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Stargate Universe
Last night I finally scraped together the two hours to watch the premiere of Stargate Universe. Since the last two series really ran their course and deserved to end, I was skeptical. At first blush it appears that the show is just Atlantis + Voyager, shot in the documentary style that practically every sci-fi show since Firefly uses. But I enjoyed it, and figured we should have a place to discuss it. The TV landscape needs more real, good sci-fi: there's not a lot of it left, even on the moronically renamed Syfy channel. But maybe this one will have a solid season. I just hope that future episodes don't have so many commercials. I couldn't believe how many ads appeared during this thing.
Yet particle and energy weapons shoot through just fine.
EPIC FAIL!
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Agreed for the most part.
If there is one thing i could have changed about the Stargate series as a whole, it would have been more stories based around all the species of the galaxy that they came in to contact with.
It was only on the occasion that it strayed away from the constant struggle against the big bads, and those episodes were honestly the best ones there.
So many times i have wondered what has happened to Planet X and species Y.
What happened to the race who infiltrated the base and used holograms and memory recall devices?
What happened to the Re'tu?
I could go on and on.
I think this new character-orientated style will really pay off. It is one of the reasons i love Fringe and Lost so much, seeing the characters crack open and collide.