Stargate Universe Review
Oct1
I’m trying, I really am but have to say I am really struggling to get into the new incarnation of Stargate, Stargate Universe. While trying not to give away too many spoilers, SGU is the second spin off of the original Stargate series, SG1. This ran for 10 years and won more awards than I could even list. The second, Stargate Atlantis, started well and then got canned after 5 seasons. (there’s the first clue!).
By dialing the mysterious 9th chevron of the Stargate, an illequiped team of soldiers and civilians find themselves hurled to the other side of the universe, only to find themselves on a technologically advanced yet ancient spaceship called Destiny. It is very advanced, yet was launched 100’s of thousands of years ago and is on the verge of falling apart.
This is where SGU starts to lose its way a little. The Stargate devices from the series allow near instantaneous travel from one point in space to another within the galaxy, so we should be used to characters zooming all over the place in the series. Once the Destiny charges up all of it’s batteries, which I am sure the characters will learn to do – then you would have thought they’d be on their way home to Earth.
Instead, we have a series that is half Star Trek Voyager, half Battlestar Galactica. People struggling to get home from the other side of the galaxy / universe in an aging space ship. When compring SGU to either of these shows, it comes up very short.
Based on US TV rule of thumb, give SGU 7 years and they will find their way home. But for now, keep an eye out for any two parters or season finale’s – I’d imagine they’d be the best episodes of this series.
But I might be wrong…
