Stargate Universe (SGU) Massive Fail
Every once in a while I tend to go out on a tangent and write a post that’s not MMO related. Today is another one of those days.
Yesterday I finally got a chance to watch the new Stargate series called Stargate Universe. Now before I get into it allow me to give you some background on my SG experiences. I’ve only seen the movie once, thought it was ok, and never watched more than 5 mins of any of the previous series cause they looked cheesy as hell, Power Rangers cheesy. So you can call me a Stargate noob since I don’t really know any of it’s history. But I do love me some good sci-fi and since it looked pretty good in the commercials I thought I’d give it a try. On another note, I’d say Battlestar Galactica was my favorite series of all time so I was hoping that SGU would be its replacement show. Apparently not.
The show starts off interesting enough, then flashes back to show us how everyone got there. This is where we’re introduced to Eli, a pudgy gamer who happens to be a genius and solves a mathematical proof while playing some sort of video game. This was the first tipoff that the shows was going to be horrible. Who the hell wrote this? Some Stargate fanboy high school dropout gamer? I’m sorry, but solving a mathematical proof in a video game is not possible. Forget about the logistics of how you would even go about integrating a extremely complex math problem into a graphical video game, but how the f*ck would the game know that the answer is right if it was never solved in the first place. Seconds after he solves it the doorbell rings and we see a guy in a military uniform and are introduced to Rush, the genius mathematician that wasn’t smart enough to solve the equation himself, but smart enough to integrate it into a video game. Hmm, maybe if he didn’t spend all his time doing that he could have actually solved it himself.
The conversation that follows was so ridiculous I started to think maybe the show was going to be a comedy spoof of Stargate. Sadly it is not.
After being beemed to a spaceship that’s orbiting Earth, he meets some other people and is then beemed to another planet where the military is working on a Stargate they found. First of all, what year is this? Is SGU supposed to be present day? The video game he was playing sure looked it it. Do people know about the space ship or the other planet? Nothing was explained which would have been very helpful.
If everything was a secret, then the show can just end now cause it’s a huge pile of crap. Why the hell were there civilians everywhere if it was a secret? Why would you invite a Senator and his daughter? Oh, she’s your assistant, ok, here’s access to top secret information about our space ships and colonization of an alien planet. But it’s ok, she’s your assistant and daughter.
Seriously WTF is wrong with the writers.
Next there is an attack on the planet where the Stargate is by some unknown alien race. Again I don’t know anything about how Stargates work, but the reactor that generates power for the Stargate was damaged in the attack and when it blew up the entire planet exploded. Can someone explain this to me? Can someone please explain to me how a reactor that is so powerful that it can blow up an entire planet is so ill protected that a few attackers with laser missiles can blow it up. Maybe there was an external exhaust pipe that lead all the way to the core and one of the alien attackers used the force to get a direct hit. Come on, that was ok 40 yrs ago, but not today.
The stupidity continued after all the survivors from the military base jump into the Stargate to end up on some alien ship that has been traveling for millions of years without any crew. Aside from Eli bugging the sh#t out of me with his “humor”, I didn’t understand why everyone was mad at Rush. Did I miss something? It seems like everyone jumped through the Stargate, then everyone was mad at him because he spoke first.
More stupid sci-fi cliches continued as you had Rush and Eli reading and being able to use alien computers without the slightest knowledge of what they were actually doing. I’m sorry, but it takes me a few mins to figure out a Mac yet alone a computer thats 100 million years old, but it’s ok Eli’s good at vidoe games.
As the series opener I don’t think it could have gone worse. They need to kill off Eli and fire the writers if they want to save this show, the’re both terrible. Considering just how horrible the writing was, I actually think everyone aside from Eli did a pretty decent job, but still the series opener for Stargate Universe sucked.
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October 6th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
1. The embedded math problem – that’s god damned stupid, entire Eli character is awful too
2. Yes, SGU is present day. In previous series humanity made enormous advances in technology and started off-world colonisation, there are many miliatary bases with civilian science staff. It’s overlook by some shady branch of UN I think.
3. Attack on the planet was just a plot device – they could be keeping low profile though. Also, even with all the cool spaceships humans have they’re still outnumbered and have limited resources.
4. Dr Rush is sort of an asshole. He doesn’t communicate well with the rest of the stranded people and lots of things about him are pretty sketchy. Did he really talk to authorities on Earth? We don’t know.
I hope they remove Eli. He’s there for comedic relief provided by “genious” characters of other Stargate series (like McKay in Atlantis) but it’s so obvious what they’ll be doing with him plot-wise it’s already boring and uninteresting.
Hope this clears up stuff a bit. There’s some things they should introduce to new audiences early on but I think it’ll be fine in the long run.
Signed,
SG fan
October 6th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Kinda makes me feel a little better considering I’m not able to watch the show here
October 6th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
To be fair coming into a programme like SG:U cold after there has been 210 eps of SG1 and another 5 seasons of SG:A plus 2 new films, (so a fairly well established canon, and explanations i can assure you to most of those questions) and then be upset that you don’t understand everything about everything right away seems a tad short sighted.
