Stargate - Universe

[eggyoke]

The major flaw for me was the young cast. The entire group of soldiers look to be under 25 years old, some with attitude problems.

As for the fat stereotypical "nerd" kid... he's totally out of place. The first two episodes where full of poorly done dramatic scenes and tried to be completely serious (which failed because you didn't know the characters enough to give a ****,) so having him pull stupid faces into the flying camera was just totally distracting and out of place, almost as if he walked into the wrong studio while filming. I have no doubt the series will "lighten up" and he'll be at the heart of many things, but he was totally ridiculous in the opening episodes.

Thought Robert Carlyle did his best with the script he had, and the colonel might be the only redeeming factor in my continued viewing, unfortunately however it looks like he was quickly made a supporting actor and so we're stuck with the baby faced little lieutenant to go and preach good will to any aliens they meet.

 

[Tummy]

I thought it was disappointing.

I didn't get the computer geek at all, and thought it was daft they'd recruit him through a game.

 

[arknor]

yea i already hate the fat gabe newell computer nerd type.

i also liked how they killed some dieing man to push a buttun when they could have used a very long stick or just knocked it with one of those remote control camera things

 

[Rroff]

I got the feeling Robert Carlyle had been rushed into it - he seemed to be still finding his feet with the role... and the dialog was sometimes cringe worthy...

Also IMO they moved far to fast after having established the back story... getting the initial area of the ship stabalised/explored and finding their feet could have been dragged out a lot longer and still been interesting...

 

[Rroff]

yea i already hate the fat gabe newell computer nerd type.

i also liked how they killed some dieing man to push a buttun when they could have used a very long stick or just knocked it with one of those remote control camera things

Think there was some kinda "safety" mechanism that wouldn't engage the door locking/sealing mechanism without someone in the room/ship - once it was locked it didn't matter if there was anyone there or not so him dying didn't result in it reopening.

 

[fini]

The Go'auld weren't wiped out as a species their galactic dominance was just destroyed due to the vast majority of the system lords being defeated by the end of SG1. Chances are the ships are from the Lucien Alliance though.

Agreed, although it made no sense that an Earth ship was getting beaten up by three Lucien Alliance ships, the Hammond should have been able to easily deal with three ships - that's not consistent with previous battles at all.

 

[BeeP]

I quite enjoyed it, RC's char reminds me of Dr Smith a bit ( old enough for that?).

The other half pointed out that the fat nerd is/was in Ugly Betty.....useless info there.

I'll be tuning in if it stays at this level, a few boring epps could lose me though.

 

[v0n]

I see it immediately facing cancellation and spending 6 months on "are we on hiatus or do we roll out story arc" and it's due to cast and cast alone. There is no lead. Lead is non existent. Carlyle as "House in space", random nerdy fatty fatty fat fat, Lou Diamond Philips. What a mess. It's a main cast made of a lawyer or criminal drama season 13 "guest appearances".

Won't pull without tow truck. I give it 13 episodes.

 

[fini]

You do realise Lou Diamond Philips is not a regular. He's a recurring character, but is no way in every episode.

You also realise that "House in space" would be the most epic TV ever?

 

[Tummy]

You do realise Lou Diamond Philips is not a regular. He's a recurring character, but is no way in every episode.

You also realise that "House in space" would be the most epic TV ever?

I hope most of the cast aren't regulars.

 

[Faceman]

Watched this last night, really enjoyed it, but i am a massive fan to start with

 

[Demoniser]

I see it immediately facing cancellation and spending 6 months on "are we on hiatus or do we roll out story arc" and it's due to cast and cast alone. There is no lead. Lead is non existent. Carlyle as "House in space", random nerdy fatty fatty fat fat, Lou Diamond Philips. What a mess. It's a main cast made of a lawyer or criminal drama season 13 "guest appearances".

Won't pull without tow truck. I give it 13 episodes.

The first season is already well into production for a 20 episode run.

There isn't a real a 'lead' per say. Its an ensemble cast like Lost or BSG.

 

[V4NT0M]

Watched the other day, wasn't really impressed, that Eli kid doesn't do it for me... I think the first 2 episodes were just setting us up but for me they were pretty average, the main problem for me though was that it just seemed so similar to the premise of Atlantis.

It looks to me like the premise of the entire series will be the ship stopping at planets for X hours every episode and that time spent with the usual stargate crap.

 

[Kainz]

I'm giving it a chance, although I'm not pleased by the fact that everyone seems to be a sodding teenybopper. The soldiers are just unbelievable in their current guise.

Not formed an opinion on Eli yet. Lets hope his char doesn't end up doing a McKay and learning the origins of the universe by the end of the 3rd eps.

Was utterly peeved to see the BSG Shakycam in use as the base got attacked and bombarded by the G'ould. Not a fan of shakycam lark at all. I didn't notice it anywhere else though.

The show on the whole has a tough task ahead of it. With TV networks churning out more and more TV Series, I just hope it manages to keep a good script for those viewing figures. Oh, and I'm glad the olde guy died!

 

[Glaucus]

Stargate sg1 is muhhh. I'll watch it if nothing else is on. Hate star trek. But yet the first two episodes where awesome. I think Universe might be enjoyed by a much larger audience.

 

[The Dread Pirate]

Saw this the other day I like the premise but I'm unsure about a couple of characters Eli for example.

 

[Alibaba99]

Agreed, although it made no sense that an Earth ship was getting beaten up by three Lucien Alliance ships, the Hammond should have been able to easily deal with three ships - that's not consistent with previous battles at all.

Yeah, what happened to the Asgard beam weapons. They are capable of taking down an Ori ship in a single shot so the Lucien ships shouldn't have presented any threat.

 

[Demoniser]

Yeah, what happened to the Asgard beam weapons. They are capable of taking down an Ori ship in a single shot so the Lucien ships shouldn't have presented any threat.

sadly the writers often do stupid things like this when its convenient for the plot, especially when it comes to Sci Fi.

 

[Shamikebab]

This feels like Battlestar Atlantis to me.

 

[Rroff]

Yeah, what happened to the Asgard beam weapons. They are capable of taking down an Ori ship in a single shot so the Lucien ships shouldn't have presented any threat.

sadly the writers often do stupid things like this when its convenient for the plot, especially when it comes to Sci Fi.

The uprated asgard tech that allowed them those capabilities was first installed on the Odyssey, and lesser advanced versions are found on the Prometheus. The Daedalus was next upgraded to the uprated asgard tech but doesn't have the full computer suite as found on the odyssey, the other Daedalus class ships are being upgraded as well but at the time of Stargate Universe the George Hammond/Phoenix does not have fully functioning uprated asgard tech but just the basic shield, beaming and engines - none of the asgard weapon tech, I believe the advanced shield system is online tho still in testing at that point in the story timeline thingy.


EDIT: Oh and the wiki has the final daedalus class loadout on it for the hammond - before anyone reads off the wiki at me I don't know if its even been confirmed the hammond does eventually gets the nuclear arsenal, full asgard core or the beam weapons.