Stargate: Universe - Page 8

Wolfen · 10-02-2009, 10:04 PM

Meh. This first episode didn't blow me away. Other than getting a hard on for Chloe, I didn't connect with any of the characters. I'll still watch every week. It's a scifi show.

Naming Sam's ship "Hammond" was a nice touch.

Edit: I also don't see much potential for cool pew pew.

Araxen · 10-03-2009, 01:26 AM

I liked what I saw and it looks like it's going to be a good series. This will be my first Stargate series I'm going to watch. I may Netflix the other two series and watch them too.

Rush gets all the nerdrage it seems and also find video game boy some new clothes too. He was still wearing that red shirt at the end.

Korioni · 10-03-2009, 02:02 AM

A good premiere for syfy, so long as you don't compare it to shows that came to syfy from other networks, a.k.a. BSG and SG1.

One thing though... I hate all of the SG military personnel so bad it hurts, outside of the nurse. There wasn't a solid acting performance between them. Especially the young one who was initially put in charge.

I'll keep watching it, and I imagine it will get good ratings compared to other shows on that network.

Torrid · 10-03-2009, 07:29 AM

Definitely watchable. Didn't exactly blow me away either, but considering that shows tend to start out worse than they get, it has potential. Nothing really blows me away anymore anyway. Sure beats the pants off shit like Sanctuary.

Nice to see the "kids + old man in space" thing was overblown at least. If I had one real complaint it's that the characters sort of seem "generic." I don't see a character to get attached to like an O'Neill or a Rodney. Of course the show is one episode in so that could change. I'm just waiting for them to run into some aliens on the first planet they step foot on and find one who wants to join them for reasons that make no sense. It's tradition!

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Agraza · 10-03-2009, 08:06 AM

The Lt. is implausibly empathetic. He didn't blow his shit, and based on what experience? Otherwise it was solid. I hope mathboy grows out of being a gigantic pussy and angerdude walks off a cliff.

Juvarisx · 10-03-2009, 08:52 AM

Just hope whoever they introduce as the main bad guy is more on Baal level of awesome and less Wraith / Asurans / Ori suck

goatface · 10-03-2009, 09:33 AM

Would give it a C. Really didn't care for any of characters so far. Was sorta wanting geekboy to be scifi knowledgeable. Might have been corny but he should have brought up Wormhole X-Treme.

Wolfen · 10-03-2009, 11:35 AM

Seems like many comments I see about SGU on Twitter and elsewhere say the same thing: They didn't care about the characters. That's a bad sign.

Also, this episode is available for free in HD on iTunes today.

Nebuchadnezzar · 10-03-2009, 12:59 PM

I liked it. It had some tension to it and a more serious feel than you usual see from the save the world with a machine gun shows. However, I'm under no illusion that I will make it through the season once they get away from the first problem of keeping themselves alive.

spronk · 10-03-2009, 05:54 PM

meh, just saw premiere and it was ok. Kid feels a bit too much like Wesley Crusher, only vaguely interesting character is Robert Carlyle's and maybe the crazy-black-guy. The senator/daughter stuff really ate a lot of time that should have been edited down.

Nothing fantastic so far, but I guess it wasn't terrible. You knew shit was crazy and awesome after seeing the BSG miniseries or the Lost premiere, didn't get anything close to that level of interest with this.

I guess undecided for now, all the supporting actors look the same so hopefully they bring in some interesting aliens to mix things up. I saw briefly Lou Diamond Philips as a pilot but he wasn't part of the group that gated across, so dunno how they are gonna bring him and others in. Also not a huge fan of them having a comm channel back to Earth.

Sadly I think we'll see a lot of Voyager plots rehashed here.

meStevo · 10-03-2009, 07:34 PM

Didn't like crazy-black-guy... he seemed like an filler-soldier they liked, so they took 20 minutes, shot 3-4 extra scenes and now you have another underlying story.

'nobody looking at the right point in space where the floating camera is' aside, I thought it was OK, looking forward to how they make it not suck once they're 'safe' aboard the ship.

Wolfen · 10-03-2009, 07:38 PM

This episode wasn't very original. They did the exact same life support thing with the first episode of Atlantis.

