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

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

I couldn't really watch any of the promos because they made be think of SGA, that SGA is gone, and that made me sad.

I'm really neither here nor there on Universe. I don't already hate it, but I doubt I'm going to watch it just because it'll probably make me want to watch SGA. The same thing happens when I watch SG-1 - I end wanting to watch SGA. Plus I really don't want to get invested in too many new shows, especially shows that are going to aim for being as dramatic as they can possibly be. What I loved about both Stargates was the excellent way, I thought, they balanced humor with drama.

But I need to be careful, because it's usually the shows I say I'm not going to watch that I end up loving to pieces. When I saw the promos for SGA, it didn't interest me at all and I was certain that I'd never get into it.

Now I think back on that and laugh at myself.