Don’t get me wrong, there were bits I find stupid eg the resurfacing of the constant ridiculous concept hollywood/tv has about videogames but i imagine that’s pretty much the last time that particular deus ex machina will be used so get over it.
as for wanting it to be the new bsg, remember you went into bsg with it having essentially a blank slate to work from. Stargate has a dedicated fan base at its core it cant afford to lose by discounting the past 15 years of programming. its gone in a new direction and i think thats good and healthy and it’ll obviously have some teething problems. as most new series do. so chill out. we get it. its not for you. my recommendation, i’d give it a few eps to settle in.
also, nice to see a mature approach to immediately deriding the longest running sci-fi as crap and cheesy as hell when as you previously stated you’ve never watched more than 5 mins of any of it. thats a very open mind…. even by the internets standard
October 6th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
You obviously don’t know much if anything about the Stargate series. Much of which you had no clue about would explain the issues you had.
Did you even listen to the episode? The planet itself was the generator for that Stargate. It was unstable, the attack caused it to overload…
So I guess you might want to actually watch at least few episodes before you claim the show sucks for reasons that are known to people whom have seen even a few of the series episodes.
October 6th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
my recommendation, i’d give it a few eps to settle in.
also, nice to see a mature approach to immediately deriding the longest running sci-fi as crap and cheesy as hell when as you previously stated you’ve never watched more than 5 mins of any of it. thats a very open mind…. even by the internets standard
Couldn’t have said it better……
October 7th, 2009 at 5:58 am
I don’t know whether to pity you or just despise you.
A dude in a military uniform? Its Jack O’Neill you twat! The central character of the whole Stargate Universe.
Talk about BlogFAIL.
Go back to your ‘God did it’ shoddy BSG remake.
I thought Stargate:U was meh. Reminded me too much of the opening of Atlantis cept Atlantis gave us that waste of film Teyla…Universe gave us a geeky fat prick Jewish looking MMO player that can suddenly outsmart geniuses and of course gets whisked away across the galaxy to ‘help out’ a special top secret project, I can imagine the use of hand cream and sanitary wipes in the MMO community just went through the roof and more than a few new keyboards were purchased the next day.
As I said, its Meh compared to Sg1 (Up to Season 8), but even half arsed new Stargate is better than no new Stargate.
October 7th, 2009 at 8:01 am
“Every once in a while I tend to go out on a tangent and write a post that’s not MMO related.”
Please stop doing that if this is the level of research you do for articles like these. Mmocrunch Massive Fail – indeed.
October 7th, 2009 at 8:24 am
I’m a long time fan of Stargate. Loved it since the movie first came out, I’ve seen every episode of Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis.
I also read all the blogs posts from this blog, thanks to Google’s RSS reader.
Despite Mike not fully understanding the episode due to no previous Stargate knowledge, I have to agree with him that Stargate Universe was pretty bad.
This is coming from a big Stargate fan along with being a huge Battlestar fan.
I could go into details as to why I think it sucked, but I don’t even want to waste my time doing that.
October 7th, 2009 at 11:03 am
@Rodney , anon
Having no previous knowledge of Stargate should not affect whether a new series is good or not. I hate to tell you but your are not SGU target audience, you’re already SG fans, and going to watch the series regardless.
People like me on the other hand are, someone thats heard of SG but never watched before. If they want to try to grow SG’s fanbase they are doing a pretty horrible job by not explaining anything.
BSG intro episode pretty much told us new viewers everything we needed to know about BSG to watch the intro episode, while SGU told us nothing and I was lost.
Yes, Im going to get it another episode or 2 before I completely write the show off as crap, but for a 90min series opener is was terrible.
October 7th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
You are a fool! You’re giving a pan to a show you know nothing about by your own admission, and you only watched 5 minutes of it…..what a jerk!!!!!!
Great show fantastic acting!
The first three shows are the setup, introducing the characters and situations. Maybe you should shut your mouth and open your eyes and ears before you say another word about something you know nothing about!
October 7th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
I Hated watching Eli as he’s a no-talent hack at best and a dam fat, ugly piece of crap for sure. He has no wit or intelligence about him and thankfully I was abelt to fast-forward on my Tivo.
I also hated watching the General’s daughter as she also had no talent and was painful to look at and listen too.
The overall story concept is awlful and about as bad as Battlestar Galatica. I have absolutely no plans to every watch another episode of SG-u, wonder if they would bring back most of the cast from Stargate Atlantis?
October 7th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
I agree that the target audience was supposed to be “new” to stargate viewers, mostly. The creators of the show pretty much said that, but they also wanted to retain their main base. I think they did a poor job trying to get both because problems like what I am seeing on these postings arise.
The new people to Stargate can’t understand it because there isn’t enough explanation, and the old viewers won’t want to watch a show that rehashes what they’ve seen and known for 15 years.
They started out with a loser if their goal was to please both audiences. I personally am a fan of Stargate and there were some things that didn’t make sense even if you’ve seen all 200+ episodes and the movies. Hope it gets better, or I’m not tuning in.
