Comments | sp23: I'm weak. Weak as water.

sp23

I'm weak. Weak as water.

Oct 05, 2009 12:28

I broke down and watched SGU via Megavideo. I'll put all my other thoughts behind a cut, but I do want to say that about ten minutes into the show, I got an almost overwhelming sense of longing for my boys. God, I miss John and Rodney. :-(

( And now my review of Stargate Universe )

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speakr2customrs October 5 2009, 16:42:34 UTC

Hold up your hands if you think it'll look like the forests around Vancouver

::Holds up hands::

sp23 October 5 2009, 16:43:47 UTC

Hee! Yep, either that or a medieval village.

bbuttercup October 5 2009, 18:06:32 UTC

:: gasp :: me and my walker are just going to go thunk off into the sunset.. through a forest in Vancouver... you traitor.

thunk.... thunk... thunk....

sp23 October 5 2009, 18:10:44 UTC

Hee, be careful there in the forest. You'll probably run into some Stargate stooge. ;-)

I couldn't help myself though. Know thine enemy, after all.

texanfan October 5 2009, 18:56:13 UTC

I have been chanting, "Give the show a proper chance" to myself ever since the cancellation of SGA. Now I keep reminding myself how many scifi shows that I eventually loved started out sucking.

I have a serious fear they are trying to recreate BSG and that's just doomed. I hate Rush already and have a fondness for Lt. Scott primarily because he put Rush in his place. Otherwise, there may be some fondness for Eli eventually, depending on where they take the character, but no one I just glommed onto immediately. Certainly no one that ease the loss of John and Rodney. I miss Jim Menard fiercely. For me, the only thing dark mood lighting like that does is make it hard to see what's going on. Which, in a show like this makes me less interested, not more.

sp23 October 5 2009, 19:16:14 UTC

Oh, it's definitely trying to take the place of BSG as the critics darling. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure that the boys at Bridge don't have the chops to write that kind of dark, complex show. To quote Harmony, it's all hard and stuff. Not that I care about that because while I watched BSG all the way through to the end (and a piss-poor end it was, in my opinion), I never loved it, not in the way I loved SGA or even Babylon 5.

And, no, there really is no 'hero' here. Fuck, there isn't even an anti-hero. So far, there just isn't anyone I've glommed on to as a really interesting character, not even Dr. Rush. But as I said, I don't like the Smith/Baltar kind of character, so he'll probably end up being my least favorite of all.

xc_runner50 October 5 2009, 19:22:15 UTC

Desert I am going with lots and lots of sand. Maybe that might be because I saw the preview also. ;)

sp23 October 5 2009, 19:25:39 UTC

Ah. Since I watched it on Megavideo, I didn't see the previews. Sand, eh? Well, something different. Maybe we'll get the Vancouver forests during the next pit stop. LOL

melagan October 6 2009, 01:49:19 UTC

I watched it Sat with my son (the demographic ) who had it tivo-ed.

It's no Atlantis. Lacks the charm, with the exception of Eli and way more drama kittens mewling around than I care for. Still, it has some potential. My son liked it and I didn't hate it. I would watch it again but only because of Eli. I admit I interpreted his request for pants as a need for clean ones.

If our team were in this universe... lets see, Ronon would have subdued Greer before he got all wound up. Teyla would have put Rush in his place about the time he claimed command, and Rodney would have had the air problems taken care of in the length of time it would have taken John to break out the c-4 and blow the damn door of death permanently shut.

That cover it? I miss our TEAM and the pretty and the funny and the charming of my heart. I don't carry any bitterness for SGU, just sadness my show got pushed out.

Does Rush seem like emo Dr. Smith. (lost in space) to anyone else?

sp23 October 6 2009, 02:03:11 UTC

Rush sounded like Smith to me from the minute I read the character blurb. And that really is my least favorite kind of character. I hated Baltar the entire run of BSG.

They looked like pj bottoms to me, and appropriate attire for a basement dwelling slacker. ;-)

I have a lot of bitterness about SGU, but on the other hand, the writers had so completely fucked up the dynamic of SGA that if it hadn't gone off the air, they probably would have made me hate it in the end. At least this way, it's still dear to my heart.

I'll probably watch SGU the same way I watched BSG. I found BSG interesting without ever considering it must-see. In fact, I would miss whole half seasons at a time, and then catch up before the next season. And when it was announced that the last season was coming up, I really didn't care all that much.

sp23 October 6 2009, 02:08:55 UTC