Stargate Universe
Mar. 20th, 2009 10:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wraithfodderI'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??
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??
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Date: 2009-03-22 03:53 am (UTC)I am still bearing some serious resentments towards TPTB.
-booting SGA to make room for SGU
-changing it to the McKeller hour
-refusing to QA their work
But then again, I have loved SG-1 and SGA, and enjoyed the good, the bad, and the ugly, as it has rolled along. For that alone, I want to give it a try. But then I think 'these people are the same people that couldn't seem to get their act together'. The writing quality was as erratic as a geriatric heart patient's EKG. Their treatment of the fans...mmmmm...well, having our show cancelled because *they* wanted to make a different one...yyeeaaahhhh...leaves kind of a bitter taste, doesn't it?
But I love sci-fi and there's a bit of a vacuum now and damn it, I like Lou Diamond Phillips...crap, I'll probably have to tune in. Just to be fair. Yet, I'll probably be sitting there, glaring at the TV, still pissed off about it all.
And the preview didn't impress me much. Again, though, I was sitting there feeling extremely pissy towards it so apparently TPTB have grossly underestimated the time required for fans to 'forgive and forget' eh?
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Date: 2009-03-22 11:47 pm (UTC)