October 7th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Sorry, it’s 300+ episodes. I was just thinking of SG-1 at first, but Atlantis has 101.
October 8th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
The show is awesome aside the gamer dude he just does not belong there but don’t shoot it down in the first five seconds give it a few episodes and then if u don’t like is say what u want.
October 9th, 2009 at 9:19 am
for all u ppl whom like to complain that its focused to much on old veiwers ther is goin to be a new enemy new characters and a new plot most of the references to old shows wont be acted on so u wnt be to confused also i watched 4 or 5 episodes of bsg an just didnt find it interesting at all
October 9th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Wow. That is all I can say to such a STUPID AND UNINFORMED response Mike. I cannot explain how ridiculous your posting is.
FAIL on your part.
October 9th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Its just so surprising to see people say that I don’t know anything about Stargate and my post in uninformed. NO KIDDING. I never watched SG before, that was my point. The series explained nothing to someone that is new to the show.
If that was their plan to leave potentially new viewers in the dark, than they did a great job. Sorry fanboys, but the show was horrible.
October 9th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
I don’t understand why the stoped making stargate Atlantis they could have gone so many directions with that show the city was a ship and there was multiply others in Pegasus as well as Battle ships underwater stations research stations on other planets the only thing i had a real problem with was that they had a full data base at there disposal and never looked up how to make a zpm but that’s but mike like sgu its sifi it doesn’t have to be realistic that’s what fictions for stargate is the best series that television has ever produced its not for everyone but if they cancel this series they’ll lose my loyalty mike you should rent the stargat Atlantis series it will bring you up to speed and you’ll probably get hooked if you give it a fair chance
October 10th, 2009 at 2:41 am
Eli should be killed off on this poor attempt. This is a failed attempt to fuse BattleStar with a Bizzaro version of Stargate. The Senator’s daughter blows big time! This show will completely floop if they dont do somethibg quick. So far less action than SG Atlantist which I tolerated a few. Somebody needs to hire some fresh blood from the fans as a consultant. The SGU fools figured they could put lipstick on a ugly pig and sell it to us a Paris Hilton. I come from a time of Sterling, Rodenberry, early Lucas. SGU I sat with my Seven sons and they hated it! They hated Star Wars 1 and 2 but for good cause. What next SGU? You gonna bring in a “Chaca” for you kids he was a JarJar type mess in a show from times past!
October 10th, 2009 at 6:40 am
1)how do you know when a mathematical equation is solved?
it is solved when the left part equals the right part of the ” = ” …. seems easy ennough to implant some equation into anything really
2) as it is the THIRTH series of the franchise, maybe they did expect you to know at least basics about the stargate, like what year it is, the basic technologies they have acquired, etc
3) so because SOME civilians work at the stargate program , it can’t be a secret operation… this doesn’t even make sense…
4) it was explained that the planet exploded because of the “naquadria” in the planet, a very powerful mineral that is used to power up the gate, overload the naquadria and it explodes, taking the planet with it
5) you didn’t get why they are mad at rush ? really if you want to watch something at least try looking and listening to it… he stopped them from dialing earth ( getting safely to home ) and instead he dialed some unknown ship… what is so hard for you not to get this
6) they can read it because it is “ancient” technology … it was said in 1 of the videos that there was an ancient race … called the “ancients” … one of the first things they said was ” yep… definitely looks like ancient-technology ”
and they have been able to work with ancient technology for years
you didn’t like the other stargate series… you don’t like this 1… but atleast don’t give so many unrelevant reasons
October 10th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
epic fail
if not legendary
but nice to see sgu not working for stargate noobs as it was supposed to
October 11th, 2009 at 5:40 am
I’m a long time fan of the SG series and you obviously have no concept of what a good Sci-fi series is. How can you even call yourself a scifi fan when you dare to call the SG1 and Atlantis series crap. A series thats been showing for over a decade and has pushed the limits of what is capable for CG in tv and set the standards worldwide. And you dare to call it crappy and cheezy like power rangers. They aren’t even on the same level.
Perhaps before voice your opinion you should realize that this is a spinoff series of the previous series. So maybe you should watch those series before you start commenting on the new one. Get a little knowledge into the story first. You can’t be expected to know everything that’s going on. Like reading ancient technology for instance. That is a given, these people are trained to be able to read this stuff. They are experts in this field. If you’d watched the previous series you’d know that. So with that said, your obviously not the target audience.
As for newcomers to the show, your expected to watch the previous series to know whats going on or just try to figure out whats going on and melt into the story.
BSG was a remake of an original by the way, not a new series.
October 11th, 2009 at 6:29 am
I am a very loyal and keen fan of the SG franchise.
Just watched the first 3 episodes of SGU.
It was awful
I think they are on a hiding to nowhere with this program
All the characters are extremely unlikeable..I wouldn’t mind if they all got killed off.
First 3 episodes nothing happened..seriously boring
Previous poster pretty much summed it up when he referred to putting a fat ugly gamer in charge of a military recon.
The producers are Morons…they cancelled SGA for this!!!!!
