Stargate Universe

[Tannhauser]

RC and Ming Na deserve better than this show.

[Quinton]

Still not entirely sure why I keep watching, but, you know, I'll probably watch this week's episode too.

[waffel]

Part of the reason I watch is that Elyse Levesque is mega super hot. If she died I'd stop watching.

[ahoythematey]

I think the show is finally picking up, despite having the most obvious of outcomes in the main plotline, and thought the music in this episode was quite good for a tv show.  Maybe I am becoming dumber...

[lac]

No big surprises in ep5, still I liked it. I wouldn't mind this being the last of the "omg we're going down" episodes. They have great material to work with, I hope they work it.

[Triforcer]

Fifth episode was actually pretty good- the last two have definitely improved things.  

I'm starting to see this as what Voyager should have been- command structure in danger of disintegrating, badass commander willing to condemn people to death for dissent (as opposed to the actual Voyager, which had the urgency and inner tension of a collection of Senators at a utility regulation subcommittee meeting).  

[Der Helm]

willing to condemn people to death for dissent

[Surlyboi]

Yeah, that was it. He wandered around looking for other people and they all ignored him.

As for Elyse Levesque's hotness? Meh. She tries to channel Summer Glau too much for my taste. The bit-part Airforce chick with the huge rack, now she's hot.

[lac]

A bit off topic but I just saw part of a Stargate episode on TV and there were two characters from Farscape in it. What's the story there?

[Merusk]

A bit off topic but I just saw part of a Stargate episode on TV and there were two characters from Farscape in it. What's the story there?

Not the characters, just the actors.  IIRC SciFi had to fulfill the last few years of the contracts with Ben Bowder and Claudia Black, so they wrote them in to the last few seasons of Stargate. 

[Reg]

They did a pretty good job too. Unlike most series that go on for that long SG-1 didn't suck at the end.

[Viin]

The bit-part Airforce chick with the huge rack, now she's hot.

Yes, yes she is.

[Margalis]

The bit-part Airforce chick with the huge rack, now she's hot.

Especially if you've seen The Masters of Horror episode she was in ("Right to Die").

[Tale]

Currently getting through episodes 4 and 5, and it's the Robert Carlyle show. He's out-acting the people around him by an order of magnitude, and you can see them thinking "how do I keep up with this guy?" as they deliver their lines.

[AutomaticZen]

Currently getting through episodes 4 and 5, and it's the Robert Carlyle show. He's out-acting the people around him by an order of magnitude, and you can see them thinking "how do I keep up with this guy?" as they deliver their lines.

Louis Ferreira is doing a decent job as Young.  Seeing as he pretty much has to spend all his time fighting Rush.

[Draegan]

The bit-part Airforce chick with the huge rack, now she's hot.

Yes, yes she is.

NSFW:  Mmmmm Breasts

[lac]

I wouldn't mind this being the last of the "omg, we're going down" episodes.

Guess it wasn't. This is going to be the theme for the entire season, isn't it?

[Reg]

It's getting a little old but then most of Atlantis' first season was spent whining about not having enough power to do anything wasn't it? I think the only being in range of any particular stargate for 12 hours routine is going to turn out to be too limiting as well.

[Quinton]

It's getting a little old but then most of Atlantis' first season was spent whining about not having enough power to do anything wasn't it? I think the only being in range of any particular stargate for 12 hours routine is going to turn out to be too limiting as well.

This is a general complaint I have about a lot of TV and movies that are created by folks who apparently think there can be no drama or urgency or whatever without some kind of absurdly short countdown.   Give the viewers at least a little credit -- we don't have to always be about to die in 5 minutes for the show to be interesting...

Grr.

[Arthur_Parker]

I don't understand why there was a mad rush to get everyone on-board the ship in the first episode, considering they have totally ignored exploring the ship since.  The best part of the original Stargate movie was the build up and reveal before they went through the stargate, they totally blew that by beaming nerd boy out of his house 60 seconds after meeting him.  More "look at this cool ancient shit" less unbelievable "omg we are all going to die" in a tv series, would suit me.