Faille · 10-03-2009, 07:47 PM

I would have no problem if some ancients on the ship woke up, killed everyone on board, and the show continued but about them.

Qhue · 10-03-2009, 10:02 PM

I found the whole thing to be rather silly to be honest. The ship looks like a Battlestar in a way that betrays their eagerness to be edgy. Its clear we are meant to hate the doctor and its also clear that the entire population of the ship at this point are a bunch of twits. Why the hell did no one use the ancient communication device after Rush came back with it? If this was an episode of Atlantis or SG1 Carter/McKay would have solved the whole problem in under 43 minutes, instead we seem to be stuck with the Voyager concept merged with a Sliders-esque countdown.

They could have at least referenced "The Last Starfighter" with the whole Eli recruitment thing.

Araxen · 10-04-2009, 02:19 AM

The funny thing is I don't hate the Doctor. They failed in that regard pretty badly.

Also Scifi has the worst amount of screen garbage of any cable channel I watch. Good god there is something popping up every 2 minutes it seems. It's annoying as fuck.

10-02-2009, 10:04 PM	#106 (permalink)
Wolfen Give me hairless cooch or give me death! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 5,332 +200 Internets	Meh. This first episode didn't blow me away. Other than getting a hard on for Chloe, I didn't connect with any of the characters. I'll still watch every week. It's a scifi show. Naming Sam's ship "Hammond" was a nice touch. Edit: I also don't see much potential for cool pew pew. __________________ --If it weren't for the gutter, my mind would be homeless. Last edited by Wolfen; 10-02-2009 at 10:34 PM..

10-03-2009, 01:26 AM	#107 (permalink)
Araxen A Bearded Gnome Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Near Chicago, IL Posts: 4,925	I liked what I saw and it looks like it's going to be a good series. This will be my first Stargate series I'm going to watch. I may Netflix the other two series and watch them too. Rush gets all the nerdrage it seems and also find video game boy some new clothes too. He was still wearing that red shirt at the end. __________________ PSN: Araxen http://www.last.fm/user/araxen The Best FAQ on the Internet: The Official God FAQ

10-03-2009, 02:02 AM	#108 (permalink)
Korioni Six Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,815 -118 Internets	A good premiere for syfy, so long as you don't compare it to shows that came to syfy from other networks, a.k.a. BSG and SG1. One thing though... I hate all of the SG military personnel so bad it hurts, outside of the nurse. There wasn't a solid acting performance between them. Especially the young one who was initially put in charge. I'll keep watching it, and I imagine it will get good ratings compared to other shows on that network. __________________

10-03-2009, 07:29 AM	#109 (permalink)
Torrid Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,269	Definitely watchable. Didn't exactly blow me away either, but considering that shows tend to start out worse than they get, it has potential. Nothing really blows me away anymore anyway. Sure beats the pants off shit like Sanctuary. Nice to see the "kids + old man in space" thing was overblown at least. If I had one real complaint it's that the characters sort of seem "generic." I don't see a character to get attached to like an O'Neill or a Rodney. Of course the show is one episode in so that could change. I'm just waiting for them to run into some aliens on the first planet they step foot on and find one who wants to join them for reasons that make no sense. It's tradition! Spoiler Alert, click show to read: Will be interesting to see how they make the show work. I doubt they are going to be limited to 12 hour excursions every week. I'm not sure how they are going to explain why any humans will be on the planets they end up on either. Also if they can't control the ship, then they can't really revisit places. If they can control the ship, it won't get them home because most of the space between galaxies has nothing in it so they can't pull a Voyager. (at least, not more than they have) Nice to see the US Air Force still wasting the talents of humanity's most brilliant mind by putting her on the front lines though. Wouldn't be Stargate otherwise.

10-03-2009, 08:06 AM	#110 (permalink)
Agraza Issh good, no? Join Date: May 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 2,046	The Lt. is implausibly empathetic. He didn't blow his shit, and based on what experience? Otherwise it was solid. I hope mathboy grows out of being a gigantic pussy and angerdude walks off a cliff. __________________ Theel Maas, eJapan::Join us

10-03-2009, 08:52 AM	#111 (permalink)
Juvarisx Serious Business Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 473	Just hope whoever they introduce as the main bad guy is more on Baal level of awesome and less Wraith / Asurans / Ori suck

10-03-2009, 09:33 AM	#112 (permalink)
goatface Hope Is The First Step On The Road To Disappointment Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 568	Would give it a C. Really didn't care for any of characters so far. Was sorta wanting geekboy to be scifi knowledgeable. Might have been corny but he should have brought up Wormhole X-Treme.