October 11th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Eli actually has created excitement for us SG1 loyalst. We keep on hoping he will get killed off! The only way Eli could have made the cut is if he somebody’s fat son who owns SCIFY. SFiFY must assume that all geeks are fat and triple large pizza ordering hogs. What will you do SGU? I figure they have their own people trying to write on Blogs and other iContent to bolster their popularity. Tell me what you all thought of Part 2. Did it live up to your failed or lowered expectations or not? Did Ely drive you nutts? Did the angry black stereo type soldier(You know the voice from Halo which is cool!)? Now in order to appease the growing gay community we have some Lesibians I am told on this show? Is SGU here for the Geeks, Nerds or Science Fiction addicts? What do you think? If so why are the attempting to draw us away from the show?
October 11th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
There is a reason why stuff like doors and mugs maintained the same basic shaped over thousands of years:
They just work.
And SGU doesn’t work. It was working, now it doesn’t, because someone in a board room decided he has to prove himself by being totally different.
I still had hope after ep1 and ep2, but after watching ep3, that hope is gone.
I’ve looked everywhere and the only defence the supporters of SGU can come up with is “they’re trying something new”
LOL, the problem was never “trying something new”, the problem is they killed SGA so they can use try this piece of crap attacged to the stargate brand.
This is the equvalent of FIFA changing the football rules, forbid running and allow players to use their hands at all times in the next worldcup.
There’s nothing wrong with the rules themselves, but if you destroy what was good and replace it with something totally lame, you will be ridiculed.
SGU is now the offical soap opera for gay and lesbians.
October 11th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Hi All
I have loved SG1 and liked most of Atlantis – have both on DVD and am a huge fan of the Stargate Franchise. I was really loking forward to SGU but I have to say what a let down. The two part pilot was boring, the characters just not engaging and the whole story / premise seems flawed to say the least. Both pilots for SG1 and SGA were great – they were fast faced, the characters instantly made you want to watch, they had humour and action and were well written. This show seems to want to use the name “stargate” but that seems to be a ploy just to get ratings – definitely not a good show but I wanted to watch episode 3 first to give it a fair trial – I did and I’m still disappointed. I’ll give it a few ore episodes but they need to sto taking themselves so seriously – that was the good thing about SGA and SG1, serious but didn’t make itself dark and menacing and had good humour thrown in. back to the drawing board !
October 12th, 2009 at 9:57 am
You should watch the whole first part of SG1 before you judge it to be cheesy as hell. You are way to critical!
That the producers chanceled SGA is difficult to understand though.
The third part of SGU was maybe not so good. I hope that it will get better since some of the characters are interesting. I want to know more about how they will manage on that ship!
October 13th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
“beemed”???
No…seriously.
“beemed”??????????????
October 15th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
SGU, this show sucked when it was called Star Trek: Voyager.
October 17th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
SGU in nothing but a whining bickering space opera. A total disappointment..
October 18th, 2009 at 7:13 am
With no hurry I watched it just before this review.
All I can think about it when Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons says
“worst series ever”
I REALLY want to hurt somebody for SCREWING up Stargate.
*NO actual physical threat intended
October 19th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
cudmaster nailed it – StarGATE Voyager sucks just as much as StarTREK Voyager.
and I could even put up with the lame characters if the show wasn’t so damn boring!!! I found myself hoping that the Wraith would show up and suck all the life out of them, and then I realized that apparently this has already happened.
October 20th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Even though you are obviously not a fan, and therefore got a bit confused by the lack of details, which were actually given in the opener or in previous episodes of SG1 and SGA, admittedly it was cheesy and WAY OVERLY DRAMATIC.
I have seen every episode of Stargate multiple times, but after four episodes of SGU, I find it to be the crappiest opening to a show in a long time. If it wasn’t for the presence of a space ship, I would swear I was watching “The Days of Our Lives”.
All I can say is this show may be about the characters more as they were trying to sell it, but it is WAY to overly dramatic. Dr. Rush is just ridiculous. All the screaming, ranting and growling at everyone is really just getting old already.
Stargate Universe is just too similar to Star Trek Voyager and Battlestar Galactica for me. It has the same plot as voyager, with the same overly dramatic cheese of Battlestar Galactica. With a touch of soap opera to just put it over the edge…
So far this show is an absolute disgrace to the Stargate name, and if it doesn’t improve I am sure we will see it being canceled soon enough.
Hopefully it changes soon, because I was really looking forward to another Stargate series, but just not like this…
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:03 am
Your issues with SGU are mostly untrue. It wouldn’t matter if a mathematical proof was solved or not, it could still be integrated into a video game. After all, you can put anything in a video game–you should know this! I’m not a math professor, but I know that there has to be some way to tell if the solution you come up with is correct or not. How would anyone ever solve a math problem if you couldn’t tell if your solution was wrong or not?
How could they be able to use all the alien equipment when they’ve never used it before? They’ve studied it, that’s how. The kid had experienced it from what the government put in the video game, and the doctor has obviously studied it extensively. Just because you can’t figure out how to use a Mac doesn’t mean everyone can’t. Some people are just smarter than you.
