Stargate: Universe's Carlyle to take the Stargate universe into the unknown
Most people I know have been mourning the loss of Stargate: Atlantis ever since its cancellation was announced earlier this year. Going against the grain, I'm not at all sad that SGA is leaving. I am sad that the quality has dropped off so much this past half-season; there were only a few episodes I particularly liked. Plus, they resorted to the dreaded "You're on trial by an alien court for crimes against #$% ^&*@ so let's show some clips!" show! Fer cryin' out loud.
We were discussing SGU elsewhere (Twitter?) and most people said it reminds them of Star Trek: Voyager which I don't really get. The only similarity I see is that they're stranded in a distant part of the galaxy. Voyager people had control of their ship, knew exactly where they were, and even though the odds of them getting home were not great, at least they could choose their own road. SGU is stuck on a mostly unfamiliar and empty alien ship with gods knows what kind of technology just waiting there to be activated and destroy the ship and everything on it; they have no control over the ship; and they can't use their gate (well, at least at the beginning and hopefully there are issues keeping them from using it periodically once they figure it out). To me it sounds like Rendezvous with Rama except for Rama showing up near Earth and our crew already being familiar with some of the ancient technology. I hope RwR is more the tack they take during the season instead of the standard Star Trek model of "let's meet new worlds and species and solve all their problems in 43 minutes!" I think we've seen every possible variation on that script over the past 40-odd years.
Although gods know Stargate writers have never been averse to stealing a plot idea or two.
I like the choice of Robert Carlyle for the leader. Every team of younger scientists needs more experienced leadership and/or support because most younger scientists don't realize you need both the portable low-power genetic sequencer and a couple of cases of TP. I just hope they let Carlyle be really Scottish instead of having some stupid generic Brit/US accent.
We were discussing SGU elsewhere (Twitter?) and most people said it reminds them of Star Trek: Voyager which I don't really get. The only similarity I see is that they're stranded in a distant part of the galaxy. Voyager people had control of their ship, knew exactly where they were, and even though the odds of them getting home were not great, at least they could choose their own road. SGU is stuck on a mostly unfamiliar and empty alien ship with gods knows what kind of technology just waiting there to be activated and destroy the ship and everything on it; they have no control over the ship; and they can't use their gate (well, at least at the beginning and hopefully there are issues keeping them from using it periodically once they figure it out). To me it sounds like Rendezvous with Rama except for Rama showing up near Earth and our crew already being familiar with some of the ancient technology. I hope RwR is more the tack they take during the season instead of the standard Star Trek model of "let's meet new worlds and species and solve all their problems in 43 minutes!" I think we've seen every possible variation on that script over the past 40-odd years.
Although gods know Stargate writers have never been averse to stealing a plot idea or two.
I like the choice of Robert Carlyle for the leader. Every team of younger scientists needs more experienced leadership and/or support because most younger scientists don't realize you need both the portable low-power genetic sequencer and a couple of cases of TP. I just hope they let Carlyle be really Scottish instead of having some stupid generic Brit/US accent.