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Just listened to the latest gateworld interviews podcast which is with David Blue ... really looking like a sweet character he's got (Eli) ... can't wait for the main podcast next week about Air parts 1&2!
 
Prolly won't make much odds aslong as you know the basic stargate premise... I guess I shouldn't really say too much but I have a friend who did 3D modelling for some of the stargate stuff so I got to see it already... sadly looks like they are throwing away the massive potential it does have with the same old carp :(
 
It's been getting very mixed reviews on IMDB from those that have seen it in America. I am looking forward to seeing this next week, or is that this week now? when does the new week officially start?, and shall make my own mind up after a few episodes.

For the record, not that there is one or that anyone asked :p, I preferred Atlantis to SG1.
 
Hope this doesn't turn out like sga i.e crappy cast, crappy story, crappy enemies that just seem to be turned into sissy enemies as time goes on.
 
Agreed - they'd better not make them an un-defeatable race only to then have some way to neutralise/eradicate them appear two / three episodes later!

Also I'd like to have a mix of baddies not just the one as with the Wraith / Go'auld just to be a little different - doesn't mean some of those can't have their own story arcs at some point though.

The "Evil Asgard" had better make a showing even if only in passing :p
 
watched it yesterday

basically, not talking about the plot, what they have done is made it more dramatic, more emphasis on the acting etc.. so it is like SG1 but moving closer to battlestar galactica (new one) in acting and drama etc.
 
I really like the face that they are truly sailing into the complete unknown, likely there will be no transplanted humans from earth to encounter. With SG1 and Atlantis the characters at least had a decent understanding of what was out there in the milky way and pegasus galaxies. It brings back a bit of the mystery to it which i think is what SG1 and Atlantis did well in the earlier seasons :).

The fact that it looks to be more plot arc based is also an improvement imo. I find it far better to have a large story spread over multiple episodes. SG1 and Atlantis really did suffer from 'location/alien' of the week episodes sometimes, i much prefer it when they at least link together in some arcing plot rather than keeping plots dangling without resolution.

Oh and don't worry the third SG1 movie and the SGA movie are in production afaik so they're not gone for good :).
 
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i really liked it, different direction but still remaining firmly entrenched in stargate lore.

yes we can all say in our best geeky voices 'it's a rip off of BSG, it's a rip of of voyager, it's a rip off of stargate(??)' but is anything these days original? enjoy it for what it is as opposed to trying to spot who it's emulating :)

i'll be eagerly tuning in
 
Atlantis and latter SG1 sucked, hard. THe need for a decent enemy or "goal" thats not, crap, is massive.

Will they switch from an enemy to a goal this time, are they going to be trying to find a way home, don't know.

As for the idea that there will be no transplanted humans, my initial thought is, they will find a way, not least because its cheaper to have humans dressed up in different garb, than have a new type of monster on every planet they encounter, so some ridiculous reason for "humans" to be on almost every planet they come across will almost no doubt present itself.

Considering where SG1/Atlantis ended up, from where SG1 started and the guess that many of the same writers/creators are involved, I can't imagine it will be very good. THe cast seems, uninspired, and likea checklist of every stereotype any standard of the rack show must have in it. The techy geek, the military leader, the new guy caught up in the whole thing whose a genius, the civilan leader, the politician, etc, etc.

Predictable is what it seems it will be.
 
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THe need for a decent enemy or "goal" thats not, crap, is massive.
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There is not going to be an enemy in this series. I think it focusses on surviving on some very old ancient ship and trying to get back to Earth. The people trapped on the ship didn't intend to go there, unlike Atlantis.
 
If theres any humans they meet in the series then its messed right up because there too far for any to be there and all the gates there were auto built by the ships. So hopefully we will see some alien only races that dont look human.
 
i wouldn't think it would be to far fetched to have some planets with humanesque archetypes, we are after all the most 'advanced' species on earth, there's no reason to assume that similar beings to us wouldn't have evolved on other planes given similar parameters
 
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