Stargate: Universe

[Deftscythe]

I dunno, maybe I view the series differently because I never watched it when it was on the air, and only watched all the episodes in sequence a few months ago, but the only part that was remotely awkward for me was the paradigm shift in SG-1 S9/S10. I got used to it quickly, mostly because of the dynamic between Vala/Mitchell and the rest of the team, but I'm not sure if it would have felt weirder if I had watched farscape beforehand (which I didnt).
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Most fans I see, when they complain about 9-10, it's not really about adding Browder/Black to the cast. Black brought a welcome lightheartedness to the team and Browder did as well as anyone could trying to fill RDA's shoes. The complaint is that the Ori just aren't as good as antagonists as the Goa'uld. The arthurian mythos was not as good a pool to draw from as was the egyptian(et al). There was also a loss of the personal touch. As opposed to dealing with a specific Goa'uld(Baal, Anubis, etc) and his minions, we're dealing with this monolithic assembly of zealots and rarely, Adria.

In retrospect, the direction I think I would've liked to see them take in the last two seasons would've been something like, after the Goa'uld are defeated, introduce the Ori and play out the beginning of the series finale with the Asgard dying out and bequeathing their knowledge to humanity. The Stargate program goes public in an attempt to bring all Earth's resources to bear against the threat while the Odyssey and the free Jaffa try to hold a line against the Ori. Series ends with the defeat of the Ori and humanity finally taking their place as "the fifth race."

But then, the gate going public has always been my favorite unrealized plot point.

Anyways, I hope you're enjoying Farscape. It's my second favorite sci-fi series after B-5. Having watched the end of SG-1 first must give you a very different perspective on Aeryn than most, lol.

[Atreides]

online where?

Hulu has a lot of the stuff, I usually watch stuff on there because the quality is so high, other than that I end up googling Tudou.com playlists for whole seasons most of the time. TVshack is decent although a lot of their listings are megavideo and that fucking stupid restriction thing sucks a lot. For Sanctuary I had to watch online through my Netflix membership, but I'm sure you can find it somewhere.

Hulu has seasons 1-2 of Babylon 5 btw, if you've never watched it I highly recommended. You can find S3/4/5 on tudou as well, I'm sure.

[Atreides]

Most fans I see, when they complain about 9-10, it's not really about adding Browder/Black to the cast. Black brought a welcome lightheartedness to the team and Browder did as well as anyone could trying to fill RDA's shoes. The complaint is that the Ori just aren't as good as antagonists as the Goa'uld. The arthurian mythos was not as good a pool to draw from as was the egyptian(et al). There was also a loss of the personal touch. As opposed to dealing with a specific Goa'uld(Baal, Anubis, etc) and his minions, we're dealing with this monolithic assembly of zealots and rarely, Adria.

In retrospect, the direction I think I would've liked to see them take in the last two seasons would've been something like, after the Goa'uld are defeated, introduce the Ori and play out the beginning of the series finale with the Asgard dying out and bequeathing their knowledge to humanity. The Stargate program goes public in an attempt to bring all Earth's resources to bear against the threat while the Odyssey and the free Jaffa try to hold a line against the Ori. Series ends with the defeat of the Ori and humanity finally taking their place as "the fifth race."

But then, the gate going public has always been my favorite unrealized plot point.

Anyways, I hope you're enjoying Farscape. It's my second favorite sci-fi series after B-5. Having watched the end of SG-1 first must give you a very different perspective on Aeryn than most, lol.

I see what you're saying. Tbh the ending for SG-A felt like more of a copout than SG-1s, hopefully they end up back in the Pegasus galaxy in the upcoming movie.

Farscape is alright, coming from Enterprise->Babylon5->SG1/SGA I was a lot more used to the regimented military aspects of those shows, so the whole ragtag team of criminals took a while to get used to. It's growing on me, although I think I just don't respond to shows where the technology isn't fleshed out and nerded upon as lavishly as Star Trek/Stargate are somewhat famous for. It reminds me of what I watched of Lexx/Andromeda, in a way, at least moreso than the other series.

