Comments on: Stargate Universe: Take a drink every time there’s a sex scene

By: John

John — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:07:48 +0000

Just to say i thought i would hate stargate universe and wanted atlantis back but after watching all the episodes of stargate universe i found it slightly more entertaining than stargate atlantis. its a new take on a similar storyline that we have been watching for fifteen years. for fifteen years we have been watching the same similar group of characters go through the gate.
1. The Funny Guy = Jack or John
2. The Clever Guy = Sam or Rodney
3. The expert on alien history = Daniel or Teyla
4. The tough warrior Alien = Teal’c or Ronon
And this just gives it a fresh lift while still being entertaining.

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By: coleman

coleman — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:49:22 +0000

I have been a stargate fan ever sice SG-1. I liked atlantis, yet not that much in the begining. I like atlantis in the later episodes. Stargate universe is HORRIBLE. I have stopped watching the show until there is a writer change, a charater change or even better the show goes off and they bring back stargate atlantis. I believe if enough people stop watching the show, they will get the message change the show or start looking for a new job.

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By: Diane

Diane — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:45:00 +0000

I’m not likeing this kind of Stargate, all I’m seeing is them useing the stones all the time to talk to there loved ones, a few times was ok, but now there doing with each one is really getting old and the sex is just too much as someone said one hear if they wanted to see sex they watch porn. I’m starting to not like any of the characters on the show. Then there’s the part where kids can’t watch this show because it’s too dark and gritty, the way it’s going this Stargate will not last too long.

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By: Manuel

Manuel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:47:12 +0000

Yup, I agree. It’s almost as if the next thing they’re gonna do, is completely disregard the Ancient Tech, and try to incorporate their MAC laptops to make the Ancient tech more User-Friendly.

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By: Manuel

Manuel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:43:59 +0000

LoL. I’m all for it.

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By: Manuel

Manuel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:43:17 +0000

RUSH is SG:U, and maybe Lu Diamond Phillips.

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By: Manuel

Manuel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:41:12 +0000

Epic lulz. Truth.

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By: Manuel

Manuel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:40:08 +0000

I DEMAND MY PEW-PEW-PEW and my WOOOSH! With some ‘techno-babble’ and ‘psedu-philosophy’!!

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By: Manuel

Manuel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:30:50 +0000

We hope they all die, and Jack O’niell wakes up from a bad dream, and the alarm is going off for a ‘Unauthorized Incoming Wormhole.’!!!

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By: Manuel

Manuel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:27:23 +0000

They where very deep from the get go. They seemed to react to situations with a personal history. (for SG-1 and somewhat for SG-A)

SGU characters seem to not respond to emotion, but in a forced effort to lead the story in a certain direction. (me and my gang of SG fans were wondering ‘wtf’ by the end of the first episode, and where ALREADY making up our own dialogue by the 4th episode)

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By: Manuel

Manuel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:23:46 +0000

The problem is they aren’t doing any investigation and research on the tech, culture, or even history of the Ancients. It’s because it hasn’t been thought through fully, yet. At least, the lack of ancient talk seems like that way.

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By: Manuel

Manuel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:21:53 +0000

Haha, truth. With a garnish of The Real World.

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By: Manuel

Manuel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:20:59 +0000

Haha, no. They didn’t create more, they created a thin representation of it.

It’s like they so wished to distanced themselves, they literally had to leave the galactic local group. (reminds me of the kid in high school of traveled after graduation, only to find himself, in the very same mentality that he was trying to escape from)

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By: Manuel

Manuel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:18:22 +0000

You gave me an idea. Thanks for the internets.

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By: Al

Al — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:28:14 +0000

One thing that’s never touched on in this review is the deep distrust of science and scientists. Art imitates life, but life also imitates art, and I think this is fuel for the fire. The completely baseless, deep seated hatred and suspicion against Dr. Rush screams “tea party protestors” to me, and quite frankly I consider it socially irresponsible for Scifi (the channel or the genre) to be giving credence to such leaps of paranoia.

The scenarios under which the cast express animosity to rush are counter-intuitive. If you’re stuck on a plane without a pilot, you ask around until you find someone with flight training, yet people refuse to follow the recommendations of the expert on the technology around them until compelled by armed force. Yet, the show doesn’t bring this irrationality into question at all, and in fact picks it up and runs with it.

In this way, SG:U is, ironically, the anti-science fiction. Every episode the writers undermine the credibility of scientists, and the overarching “lesson” to be learned from the series is to shun the exploration and scientific pursuits responsible for our greatest leaps in engineering and virtually every fixture of our modern life.

