TV: Stargate Universe

[Penner]

I would actually like it if Rush and Colonel Young started working together and became friends instead of constantly trying to fuck eachother over lol

[David75]

I would actually like it if Rush and Colonel Young started working together and became friends instead of constantly trying to fuck eachother over lol

Well, seems like they are on their way. After all it's hard understanding they've got feelings for each other, so they had to release their stress first

[Penner]

Hell yeah, this latest ep was fucking great!

[David75]

The level has been better yes, although everything was so damn obvious.

Gin dead because she had sex with Eli:
Obvious.
I'd rather have had her being a wicked manipulator with that prison break guy as an underling. But I guess that the scenarist did prefer the obvious sex=death that is a really frequent outcome in shows.

The bait on the planet, eventhough we have highly trained marines:
Obvious.
It's actually a shame they even had to remind us they are highly trained marines.

Animals fear used as a weapon, even before seeing the C4:
Obvious.
Although earlier in the ep the "Do you think we can barbecue this" from Grier had me laugh.

Chloe finding a solution to the usual "OMG they are stranded on a planet" plot device:
Obvious.


I'm still waiting for something bigger, it's not even the apetizers yet.

[David75]

Mostly a closed space ep again.

A little trick regarding the group of people stranded on the planet with the obelisque.
That idea wasn't that fun/good/entertaining. But at least they get a fully functionnal shuttle back. I know it's quite insentitive to say so after what happened to those people, but it's not like those aboard Destiny are to blame for that.

I have to say I do not like the eps where proselytism is too strong, and I think they crossed the line.

Other than that, not much.

[Penner]

Ooh, another good ep, and Telford is back!

And that Lucian alliance dude finally got to leave his room, i like him so i hope he gets a more involved role and doesn't get locked away in his room again -.-

We also seem to be getting somewhere with the whole Chloe transformation deal, i'm hoping we actually get to see her change completely instead of them finding some alien cure shit.

[David75]

Ooh, another good ep, and Telford is back!

And that Lucian alliance dude finally got to leave his room, i like him so i hope he gets a more involved role and doesn't get locked away in his room again -.-

We also seem to be getting somewhere with the whole Chloe transformation deal, i'm hoping we actually get to see her change completely instead of them finding some alien cure shit.

My guess is that she called the blue ones. And they'll save the day.

Orsini are foes, it's pretty certain they are the one operating the drones.

we're finally getting some SF, instead of hours of confined space emo developments.

[Yukimura]

And........Canceled

10 more eps to finish off season 2 and then bye bye Stargate franchise. Apparently they were considering a movie to wrap up Atlantis but that's been shelved now too.

I have somewhat mixed feelings about this, I wasn't all that into SGU anyway so maybe it's not such a big deal that its going away.

[David75]

Just after I start watching Farscape and decided to rewatch SG1 ep 200 that was a crossover... and the time they announced the cancellation of SG1...

I guess the SF genre is losing momentum, or needs to renew in some departments.
I wonder what the young ones have, in their fantasy world, that would attract them to such shows.

[David75]

So, the other half of the season premiered march 7.
Ep 11 and 12 are already available.

We've had a bit of space battle.
Blue ones objectives are hard to guess.
Orsinis, well you'll see.

Then there's the second ep, traditional time jump plot device with some Rush wickedness probably at the source of it all.
I'm getting angry, as the time jump plot device has already been overused in SF... and particularly in the Stargate franchise.
But what is even worse, they already used it in season one, are the scenarist so worn out they can only deliver that much?

[Penner]

I kinda stopped watching the moment i heard it was cancelled, SGU isnt nearly as good as SG1 or Atlantis for that matter, so it feels like a waste of time to keep watching and getting to know the characters and whatnot :P

[David75]

I'll just finish that show. That's how silly I am

So for this week's ep, we have yet another overused plot device: Multiple minds into one body, said minds slowly fading away.
Then they throw in a kidney transplant aboard Destiny, crappy idea to maintain audience attention I guess.
In the end, we get to fairly elegant ladies as Human Hologram Destiny Interfaces.

The outcome isn't that bad an idea, they even thought about one of the most hellish side-effects of the idea.