«Bring Back SG Universe»
I am very disappointed that this series is not scheduled to continue. Yes, the format is similar to the patterns and formulas that we have seen in other Star gate series productions. So what? Cars have all had wheels for last hundred years. We still drive and love them. Lets face it, the cars we drive today are as different as night and day from the cars driven 100 years ago yet they still have wheels. The Writers of this show managed to introduce new characters with plots that have enough twists, turns and intelligent dialog to keep me interested and coming back for more. I have no doubt this could have gone on for many more seasons, assuming the writing remained challenging.
Interestingly, any lack of viewer following maybe due to a lack of promotion. Frankly, I just stumbled onto the show as it was closing. Luckily DVD's are available and I gobbled up the entire series with a ravenous appetite and now I am hungry for more.
[Monday, September 06, 2010]
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«Thankfully a realistic show»
I hated SG-1 and wondered if the edginess of Continuum might be continued....well, thankfully it has with Stargate Universe. What a wonderfully, realistic depiction of human behavior thrown into a stew of the unknown. THE BEST Stargate in my opinion since the original film. BRAVO!
[Thursday, August 19, 2010]
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«Gross mis-step by the usually exceptional Stargate team»
To begin, I am a very hard-core Stargate fan. I have the original film, all of SG-1, all of Atlantis and all of the direct to DVD films. I was very hopeful when I first heard about the new series - although there were elements of the previous shows that I was not fond of, as a rule they were exceptional. I expected the same from SGU and it was a mistake.
It is difficult to get enthused about a show when you despise virtually all of the characters. Maybe one or two, that I can understand. But all of them? I can't necessarily blame the actors as I expect they are hostage to the script and director. This show has a group of the nastiest, most self involved characters I've seen outside a "reality" tv show. Petty, backstabbing behavior, chronic lies and betrayal seems to be standard with this group. These are just not nice people.
There is none of the humor or "team spirit" the prior shows were known for. The SGU characters are all about "me me me". SG1 and Atlantis characters were all about doing what is right. SG1 and Atlantis always had hope underlying the drama. Granted, the lightning in a bottle chemistry that was SG1 doesn't happen easily or frequently, and I didn't set the bar that high for this series and it still fell WAY short.
In the case of both SG1 and Atlantis the characters all struck me as being people I would want to know - people you would want to "have your back" in a bad situation. The cast of SGU makes me want to run in the other direction figuring it is better to face the danger alone than with them at your back.
The story ideas have been creative, but without the positive feel to them in the implementation. I can't work up any emotional investment in their well being, so the "dangers" have a very disconnected feel to them. I just can't get engaged in what is happening when they are running out of air, water, etc because I just don't care. It just isn't worth watching when you are just disgusted most of the time. I've given up watching. I prefer to re-watch SG1 or Atlantis.
Now, regarding the half series DVD release nonsense. Syfy doesn't seem to care much about their fan base since this isn't the first time they ahve done this... I think it is shoddy and money grabbing with no consideration for the fans - particularly if it isn't obvious that it is only half the season. I guess they don't care if they alienate their fan base.
[Wednesday, August 11, 2010]
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