As for the aspects already covered by this review, the writers seem to be mediocre at best. My last true assignment in creative writing was a decade ago and I can still see better ways to focus on the crew’s struggles to survive and orient themselves than turning the series into “SOAP OPERA… INNNN SPAAAACCCE”.

It seems they’ve run out of immediate crisies now, at least, maybe they can move on to the more salient issues at hand if the cast is to survive and eventually adapt to their sitation. Honestly, they could take a few lessons from season one of “enterprise” in regards to tying this in with plot (yes, they could include that, too!) and meaningful character development, rather than the development of stains on their hundred-thousand year old sheets.

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By: Psy

Psy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:14:07 +0000

Sorry I’m an irregular commenter and have no need to register. Thanks for the opportunity to express my disappointment with Stargate Universe just the same.

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By: Rhonda Richardson

Rhonda Richardson — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:02:02 +0000

I totally agree with you. I miss Sheppard and McKay, Ronan and Teyla. I want the old Stargate back.

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By: Draco

Draco — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:43:45 +0000

If I wanted to watch sex scenes I’d be watching Greys Anatomy or Soaps etc. which I don’t.

Not in the Stargate world….NOT necessary. The door closes..you know what happens next. Don’t need to see it on screen.

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By: Draco

Draco — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:37:36 +0000

I’m not bias, I’ve watched everthing Stargate so far. I’m sorry, this one has not “held my attention” and I’ve actually been bored with most of it.

I fast forward thru the unnecessary sex scenes and basically don’t care about any of the characters..don’t care who lives or who dies.

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By: Blast Magazine Newsroom

Blast Magazine Newsroom — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:18:19 +0000

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By: Psy

Psy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:37:16 +0000

“(who have hardly any personality at all aside from Eli and Rush)”

I see Rush as the only one trying focusing on what the show should be about but its pointless as he is surrounded by emotional drama queens.

Eli is busy playing with his flying ball and juvenile hormones instead of trying to assist Rush which was the whole point of him being recruited. He is as worthless there as he was at home with his mommy.

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By: Psy

Psy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:29:00 +0000

I didn’t as for that stuff, I like shoot-em up car chases, space battles, action adventure.

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By: Psy

Psy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:26:39 +0000

As the Stargate turns

Stargate Psychosis

Stargate the Love Story

The Universe of Childish Petty Bickering

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By: heraldtalia

heraldtalia — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:32:34 +0000

I absolutely agree, lizlou. I adore SG1 and SGA, even with all their admitted flaws, so I was hoping that I’d enjoy SGU as well. I didn’t expect to love it the way I loved the first two, but I at least expected to be entertained. Instead, I just feel bored. I actually end up getting so bored with the show that my mind wanders and I end up blabbing to my sister about other things.

To me, there is nothing entertaining about this show. The “characters” (who have hardly any personality at all aside from Eli and Rush) leave me feeling either indifference, annoyance, or nothing at all. My sister and I have taken to calling this show simply “Universe” because there is nothing Stargate about it aside from the gate itself. All of the “feel” of Stargate is gone, and like you, I often find myself wondering why I am watching. I guess because the word “Stargate” is in the title and I’m waiting for guest spots from the actors from the other two shows.

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By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:11:59 +0000

I am enjoying these new characters and look forward to learning more about them. I often felt we didn’t know enough about the team members of SG1 and SGA. Robert Carlyle is one of THE BEST at developing characters you can’t quite figure out and I’m sure his influence on the rest of the cast will nudge the performance of some of the less experienced cast members. I did feel there were slow spots in the first couple episodes but I didn’t feel that at all in the last couple. I have high hopes for this series.

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By: lizlou

lizlou — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:57:02 +0000

I have watched the first four episodes and am asking myself why. Maybe because the tv is on and my husband is watching it? Even he, as an ardent sci fi fan (BSG in particular)is finding it seriously heavy going. I find it a bit like watching paint dry! I can’t even get enthusiastic about any of the min characters -they just leave me cold. Don’t think I’ll be watching more-would rather read a book!

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By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:43:50 +0000

Yeah, Chuck! I totally agreed with you. This is a new, different show and I am ready for it and enjoying it. I hope it stays on for a long run.

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By: lindagagne

lindagagne — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0000

Yes “WE” we being the fans of the show who fought for SGA. You know the ones who gave “THEM” 15 years of where they are today just to tell us WE are no longer needed… OK, but the SGU ratings are nothing to be proud of..

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By: Psy

Psy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:36:39 +0000

“we ASKED for those deeper personal character interactions in OUR shows and….”

