Stargate Universe

[xyzzysqrl]

The first episode of this (I think it's new?) happened to be on, so we watched it. Hmm. I don't think it's BAD, although there's some obvious tropes that mildly irritate me (Let's see. Who are we the viewer supposed to identify with? The military hardasses, the senatorial staff, or the fat gamer geek with "YOU ARE HERE" on his shirt?) it doesn't seem like a waste of time.

I didn't give two short damns about Atlantis, and I only kinda liked SG1, but I will probably watch this. It had some spaceships, it had some effects, it has a guy who is pretty transparently Dr. Smith from Lost in Space, and it did not actively offend me. That is all I ask anymore.

Comments

Dr. Smith

[ff00ff.livejournal.com]

You chittering nut hoarding conglomeration of buckteeth and poofy tail!


Also, youtube has like, absolutely no good instances of Dr. Smith's overwrought insults.

Re: Dr. Smith

[xyzzysqrl]

This is an insult? This is truth.

I do think that's a shame, though. I miss the days when Lost In Space, The Incredible Hulk, Spider Man, and Time Tunnel were like 95% of Sci-Fi Channel's program list.

[mocha-mephooki.livejournal.com]

Is that what it is? Aw, durn...

I don't actually have the sci-fi channel (I don't care how they're spelling it these days!), but I was under the impression that it was Stargate U... as in University, so I was really hoping for a bunch of trainee-cadets being thrust into some interstellar college...

*pout!*

[xyzzysqrl]

...
Y'know.

I would watch the HELL out of that. Seriously. I'm now retroactively let down that this isn't that.

Still, it does have a bunch of clueless civilian/undertrained types thrust onto a spaceship... IN SPACE!

[phoenixtril.livejournal.com]

I, too, will watch this. I confess that I found Eli's mannerisms most amusing;

1. His first reaction upon seeing a railgun emplacement is to take out his iPhone and snap a picture of it.

2. His admonishing Dr. Rush about his whiteboard. "Who uses a whiteboard, anymore? You've got computers, like, -everywhere-." *Dr. Rush erases the whiteboard.* "No, no, no! What're you doing, save! SAVE!"

3. His fascination with cool Ancient toys, and meek justification that his first spaceship was only yesterday.

4. His devolution to helpless, utter boredom as he watches more and more of Michael Shanks' exposition about what the Stargate is and everything that's happened in the canon over the last decade or so.

As someone who's watched every episode of SG-1 twice, same for Atlantis, and is a fan of the series as a whole, it looks like it's going to be a good show. Nice seeing folks like Tapping, Anderson and Shanks again, even if only briefly.

Unfortunately, the writers have already committed several egregrious plot holes that only a geek like me can clue in on. First, the Hammond should have been able to kick those three pyramid-ships' asses. It's got frickin' asgard lazor beams.

Secondly, and this one is being hailed as captain obvious to the rescue by fans, nobody thought to tape a pen to the side of a Kino, and use it to press the button to close that shuttle door?

[xyzzysqrl]

I dunno, it looked like it took more than one button to close that door. Still, it was a bit ... overwrought.

[phoenixtril.livejournal.com]

Indeed it was. Had to have that martyr sacrifice in there somewhere, though, to bring home the gravity of the situation.

[vulpisfoxfire.livejournal.com]

Well, if Dean Anderson was still around, they might have.. ;-)

[mocha-mephooki.livejournal.com]

Nah... would have at least needed one paperclip.

[vulpisfoxfire.livejournal.com]

Mmm, Dr. Smith. Hmm--I know what movie I'm sticking in the next time I get in the mood to doze to background sound.

[xyzzysqrl]

Huh, you are still alive.

[vulpisfoxfire.livejournal.com]

Yeah--my turn to do the annoyed/depressed at the world in general thing, plus what I was dealing with trying to get decent cooling for my system...promptly followed by me not having any interest in playing the games that were causing the cooling problem in the first place. :-/