when at the end of "Darkness", Destiny started heading for the sun, I thought it was doing it in order to recharge its Energy Systems...

I watch way, way too much Sci-Fi... :eek:

Love the show, though.

I think the dark ship corridors is a little too much like the new BSG...
 
gkarris said:
*Spoiler Alert for "Light"*

I called it when at the end of "Darkness", Destiny started heading for the sun, I thought it was doing it in order to recharge its Energy Systems...
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Well I haven't seen the episode yet but that was pretty obvious. :D The show really isn't too great so far (predictable and a little bland, or too much imitation of BSG - seriously who is out there taking those shaky-cam shots of the Destiny anyway? Just gimme some nice steady panoramas), but I'll keep watching it anyway.
 
SG•U will not survive the first season -- or even half of it -- if it doesn't pick up and get a lot better. SG-1 and SG-A had much better beginnings. With both I was hooked right away. With SG•U it's becoming more of a chore to pick it from my list of recordings from the DVR. I do it more out of loyalty to the series, with the hope it will be good. But at least it doesn't have Amanda Tappings's annoyingly bad fake English accent.
 
I can't help but think they're trying to copy LOST in its style. Between the handheld shaky-cam and the nonlinear storytelling with lots of flashbacks... right down to even the "let's just show the logo with spooky music" title sequence.

I am slowly, slowly warming up to it, but I agree that it had better start getting real good or I'm just going to get bored.
 
They really need to do something...

Oh Our Power is out, Oh Our Water is low...

coming next week, Oh Our Food is low!

I get it, they need to figure it all out, but it's really running at a snails pace.

The Scientist dude's attitude is starting to get to me too. Someone needs to bitch slap and get it over with. The characters really aren't developing very much.
 
i agree this last episode was entirely forgettable:

for a "we are running out of water" episode it was way too early after the "we are running out of air and energy" episodes

also it felt to familiar with all the testing of the ice and then nearly getting stuck .. didn't we have just the same on a desert planet

and "bug" hunting on the ship with airlocks etc. ... way too cliche for a first season.. and the "solution for the bug problem" was way too obvious... i


better hope the next episode doesn't involve food gathering on a jungle planet in which episode a foreign live form comes through the star gate...
 
I'm good with the pace and structure the show has taken so far. Why? Because it's realistic. This stuff wouldn't be taken care of in the course of a day. That's what makes it believable and a real sense of danger. Heck, as far as I know everybody is up for death. Star Trek Enterprise, when faced with the same opportunities, chose to have technology solve everything and that certainly did not make for interesting TV.

I will say that "Water" was more boring that the other episodes. I don't think it's because of the subject per se, but the B story with the alien was better than the A story on the planet. I was surprised Elie wasn't more snarky towards the daugher or Lt Scott. Heck, he even went to comfort her or take her away during her outburst.
 
I agree, I like the slower pacing of SGU, and that the characters haven't lost their sense of wonder yet. They still are amazed by the sight of a new planet or a ride in a shuttle; unlike some shows where in Episode 1 they're amazed at being in space, but by Episode 2 it's "Hasta la vista you tentacled freak!" :p

If you look at the later SG1 series, they were having massive space battles, and blowing up star systems; it was pretty obvious they couldn't out-do that. So they had to go back to basics, instead of trained marines fighting space-battles against alien forces week-in, week-out; they have a group of untrained unqualified randomers struggling to stay alive. I like it, but I do think they need to find their direction soon, I thought Water was quite weak..

p.s. has their been any indication what the object which flew off at the end of Air was? I originally thought it was the shuttle the senator went into, being jettisoned, but that's not the case.
 
whooleytoo said:
p.s. has their been any indication what the object which flew off at the end of Air was? I originally thought it was the shuttle the senator went into, being jettisoned, but that's not the case.
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It was a ship of some kind. My son, the SG-freak in the family, said it belonged to a group that was the enemies of the ancients or something. He recognized it right away, but I can't remember what he called it.
 
OK, kinda freaky with those little stones...