We?????

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By: Koala

Koala — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:40:23 +0000

Yeah, my friends and I call it Stargate 90210. I can’t believe that after waiting all these months THIS is what we get.

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By: Barb

Barb — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:39:32 +0000

… Stargate: 90210, Stargate: Voyager…

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By: Psy

Psy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:09:33 +0000

I think its been established that they only fight among themselves.

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By: Evets

Evets — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:55:12 +0000

This is survivor in space. It even has the time wasting character monologue self introductions. Sci-fi should be intended for sci-fi fans and not try to appeal to people that would watch a soap opera or friends. I’m really only watching this because it’s stargate albeit a bizarro form of it. I’ll decide after the 5th episode if I will continue watching this melodramatic drivel.

If they get into a fight and anything penetrates the shields, I’m done watching . The ship went inside of a star so there shouldn’t be anything in existence that could damage it except maybe a black hole.

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By: AncientOne

AncientOne — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:51:04 +0000

I can understand Billy Holland’s point of view and I respect it. But I find the final statement he made “… but instead of trying to fight to change this series, why not fight to get more series of science fiction on the air that you enjoy, so that we all can have something we enjoy watching, rather than fighting to change something others want to watch.”

SGA fans did fight to keep the show we enjoyed on the air. We did that. We ALL could’ve had something to watch that we enjoy. ALL of us. The powers that be didn’t want to satisfy ALL their loyal fans, they wanted to turn their backs on those who have followed them for nearly 15 years. They closed their minds to what we asked for, they turned their backs and scoffed at us and our comments and ideas. You are completely right Billy… why couldn’t we ALL have the show we enjoy watching? Why did it really have to be one or the other? I didn’t watch BSG because it was too dark, too gritty and too much “stress” for entertainment… I get enough of that in real life. I don’t like BSG type sci fi shows, that’s why I watched the lighter SG-1 (until season 6)and the Atlantis version which could’ve been a LOT more of the character depth that you seem to see in SGU.

Atlantis fans asked for – begged for – deeper character studies, deeper backgrounds and histories of the characters, deeper personal interactions and we were told repeatedly that “That has no place in a sci-fi action adventure show”. But it sure found its place in SGU. So before SGU fans scoff at fans of SG-1 or SGA, be clear on this – we ASKED for those deeper personal character interactions in OUR shows and were denied by the very people spilling it all out in a B SG/ST:V copycat.

I don’t appreciate being insulted because my tastes differ from what BSG and SGU fans like. All three shows have some saving grace, but the writers and producers dont seem to know how to bring all those virtues into ONE really outstanding tv sci-fi action adventure show. SGA had huge potential, but the writers/producers seem to be too busy sampling foods of the world and blogging with sycophantic fans to really care about putting real attention to the shows they’re producing.

In SGA we asked for a little bit of romance; we were scoffed at. But SGU gets plenty of personal interaction but from what I’ve heard romance is far from what it is. Everything we asked for to be done in SGA was denied, refused and scoffed at for one empty reason or another… only to see them doing precisely what we asked for in this new show. If they had put some of this personal interaction and character depth in SGA they wouldn’t have to try to pretend the series never existed. Say what you all want to about SG-1 and SGA, but remember SGU is being manhandled by the SAME creators. Don’t expect too much from them or it.

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By: Blast Magazine Newsroom

Blast Magazine Newsroom — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:35:20 +0000

Of course I am, Kevin. The previous incarnations (i think that’s the word you’re looking for) are what made Stargate what it is. It’s not like Star Wars where there was the original trilogy then a thousand books, comics, cartoons, fan fiction, and 30 years of separation.

SG-1 ended in 2007. Atlantis in 2009. SGU started in 2009. It’s Stargate, Stargate, Stargate. Only it’s not, this time.

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By: Preppy (formerly Todd-m)

Preppy (formerly Todd-m) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:56:18 +0000

hahaha!!

Sad but true!!

That is why I will most likely watch the show every other week in 2 hour episodes.

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By: Preppy (formerly Todd-m)

Preppy (formerly Todd-m) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:39:03 +0000

â€œThe Goldilocks Zoneâ€ is the perfect description for SGU.

Dr. Rush made the comment â€œThe Goldilocks Zoneâ€ in the show describing the potential that one of the planets could sustain human life. The zone is not too hot and not too cold; therefore the planet could most likely sustain human life for the supposed lucky 17 survivors.

â€œThe Goldilocks Zoneâ€ also describes the Stargate series [Stargate Universe (SGU)]. It is not too brilliant and not too dumb; therefore, the show could most likely be sustainable, be profitable, or not be cancelled for some time.

