Stargate Universe (3rd stargate series!) - Page 8

This is a show working way to hard to come up with a bad guy.  Which is something that Atlantis ran into.

What's wrong with having this as an "exploration" show; yes, they run into bad guys along the way, but the show sets itself up to be a more "mystery" show.. why did the Ancients travel this way (some of them), what was there goal?  Did some of them get off along the way?  Did they leave clues?  Can we find cool civilizations that suddenly need help or just puzzle pieces?

I think we're struggling with the stones to keep involving earth, etc. when the better storyline is to just say "every week is a new, self contained episode basically with the master arch of the show being: what do we find at the end, and how do all these little mysteries add up?"

Bringing in old enemies, etc.. YAWN

I'm actually liking this series more.  It's moving away from ALL of the conflict being internal to more of it being external, and more of the 'crew' acting like a 'crew'.  I'm still hopeful that Wray dies or somehow leaves the ship (no offense to Ming Na) and that they actually USE the stargate more, but it's getting better.

Part 2 just finished.  Now we have to wait until October for Part 3.  Many cliffhangers here - some of which are slightly spoiled by scenes from the next episode that just appeared on the screen way too quickly.

I know cliffhangers are all the rage, but I wish they had largely resolved the situation and maybe hanged us on a new development.  I guess it seems like the ship takeover was a little played out since the last two episodes were probably meant to be aired as a two-hour thing.

I saw Knepper in the previews.  He generally adds to everything (though, he couldn't help Heroes too much).

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Originally Posted by Greg_S_H 

I know cliffhangers are all the rage, but I wish they had largely resolved the situation and maybe hanged us on a new development.  I guess it seems like the ship takeover was a little played out since the last two episodes were probably meant to be aired as a two-hour thing.

 

I saw Knepper in the previews.  He generally adds to everything (though, he couldn't help Heroes too much).

That's what happens when a second season is preordained with writers who don't know how to write endings. How many shows have you seen that have great 40 minute setups and lame 90 second conclusions? (or none at all)

They did the same thing with Sanctuary.
 

This wasn't satisfying end of the season. In fact, the last two episodes should have been rolled into one. Don't know if I will watch this next season.

I'm pretty sure they were intended to be one episode, but Sci-Fi didn't want them to air it that way.  That's just a guess, but I know the first three were considered by the production crew to be the pilot.  I wouldn't be surprised at all if the two are one on the DVD set.  I do think it hurt the effect, as I said above, since it felt like the second hour should pretty much resolve the situation set up in the first.  It's hard to be mad at them for leaving us on a cliffhanger, since that's standard, but I'm not that enthused about seeing the resolution at this point. 

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Originally Posted by Greg_S_H 

I'm pretty sure they were intended to be one episode, but Sci-Fi didn't want them to air it that way.

Kind of. If I recall correctly they were conceived as one (single hour) episode, but it became apparent during the writing that there was just too much happening to fit it all into one episode, so it was expanded to two at the script stage. So while it was never meant to be a two hour special, it was originally planned to be one episode.

I can understand frustration at getting a cliffhanger ending to three eps in a row and still be left hanging at the end of the season. Then again, SG-1 did the same thing in its first season and the resolution at the beginning of season 2 was very satisfying IMO. So I guess we'll see (or I will, at least).

Nah, I'm hooked in enough to return in October.  Plus, Knepper.  If we get a lot of rock and stones, I can drop out at any time. 

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Originally Posted by Arild 

 

Then again, SG-1 did the same thing in its first season and the resolution at the beginning of season 2 was very satisfying IMO.

Come to think of it; SGA did it too. Franchise tradition, maybe?
 

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Originally Posted by Greg_S_H 

Nah, I'm hooked in enough to return in October.  Plus, Knepper.

Ah yes, Knepper. Looking forward to that myself.