I’m not a fanboy. Sure, I watched the movie and a few of the series’ episodes, but they weren’t good enough to make me want to watch every single one. I watched one episode of Atlantis before I realized I DO NOT WANT.
I can’t say I’ve ever watched Battlestar Galactica. The commercials just never caught my attention, and it looked like I would have to watch it from the beginning to have any idea of what was going on. So by your standards, I could say that BSG had bad writers.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:59 am
I can see how no one would even read this article if they weren’t a stargate fan.
The facts are that everything Stargate sucks. Seriously, it’s awful trash and an embarrassment to science fiction. The idea for the story isn’t bad, what’s bad is the acting and the people who write the shows.
October 25th, 2009 at 4:43 am
Stargate universe sucks big time, what a disappointment, i’ve watched 5 episodes, wish i
could take back that wasted time.
October 25th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Well overall i have to say that i was really thrilled to see a new stargate show. it seemed to be a truly great and logical idea to switch to a spaceship-environment with a forced timeframe to explore different planets. this would enhance the possibillities even more.
well, as thrilled as i was when i was tuning in for the pilot…. so deeply disappointet i am after trying to FORCE me through all 5 episodes so far.
i am really sorry, i should represent the segment of people the show was initially aimed at. i loved BSG and i like dramatical character driven shows like ..let’s say, house and so on. But all these shows are pretty much unike in their feels. Including Stargate with all its Movies and tv shows until now.
I feel a bit embarrased that this is named stargate. and i think the producers and directors, which i..just for the record, really like (they are great guys!), should be embarrased too. because what they came up with, is not working as it should. actually it is a lot worse than that. it is setting fire in all the stargate communitys.. you can read it all over the internet. I estimate that at least 70% of regular stargate viewers wich liked any sg show before are really dissappointed with the overall style of this show.
It is wayyyyy too cheesy… too much lovestory (90210 in space.. literally!), absolutely unrealistic use of recources.. for e.g. the comunication through the ancient devices. They could just swap the stupid crowd with the best and brightest airforce can offer!! And its Over the top ridiculously dramatic. But what hurts most is that its plain boring over long distances. In the face of death, instead of pulling together and work the problems they fight against each other and they are banging each other. No body trusts the guy next to him. It is absolutely PAINFULL to watch most of the characters interact. It is so fucking embarrassing!
Damn it’s really a shame that they haven’t tried something more subtile before they pushed full throttle ahead for the “ReallityTV/MTVdatingshow/i sold my wife for a new flatscreen and married a whore”-audience
What a load of blended crap.
The only guy you can really enjoy is ELI. Colonel Young the doc and carlyls character, rush, they have great potential. Robert Carlyl is GREAT! I hope they try a 180 degree turn. and fast please. because if i have to watch ONE more single random lovescene with random guys and random blabla instead of problemsolving in a show called stargate.. then i’m afraid i have to puke in a envelope and send it to MGM. If they are not bankrupt by then which i would really appreciate by now…… cheers
October 30th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
I only have three comments about SGU.
1. Hire some decent writers quick.
2. Hold the effing camera still for heavens sakes! It looks like the camera operator is on crack and it’s giving me a headache.
3. Sex does not belong in Stargate. If I want to see sex, I will watch a porno.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:30 am
I actually agree with Mike.
I have seen all the Stargate episodes and films and though I’m a big fan of the Stargate Mythology I think SGU absolutely sucks.
I never been a big fan of the writers of Stargate, always thought they never fully fulfilled the potential of the whole story of Stargate … but is really pathetic.
The show is so not original … lifesupport malfunction, powerloss, waterproblems, all so typical … so far there’s hasn’t been any spark whatsoever.
The only reason I’m still watching is because I want to know the purpose of Detiny, where’s it headed, why did the Ancients launch it, …
As for the episodes, completely empty, no drama cause you already know what the solution eventually will be, no action, …. nothing!
The series suck ATM!!!!
November 1st, 2009 at 12:30 am
guys… shut the hell up. This guy is 100% right. SGU is a PIECE OF SHIT. I am a hardcore SG fan, and i have all SG1 episodes on cds. (box set). I have watched most of atlantis episodes as well. But…
This show is a MAJOR disappointment from past series. They turned an incredible sci fi show into a Sy Fy soap Opera. A SOAP OPERA. Let that settle in for a minute.
This show is the worst. Im done with SGU. (took me 2 episodes).
November 1st, 2009 at 3:08 pm
I really enjoyed the SG-1 shows, and I always looked forward to watching stargate atlantis. I’ve watched three SGU episodes, and it’s getting more and more retarded. The latest episode was about how the ship was able to power itself by flying into the sun. Wtf, it doesn’t take an idiot to know that a sun is extremely hot and melts virtually anything that gets to close to it. Even “Rush” in the show pointed that out….
November 7th, 2009 at 4:25 am
I have to agree with the above blog. This show is embarrassingly bad. Sci Fi has put out some crap before, but apparently they just like to keep raising the bar. The Flash Gordon series they produced was better than Stargate Universe.
I thought the new Battlestar Galactica was poop on a stick.