Unfortunately, I think I have to change my opinion. I have to painfully agree with a lot of the early negative comments that I disagreed with. For long term Stargate fans (such as myself), the show has been clearly dumbed down. I assume the show has been dumbed down to get a larger audience.

Two hours of SGU is about equal to one hour of any of the old Stargate series (Stargate SG-1 or Stargate Atlantis). The show does have some interesting points (mostly at the end), but watching one hour of the show is extremely painful, slow, boring, and unsatisfying.

While watching SGU, I find my self doing other things. Two hours of the show leaves me satisfied. For example, was it really a surprise the ship used the sun, the gas giant, or both in combination as a fuel source? It was more than obvious in the last Fridayâ€™s (November 16) show. Yes, the screen shots of the sun where amazing and the mechanical process was good. But the old Stargate series (especially Stargate Atlantis) could have easily combined Darkness and Light into one show lasting about an hour.

It looks like the beginning of the show is designed to appeal to the new targeted Stargate demographic. Scott appears to be the new Captain Kirk from Star Trek (or the new Sheppard from Stargate Atlantis). Scott appears to be on schedule to have sex with a different girl at the beginning of different shows and the rest of the guys on the ship will get sloppy seconds.

I never really thought the senatorâ€™s daughter was going to run around seduce other members. I thought that was Scott’s role. I did think it was strange that the senatorâ€™s daughter was hanging around Eli after sleeping with Scott.

It looks like the middle of SGU is filler.

It looks like the end of the show is designed to appeal to old Stargate fans, or anyone who has an IQ slightly above or slightly below a normal IQ, or anyone who has an IQ slightly above room temperature.

Funny, I guess in a strange way â€œold Stargate fansâ€ are getting sloppy seconds. On an off topic, I never did like the show Sanctuary. So it looks like Friday on the SyFy Channel is a waste of time for me.

In sum, â€œThe Goldilocks Zoneâ€ is the perfect description for SGU. SGU is not too hot and not too cold (aka: not too brilliant and not too dumb). I guess I wonâ€™t outright stop watching the show, but I will most likely watch the show every other week in two hour segments. I hope the remake of â€œVâ€ on ABC starting on Tuesday, November 3rd is much better and has not been dumbed down.

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By: Psy

Psy — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:05:03 +0000

I find the title “Stargate Universe” misleading, I’m an action adventure fan and this show isn’t about the Universe or exploring it. I’d like to propose a few title changes.

Stargate The Soap Opera

Stargate Drama Queens

Stargate Cry Babies

Dysfunctional Universe

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By: Florence

Florence — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:44:41 +0000

I’m baffled as to why sex scenes are a bad thing. I am also baffled as to why the audience can’t root for people, just because they have flaws. In real life, are your friends perfect or something? Don’t you like them even though they do have faults? We see a number of heroic actions in the show, too, and Young is amazingly unselfish, though he has to be reminded of his duty by Wray. Matt was willing to sacrifice his own life for the rest of them. The Senator gave his own life to buy people more time. How are these not people one can applaud?
I absolutely love the fact that drama and tension are provided as much by character conflict as by people visiting the planet of the week; and that our understanding of the characters is growing week by week. Plus the visual effects are absolutely gorgeous, and provide the climax to the adventures.
This is Stargate for a different audience. I am a great SGA fan, especially of the team, but that hasn’t prevented me from enjoying the new show, much as I thought I would have problems with it.
As for Rush being the bad guy – surely, it’s not as simple as that. He is truly hurt by what people think of him; I can’t see any bad guy giving too hoots if others don’t like him. He is a tragic character and may well have his own agenda, but Carlyle is a gifted actor and he’s making me feel for him even as I disapprove of things he did.
We saw the dark side of John Sheppard from time to time, and how brilliant were those moments? I hope they continue to make these characters equivocal and increase the tension as much as it’s possible to do so in a show you know will continue. Oh, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with knowing what will happen – watch any well-known story and you know what is going to happen, but it doesn’t spoil one’s enjoyment of the journey.

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By: emanon

emanon — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:30:45 +0000

It’s not about hate. Where’s the science in this scifi? Where’s the adventure? The action? Here’s what we have seen…

Dark and gritty? Seen it already in BSG.
Repetitive character flashbacks> Seen it already in LOST
Useless angst and drama? Haven’t seen it because I don’t watch that crap.
Gratuitous sex scenes? If I wanted to see that, I’d watch porn.

Nothing new here, just a bunch of recycled junk from other shows.

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