Stargate Universe

[Reg]

I haven't watched last week's episode yet. Have they gotten off of the catastrophic ship malfunction of the week formula yet?

[Arthur_Parker]

This is getting better every episode.  If you gave up after the first 2 or 3, try it again.

Yeah the Jungle episode wasn't actually that bad.

[Der Helm]

I loved the ending. 

[ahoythematey]

Latest episode was really good, but I think it would have been even better

[AutomaticZen]

Latest episode was really good, but I think it would have been even better

I'd agree, but after catching up on Spooks/MI:5, you realize you get tired of not having a cast to hang your hat on.  It was really cool killing off or disposing of main cast in the first two seasons, but now I'm just tired of it.

[kaid]

One question I have is since the gates normally have built in limiters to prevent them from going through solar flares it makes me wonder if the ship did not intentionally open them a gate to that planet where a cure for their illness existed and then intentionally put the wormhole through a solar flare to give them more chances to figure out what the cure was and to get it for the crew.

It will be curious to see if/how sentient the ship may be. It may be as simple as monitoring its "crew" and doing what it can to support them or it could potentially be more than that. Given its a long long long long range exploration ship it would almost make sense if a pretty powerful AI controls it.

[Sky]

First episode I really liked. Seems like they're finally getting the show going in the right direction.

Notice no use of the stupid communication devices. Those need to break.

[ahoythematey]

One question I have is since the gates normally have built in limiters to prevent them from going through solar flares it makes me wonder if the ship did not intentionally open them a gate to that planet where a cure for their illness existed and then intentionally put the wormhole through a solar flare to give them more chances to figure out what the cure was and to get it for the crew.

It will be curious to see if/how sentient the ship may be. It may be as simple as monitoring its "crew" and doing what it can to support them or it could potentially be more than that. Given its a long long long long range exploration ship it would almost make sense if a pretty powerful AI controls it.

SHODAN?

[kaid]

Oh that would make the show a total win if they went that route hehe.

[Sky]

Yeah, if the computer gets the hacker kid alone "P-p-p-poor pathetic hacker..."

[kaid]

Stargate universe shock for the win!

[Der Helm]

Damm it. Now I want to see a series in the Culture universe. 

[Surlyboi]

Who fucking doesn't?

[Draegan]

The last episode was  .

So not only does the Airforce let two people (Chloe and Eli) take over two random bodies and let one get incredibly wasted and have fun at a random club, they let the asian woman take over the body of some innocent woman and make her a lesbian for the day.

The ethical violations in this show are terrible.

What a piece of shit show.

[Oban]

Syfy: Imagine Greater

[Triforcer]

Yeah, I was starting to wonder about letting the team use random offiers' bodies for random sex on Earth.  They aren't even closely monitored, what's to stop them from shooting up heroin or getting AIDs? 

[Xerapis]

They'd never let them off the base. Too many security risks. They're all part of Special Access Programs.

Totally unrealistic.

All they would do is sit in an office being steadily debriefed on every single possible detail.

[Reg]

Those communication crystals have got to go. They're sucking the life out of the show. It's worse than the time travel/holodeck stuff that was used on bad Star Trek episodes.

[Draegan]

They already ruined the show.  Too late.

[Der Helm]

They already ruined the show.  Too late.

[Triforcer]

[waffel]

Holy shit. This last episode was fucking garbage. I'm done with this pile of shit, what a total waste of time.

[Xuri]

Can I have your stuff?

[Arthur_Parker]

It's not a good sign that the only two episodes I enjoyed had cast members dying.  The problem with the communication crystals is how they use them, not that they exist, I wouldn't normally choose to watch personal life crap on earth over events on an ancient starship.  I'm not really sure what kind of audience they are going for here.

[Xuri]

They should do a cross-over to the Twilight-universe. That'll get them a dedicated fanbase. It'd be awesome - vampires in space!

[Sky]

...the crystals are almost retardedly bad. Hey, let's have a show about being isolated across the universe...but half the show will be on earth. I think that's the thing ruining the atmosphere of the show more than anything.

And that's without the whole surrogate fucking/party thing. I'll be surprised if the show isn't cancelled. So much good potential to do a SG version of BSG. There should never have been any earth scenes except for maybe a shot of macguyver going "Hey, I wonder what happened to all those people?"

[Ceryse]

Its largely been better than I expected, but only barely. I can't stand Chloe? The senator's daughter. That character shouldn't be there. Write her out now, please. I actually like the black soldier. Probably because he reminds me of a marine I used to know. The stones are.. bad, in how they've been used. Should have been token usage; some kind of lame-science explanation as to why they don't work for long, thus limiting them to debriefing use and little else, so the show could concentrate on the ship-based aspect.

Herd needs serious thinning on that ship, though. A good string of episodes of a couple red shirts dying along with Chloe and I'd be willing to watch a second season. As is.. the show's just going in the wrong direction, largely, for my tastes, other than Rush, Greer, and a few token others.

[Riggswolfe]

Its largely been better than I expected, but only barely. I can't stand Chloe? The senator's daughter. That character shouldn't be there. Write her out now, please.

The problem is that she's very tied into Eli's storyline.

[waffel]

I was actually pretty happy a lot of people died in that forest-planet-episode. Until they pulled the "lol it actually never happened, gotcha!"

[Der Helm]

Maybe they realize how bad those stones are storydevelopmentwise...


edit: Removed quote tags from the spoiler tags.Clicking the right buttons in the right order is hard. And I am still on my first coffee. And on antibiotics. 

[Reg]

That quote doesn't really mean much without a source.  Did one of the writers say that or was it just some fan?

[Der Helm]

That quote doesn't really mean much without a source.  Did one of the writers say that or was it just some fan?

Duh. Let me fix that.

edit: For some clarity. That "quote" was from me, I wanted to put it in spoiler tags because it refered to the current episode. See edit above.

[Reg]

Ahh ok. I think most people agree with you.  They need to find some excuse to dial way back on those awful crystals. Perhaps some health problem caused by prolonged use like what they did with the sarcophagi in SG-1 which would also have been a disaster if they'd been allowed to be used routinely.

[kaid]

If they want to use the surrogate stone fucking party theme they need to have somebodies husband or boy friend find out about his girlfriend/wife suddenly having extramarital affairs with lesbians. I am guessing one well and truly thrashed life would make people choose not to let people ride their bodies around.

You could not pay me enough to do the body switch thing especially now that they have seen what the dipshits from the destiny do with them.

[Ceryse]

The problem is that she's very tied into Eli's storyline.

I.. don't care. Her entire character and the related dialogue and scenes are cringe-worthy even for a Stargate show. She needs to be killed off; have her death even be a Big Deal plot-wise -- so long as she dies for good. I don't know if its the actress on top of the shitty character design and iffy writing, but I've gotten to the point of generally just skipping scenes with her, which means I'm a short jump from dropping the show entirely.

She just destroys what little good the show has (well, her and the Stones).