New Stargate Universe trailer" Survival"

[wraithfodder]

This 49-second trailer for Stargate Universe was shown during Stargate Continuum last night, but is now available at

http://www.scifi.com/universe/

There are some clips from the shows (including from White Sands), plus sound bytes from

• Robert Carlyle
• Lou Diamond Phillips
• Brian J. Smith
• Ming Na
• Elyse Levesque

When all the news first came out, as well as the first two trailers, I coudln't help but think... they're trying to compensate for the loss of the Stargate franchise and Battlestar Galactica but combining the qualities of both shows. So far, I think the only aspects of Stargate that are making it to the series is the Stargate, and the name Stargate, which isn't, er, a lot. I'm still definitely on the fence on this show.

The darkkness, the shaky camerawork, all is indicative of Battlestar. I'm pretty sure (you can correct me if I'm wrong) that Mallozzi said they were shooting it in documentary style, but I've recently watched some documentaries, and none of their cameramen seemed to have ingested a dozen expressos ;)  And *cough* as i've joked before, the character-driven stuff might be the sex scenes ;)

While I'm very curious about the show, and will check it out, I don't have the 'oomph' I've had in the past with other shows. Opinions?.

Comments

[cimmerdeux.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry but they're just trying way too hard. All I could think of when watching this is that I'm seeing the 'first' of the BSG rip offs, right down to the cut of the Marine (?) uniform LDP was wearing. Their emphasis on real people in 'real' situations just rant false. Being stuck on a space ship is not a real situation and it's silly to try and get the audience to put themselves in these peoples' shoes. Stargate is escapism not Tolstoy.

Did anyone else thing that compared to the sets of BSG and even Sanctuary that these looked a little 'cheap'? There was something kind of plastic or toy like about it or maybe it just had the production value of Syfy's typical Saturday night movie. I was just expecting more because of the hype about the ship. And I realize that was a very brief trailer but it looked, well, boring; even the 'dramatic' bits. I have to say, even if I didn't know this was SGU or anything about it, there was nothing about it that really caught my eye or made me go 'wow, cool'. It's never a good sign when the trailer doesn't make you sit up because supposedly you put your best stuff in the trailer. If that's the best they got, say good night Gracie. LOL

[cimmerdeux.livejournal.com]

And no, I guess I can't spell. LOL