New Stargate!!!!
New Stargate. Finally!!!!
You have your big Science Fiction franchises. The two "Stars".... Wars and Trek. Dr Wo has to be in there as well...with one show and at least four spinoffs, enough vision to keep you watching for 15 straight days, and probably at least 100,000 fanatical UK fans. Plus my gf would kill me if I didn't mention it.
Now, in my geek mind, Stargate has entered the fray with da big guys.
With one movie, three Straight to DVD realeases, and now three TV shows, Stargate is now a contender.
A new series of Stargate just started in the US, Stargate Universe(SGU). Its gritty, very dark, and not really obvious where its going, it does lean on some classic premises seen before.
Its a bit like Lost, mixed with Voyager and Battlestar Galactica....a bunch of humans stranded on a ship that powers through the universe.
It's got lots of young actors and its a bit sexy (not much). The main thing its got going for it is Robert Carlyle. The yanks put Patrick Stewart (Jean Luc Picard) in Star Trek. The young good looking Jonathan Frakes was supposed to be the main cool guy in Star Trek TNG. But no!! every bald guys hero Patrick Stewart, in the end, was what made it.
The SGU people are trying the same, and from audience reaction its working. Put a good, seasoned actor in an out there SF context, and it does make it more real. Putting a good, seasoned British actor, and it makes it ever more real.
All the rest of the actors are pretty young, but the length of time that Stargate can go for means they have plenty of time to grow into their roles and will still be fit enough to somersault through Stargates even in 15 years time.
Anyways, something to watch with the missus and talk to geek friends about.
The question is - will Robert Carlyle headbutt someone?
You have your big Science Fiction franchises. The two "Stars".... Wars and Trek. Dr Wo has to be in there as well...with one show and at least four spinoffs, enough vision to keep you watching for 15 straight days, and probably at least 100,000 fanatical UK fans. Plus my gf would kill me if I didn't mention it.
Now, in my geek mind, Stargate has entered the fray with da big guys.
With one movie, three Straight to DVD realeases, and now three TV shows, Stargate is now a contender.
A new series of Stargate just started in the US, Stargate Universe(SGU). Its gritty, very dark, and not really obvious where its going, it does lean on some classic premises seen before.
Its a bit like Lost, mixed with Voyager and Battlestar Galactica....a bunch of humans stranded on a ship that powers through the universe.
It's got lots of young actors and its a bit sexy (not much). The main thing its got going for it is Robert Carlyle. The yanks put Patrick Stewart (Jean Luc Picard) in Star Trek. The young good looking Jonathan Frakes was supposed to be the main cool guy in Star Trek TNG. But no!! every bald guys hero Patrick Stewart, in the end, was what made it.
The SGU people are trying the same, and from audience reaction its working. Put a good, seasoned actor in an out there SF context, and it does make it more real. Putting a good, seasoned British actor, and it makes it ever more real.
All the rest of the actors are pretty young, but the length of time that Stargate can go for means they have plenty of time to grow into their roles and will still be fit enough to somersault through Stargates even in 15 years time.
Anyways, something to watch with the missus and talk to geek friends about.
The question is - will Robert Carlyle headbutt someone?