I saw someone mention that Stargate is the longest running sci-fi series? Doctor Who trumps it by well over a decade for just continued production. That is not including the new series.
The Stargate Movie was good. I hope they make a sequel that completely ruins the continuity of the lame-as-hell TV series that made Hercules the Legendary Journey’s look brilliant.
November 7th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
This shows is damn good are you retarded?
PAY ATTENTION!! half the stuff people talked about on here was addressed you must not be watching very closely.
every hard core SG fan i know is onboard.. you can nit pick the hell out of all of them if you want to.
it was not the sun it was stars. and ya since that idea is impossible lets throw in the entire SG series..
according to reviews you guys are all alone in your opinions.
STEVE is the only one that seems to have actually watched the show.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:24 am
Okay some of us SG fans need to take a chill pill. I am a longtime SG Fan and can say without a doubt that SG:U is the biggest piece of crap having hit the small screen.
Some of you argue that they use the first few episodes as Setup, that this show is meant for the newer generation “who magically” are supposed to know half the Stargate Information out there. Wake up. The concept was interesting i gave it up until this latest episode (S01E07 Earth). The show is literally a sad soap opera that has gone too far into the politics and buerocracies of SG.
Character development is rather sad, quality of the acting is definitely sufficient the cast is not bad in fact they are capable of a lot more but come on… Unless they start getting their act together this will be a 1 Season appearance of SG:U. Even the SG Cartoon Show was more entertaining… and that … is saying a lot.
I allow for a lot of give when it comes to the show and its plot. The third episode of Air actually had me hoping and looking forward to the next episode about exploration of the ship and the different adventures that the crew could live through.
But after 4 more episodes about constant whining going home to “get laid” or chat with relatives or bosses, this show has lost a lot of stargate.
The actors I think are great btw however there seems to be some issues with how well the work out with one another, and i can only say that at this point 7 episodes in this is the dullest and unimaginative show i have ever seen, the whole show now is based on distrust and subversion of characters…
Being oblivious to these facts is one thing keep an open mind but don’t for one minute believe that just because this show carries the name stargate it has to be good… Which it definitely isn’t.
Here are my 30 Cents…
November 15th, 2009 at 2:52 am
I think most of us agree this show SUCKS, we all hoped for the best saw the potential it had and thus are really pissed because this show is so god damn boring. There is no action, no chemistry, and while I watched the first 6 episodes waiting for something good to happen to justify the time I wasted nothing came of it. I tried to watch episode 7 but another let down and stopped watching it after 10 mins. SG1 and Atlantis had chemistry and action and while SGU has IMO great CG more money should have been invested elsewhere, um like acting, story plot. Oh well I am guessing Brad Wright is buying some new island with his new found wealth not giving a flying fuck that something he created is turning into a flaming bag of poo (maybe he thinks it will not reach him being a billion light years from earth). hrm… Maybe we could sue him for mental anguish? God knows I will NEVER get those hours back.. I would have better off watching reruns of Buck Rogers.. Ugh..
November 16th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
For those of you that don’t have the SG-1 box set …,
Richard Dean Anderson (McGyver) was interviewed as part of one of the special features. During the interview he explained how stargate was intelligent and that they didn’t want to dumb it down and insult the audience.
This is funny because despite Joseph Mallozzi’s claims that SGU is more mature, the fact is that SGU took the SCIENCE out of the SCIENCE FICTION and the show now caters to those who think whith their asses, and not their minds. Mallozzi, is, well .. a LIAR.
SGU’s reason for being is quite simple. It’s obviously cheaper to make than SG1 and SGA. It’s cheaper, and easier to make. Unfortunately, the show is now brain dead and won’t make it to 5 seasons. I would be surprised if it makes it 2.
You guys should check out Mallozzi’s rants on his blog. His panties are in quite a twist.
It’s a shame that his new series spits in the face of Richard Dean Anderson and all of the SG1 and SGA fans out there.
Shame on you Joe!
November 20th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
I am SO glad to see I am not the only person who thinks SGU sucks. SG-1, SGA were awesome. SGU is completely impossible to follow. Writers, producers-are you listening??? BRING BACK ATLANTIS!!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!
November 21st, 2009 at 3:23 am
Stargate Universe sucks! It is more like a cheesy soap opera with lesbians and all, it is truley GAY!
SGU puts brings shame to the awesome SG1 and SGA series.
SGU – SUCKS!
November 21st, 2009 at 3:51 pm
OK….unlike most of the Stargate fans, I’m kinda new to Stargate. Didn’t really watch any of it until the last year or so on reruns. (great way to get into a show….seeing it on a daily basis!) So…SG1 was created as a sci-fi light-hearted action series and worked very well as such. SG Atlantis was a bit more about people in stranger circumstances and how they grow either together or apart (take McKay and Sheppard, who would never have anything to do with each other in a normal world, but are close to being best friends in their world) Added to that would be the tension between civilian and military methods and objectives. The show was reasonably light-hearted though with good banter and comic relief. The new SGU is obviously set to be darker and attempting to build more tension between characters. The premise is obviously set less for cooperation and more for conflict between people who all have their own agendas (like BSG) And like BSG it will carry more of a “space opera” feel with unresolved endings that will keep coming to the surface. And as with BSG, I suspect you’ll either love it or hate it.
