I agree. I loved SG-1. I was skeptical of Atlantis until I watched it; and then loved it. I was skeptical of Universe but willing to give it a chance. After watching the opener of SGU I am extremely disappointed. I nearly fell asleep in the middle out of boredom. If it was bad but tolerable I would still watch it, but its not even tolerable. The problem is that its not Stargate. The show is obviously designed for a different demographic. To accomplish that they took everything about stargate that I like out and put everything about tv that I hate in. The biggest draw of Stargate was adventure and discovery. All SGU seems to have is forced angst. I don't get it. If they wanted another BSG why not just make another BSG? No need to drag stargate into this mess.
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I agree. I loved SG-1. I was skeptical of Atlantis until I watched it; and then loved it. I was skeptical of Universe but willing to give it a chance. After watching the opener of SGU I am extremely disappointed. I nearly fell asleep in the middle out of boredom. If it was bad but tolerable I would still watch it, but its not even tolerable. The problem is that its not Stargate. The show is obviously designed for a different demographic. To accomplish that they took everything about stargate that I like out and put everything about tv that I hate in. The biggest draw of Stargate was adventure and discovery. All SGU seems to have is forced angst. I don't get it. If they wanted another BSG why not just make another BSG? No need to drag stargate into this mess.