TV: Stargate Universe

[Lucifus]

This shows shyt.

Utterly ridiculous setup they're trying to pull off.

And wtf is up with the music?

[Assassin]

Im trying to take it for what it is....this ep wasn't as bad as the previous one. At the very least i liked the military guys bitch slapping the civilians in the face by walking in on them completely unawares.

And i agree the aliens are whack.

[David75]

Oh I miss simple yet enjoyable eps/arcs like the Aschen or the Genii (particularly Kolya eps).

I'm still following this, in the hopes of a future gem found in one or more eps. Faith was not that bad, only very standard for stargate franchise. Ep14 only strenght is that we have people stranded on a planet and Destiny back to FTL letting those people -key ones in the show- alone there. Oh and Daniel Jackson, but don't get too excited about it.

It's not like it never happened in the stargate franchise... and it even happened with Rush, so please do something about ideas, scenarii or something.
SG1 budget and special effects were crap most of the time in the begining, a tad better in the long run, but they had nice stories once in a while, good ideas and action in other eps.
Atlantis had that too.

With SGU, the story telling we have is only place in a sci-fi context, but isn't that much action or sci-fi. We do not even see the gate that much, which is a bit lame considering this is StarGate franchise.

[Assassin]

I dont so much mind the less Gating, but i would like them to start exploring more alien planets and civilizations, since it premise is that they're lost in the universe and planet hopping essentially.

This ep wasn't too bad, and as you said, i like that they left some main characters behind instead of wrapping it up in 45 min. Im hoping as the show goes on, it'll get better and better. My only real problem with the show is that the character interactions, in particular their interpersonal conflicts, are so bad. The writers it seems aren't capable of writing drama just yet.

[David75]

Your less Gating comment made me realize that even atlantis did less of that and the gate was more of a common tool, than the main thing of the show.
And it also made me want to see at least one ep when we actully see the Ancients placing gates or creating the network. Now that would be a big added value from SGU, Destiny probably has footage of that time and it would be totally possible to have one of the SGU members experiencing it with the chair.
But since they need so much time just to get a hint to a possible way to enter the database, I doubt it would happen.
Destiny predates by far the Atlantis ship and any Ancient tech the SG franchise has explored yet. I'm very disapointed they were not able to enter the DB after so much time, I seem to remember they were quicker on Atlantis.

[Assassin]

another decent episode. at first i thought the comatose engineer was going to be put in cryostasis and become the permanent "chair guy", but guess thats not the case. Wonder what happened to him

[David75]

I follow you on that one, it get a tad better at last.

The stone system no longer was a means of fucking a stranger legitimately... even if the will to do it was strong. I guess the thing makes you so horny that the "Hey, I'm your pal but transfered into someone else's body" blattant lie isn't a problem anymore.
Still, swapping with a disabled, strongly at that, was a touching story in a way. Probably an easy way to squeeze some emotion from the audience, but still a nice idea opening nice reflexions.

Regarding the aliens, well they can hack the stone system when they do not even have the device, but they can't hack the stargate network... yeah right, eventhough mere humans did hack that network years ago with less than advanced tech.
And they really suck at taking the ship too. I understand they are here for the 5 minutes of angst needed to remind the audience that this is not just a "The Love Boat" rehash, but man have them a little stronger.

[Assassin]

what do you mean by 'they cant hack the stargate network'?

and im still a little confused on how the whole sabotage alien swap thing happened. i gotta agree though, everybody is a little too comfortable with the body swap sex.

[David75]

what do you mean by 'they cant hack the stargate network'?

and im still a little confused on how the whole sabotage alien swap thing happened. i gotta agree though, everybody is a little too comfortable with the body swap sex.

Eli's comment about how the aliens do not have a dialing device.
In the Stargate world, hacking the stone device was at least on par with hacking the gate network (ie having your own dialing device, not just steal it from somewhere).

Here we have aliens able to hack the "stone protocol" without even having the device, I wonder why eventhough they have plenty of stargates and they had lots of connections from stargates to Destiny, they are not able to hack the stargate network too.

You could argue that the stargate "protocol" can only be accessed when a connection beetween Destiny and another gate is active, which is only some minutes as opposed to the stone device that is connected for days (and even weeks). But they still have lots of gates available they can play with.

[David75]

You can all discard ep17, rightfully named "Pain" since it's such a pain to watch such a useless ep at this point in a show that fails at being entertaining.

Going back to my previous comment about the blue aliens:
Maybe they aren't stupid at all, I was commenting that way with the idea they are hostile.
But maybe they aren't at all, maybe they need Destiny for positive reasons (save their world, find a way back home or anything).
After all, except some very weak attacks, we have no definitive proof of strong agression against Destiny or the crew.
Their looks might just be the opposite of their intentions.

But maybe I read too much into it.

[Assassin]

Ya this one was pretty useless.....drama for the sake of drama and no real plot progression. Why is this show such a hit and miss?