November 22nd, 2009 at 3:35 am
I am a sci fi and StarGate fan, really liked SG1, loved Atlantis. This SG Universe is total crap, it is a dam chick flick in disguise.
Totally dull, uninteresting, weak characters, they should ram the dam ship into a planet and get it over with !!
November 22nd, 2009 at 2:28 pm
@ the man
all stars are suns you retarded muppet
this show is a festering boil that will soon burst
November 23rd, 2009 at 2:21 am
@ Harley and Rodney..I am also glad I am not the only one that thinks this series sucks..Its a ripoff on Battlestar (steadycam bullshit shots..HATE THAT FORMAT) it is more of a soap then anything else! REALLY miss SG-A
Feel badly for he actors..I’m sure they want to work and not be known for a BAD product. I can’t make it through a whole episode..It is a bummer..glad I saved all my recorded SG-1 and SG-A eps..
November 25th, 2009 at 3:51 am
This show has gone DOWNHILL. Long time viewer and owner of all SG-1 series and SG Atlantis series. What are you guys doing? I have seen increase in sex and homosexualism in this show. There is NO need for this in this show. No longer support or purchase anymore DVD’s of this show. NO LONGER a VIEWER of SGU. Removed it from my TIVO.
November 26th, 2009 at 6:24 am
SGU review: 10 reasons Why Stargate universe sucks
SGU sucked so bad Gateworld is now screening critics and Syfy even turned off new account activation so I am now posting this all over the web.
1. Wrong name – should have called it “Lost Battlegate Atlantica’s Anatomy Voyager”.
2. Confusing – Scrambled the sequence with unnecessary flashbacks and cause confusion, this only works if there is a big mystery, not the 15 minutes tiny mystery in SGU (Trying to copy Lost)
3. Lacks originality – Tried too hard to please everyone and ended up being a pile of nothing. As if the writers are beginners writing their first show, copying a little bit from every popular shows out there and calls it a day.
4. Trying too hard – Unnecessary sex scene which had nothing to do with anything else and screams “me-too”, to think we’ll buy this crap just because you put it there is quiet insulting (Trying to copy Galatica)
5. Annoying – Way too much arguments, yes tension is needed between characters, but some idi0t decided it’d interesting for us to see people argue every step of the way (over common sense) from beginning to the end. Dude, just STFU and move on already.
6. Boring – Characters don’t stick, because they’re all average losers and a loud mouth, everyone hates loud mouths.
7. Shaky cameras – Dude, stay the **** still.
8. Careless – With plot holes the size of Texas.
9. Too greedy – Crossed the fine line between bravery and stupidity, introducing new stuff to reach wider audience is understandable, ditching everything that was good and piss off loyal fans to the brand itself is just plain stupid.
10. Bad acting – Soulless characters, cardboard acting, but what can you expect from a pilot with a lame script.
Obviously the guys running this project has the same mentality as the guys who renamed SciFi to Syfy (Syphilis) just to get paid.
Stargate UnYverse sucks.
If people want ice cream they get ice cream.
If people want steak they get steak.
Ice cream and steak don’t mix.
SGU, Have fun shooting yourselves in the foot.
November 26th, 2009 at 6:25 am
Please REAL character development ??? Unless your a 14 old teenager looking at seeing some soft porn and bad acting to boot there is no character development with Stargate Universe . From the episodes I have seen the characters are unlikable and provide no character development I mean do they expect us to start liking the characters after two whole seasons ???? With a show like this one which is going for less scifi feel with more adult content the character development would be the most important part to get right (EG: Battle Star Galactica did this right)and should come across in the first two episodes . The actors come across as unlikable and forgettable not to mention the bad acting . Plus the story’s are badly written re using old themes from various other shows and seasons with so many holes in the story’s it insults Stargate fans . This show will be lucky to see its second season I don’t know one person who likes this show . This was a quick attempt to grab ratings and the producers wh*ring the show out to make a quick buck .
November 26th, 2009 at 8:40 am
The people defending this show are claiming that the SG1 SGA formulae was tired, and that the new fans of SGU ‘get it’ .. the old hard core fans don’t like it because they don’t like change.
Man … I tell ya .. i wanted change. I wanted the new SGU to be broad and intelligent .. to touch on great concepts , whether it’s moral issues, or technological ones. It was to be serious at times, it was to reflect on the human condition.
I expected some drama , meaning stressfull peace talks, officers forced to make tough decisions, officers killed in the line of duty … that kind of drama.
Unfortunately what we got was teenie bs drama, not enough action, no sense or progress or occasional closure.
It’s a soap in space, 90210 style with no substance whatsoever.
I wish that people who like the show could just admit that it’s too soapy.
I also wish that if the writters can do a better job of integrating more action and more science, that the SGU haters could accept a bit of drama … BUT NOT TOO MUCH .
A comfortable midle line to reign in the old fans as well as the new.
The show could be rescued. I have not watched the show since the fourth episode.
