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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@ the man
all stars are suns you retarded muppet
this show is a festering boil that will soon burst
@ 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..
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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
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.
I watched every single episode of SG1 and Atlantis. This Universal is totally suck. What a disappointment!
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
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.
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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.
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? :’(
i lol’ed at you.
SGU is awful, awful, awful. SyFy needs to put them all out of their misery. It is massively terrible.
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.
wow
ok you should go and watch stargate sg-1 and atlantis
then come back and read your own post
reading this makes me want to facepalm you with my foot
stargate universe is not made for newcomers of the franchise
some background of what stargate is should be a pre-requisite
even though i must say that i am not feeling the whole “lost” direction SGU is going (yet ?!?)
First off this series isn’t going to mean much
to those who aren’t invested in the franschise
5min WITH EA EPISODE DOES COUNT.
Stargate has it’s moment but all in all
SG-1 and atlantis was and is high quality TV
and not cheesy at all…i’ve been watching universe
and so far it’s not up to the standard of the previous two shows alittle too much drama make it almost as bad as all the “svu” CRAP thats out there these days
but i have a feeling that it will get better.
again if you really didn’t watch SG-1 and atlantis
then you certainly can’t have a valid opinion on this
and it will just confuse the hell out of you and leave you hating it…i have watched every episode of stargate everything more than once and i can tell you
this isn’t working just yet they need to start changing the tone or everything is going to end again which would such…BTW eli is one of the more intersting parts of the show everyone else is either angry
crying or speaking in monotone which is going to get old fast…Again no experience=no OPINION…..
OH btw syfy cancelled ATLANTIS
and replaced it with this drippy crap ????
THEY MUST HAVE BRAIN DAMAGE !!!!!!!!
wtf is the humor and the battles etc etc????
they might re-think this before it gets shitcanned too
i say bring atlantis back imediately!!
I’m watching my last ever episode of the Stargate franchise (Pain).I own every (EVERY) DVD that has a Stargate name on,but this is it for me.The producers should be ashamd of themselves.You destroyed a great concept in Sci-fi and one that needs a lot of work to do.Well,you did it .
Goodbye and shame on you-you should return all of the money you took for conceiving this crap.
I totally agree with you Mike. Stargate Universe sucks! The whole story line is stupid, and all the characters seem to have problems. Heck, the people can’t even get along with each other on the ship. All they do is argue, fight, and explore unpopulated planets (with no people). That just totally ruins the show. I liked Stargate Atlantis and Stargate SG-1, but SG-U blew it.
I’m really trying to get into SGU. I want to be a fan of SGU. But they are making it really hard. The long musical interludes? Made me think back to when SG-1 was trapped in a time dilation field after the ORI ship fired on them and they showed Cam jogging around on the ship while playing music as the years pass. But it was my memory that carried me through the interlude and after it, I was thinking to myself… What the hell am I watching?! Seriously. I get trying to bring in a different audience. But your driving away most of the old ones. And what is with bringing back Daniel Jackson only to find out he is a memory in a dream sequence. An act of desperation on the part of the writers to draw in old fans. I may have got that dream sequence thing wrong, but it is testament to how SGU cannot keep the attention of an old Stargate Fan. I am a lost fan. And by that I don’t mean I am a fan of the show LOST. Good luck getting renewed SGU. I hope that the future of the Stargate franchise does not rely on the success of SGU. If so… farewell Stargate! Into the blackhole you go. Its better to know you are dead than to watch something that was great wither away in an alzheimers like series; trying to rise to the greatness of it’s former self. Thank god for Hulu and DVDs. Something good to remember you by. I’d rather watch Gilmore Girls with my wife than try and stay awake through another episode of SGU.
I love stargate and the first 3 episodes were to explain if u never saw sga or sg1 then u should not complain. Sgu is fine, the planet has naquida and it was unstable so it blew up they hate rush cuz he diled the 9th cheveron gate and not earth the ship was used to put gates on planets for the anceints to go to to survive if needed they can reed anchent cuz almost everyone has seen it and could have taugh ely ely is just doing what his script sayes and if u want blood see incursion pt 1 and 2 and ep befor dat
I love how someone that has never watched any of the stargate shows thinks they are such an expert. Then to say that it is power rangers cheesy have you never watched that show either, in you own words WTF. For one thing if the SG1 series had been total crap why did it run longer than any other Sci Fi series in history and spawn 2 related series and 2 more movies. I just love it when people that have never read the book watched the show or movie think they can be a expert critic on it. To me all this does is show how ignorant / stupid someone can be.
One word – H O M O C R A P. And what will be next? Love between z o o p h i l e s and n e c r o p h i l e s in a galaxy far far away?..
This rant is comedy gold. Virtually every complaint you have seems to stem from your own short attention span, as it’s all there for you, if you’d actually have listened.
Half the stuff the Author of this review is upset about is explained within the show, the show half is found out by watching the 15 series of Stargate lore. Please learn to watch TV (You shouldn’t have to learn to watch, but yeah.) before you make a mindless review. SGU is pile of shit when comes to writing, because Sci-fi wanted a new BSG.
SGU is total dog shit. I hope they all die. That’s it.
I honestly only watch Stargate Universe because it is Stargate and I have no other Stargate shows left to watch. I miss the old Stargate series of which I have watched every episode. I hate the change of feel between the Stargate SG1/Atlantis shows and Stargate Universe. Stargate used to have comedy, drama, and many times a serious note on the human condition.
That said. I don’t know why you want Eli dead. He is one of my favorite characters in the show. He reminds me most of the old Stargate series.