Stargate Universe

[wraithfodder]

I'm actually letting Battlestar Galactica run only for the ads for various Sci Fi shows, and the green pastures they shot some scenes in is the only appealing part of the movie.

Anyway, the much-ballyhooed trailer for Stargate Universe aired in the first 15 minutes of the show, and an hour later, SciFi.com had it online. They were never this fast with either Stargate SG-1 or Stargate Atlantis. Sigh.

Anyway, it's up at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE_1rmvQWvw

I was... well, not thrilled, not dismayed, just.... eh? You see, it was dark. Did Mallozzi mean dark it was going to be dark, as in we're conserving energy and can afford only three lightbulbs?? I'm tired of the dark visuals in scifi shows. However, what did strike me was a similarity to SGA's "Rising" in that wow, they're in trouble, but the camerawork reminded me too much of Cloverfield, which was critically acclaimed, sorta, but the camerawork sucked. Take a Dramamine before watching that film, plus everybody basically dies.

SGU doesn't really bear much resemblance to the Stargates we know, at least not that I can see. I'll still check it out, but the trailers for SGA had me going "whoa...." while this one is, okay, been there, done that, gonna go do the wash.

Opinions??

Comments

[cimmerdeux.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it's all set up to appeal to the BSG crowd. Nothing wrong with BSG but contrary to network opinion the world is big enough for more than one type of show on TV at a time. Alas, we have SG:BSG because that's what they think will pull them the demos they want. Robert Carlyle stated in his interview there are 3 deaths in the first three hours and a suicide by episode 6! What fun eh? LOL The sad part is that JM, BW and Co. have never been able to do anything like BSG and I have a strong feeling this SG copy is going to end up making 'both' sets of fans unhappy. The BSG folk will decry the writing and compare it unfavorably to what they had and the SG folk will dislike the bastardization of the elements that drew them to one or both of the prior series.

As my mom used to say; when you attempt to please everyone you end up pleasing no-one.