I will keep on reading reviews at IMDB hoping that season 2 will reconcile itself with the former glory of SG1 and SGA. Once it does that, I will watch it. Heck I might even purchase season 2 on DVD.
.. seson 1 however .. is a flop.
November 26th, 2009 at 9:52 am
I have watched each episode waiting for something to happen. Its like scifi soap and its it going to kill a well established show format…..please bring back atlantis
November 27th, 2009 at 8:52 am
The producers claim that SGU is more mature??? Well if you think with your bum, then maybe, but for those of us who think with out minds, and enjoy proper sci-fi with gadgets, aliens and family values then the show doesn’t seem all that mature.
SG1 attracted all sorts of people with different religious backgrounds. (I personally know of certain Jehovah’s Witnesses and Catholics that adore that show)
Well guess what .. their whole families had to turn off SGU because of Mr. Brad Wright and his Ms. Joe Mallozzi’s big fat heads. We all sufferred an incredible loss of good sci-fi as a result.
Repeat after me.
SGU is not Stargate. SGU is not Stargate. SGU IS NOT STARGATE.
November 29th, 2009 at 12:06 am
I watched every single episode of SG1 and Atlantis. This Universal is totally suck. What a disappointment!
December 1st, 2009 at 10:34 am
i tried to like the new star gate universe i really did
I loved the other shows and the initial film that introduced us to the stargate but i just cannot stand this new series. It feels like the producers have decided the new fan base want a soap opera sci fi show to watch instead of what they liked initially.
I have literally been unable to watch the last few shows because after sitting through them i feel angry that this incarnation of stargate may kill what was a good show and i also just find myself bored by what im experiencing when i watch SGU.
No action , No fun , No interest
sorry SGU team
December 5th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
This is not scifi. It is a badly written trailer trash soap opera for weak minded drama queens. I have been a fan of SG since the original movie in 1994. I loved SG1 and Atlantis. This is not Stargate and the writers should be ashamed for trying to push this crap on it’s loyal fans in search of a fast buck. Neither my family nor I will waste our time watching this anymore.
December 6th, 2009 at 6:02 am
SGU is a soap opera in space. PERIOD! science fiction viewers want action ,suspence ,gadgets ,monsters (aliens) and likeable characters. While this TV show does have a little suspence and gadgets…..Its is still a SOAP OPERA. I hate soap opera’s ,I hate survivor island, reality TV all blows…If I want to see a fat prick I will look at the next door neighbour ( just kidding) SG1 started off with a good plausable show with actors that should be there.
Richard Dean Anderson summed it up in an episode…. You think I like it? I am just going to have to cut that clip out and put it in a rant for SGU.
I agree with one of the other guys above..a wraith ship should attack them and suck the life out of them all repair the ship gate back to earth and suck the life out of all the reality tv people and the executives at the SYFY network.
Sanctuary is better guess thats why Amanda oped out of this one.Richard is retired so you can not blame him ( he’s getting fat anyways….like Shatner )
I hear V is doing better ?
SGU ……Failure and what a failure….Shame on you guys. My god africking soap opera.
December 6th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Hey guys,
i’m really sad what they did with the sg-franchise.
i can assure everyone that millions of sg fans worldwide are furious over this crappy turn syfy has called for.
please come over to http://www.sgusucks.com and express your doubts and your anger. sign our petition, it’s worth it.
thx for reading!!
December 7th, 2009 at 8:33 am
I personally think it’s awesome, it’s very different to SG1 or SGA, but still it’s pretty good. Alot of people don’t like change, and most ppl probably don’t like it cause it’s completely different to SG1 and SGA, i have watched every single stargate episode out there, and SGU is very interesting. Also the dynamic cameras make it seem more lively and realistic.
December 7th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Hah. Looks like the producers couldn’t tell that the show would be such a steaming turd pile by the third episode that they didn’t steer the show in the right direction. Yes I know the show’s first 10 episodes where already finished .. but that’s my point. A quality assurance program could have steered the show in the right direction as it was being written.
Didn’t they have a ‘test’ audience watch this crap before it hit the air waves??
I think they wrote and filmed too many episodes and they really ran the show into the ground.
… which is what they really should do with the Destiny.
February 1st, 2010 at 2:56 pm
I read through all the posts here and laughed when the initial comments were all from people defending the show. Now no one is defending it. The show is crap, the characters are selfish twats, and it’s boring as hell. Cancel it and find people who can really write a mature stargate series.
February 6th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
SGU dont quite cut it! SG1 and SGA, F*cking awesome! bought all the boxsets, SGU i will not be buying, looks like a Battlestar galctica wannabe, WTF were the writers thinking about? :’(
February 7th, 2010 at 11:54 am
i lol’ed at you.
February 26th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
SGU is awful, awful, awful. SyFy needs to put them all out of their misery. It is massively terrible.
March 3rd, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Lost Desperate Gatetrek Galactica Housewives is the biggest attempt to destroy the SG fan base, watching it can be described as self torture, every moment my eyes lay on the screen I can feel my intelligence slipping away. Ditch this bullshit.