[Lucifus]

They had somewhat redeemed themselves with the last three episodes; which proved to be at least somewhat entertaining, least to me.

But then they had to go and f*ck it up. Why was this episode even aired? Pointless...

[Logrus]

Can someone just explain to me how the fat kid, Scott and the 14 year old girl came back to the ship after it jumped out into a new galaxy?

[David75]

Can someone just explain to me how the fat kid, Scott and the 14 year old girl came back to the ship after it jumped out into a new galaxy?

You wish to be spoiled?



Really?




The blue Aliens hacked the stone device and were able to sabotage one of the many 'propellers' of Destiny, having it out of FTL.

At that moment, they were still in range from the planet where the stranded were, so it Destiny showed up on the geeks PSP and they dialed the gate.

If Destiny had not been stopped, no dialing possible during FTL and no dialing possible at arrival because out of range. Unless you can build a zpm, hack the dialing gate to use that surge of power and you are able to calculate the needed parameters to find Destiny's gate coordinates in another galaxy. Of course the 3 are not able to do so. So the sabotage idea was easier for the scenario.

[Yukimura]

I came to the conclusion that the point of last weeks ep was to show off Lt. James with her hair down and in her underwear for the guys and to show Lt. Scott with his shirt off for the ladies. Everything else was pretty much a rehash of what we already knew.

[Assassin]

She does have a very fine rack though.

Edit:

And after last weeks shitty ep, we have another good one. I wish the producers would stop teasing me like this.


I like the new angle though....now we have two outside threats. well technically one outside threat and one inside threat since the alliance can gate right in. Interesting to see how this plays out.

[Penner]

Yeah this latest ep was great, and it was sooo nice to see O'Neill and Jackson again, i really hope they show Teal'c in the future, even if its just a brief cameo it would still be awesome ;D

[David75]

Yeah this latest ep was great, and it was sooo nice to see O'Neill and Jackson again, i really hope they show Teal'c in the future, even if its just a brief cameo it would still be awesome ;D

"Indeed"

That's another nice use of the stones we've had.

Also that ep re-roots SGU deeply in the Stargate franchise/basics, which was almost mandatory after so many weeks of BigBrother*Survivor

I wonder who will be sent to Destiny -other than Telford's body-
I can't see anyone too proeminent from SG1 or SGA, so I wonder which side character would make sense in such a predicament.

On a side note, this was pure win for Young to be able to strike at Rush and Telford at the same time on so many levels. I'm sure it was a little more than 50% in the motivation in accepting this

[David75]

Lame episode, no really.

Of course the Lucian alliance got the intel about Destiny, but finding a device that is able to open Destiny's doors even when fully locked is the lamest idea ever.
I mean they have to have the right technology elements, for the right time period in the ancient history, know how to use it and then have actual working gates to try the devices.
So they probably found some place with doors they had to force that way?

Then how come they still need rush to dial the 9th chevron, the only thing they know is how to open doors?

Then there's Young actions. He has had a very good timing when venting the atmosphere for Telford in Rush"s mind. So why does he even hesitate when the stargate is shut, just do the same thing, idiot!
And Yes, Daddy O'Neil had to spank you for that, Carter had the same decision to make and did.

Elli and Chloe, I don't care. Really.
Only it's just lame they discover new places in the ship when they could have done it first thing arriving in the ship (well right after being able to sustain themselves food and water wise)
Rush seems to have had control over life support and gates weeks ago and his "assistants" can deal with that. So it's not a bad idea to send teams, remotely monitored, activating life support only where and when needed and carefuly using doors.
Seems like Elli found some kind of elevator or device enabling them to move fast inside the ship beetween 2 points. That's not a light discovery, is it?

I'm afraid next 5 eps after the attack, we'll have other eps for the integration of the lucian members so that everyone living on board Destiny work towards the same goal, with many more hate and love as we've had an overload up to now.

Regarding the guy that burns to ashes, I'm still wondering what happened. They do not seem to be stopped near a solar system or any stellar object that could fire high energy waves and I would find it strange it comes from a Destiny broken energy link or similar.
Still seems like the shield is not working properly and light is stronger, so the stellar object isn't out of the loop yet?

Then there's the fact that the countdown isn't activated yet. Should I think they are near a super massive Stellar Object (again) and Destiny does not have the resources to escape its gravity yet... and everyone will have to find a truce to cooperatively find a solution?
A good candidate could be a super-massive Quasar....

[Penner]

Aye that dude burning up is interesting, maybe the shield malfunctioning amplifies light/solar rays(if there is a sun present that is) but it probably has something to do with the reason Destiny hasn't started its FTL countdown yet, and i'm curious what that might be.

I would have vented the air from the gateroom as soon as all the Lucian people had entered and the gate was shut down..

I don't mind the Eli/Chloe "side mission" at all, and Eli is one of my favourite's on the show :P, and i also hope Telford comes out of this alive because i dig Lou Diamond Phillips, but i doubt he'll live that long..