Any Stargate fans catch Stargate: Universe tonight?

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I'm watching the first episode right now. So far, color me impressed.

It was interesting. I realized after a bit that the opening scene was classic stargate humor. Sort of.

But there's something else... When they could open the one door into the dome area, and Eli overrode it... I thought i heard something in the dome. Listen carefully and tell me what you think. I don't want to say what i heard because i want to see what others got from it.

I liked it. I love all Stargate stuff though. I am glad they are pushing forward with a new TV 14 rating as well for this series. More interesting bits to be thrown into the mix.

I thought it was rather good. The cast seems rather young. I couldn't help but think of ST:Voyager when I saw it though. Still I hope its a good series. I hope they give more information on the ancients, I always like finding out more about them.

Was nice to see most of the SG-1 cast ( where was Teal'c?). Anyone else think Jack ( Richard Dean Anderson) put on a few pounds?

What is Stargate: Universe like? Where I live they are showing the last seasons of Atlantis and SG1.

I completely forgot that it starts this month!! !!

im literally going to head over to my fav torrent site now

If you missed it, the first episode can be watched on Hulu - I saw it today and liked it quite a bit.

Z

It was great, really great. Robert Carlyle is going to make this show one of the best out there, that's what I think.

Awesome cant wait for the next episode!

My mistake - I thought I was watching Battlestar Galactica.
Honestly, what happened? Muted colors, shaky camera. Certain sex scenes I'd rather not replay in my mind. Soldiers being overtly violent and short-tempered. None of the light-heartedness and not enough of the humor. I stopped watching this drivel after the first hour. I could NOT sit through another hour of present scenes and flashbacks without clear warning that you were going into flashback.
May Stargate Universe DIE. Bring back STARGATE ATLANTIS! That series was JUST reaching its peak when they stupidly cancelled it.

Somehow my slow, senile computer screwed up, and I now have this post three times. Sorry.

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Is this going to be another “lost in space” adventure on the Jupiter 2/Galactica/Destiny with Dr. Smith/Baltar/Rush?

Are the network executives EVER going to have the cajones like they did in 1966 with Star Trek to try something new without having to worry about whether the general population is capable of understanding or appreciating it?

Do these network executives even know about some of the incredibly creative plots and subjects that are available in some science fiction novels that never see the light of camera?

For that matter do these network executives even READ any science fiction novels or do they even read at all?

The Term 'Battlestargate' did cross my mind...

I think they're developing Piers Anthony Syndrome - the temptation to take an idea 'one book too far'...

Still, I'll give it a watch...

1. The whole lost in space thing has been done many times before so that is a good point.

2. Battlestar Galactica is about a group of humans who set out with the intent to find a new home on Earth, how exactly this ties in with SGU is beyond me :S have you watched either series? or is it just that they both feature spaceships travelling over long distances?

3. Stargate Atlantis was cancelled far to early I agree!

4. I agree that it would be great to see alot of the more creative and original sci fi ideas being used for television shows. but hey, who can say that we will or wont see such creativity in later storylines within the series?

5. colours were fine and picture was pretty sharp (watched it in HD), granted some parts were dark, but hey they didn't exactly get stranded on Barbados you know? its a crumbling spaceship in need of more that a few repairs, if the life supports not working well what makes you think the lights are gonna be all that? The camera wasn't shaking either. dunno where you watched it but if I was I'd stop and watch it somewhere else.

5. the soldier your talking about was in a cell for a reason, pay attention.

6. why do you need a warning for a flashback? it should be pretty obvious its a flashback, was for me anyway. it would be pretty lame if they kept stopping the show to put up a warning message every time there's a flashback..

7. the five second sex scene where you don't really see anything? yeah, that was pretty traumatising alright

8. light heartedness? they just got stranded on a ancient ship with failing life support in a distant corner of the universe after evacuating a planet that was utterly destroyed and they have no means of returning to earth and your wondering why their not happy? the creators have said many time in the past year that the show would have a more serious edge to it so you should of expected that. im sure it will still have many of stragates light hearted humour in it (in fact its been guaranteed by the creators) but it was obvious to anyone who watched the show that these first two episodes wernt the place for it. I for one as a stargate fan am quite interested in this approach as stargate as an exceptionally good record with character relationships and building and im looking forward to see how well they do with this situation.