[Xuri]

Yeah that has struck me as well. When we get to see the ship from the outside, it's FRECKIN' HUGE. And they've so far managed to stick to the gateroom, three corridors, a few personal quarters, the gallery and the cockpit of the smaller ship. Why isn't anyone exploring??

[Koyasha]

They have air issues, remember?  From what I gathered, large sections of the ship are entirely depressurized, and their limited air system probably can't handle repressurizing the whole ship.  I remember Eli saying he sent some of the floating camera thingies into the depressurized areas to look around.

Besides which, until "Light", they also didn't have much power remaining, so exploring would have been a Bad Idea, like it was when they first went to Atlantis - go around the city, turn on all the systems, oops you're using the last of the power and the shield is failing.  (Sidenote: one thing I never got about Atlantis is why they never (as far as I know - still haven't watched the last few seasons) found the facility that the Ancients used to produce their ZPM's in the first place.  Surely there would be one somewhere in the city, right?)

I do hope they establish that the ship's 'stop period' is not fixed at 12 hours, and can vary depending on why the ship decides to stop, and where it stops at.  One thing Sliders did very well in my opinion was allow for a varying sense of urgency depending on the episode.  Some episodes they had little time before they had to jump to another world, and other episodes they had days or weeks on their timer.  Fixing the time at 12 hours per planet in SGU would present a serious plot limitation.

[Sky]

Ok, forgive me if this has been explained. But my main problem is logistics. We have this ancient ship, hundreds of thousands of years old, and the ancients didn't intend to be on it now, they intended to be on it thousands of years ago. The cast has complained several times about it not being engineered for this time span. It's on the other side of the /universe/ and stops at all these star systems that have stargates.

How did the stargates get there?

[Riggswolfe]

Ok, forgive me if this has been explained. But my main problem is logistics. We have this ancient ship, hundreds of thousands of years old, and the ancients didn't intend to be on it now, they intended to be on it thousands of years ago. The cast has complained several times about it not being engineered for this time span. It's on the other side of the /universe/ and stops at all these star systems that have stargates.

How did the stargates get there?

They explain this in the pilot. The ancients sent robotic ships out first that built stargates on useful worlds and I'm guessing sent some kind of signal to the ship to tell it where they built stargates. I don't remember if they actually know this or if it is a theory of Dr Rush's.

[Koyasha]

I think Dr. Rush found it in the part of the ship's computer he was able to access, so they know it with about as much certainty as they know anything.

[Reg]

I think having those communication crystals around is going to turn out to have been a mistake. It makes absolutely no sense that they aren't being used constantly to bring in high powered scientists and maybe an actual doctor.  There's just no good reason that Rush should be doing all this stuff alone when they could have Rodney or Samantha Carter there performing their usual miracles.

[Draegan]

Or whats-his-name translating everything.

[Der Helm]

I think having those communication crystals around is going to turn out to have been a mistake. It makes absolutely no sense that they aren't being used constantly to bring in high powered scientists and maybe an actual doctor.  There's just no good reason that Rush should be doing all this stuff alone when they could have Rodney or Samantha Carter there performing their usual miracles.

In the latest episode, someone  complains about some kind of rotation using the cristals is in place if memory serves me right.

[Triforcer]

I'm more interested in the crystals being used for naughtiness.  You know they'll go there.

[Draegan]

Next week's episode has that douchebag come back and try to take command of the place.  That character is terribad.

[Triforcer]

Did the end of this Friday's episode imply what I thought it implied?

[Telford is doing Young's wife while pretending to be Young?]

Either way, this show is going places. 

[Draegan]

I think it was implying that he banged her beforehand which is why she was comfortable banging Young in Telford's body.

Also Young and TJ banged apparently before hand.

[Sky]

Telford is one of my favorite characters, Lou is doing a good job at playing an asshole.

Dunno, the tech angle of the show has been bothersome. Lots of bad explanations, and 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.

I know they're angling to have it be more soap opera than scifi, but sheesh.

Also, should've been on HBO because it could really benefit from titties. Especially the chick linked NSWF above.  

[AutomaticZen]

Also Young and TJ banged apparently before hand.

That was confirmed by TJ's actress in an interview previously.  They banged, they moved on, and now's there's a sort of awkwardness between them as she was supposed to be gone.

[Triforcer]

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