Stargate SG-1/Atlantis/Universe

[carrrnuttt]

Although, I wonder if we'll see much in the way of redshirt syndrome in this series. There's literally a very limited number of people on Destiny, and no real hope for reinforcements. Maybe they'll pick up an alien or two. But they'd have to be willing to leave their galaxy behind forever.

I have a feeling that using Eli's equations, the SGC figures out how to dial TO the Destiny, except that it's only a one-way street: anyone that goes through the gate is volunteering to be stuck billions of lightyears away.

I think this is where Lou Diamond Phillip's character eventually makes it to the Destiny.

 

[Maximus One]

WOW This show is great. I didnt think a Stargate show would be able to have this kinda deep meaningful feel to it but damn was I wrong. And I gotta say I fn love Eli. Sure Rush is a great and intriguing character but Eli did it for me. When he was talking to the kino and everyone tells him to shut up and he turns and looks at it and says "Im starting to have some blurred vis-WHAT?!?" Had me rolling man. I wanted to strangle that one dude at the end though Scott I think when he started saying he thought Eli would slow them down and all that anyways though yea Ill be tuning in every week

 

[stargazer]

It was alright but something was missing. None of the new characters had enough charisma, ok maybe the fat young guy was funny.. great CGI. That sex scene was totally unexpected, too graphic and just unnecessary for this type of show, imo. I'll continue watching for a while.

 

[Asgard]

The sex scene was funny because it was just BLAM! right in your face when you werent expecting it.

I liked the opener. One thing I found hokey was embedding a super complex mathematical problem in a game in the hopes that someone might solve it. The series seems like itll be a little more involved in the interpersonal going ons with the crew, and that'll be fun to see.

Btw, Dr. Rush is at least partly responsible for the Senator's death, despite what he told Chloe. Like Col. Young said, he could have easily opened a portal to any number of off-world bases if he was so concerned with the blast traveling to Earth.

 

[wiegeabo]

To be fair, besides his selfish need to see where the ninth chevron led, I also think Rush believed that it would only have been safe to open a wormhole to the ninth chevron location because of the power drain it would cause. Opening to a location inside the galaxy may not have drained enough of the power away from an overload. So basically, instead of opening a Milky Way address and having so much power left over that it destroys both sides of the wormhole, all that extra energy is spent connecting to the Destiny, so there isn't any left over for an overload.

But he's still coming off as a selfish prick. Although he hides his selfishness within pure practicality.

 

[The Caped Knight]

Wow Universe is intense , It still has the classic Stargate feel to it but on a much mature tone level. This series has great potential to really expanded this franchise into a whole new level . I think this might be The Next Generation type of series in the Stargate franchise .

 

[Superfreak]

after Atlantis, I really wanted to hate this show... but I was pleasantly suprised. A Stargate show that takes itself a little more seriously than usual. I'm glad for that. Atlantis was just way to convenient in its narrative outcomes.

this show's got a serious 'Lost in Space' vibe goin on. I'll come back for a couple of weeks to see what's going on for sure, but I'm not sold yet. I just really hope they don't start introducing new characters, other than those relegated to the single serving episode, and I hope they don't fall into the Atlantis excuse of 'the city is huge, and full of unexplored sections' BS excuses for a gazillion seasons. I thought it would be more interesting if the ship was small, and not able to carry all 80, making the pit stops ever so more important.

 

[Kahoot]

I sorta dislike just how different the new Stargate is. I like the new chevrons but if you look at SG1 and SGA the Stargates look the same with different chevrons the new Stargate is 100% different plus different chevrons.

I hope you see what I mean from these pic.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Milky_Way_stargate.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Pegasus_stargate.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Universe_stargate.png

 

[TheCorpulent1]

It might be because it's on a ship and/or because it's built to operate way, way farther out than either of the other two gates. Although you're right, the chevrons don't even look like constellations.

The pilot was surprisingly good. I enjoyed it muchly. Scott was right that we tend to take the gate and everything for granted. That was clearly a message to the viewers from the showrunners to keep an open mind and not to assume we've seen everything the Stargate franchise has to offer yet, and it seems to be warranted, based on the pilot. Several interesting characters were set up, the senator dying was surprising because I totally pegged Colonel Young as the one who would sacrifice himself, and Eli gave us a good everyman POV and some of the distinctive Stargate humor to keep things from being overly dark and depressing. I'm looking forward to the next episode.

 

[Kahoot]

It might be because it's on a ship and/or because it's built to operate way, way farther out than either of the other two gates. Although you're right, the chevrons don't even look like constellations.