10-03-2009, 11:35 AM	#113 (permalink)
Wolfen Give me hairless cooch or give me death! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 5,332 +200 Internets	Seems like many comments I see about SGU on Twitter and elsewhere say the same thing: They didn't care about the characters. That's a bad sign. Also, this episode is available for free in HD on iTunes today. __________________ --If it weren't for the gutter, my mind would be homeless.

10-03-2009, 12:59 PM	#114 (permalink)
Nebuchadnezzar Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 2,391 +3 Internets	I liked it. It had some tension to it and a more serious feel than you usual see from the save the world with a machine gun shows. However, I'm under no illusion that I will make it through the season once they get away from the first problem of keeping themselves alive. __________________ I eat grass like an ox and shat like a fox.

10-03-2009, 05:54 PM	#115 (permalink)
spronk nerd Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,099	meh, just saw premiere and it was ok. Kid feels a bit too much like Wesley Crusher, only vaguely interesting character is Robert Carlyle's and maybe the crazy-black-guy. The senator/daughter stuff really ate a lot of time that should have been edited down. Nothing fantastic so far, but I guess it wasn't terrible. You knew shit was crazy and awesome after seeing the BSG miniseries or the Lost premiere, didn't get anything close to that level of interest with this. I guess undecided for now, all the supporting actors look the same so hopefully they bring in some interesting aliens to mix things up. I saw briefly Lou Diamond Philips as a pilot but he wasn't part of the group that gated across, so dunno how they are gonna bring him and others in. Also not a huge fan of them having a comm channel back to Earth. Sadly I think we'll see a lot of Voyager plots rehashed here.

10-03-2009, 07:34 PM	#116 (permalink)
meStevo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 2,155 +3 Internets	Didn't like crazy-black-guy... he seemed like an filler-soldier they liked, so they took 20 minutes, shot 3-4 extra scenes and now you have another underlying story. 'nobody looking at the right point in space where the floating camera is' aside, I thought it was OK, looking forward to how they make it not suck once they're 'safe' aboard the ship.

10-03-2009, 07:38 PM	#117 (permalink)
Wolfen Give me hairless cooch or give me death! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 5,332 +200 Internets	This episode wasn't very original. They did the exact same life support thing with the first episode of Atlantis. __________________ --If it weren't for the gutter, my mind would be homeless.

10-03-2009, 07:47 PM	#118 (permalink)
Faille Fires of Heaven Officer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 3,368 +25 Internets	I would have no problem if some ancients on the ship woke up, killed everyone on board, and the show continued but about them. __________________ Faille Fires of Heaven http://www.fohguild.org/forums/uberw...lopment-forum/

10-03-2009, 10:02 PM	#119 (permalink)
Qhue Tunare's most surly gnome Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Upstate NY Posts: 1,502	I found the whole thing to be rather silly to be honest. The ship looks like a Battlestar in a way that betrays their eagerness to be edgy. Its clear we are meant to hate the doctor and its also clear that the entire population of the ship at this point are a bunch of twits. Why the hell did no one use the ancient communication device after Rush came back with it? If this was an episode of Atlantis or SG1 Carter/McKay would have solved the whole problem in under 43 minutes, instead we seem to be stuck with the Voyager concept merged with a Sliders-esque countdown. They could have at least referenced "The Last Starfighter" with the whole Eli recruitment thing. __________________ "Because the status is NOT quo. The world is a mess and I just need to .. rule it." - Dr. Horrible

10-04-2009, 02:19 AM	#120 (permalink)
Araxen A Bearded Gnome Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Near Chicago, IL Posts: 4,925	The funny thing is I don't hate the Doctor. They failed in that regard pretty badly. Also Scifi has the worst amount of screen garbage of any cable channel I watch. Good god there is something popping up every 2 minutes it seems. It's annoying as fuck. __________________ PSN: Araxen http://www.last.fm/user/araxen The Best FAQ on the Internet: The Official God FAQ

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