Stargate - Universe

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STINKINGROSE

Sunday, October 4, 2009 2:08 AM

I'd say it was not a bad start. There's already lots of backstory to mine, they've got oodles of imminent peril to play with, and nothing says angst ahead like virtuous self-sacrifice in the pilot ep.

I'm not sure if that was sarcastic or not.. I actually think it was not bad for an introduction. They managed to cover a lot of ground fairly effectively without beating you over the head with it. There's definitely potential here, and if they can repeat past performance quality it will bear watching. I still think the chemistry and writing on SG1 was the best so far, but Atlantis had its good points too.

None of them, however, are Firefly. (sigh)

ASARIAN

Sunday, October 4, 2009 2:20 AM

The short of it: I liked it.

It started out a bit chaotic; and I didn't much care for the whole 'We must find the 9th chevron' bit again at the opening: there's gotta be more original ways to start a new stargate series. But I liked the moral ambiguity of Dr. Rush.* It's true, it does have similarities to BSG, camera and crew interaction wise (and did anyone catch the FTL reference?). Finding themselves on an alien ship, however, makes it different enough from BSG. Let's just hope it will be different enough from Stargate Atlantis too, and that it won't be just a plot where an ancient city has been replaced for an ancient ship, with drones they find and ancient gadgets, and puddle jumpers, etc. Cuz that would, well, suck.

* Although it's a bit of a rip-off for Gaius Baltar, come to think of it.

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SPACEBUMPKIN

Sunday, October 4, 2009 3:48 AM

Aw shoot I guess I missed it. Does anyone know if Jewel Staite will make an appearance or two in this one?

AURAPTOR

Sunday, October 4, 2009 1:37 PM

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Originally posted by SpaceBumpkin:
Aw shoot I guess I missed it. Does anyone know if Jewel Staite will make an appearance or two in this one?

Clearly, I'd love to see her more, but as a secondary character on a spin off of the original show.....

The T.Rex they call JANE!

ZZETTA13

Sunday, October 4, 2009 1:59 PM

Caught the pilot SG-U Friday night. It was interesting enough to keep me watching. To tell the truth I was planning to watch it since seeing it advertised the week before. That, and a friend of mine from work is a big SG fan. Thought it would be something we could talk about and discuss over coffee at work.

Looking forward to more. Didn’t have any kind of hook to give you the drop about any particular character ( like when Kaylee eats the strawberry in the Serenity pilot) although I did like the innocent young gamer who had his life changed in the blink of an eye. Also Dr. Rush kinda creeps me out but it’s still early enough for him to prove to be a good guy.

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ECGORDON

Sunday, October 4, 2009 2:17 PM

To judge by most of the posts over at scifi.com you would think this is the worst thing they have ever broadcast. It wasn't great, but it was watchable, and since next week's ep is essentially the conclusion of the pilot we should get an idea of what it will be like on a weekly basis. I am hoping it will be more arc-based stories rather than stand-alones like the two previous series.

Considering that Sanctuary starts again next Friday, I will probably be watching Sci-Fi and DVR'ing Dollhouse for later.

SINGATE

Sunday, October 4, 2009 4:20 PM

Rush strikes me a dirtbag. Does anyone really believe O'neill would put him in charge? He is clearly working on his own agenda. Whether it is based on scientific curiousity or if he is in cahoots with higher ups remains to be seen.

So I guess Eli is supposed to be the character the audience relates to. His recruitment was more than a little amusing. It was nice how there was none of the usual "you aren't government or military so we don't value your opinion" bs from the other characters. In fact, I liked the interactions between characters of differnt backgrounds. The only moment when they fell back on stereotypes is when the Lt. threatened to lock everyone down. I suppose he had a legimate reason for that.

I think the main problem with the episode is almost nothing gets resolved. The big dramatic scene is when the Senator sacrifices himself to seal the breech. Though this was nice change to how politicians are typically portrayed it probably wansn't enough to get the audience all geeked out. I'm not saying the episode was bad, in fact, I liked it. The best thing I can say is like a decent prologue in a novel it has gotten me interested. I suppose that is what a pilot episode should do.

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ZZETTA13

Monday, October 5, 2009 11:34 AM

SG-U didn’t strike me as terrible….there did seem to be an awful lot of people that were saved through the Stargate Portal though. A lot of throw away characters that may have a line or two before they can be killed-off. Kinda resembles the Lost tv series on ABC……like they’re Lost on a alien spaceship in space…..Lost in Space…..hey??!!!

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JAYNEZTOWN

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 3:11 AM

No Jewel?

MANGOLO

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 4:23 AM

Seems to me that SGU is going with the current formal: dysfunctional, semi-psychotic individuals vie for their own personal interests with little attention to what is best for the group except when require by military protocol and even that is often dysfunctional - we saw it in LOST and recently in DEFYING GRAVITY and VIRTUALITY. Personally, I don't like that attitude for a show. The reason why I loved Firefly/Buffy is the sense of family took precedence over dysfunction. Even River felt it. Even Jayne.

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