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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.
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?
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Even if it were actually good, don't watch it. Or have you forgotten?
By watching anything on that channel, or, at least, encouraging those who possess Nielsen boxes to watch it, you are giving money to hucksters in suits who hold you in contempt and are incapable of distinguishing your interests from pro wrestling and ghost hunting.
The movie is pretty worthless compared to the series.
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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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Good summary. Here are the random thoughts that popped into my head during the premiere:
- That ship traveled the distance of about ~50 galaxies in 10,000 years. According to scientists there's about 3 million LYs between each galaxy, so the ship covered that's 150 million lightyears. FLAW: It's only about 50 million LYs from here to the edge of the universe. (suspension of disbelief just broke)
- How many stargates did the Ancients "seed" if the ship was only one day away from one of them? There must be trillions of them scattered around.
- Stargate Atlantis is to Star Trek DS9, as Stargate Universe is to Voyager.
- I'd rather have season 6 of Atlantis.
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- 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.
Sorry Hulu is primarily standard def or lower. I'll not lower myself to watch video at the lowest common denominator especially since shelling out $$$ for a nice Flat panel display.
You need to get yourself a proper job that doesn't pay peanuts, and get yourself a proper TV. What kind of shit is 42"? I'll be watching it (actually, I won't, I hate sci-fi) on my projector at whatever size I damn well please, or possibly on one of my numerous 60+" HD displays.