I've just been reading up on the gates. The glyphs don't look like constellations the chevrons (which I thought were the glyphs) are the bits on the side that light up and lock.

I think they might not look like constellations coz it's some sort of super gate that connects to any Stargate network. But if I had to guess all the gates on all the planets that we'll see will probably look the same even if they should look like the old style of gates with new constellation glyphs.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, it seems like this is the new gate design. It'd probably be too costly to design different gates for the planets.

Looking at the glyphs (thanks for the correction) again, it seems like they might be Ancient writing. Maybe the Ancients decided to switch from constellation symbols to text at some point (or vice-versa, depending on when they sent the ships out relative to when they created the Milky Way and Pegasus networks).

 

[Kahoot]

They'd just need to make a second gate for off word. They had three or four gates in SG1 and SGA.

Ancient writing was very blocky and ugly if you ask me and the new glyphs are cool and stylish.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Ancient writing just looks like weird geometric shapes to me, which is what those glyphs are. Although, I don't recall seeing any round shapes in Ancient writing, so I'm probably wrong.

 

[Kahoot]

I wonder if they'll ever really explain it.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Probably. The Stargate writers love explaining stuff. Consider how much we know now about the backstory of the gates and various aliens as opposed to what we knew about them in season 1 of SG-1.

 

[Kahoot]

But there really aren't many scientists on the Destiny who could go into it. Rush and Eli and a bunch of redshirts. Eli doesn't know anything about Stargates and Rush doesn't really come over as a Carter or McKay who wants to explain the Stargate away.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

You never know, some of those redshirts may wind up being the next Dr. Lees or Zelenkas. And Rush is driven to know pretty much everything concerning the ninth chevron, it seems, so I'm sure he'll be interested in learning as much as possible about everything and explaining it to others when the scripts call for it. Eli's a prodigy, so I'm sure he'll pick up on everything quickly enough. McKay and Carter didn't know everything there was to know about stargates right from the start, either.

 

[Sam Fisher]

The pilot is free on itunes right now

 

[RetroNaz]

I really enjoyed the episode a great deal. It has the right kind of BSG feel to it, that makes me almost feel like BSG's soul has come back in the form of this show

I'm liking the character developments so far...please tell me that wasn't Lou that was dead on screen!?

 

[wiegeabo]

I really enjoyed the episode a great deal. It has the right kind of BSG feel to it, that makes me almost feel like BSG's soul has come back in the form of this show

I'm liking the character developments so far...please tell me that wasn't Lou that was dead on screen!?

The one that died on base that TJ was working on was the Doctor.

Proving the being an SGC doctor is a terminal condition.

 

[Baggers]

I really enjoyed the episode a great deal. It has the right kind of BSG feel to it, that makes me almost feel like BSG's soul has come back in the form of this show

I'm liking the character developments so far...please tell me that wasn't Lou that was dead on screen!?

Spoiler

Nah, I think that was the base's main Doctor

David Telford: "Colonel Telford piloted an F-302 in defense of the Icarus Base during an attack from unknown Ha'taks and Death Gliders. During the battle, the planet's core becomes unstable and the Tau'ri defense is forced to retreat. He is ordered by the commander of the Hammond, Samantha Carter, to recall his F-302 squadron within two minutes, before the jump to hyperspace. As such he is separated from those who go through the Stargate to the Destiny and feels they are not qualified to survive on their own"

http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/David_Telford

Above site says he'll be in eps Earth and Subversion

 

[Baggers]

The one that died on base that TJ was working on was the Doctor.

Proving the being an SGC doctor is a terminal condition.

Defo the Red shirts of the Stargate Franchise:

Janet Fraiser: Died 2004: SG-1: Heroes, Part 2

Carson Beckett: Died 2007: SGA: Sunday

SGU Doctor (not sure of his name): Died 2009: SGU: Air part 1

Whatever happened to Dr. Warner, the first doctor of the SGC in SG-1??

 

[Maximus One]

Ive never been an avid Stargate fan more of a casual one but that ep when Frasier died almost had me in tears. It was soooo unexpected

 

[RetroNaz]

Oh thank god for that.

Can't wait for the new additon/s.

Will be interesting to see if the storyline is that people can come through the gate, but not leave?

 

[Heisenberg]

Never seen Stargate before, decided to give SGU a go and was pleasently surprised. I didn't find it hard to follow, although I presume I would have gotten more from the episode had I seen the other shows. What are they like in relation to this (tonally, thematically etc.)?