Really I'm looking forward to Battlestar Galactica more than anything. I'll probably watch all 5 seasons in less than a week.

[BerenTebogo]

Going to give it a shot for the guy from 28 weeks later.

[Deftscythe]

I see what you're saying. Tbh the ending for SG-A felt like more of a copout than SG-1s, hopefully they end up back in the Pegasus galaxy in the upcoming movie.

Farscape is alright, coming from Enterprise->Babylon5->SG1/SGA I was a lot more used to the regimented military aspects of those shows, so the whole ragtag team of criminals took a while to get used to. It's growing on me, although I think I just don't respond to shows where the technology isn't fleshed out and nerded upon as lavishly as Star Trek/Stargate are somewhat famous for. It reminds me of what I watched of Lexx/Andromeda, in a way, at least moreso than the other series.

Really I'm looking forward to Battlestar Galactica more than anything. I'll probably watch all 5 seasons in less than a week.

Galactica is consistently great, but I think I speak for most fans when I say that the ending leaves a bad taste in one's mouth.

Have you watched DS9?

[Atreides]

yea I watched every episode of Voyager/DS9/TNG while they were on the air, never got to see Enterprise til recently (which was a lot better than I thought it would be, honestly). I still rank Babylon 5 better than everything but TNG, but maybe I'm just crazy.

For some weird reason I can't sit through most episodes of The Original Series, but VI: The Undiscovered Country is by far my favorite movie of all of them.

[Stee]

Stargate Universe is going to be way different from SG-1 and Atlantis from what I've heard, it's going to be all space drama stuff.

Not sure if I can get into it but I'll look at the first episode. I'm not much of a scifi watcher, SG-1 and Atlantis(early seasons) was the only scifi shows I can stand so hopefully it won't stray too much.

Meanwhile I'm waiting for the supposed third SG-1 movie thats suppose to be RDA centered.

[Stee]

Most fans I see, when they complain about 9-10, it's not really about adding Browder/Black to the cast. Black brought a welcome lightheartedness to the team and Browder did as well as anyone could trying to fill RDA's shoes. The complaint is that the Ori just aren't as good as antagonists as the Goa'uld. The arthurian mythos was not as good a pool to draw from as was the egyptian(et al). There was also a loss of the personal touch. As opposed to dealing with a specific Goa'uld(Baal, Anubis, etc) and his minions, we're dealing with this monolithic assembly of zealots and rarely, Adria.

In retrospect, the direction I think I would've liked to see them take in the last two seasons would've been something like, after the Goa'uld are defeated, introduce the Ori and play out the beginning of the series finale with the Asgard dying out and bequeathing their knowledge to humanity. The Stargate program goes public in an attempt to bring all Earth's resources to bear against the threat while the Odyssey and the free Jaffa try to hold a line against the Ori. Series ends with the defeat of the Ori and humanity finally taking their place as "the fifth race."

But then, the gate going public has always been my favorite unrealized plot point.

Anyways, I hope you're enjoying Farscape. It's my second favorite sci-fi series after B-5. Having watched the end of SG-1 first must give you a very different perspective on Aeryn than most, lol.

I thought the Ori were a pretty good enemy, especially when they decimated the fleet during Camelot, the problem was they were killed off waaay too early.

The problem for me was how the team was always getting beamed out in life and death situations, the Lucian Alliance, Mitchell always referring to his frickin grandma and how the Asgard went bye bye.

[Tulun]

They ended the Ori thing quickly due to not being renewed... which unfortunately made them extremely rushed....

[Stee]

Did they know they were getting canceled before they wrote the part in season 10 where they send some powerful weapon into the Ori galaxy to kill all the ancient Ori people? can't remember.

[Akucaen]

So this is like Star Trek Voyager with P90s and Stargates. Uh-huh.

I'll watch it because it'll either be good, or I'll be able to smugly say, "I told you so," later on. I do not have high hopes for this in the slightest.

