The New Stargate Universe Thread

^ In a way.
I prefer it to Atlantis (blasphemy! :p), although the first few seasons of SG1 were the best (before it became too much of a comedy).
 
Hikari Kisugi said:
I agree, and tbh I still think the S1 finale of BSG was the best way to leave any series hanging, I actually found it utterly unexpected, we all knew she was a cylon, and had behaved as a wonderful colonial, and then congratulatory handshake/BANG!

Superb storywriting.
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Exactly

That was a genuine cliffhanger and insanely gutsy, but it paid off enormously.

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There was a genuine sense of 'Oh ****, he's really gonna die', That scene was staged perfectly, the reaction of the main and secondary characters in the confusion, the slo mo, Adama bleeding out profously on the Dradis console.

This was the character that you'd have thought the writers would never put in any danger as he's the main male lead, but no, Bam!. Great stuff.

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I love SGU, I actually think it is the BEST of the Stargates by a mile.

Although I loved SG1 and Atlantis was okay.

This is different, it feels real and the acting is top notch which let us be honest is a first in Sci Fi.

I cant understand why people dont like it.
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I can think of dozens of sci fi shows that have great acting, both past and present. I don't think SGU has raised the bar by any means, but it's allowed the franchise to catch up to modern expectations.

There was some great acting and actors in SG1 and SGA unfortunately most of the time it was buried underneath a layer of comedy, with SGU it's allot more in your face. (Which seems to be the trend now for serious stuff).

The SG-1 episodes 'Meridian', 'Abyss' and 'Lifeboat' spring to mind for some great acting, along with episodes like 'Before I Sleep' and 'The Shrine' from Atlantis. The actors were top notch, and imo underrated (Michael Shanks in 'Lifeboat' is superb). The problem was the scripts they had to work with tbh (Not that it was bad by any means).
 
PoD said:
I love SGU, I actually think it is the BEST of the Stargates by a mile.
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Sigh i despise the human race sometimes :(, that's like saying Deep Space 9 is the best of the star trek series

SG-U Is just Eastenders in space with terrible handheld camera work!, thus I'm glad they are finally cancelling it for good.
 
^^ lol there's a massive amount of st fans out there that would say ds9 is the best.

Sgu is good but it doesn't have the same charm as Atlantis and it's not as ridiculous as sg1, I still think Atlantis is the best by miles especially the later seasons really honed in on story arcs etc
 
SG:U is becoming unwatchable. Series 2 is such a failure so far. No wonder it was cancelled, the executives saw it coming. Have to admit, I did too, from the very day it was announced a few years ago I knew it was going to be a flop :/
 
PoD said:
I love SGU, I actually think it is the BEST of the Stargates by a mile.

Although I loved SG1 and Atlantis was okay.

This is different, it feels real and the acting is top notch which let us be honest is a first in Sci Fi.

I cant understand why people dont like it.
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I think it's easily the best sg but we are in the minority.
People who like sg and have been big fans dont want a soap opera, people not into scfi will not what's sgu due to its name and similarity to st/sg format.
Where a few of us who like sic-fi but can't stand the format of st/sg actually seem to like it.

As I said if they removed it from the sg universe and made something very similar but in a new universe I think it would have made it and been very popular.
 
AcidHell2 said:
I think it's easily the best sg but we are in the minority.
People who like sg and have been big fans dont want a soap opera, people not into scfi will not what's sgu due to its name and similarity to st/sg format.
Where a few of us who like sic-fi but can't stand the format of st/sg actually seem to like it.

As I said if they removed it from the sg universe and made something very similar but in a new universe I think it would have made it and been very popular.
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Same was said with Caprica.... accept Caprica I really started to love the charactors and acting and then it got cut just when it was getting interesting.

With SGU you never quite felt interested or concerned for the charactors, just too many of them also and yeah it was a bit of an eastenders in space, mind you ds9 was said to be the same and BSG !

Will be a shame to see SGU go I felt it had some potential but it just felt like they wanted to save money on cgi and action/good storylines which is what SG fans tend to want.

Sadly it does seem the recession is killing scifi, its getting harder and worser too keep a show running or being considered good even.
 
Caprica was gash... slow boring arse gash... Ill watch SGU over than - wait, ill turn the TV off i think.

They should have somehow magically fixed up Destiny to 100% and made a few episodes of it just blowing the crap out of everything and anyone that came near it.

SGU reminds me now of pLaying EVE with Holbycity on in the background... 2 of the most boring things there are.
 
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Fringe is mind blowingly amazing and Walter bishop is probably the finest character I have ever watched on a TV show!

 
I think SGU would have benefited from shorter seasons, the main plot episodes are good but there is to many filler eps for my liking.

You could do filler eps in SG1 and SGA because of the way the shows were set up but it just plaining boring when they do it in SGU :(
 
No more movies

There will be no more movies movies

Stargate writer, executive producer and mastermind Brad Wright took the stage earlier today at Creation Entertainment’s Official Stargate Convention in Vancouver, British Columbia and proceeded to update and clear the air on the fate of the latest series, Stargate Universe.

“We just recently found out that the SGU movie is not going to happen,” Wright said during his stage panel today. “It took too long. We just couldn’t get it together in time, and the window has closed. It’s actually sad for me, because after 17 years, I’m cleaning out my desk tomorrow morning.”
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So that's it then, the shows that we have faithfully watched for the last 17 years are over and from the looks of things there will be no proper conclusion to either Atlantis (not that I was holding out much hope of that one any more) or Universe.

It sucks :(
 
God what ever happened to the days when studios gave series a chance to get into their stride...anyone rewatch the first two series of Next generation, jesus it was awefull in places. Seems like execs want eleventy billion viewing figures at once or they start sending out memos to get desks cleared. :(
 
Sucks but not unexpected or surprising.

While we won't be seeing it in the near future, i doubt this is the end for the franchise. I'm sure sooner or later someone will come along and give it some new blodd and life.

Just look at Babylon 5, there was a 5 year gap between the last movie in 2002 and the Lost Tales in 2007.

But still 17 years, it's a long time, and overall i think everyone who was involved in the production has created some great television over that period.
 
Yikes that's it after SGU finishes it's run now ... still I will be buy the season on BD as I've got the first already so might as well.

It is a real shame for them not to at least have gotten some kind of closure to SGU/SGA stories in whatever form - although I'm sure there'll be fan made endings in no time!

Long live Stargate!
 
Antar Bolaeisk said:
There will be no more movies movies



So that's it then, the shows that we have faithfully watched for the last 17 years are over and from the looks of things there will be no proper conclusion to either Atlantis (not that I was holding out much hope of that one any more) or Universe.

It sucks :(
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A sad day for Stargate :(

Hope it gets rebooted at some point, but I really think it has run its course now.
 
I'm gutted they'll be no movies even though they've got two scripts written and ready to go. I really liked the idea of one massive crossover movie with SG-1, Atlantis and Universe all interacting. I think it would've been fantastic.

I'm still gutted about Universe being axed it has really found it's feet in the back part of Season 2 and has had some superb writing and acting.

If you’re interested I think Joe Mallozzi will be spilling the beans on everything Stargate once Universe has finished in the states - Proposed SGU Story Arcs, Stargate Movie plots etc on his blog: http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/
 
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