Comments on: Stargate Universe: Earth

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:16:32 +0000

I thought the unintentional threesome was hilarious in its wrongness. The implied Young/TJ affair, though, not so much. I really wish that Team Stargate would get away from romantic entanglements between superior and subordinate officers. It was dragged out five seasons past what should have been a reasonable conclusion on SG-1. [see: 'Divide and Conquer' (4.05). Sorry, Jack/Sam shippers, but it was inappropriate military conduct at best.]

My favorite bits were definitely Eli visiting his mom (so sweet, and with a bonus Futurama reference), and Rush's machinations. I'll be interested to see how the relationship between those two men develops. Hopefully Rush can encourage Eli to self-confidence without eroding his innate goodness. And, just maybe, Eli can convince Rush to trust someone else.

By: AlphaGirl

AlphaGirl — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:41:03 +0000

I would like to see it move past the core group – there are a lot of people on board and right now, most of them are just background pieces. There seems to be a mutiny brewing, so we may get more into those background folk as the side develop (at least, I hope so).

For the most part, I don't think they are really in danger. They're scraping by, but the ship seems to be able to make it's own decision as far as how to keep them alive.

By: Blackpanther

Blackpanther — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:33:08 +0000

For some reason i kind of like this show. It has its shortfalls, and they are different from the kind SG-1 and Atlantis did. And i still like those shows more. I like the characters of SGU, but if one of them went on a suicide mission to save the others (like Sheppard did at the end of the first season of Atlantis) i wouldn't much care. Just not invested in them enough yet.

The characters are the best thing this show has: they're all flawed but still somehow interesting. I like Eli, i like Young and the fact that he's hell-bent on staying alive and getting home, i kind-of like Chloe who realizes how useless she is, and i like Rush and his sneaky ways. And TJ who doesn't want to be there and she's new at being in command, but is still perfectly rational in her decisions.

But i think they really have step up the action a bit. So far they haven't convinced me they were in any very real danger at any time. And this show needs a bit more stuff happening on the ship and with the people in the ship, so we can see how they interact with each other. What the previous shows really thrived on was the interactions between their main teams.

And please, please,please drop the Scott/Chloe/Eli thing ASAP.