It just means my 10 YO can't really watch this with me.

Looking at the coming attractions, next week is going to depart from the same old plot line. We can only hope...
 
RaceTripper said:
It's not even close to BSG. The dead 6s are rolling in their graves at the mere thought of it.
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Depends on how you look at it - it is if you're talking about "grittier and edgier" Stargate...

pilotError said:
OK, kinda freaky with those little stones...

It just means my 10 YO can't really watch this with me.

Looking at the coming attractions, next week is going to depart from the same old plot line. We can only hope...
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Yes, I guess since there's no "Holodeck"... ;)
 
I love Stargate: SG1 as a series. Even the episodes with John Crichton and Aeryn Sun.

Stargate: Atlantis didn't interest me at all. I've honestly tried to watch the series but couldn't care less.

SG: U Looks very interesting, and the pilot was decent, but from what I've seen it's falling FAR short of what it should be.

They're trying to turn Stargate into Space Opera with large-scale battles and flying around in battlecruisers, totally ignoring character development and plot, other than throwing in the standard SyFy channel "Ooh look out! Alien bugs!" thing.

The Voyager comparison is TOTALLY valid. Would not be surprised if aliens with tinfoil in their hair showed up.

It seems like it's taking place more in the SG: Atlantis universe than the SG: 1 universe. Yes, I know they're the same, but as fictional universes go, Atlantis has a lot more fluff and filler.
 
The stones scenes had me burst out laughing. Imagine suddenly finding yourself having sex with a complete stranger.. it must be pretty freaky finding out someone else has been having sex with your body!

I wonder what Telford is going to do.. pretend to be Young in order to get some 'revenge'?
 
whooleytoo said:
The stones scenes had me burst out laughing. Imagine suddenly finding yourself having sex with a complete stranger.. it must be pretty freaky finding out someone else has been having sex with your body!

I wonder what Telford is going to do.. pretend to be Young in order to get some 'revenge'?
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I know!

I think it's even weirder that she went along with it. Even if it was Young's mind, it's someone else's body and that's just bizarre. When combined with the ending of Telford at her door, it makes me wonder if maybe they are having an affair.
 
Rampant.A.I. said:
They're trying to turn Stargate into Space Opera with large-scale battles and flying around in battlecruisers, totally ignoring character development and plot, other than throwing in the standard SyFy channel "Ooh look out! Alien bugs!" thing.
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In SG:U? There hasn't been any space battle in it (or, unlike the previous series or the film, there is no evil alien adversary in it yet, in spite of being 6 episodes in), whereas in SG-1/Atlantis by the end they were blowing up star systems and nuking hive ships. And SG:U seems to me to be far more slow paced and centred around character development than the other, more action-oriented series.

I think Rush is one of the better characters in any of the Stargate series, and the Young/Telford rivalry is brewing nicely.
 
iBlue said:
I know!

I think it's even weirder that she went along with it. Even if it was Young's mind, it's someone else's body and that's just bizarre. When combined with the ending of Telford at her door, it makes me wonder if maybe they are having an affair.
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Ooo! Interesting take on it. That could well be.

I'm surprised they haven't had anyone yet 'reject' these impostors coming into their homes claiming to be their loved ones. Would any one of us actually just accept that?

arkitect said:
:eek:
Stranger things have happened.
:eek:
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Ah, alcohol induced blackouts.. whatever did we do before you? Or during you?
 
whooleytoo said:
Ooo! Interesting take on it. That could well be.

I'm surprised they haven't had anyone yet 'reject' these impostors coming into their homes claiming to be their loved ones. Would any one of us actually just accept that?
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It does make some sense. Wasn't there a 'moment' with Young and that blonde medic? (Johansen?) It made me think that they were once an item in some capacity. Maybe Young's wife knows and had a retaliatory affair. Hey, this is a rumours site. :D

I don't know what I'd think if someone showed up at my door claiming to be someone I loved but I bet I could figure it out pretty quickly by talking to them. For that reason I can't imagine Telford being able to fake being Young very convincingly.
 
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