After multiple viewings of last week's Stargate Universe, I still feel a bit... disappointed.
Don't get me wrong. The space battle with the new alien enemies was pretty epic and the return of Lou Diamond Phillips's Col. Telford was far overdue. But unfortunately in the end, I was left with a bitter, bland taste in my mouth when the credits rolled. What just happened?
By looking at the pace and overall threat in "Resurgence", the episode didn't really feel like a midseason cliffhanger to me, but rather a two parter of which should've occurred earlier in the season. For instance in "The Greater Good" and "Malice", the first two parter of this season, the stakes were raised, people died, and the revelation of the bridge could've been a quintessential way to leave fans hanging and speculating for the next few months. The end of "Resurgence" didn't do that for me.
Don't get me wrong. The space battle with the new alien enemies was pretty epic and the return of Lou Diamond Phillips's Col. Telford was far overdue. But unfortunately in the end, I was left with a bitter, bland taste in my mouth when the credits rolled. What just happened?
By looking at the pace and overall threat in "Resurgence", the episode didn't really feel like a midseason cliffhanger to me, but rather a two parter of which should've occurred earlier in the season. For instance in "The Greater Good" and "Malice", the first two parter of this season, the stakes were raised, people died, and the revelation of the bridge could've been a quintessential way to leave fans hanging and speculating for the next few months. The end of "Resurgence" didn't do that for me.
- 12/9/2010
- by Mark O. Estes
- TVovermind.com
Stargate Universe Season Two Premiere September 28th @9/8c on SyFy
At the end of the inaugural season of Stargate Universe, the stakes were raised when the Lucian Alliance bombarded the Destiny, taking most of the crew hostage and leaving others to fend for themselves against a malfunctioning ship. Unlike it’s predecessors, Sgu was not only controversial in its premise, but in some of the behind the scenes drama as well. Spectators were worried that accusations of misogynic attitudes and ignorance from the writers would plague the new series, but Sgu proved to defy the odds, making itself appointment sci-fi TV on Friday nights.
Now, Sgu faces a new challenge, which is a new night in the middle of the week. Can it hold up? We here at TVOvermind thinks it will excel.
What You Should Know
Live Together, or Die Alone… – The Lost mantra applies here on the desolate ship that is the Destiny,...
At the end of the inaugural season of Stargate Universe, the stakes were raised when the Lucian Alliance bombarded the Destiny, taking most of the crew hostage and leaving others to fend for themselves against a malfunctioning ship. Unlike it’s predecessors, Sgu was not only controversial in its premise, but in some of the behind the scenes drama as well. Spectators were worried that accusations of misogynic attitudes and ignorance from the writers would plague the new series, but Sgu proved to defy the odds, making itself appointment sci-fi TV on Friday nights.
Now, Sgu faces a new challenge, which is a new night in the middle of the week. Can it hold up? We here at TVOvermind thinks it will excel.
What You Should Know
Live Together, or Die Alone… – The Lost mantra applies here on the desolate ship that is the Destiny,...
- 9/21/2010
- TVovermind.com
I am not a big fan of the various Stargate TV shows. I liked the movie – by which I mean the Kurt Russel/James Spader one – but never really dug the television versions. I can’t explain why, and it is not a vehement hatred so don’t flame me, I was just never ‘hooked.’ The only reason this is significant now is because of how much I absolutely loved Stargate Universe.
I’m going to guess that Stargate Universe is going to appeal to the legions of Stargate fans out there, but before I even watched the pilot my condition for liking the show was that it had to appeal to someone who was completely unaware of the Stargate Universe as defined by SG1, Atlantis, and whatever constituent material that belongs to those worlds. Not because I loathe them so, because I don’t, but because I would be...
I’m going to guess that Stargate Universe is going to appeal to the legions of Stargate fans out there, but before I even watched the pilot my condition for liking the show was that it had to appeal to someone who was completely unaware of the Stargate Universe as defined by SG1, Atlantis, and whatever constituent material that belongs to those worlds. Not because I loathe them so, because I don’t, but because I would be...
- 9/30/2009
- by Jon Lachonis
- TVovermind.com
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