Also I really wish SG1 had been given an 11th season. Fleshing more of the Ori story arc would've been fantastic. I was never so interested in the series until then.

[Rhinox]

yea I watched every episode of Voyager/DS9/TNG while they were on the air, never got to see Enterprise til recently (which was a lot better than I thought it would be, honestly). I still rank Babylon 5 better than everything but TNG, but maybe I'm just crazy.

For some weird reason I can't sit through most episodes of The Original Series, but VI: The Undiscovered Country is by far my favorite movie of all of them.

btw your gonna hate the ending to farscape.


It was originally suppose to be a season finale but turned out to be a series finale.


they got so many complaints they actually had to make a movie to really end it.

[Komm Suesser Tod]

btw your gonna hate the ending to farscape.


It was originally suppose to be a season finale but turned out to be a series finale.


they got so many complaints they actually had to make a movie to really end it.

That seems to happen with more than a few sci-fi shows. Serenity got made, the farscape movie, the Stargate SG-1 movies, all to wrap up what didn't get taken care of in the show's natural run.

But more on topic. I didn't really like SG: Atlantis much, but I think Universe looks like it could be interesting. I'll definitely check it out if it's on Hulu, and if not I'll probably have to get a torrent. Oh no....

[Deftscythe]

That seems to happen with more than a few sci-fi shows. Serenity got made, the farscape movie, the Stargate SG-1 movies, all to wrap up what didn't get taken care of in the show's natural run.

But more on topic. I didn't really like SG: Atlantis much, but I think Universe looks like it could be interesting. I'll definitely check it out if it's on Hulu, and if not I'll probably have to get a torrent. Oh no....

Actually, aside from Ark of Truth, the SG-1 movies are meant to be continuations of the story rather than a wrap-up, and they're going to do the same with Atlantis.

[Komm Suesser Tod]

Actually, aside from Ark of Truth, the SG-1 movies are meant to be continuations of the story rather than a wrap-up, and they're going to do the same with Atlantis.

The same was mostly true with Serenity. I guess the point I'm trying to make is that I find it odd that shows that were good enough to get continuation movies made weren't good enough to get another (or in Firefly's case, a whole season) season.

[Mortama]

I still think Atlantis ended way to abruptly although flying city made of awesome :D

anyone know how good stargate infinity is? I was thinking of finding it and watching it as you do lol.

[Mortama]

I still think Atlantis ended way to abruptly although flying city made of awesome :D

anyone know how good stargate infinity is? I was thinking of finding it and watching it as you do lol.

[Vandalhart]

I would assume one of the deaths will be Richard Dean Anderson. We'll have to see though.

With my wife working 3pm-12am I've been able to have a nice schedule of Sci-Fi shows that she doesn't like.

4pm - Enterprise
5pm - Star Trek The Next Generation
6pm - Star Trek Deep Space 9
7pm - Star Gate SG-1
8pm - Star Gate Atlantis
9pm - Star Trek Voyager

That's the weekday lineup on a channel we get here.
Go go Space Network!

I wish I could find Babylon 5 on TV somewhere. It'd be nice to watch through again.

[Komm Suesser Tod]

I would assume one of the deaths will be Richard Dean Anderson. We'll have to see though.

With my wife working 3pm-12am I've been able to have a nice schedule of Sci-Fi shows that she doesn't like.

4pm - Enterprise
5pm - Star Trek The Next Generation
6pm - Star Trek Deep Space 9
7pm - Star Gate SG-1
8pm - Star Gate Atlantis
9pm - Star Trek Voyager

That's the weekday lineup on a channel we get here.
Go go Space Network!

I wish I could find Babylon 5 on TV somewhere. It'd be nice to watch through again.

I do the same thing with certain sci-fi shows, as well as the whole Buffyverse, certain cartoon shows like Futurama, Venture Bros., Weeds, basically the things she doesn't like.

It's quite fun.

[Mortama]

I watch all my shows if i miss them on here
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