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Stargate Universe

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the just-another-lazy-monday dept.

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.

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  1. Re:Troubleshooting skills. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I wondered the same thing! Strap any random object to the Keno and use it to punch the correct button to close the hatch. But hey, that wouldn't be nearly as heroic, would it?

  2. Re:Is Stargate any good? by jedidiah · · Score: 0, Troll

    The movie is pretty worthless compared to the series.

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  3. Re:SPOILER!!!!!! by NewbieProgrammerMan · · Score: 0, Troll

    Couldn't they just open the new gate to any planet with a good atmosphere and just top up the ship with breathable air?

    I can think of two reasons:

    1. It's been established frequently in the other two series that matter will only travel in an outgoing direction through a stargate, so you'd need somebody to dial in instead.
    2. The ship was (I think) in motion, faster than light. I don't think they've ever said whether it's possible to dial in or out from a gate moving that fast.

    And then there's the consideration that they wanted to kill somebody off in the pilot for dramatic purposes, so a stuck door and air loss is as good a MacGuffin as anything else. It is consistent with the established rules in the series, though.

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  4. Re:Appallingly mediocre. by Mr.+Arbusto · · Score: 0, Troll

    - IMHO Connor Chronicles was the last almost ok Sci fi production...

    It was, until there was a 4 - 5 episode run of stupid in season 2 that made it unbearable to watch. Pair that with the extremely mediocre Dollhouse at there was no incentive to watch it.